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Dragonball: Evolution (2009) – Review

February 10, 2022 greigzilla

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

February 7, 2022 greigzilla

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

January 26, 2022 greigzilla

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

January 25, 2022 greigzilla

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

December 19, 2021 greigzilla

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

Kung Fu Hustle (2004) – Review

December 6, 2021 greigzilla

What did we do right as a collective species to deserve Stephen Chow? While I have to be honest and admit I haven’t seen the

Brotherhood Of The Wolf (2001) – Review

October 6, 2021 greigzilla

When movies decide to try and pull off a mash up, the results, by definition, are usually a mixed bag. Sometimes the fusing together of

Shang-Chi And The Legend Of The Ten Rings (2021) – Review

September 3, 2021 greigzilla

While Marvel Studio’s Phase 4 has shown that the ubiquitous movie making machine hasn’t lost any of its vigour, it’s fair to say that Black

No Retreat, No Surrender 3: Blood Brothers (1990) – Review

June 29, 2021 greigzilla

With the arrival of the final installment of the No Retreat, No Surrender franchise (unless you count the unofficial rebranding of the 1990 kick fest

No Retreat, No Surrender 2: Raging Thunder (1987) – Review

June 6, 2021 greigzilla

Sequels that refuse to follow on from their predecessors are a curious beast – and I’m not talking the Evil Dead’s disinterest in following it’s

No Retreat, No Surrender (1986) – Review

May 28, 2021 greigzilla

America obviously doesn’t have the same history with the medium of martial arts as the places that birthed them; but when has that ever stopped

Mortal Kombat (2021) – Review

May 6, 2021 greigzilla

Over the past couple of years, the much maligned genre of video game adaptations has been crawling ever closer to that elusive four star review

Jiu Jitsu (2020) – Review

April 23, 2021 greigzilla

Describing a film by simply giving an example of it as one particular movie “meeting” another has becoming the easiest and quickest way to explain

Big Trouble In Little China (1986) – Review

March 22, 2021 greigzilla

Blame ol’ Jack Burton.While it’s true that the lukewarm reception to the chilling wonders of The Thing initially soured the notoriously independent John Carpenter to

Wheels On Meals (1984) – Review

March 3, 2021 greigzilla

After fusing their sizable talents the year before in the hugely ambitious Project A, the trio of titans known collectively as the Three Dragons (and

Dragons Forever (1988) – Review

March 1, 2021 greigzilla

Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao are three martial arts heavyweights who were instrumental in revolutionizing Hong Kong action cinema in the 80’s and