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Return Of The Street Fighter
With 1974’s The Street Fighter we were introduced to one Terry Tsurugi (or Sugury, depending on which version you watch), an anti-hero that leaned so
The Street Fighter
The anti-hero is a magnificently cinematic concept that allows us to follow the exploits of people who freely go out and do the types of
Shogun Assassin
For those of you who know, there’s quite a potent argument against me reviewing Shogun Assassin considering I’ve already review the entirety of the Lone
Lone Wolf And Cub: White Heaven In Hell
After cranking out five films in a little under two years, the landscape that lay behind the scenes of the Lone Wolf And Cub series
The Seventh Curse
Ever wonder what would have happened if a time traveler went back and accidentally stepped on a bug, causing an alternate reality where Sam Raimi
Lone Wolf And Cub: Baby Cart In The Land Of Demons
After wisely taking a brief time-out after churning out the first three Lone Wolf And Cub movies in under a year, Kenji Misumi returned to
Lone Wolf And Cub: Baby Cart In Peril
As the Lone Wolf and Cub franchise trundled their weaponized, baby cart of death into a staggering fourth release in a single year, some changes
Lone Wolf And Cub: Baby Cart To Hades
Much like the unbroken resolve of the unfeasibly stoic Lone Wolf (aka. ex executioner for the Shogunate and awesome/terrible parent Ogami Ittõ), the Lone Wolf
Lone Wolf And Cub: Baby Cart At The River Styx
The blood staining the sword of Ogami Ittõ barely had time to dry before the core creative team behind Sword Of Vengeance got stuck into
The Last Airbender
If anything was destined to invoke the ire of critics and audiences back in 2010, it was either a misguided attempt to realise a beloved
The Raid 2
In 2011, Gareth Evans hauled off and smashed us in the face with The Raid, a stupendously brutal, high-energy action masterpiece that quickly crawled it’s
Lone Wolf And Cub: Sword Of Vengeance
Chances are, even if you’ve never even heard of the Lone Wolf & Cub series, you’ve still most likely come across it in some form.
Headshot
Someone was going to take up the baton of hyper-violent, Indonesian action movies after Gareth Evans mic dropped The Raid 2 all over us and
The Raid
I’m always curious to see where the next action sensation comes from, but even I was surprised by The Raid. Erupting from under the radar
Shaolin Soccer
In 2004, director Stephen Chow rocked the world with his cartoonish fusion of Kung-Fu movie and Tex Avery foolishness that birthed the stupendous Kung Fu
Police Story III: Supercop
Regularly touted as one of the greatest action movies ever made, I have to confess that the third entry into Jackie Chan’s ground breaking Police
The Fearless Hyena
After years of honing his particular brand of Kung fu laced with broad physical comedy in such flicks as Snake In The Eagle’s Shadow and
The Legend Of The 7 Golden Vampires
When studios pool their resources the results sometimes tend to be a little erratic. Now, when I say pooling, I don’t mean two Hollywood powerhouses
Drunken Master
When Jackie Chan and Woo Ping Yuen released Snake In The Eagle’s Shadow onto an unsuspecting public back in 1978, it was only to the
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