Movies

Wushu (2008)

Brad Curran January 31, 2018

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 ...

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Undisputed 2: Last Man Standing (2006)

Brad Curran March 28, 2014

Most critics who reviewed Isaac Florentine's "Undisputed 2: Last Man Standing" will never know just how lucky they were to be reviewing the film during its initial release. The reviews they penned ...

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Enter the Dragon (1973)

Brad Curran March 28, 2014

In 1973, "Enter the Dragon" debuted in movie theaters across the planet and its status as one of the definitive martial arts movies of all time had already been cemented by the legacy of the man ...

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Revenge of the Ninja (1983)

Guest Contributor February 13, 2018

by guest contributor Daniel Amrani Warning, this review  contains spoilers! Revenge of The Ninja is a 1983 Ninja classic! This film is part of a ninja trilogy. The first one was Enter the ...

Books

I Am Jackie Chan: My Life in Action

Brad Curran October 4, 2015

A review of the book "I Am Jackie Chan: My Life in Action" by Jackie Chan and Jeff Yang.

Movies

My Lucky Stars (1985)

Amardeep Sidhu February 17, 2014

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 ...

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Drunken Master (1978)

Brad Curran April 19, 2017

How, exactly, does one approach the question, "What's your favorite Jackie Chan movie?" For most action heroes, it's relatively easy to narrow down your two or three personal favorites. Not so with ...

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The 36th Chamber of Shaolin (1978)

Amardeep Sidhu November 19, 2019

Beware! This review contains spoilers! Gordon Liu (Liu Chia-Hui) stars in what many kung-fu movie fans agree on being the greatest martial arts movie ever made –1978 classic, The 36th Chamber of ...

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Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)

Brad Curran February 26, 2014

What can we say about "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" that hasn't already been said? For millions in the Western world, it is the film that introduced them to the sub-genre of martial arts films ...

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Hapkido (1972)

Amardeep Sidhu June 15, 2018

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 ...

Movies

Police Story 2 (1988)

Guest Contributor February 19, 2014

by guest contributor Volcan Kacar Dedicated cop, upholder of the law and protector of the citizens, no it is not Judge Dredd it’s Jackie Chan for the second time as Sergeant Chan Ka Kui. Our ...

Movies

Legend of The Red Dragon (1994)

Joseph Stannard January 4, 2014

Beware! This review contains spoilers! Legend of the Red Dragon (more fittingly known as Hung Hei-Koon: Shaolin's Five Founders, Legend of the Future Shaolin, or The New Legend of Shaolin) is a ...