All posts tagged "Martial Arts"
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SAMURAI FURY – Review
The year is 1461 (for the movie, SAMURAI FURY, not us, though many think we’re regressing globally). Japan...
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NE ZHA II – Review
As we reach the end of the big Summer cinema season of 2025, feature animation fans have had...
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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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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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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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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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JADE – Review
I really got a kick out of the Blaxploitation films of the 1970s when they were new, and...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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...
