Ip Man 2 (2010)
Most Hollywood biopics try to give the audience the essence of someone’s life in the space of one film, but Hong Kong filmmakers have consistently displayed an eagerness to depict the life of their ...
Sammo Hung
Wheels on Meals (1984)
From their youth in the Peking Opera Academy to their early rise to stardom in Hong Kong, Jackie Chan, Yuen Biao, and Sammo Hung all seemed inseparable. If they weren’t battling hordes of henchman ...
Game of Death (1978)
I was asked to review a movie of my choice. I decided to write a review on my favourite martial arts movie. But, before I get messages from fanboys about "Fist of Fury is the best", let me tell you ...
Knockabout (1979)
Sammo Hung directs and choreographs a movie in which he originally was to be the main star. We look at how then new-comers to the Hong Kong action scene, Yuen Biao and Leung Kar-yan, got their starts ...
Wushu (2008)
Antony Szeto's "Wushu" is an effective family-friendly martial arts film on many levels, one of the primary ones being that it is so keenly aware of the power of the martial arts as a vehicle for ...
My Lucky Stars (1985)
The three Peking Opera brothers star in another of their classic group of movies. The second in the Lucky Stars franchise after Winners and Sinners. Filled with hefty doses of gags, genuinely ...
Hapkido (1972)
Hapkido Front Cover We take a look at a comparatively rare movie that has largely gone unnoticed in the canon of action movies, it’s one of those hidden gems with an air of mystique surrounding ...
Interview with Kane Kosugi
With the release of Ninja II: Shadow of a Tear getting closer, we crept on through the night (while everyone else was sleeping) into the undergrowth continuing on our quest of the Ninja. Our earnest ...
Project A (1983)
by guest contributor Simon Rogg “Project A” is an action-comedy masterpiece stuffed to the gills with stunts and set-pieces galore! Directed by and starring Jackie Chan alongside his childhood, ...
New trailer and sneak peek of the action in “Once Upon A Time In Shanghai”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mctp5g_-_I. Well, now it appears the floodgates have at last opened on the long-awaited love letter to Shaw Brothers martial arts films, "Once Upon A Time In ...
Twinkle Twinkle Lucky Stars (1985)
Twinkle Twinkle Lucky Stars The cheeky chaps make a return in the final installment of the Lucky Stars series, with a few new faces. How will this fair against its predecessor? Cast All the ...
Once Upon A Time In Shanghai coming January 8th!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3BuiQ4J71A. It's been a long time coming, but director Wong Ching-Po's upcoming martial arts period film "Once Upon A Time In Shanghai" has at last been given a ...
