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
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Lone Wolf And Cub: Baby Cart At The River Styx (1972) – Review
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 (2010) – Review
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 (2014) – Review
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 (1972) – Review
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 (2016) – Review
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 (2011) – Review
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 (2001) – Review
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 (1992) – Review
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 (1979) – Review
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 (1974) – Review
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 (1978) – Review
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
The Young Master (1980) – Review
With his second directorial effort, we find injury prone, action/comedy deity immortal, Jackie Chan winding ever closer to kung-fu nirvana with his game changing masterpiece,
Snake In The Eagle’s Shadow (1978) – Review
When regarding the ingenious nature of Jackie Chan, action cinema’s beloved whirlwind of punching and prat falls, it’s easy to hold up his 1985 classic,
The Protector (1985) – Review
After his previous attempt to crack America with Battle Creek Brawl didn’t exactly set the world on fire, Jackie Chan took another swing at the
Dragonball: Evolution (2009) – Review
I’m sure many people will beg to differ (and I’m sure I’ve already mentioned this somewhere before), but accuracy isn’t strictly necessary in order to
Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004) – Review
Technically, Quentin Tarantino has never done a sequel – except that he has. When the bosses at Miramax mistakenly decreed that a general audience wouldn’t
Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) – Review
In many ways we all owe Jackie Brown a huge debt of gratitude…After Quentin Tarantino’s third film failed to make the same critical splash as
Fist Of The North Star (1995) – Review
You have to give the independent movie scene credit for trying to ride the wave of Anime’s global popularity during the 90’s. Attacking us with
Double Dragon (1994) – Review
Looming out of the gloom like that character tower you have to ascend while playing Mortal Kombat is the ascending list of all time awful
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