All posts tagged "Martial Arts"
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Jim Batts | May 29, 2025
KARATE KID: LEGENDS – Review
And with the first official post-holiday “Summer cinema” weekend at the multiplex, here comes the return of another...
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Mark Glass | May 19, 2025
HUNT THE WICKED – Review
HUNT THE WICKED is a Chinese action flick in a contemporary crime setting that packs considerable punch in...
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Mark Glass | April 15, 2025
STRIKING RESCUE – Review
Tony Jaa is essentially the Bruce Lee of Thailand. He’s a gifted martial artist with black belts in...
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Mark Glass | February 18, 2025
100 YARDS – Review
For many of us, the first thought the title 100 YARDS evokes is of a football field. But...
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Mark Glass | February 18, 2025
JADE – Review
I really got a kick out of the Blaxploitation films of the 1970s when they were new, and...
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Mark Glass | February 6, 2024
FOGGY MOUNTAIN – Review
Regular readers will know I’ve praised a slew of East Asian martial arts and action flicks in the...
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Mark Glass | January 24, 2024
WOLF PACK – Review
WOLF PACK is a fast-paced, subtitled action flick from China that’s well worth having to read the dialog...
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Mark Glass | November 29, 2023
EYE FOR AN EYE: BLIND SWORDSMAN – Review
Chinese martial arts films have a long tradition of including quite an array of masterful fighters with significant...
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Mark Glass | July 20, 2023
NIGHT OF THE ASSASSIN – Review
South Korea has been exporting a lot of high-octane action flicks in the past several years. They tend...
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Mark Glass | April 27, 2023
YOUNG IP MAN: CRISIS TIME – Review
I’ve enjoyed many of the films based on Ip Man, the eponymous actual Chinese martial arts hero of...
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Mark Glass | January 31, 2023
GRANDMASTER OF KUNG FU – Review
For fans of Chinese martial arts movies, THE GRANDMASTER OF KUNG FU offers a variation on a very...
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Mark Glass | November 4, 2022
SHADOW MASTER – Review
When you’re making an urban post-apocalyptic, supernatural martial arts movie a lot can go wrong, and most of...
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Mark Glass | July 22, 2022
BABY ASSASSINS – Review
Due to a recent Supreme Court decision, one might be oriented towards assuming the BABY ASSASSINS title denotes...
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Mark Glass | May 23, 2022
IP MAN: THE AWAKENING – Review
Ip Man is a historic Chinese martial arts master who inspired a nation in his era, and a...
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Cate Marquis | April 8, 2022
EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE – Review
Michelle Yeoh gives a tour-de-force performance in the wildly creative EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE, as a weary...
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Jim Batts | August 30, 2021
SHANG-CHI AND THE LEGEND OF THE TEN RINGS – Review
So, did you think we’d bid adieu to the Summer of 2021 without a second visit to the...
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Mark Glass | August 18, 2021
FATAL RAID – Review
THE FATAL RAID is a contemporary Hong Kong action flick offering the best and the worst of this...
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Mark Glass | August 13, 2021
RAGING FIRE – Review
RAGING FIRE is a contemporary Hong Kong Chinese martial arts crime flick that’s a perfect vehicle for its...