Butterfly Swords
July 5, 2012
Based loosely on the novel Liuxing Hudie Jian by Gu Long, Butterfly Swords a.k.a. Butterfly and Sword (1993) is a prime example of wuxia, a heroic martial arts genre best known in North America from the Ang Lee film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)....
Enter the Ninja
December 8, 2011
Those of us who grew up in the early 1980’s were witness to a mini-renaissance of ninja films spearheaded by Cannon Films – owned, at the time, by those scrappy Israeli cousins Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus. – with Enter the Ninja (1981). It proved...
The Karate Kid Part II (Blu-Ray)
July 22, 2010
The Karate Kid part II follows straight on from where the Karate Kid left off, at least it does after a rather lengthy montage of scenes from the first film designed to get you up to speed on past events. Daniel LaRusso (Ralph Macchio) has just won the...
The Karate Kid (Blu-Ray)
July 21, 2010
In a decision fuelled in some small part no doubt by the 2010 remake with Jackie Chan and Will Smith’s son Jaden, the original Karate Kid (starring a much older than he looks Ralph Macchio, and an about the right age Pat Morita, gets its first release...
Supercop: Two-Disc Ultimate Edition
January 12, 2009
Supercop (1992) is the North American name given to the third installment of the popular Police Story series starring international action movie star Jackie Chan. It was the first film in the franchise not to be directed by Jackie but instead by Stanley...
Heroes of the East
June 9, 2008
Heroes of the East (1979) was produced by the legendary Shaw Brothers and filmed in glorious Shawscope. It pits a Chinese boxer against eight elite Japanese fighters each with their own unique fighting style. Ah To (Liu) is a young martial arts master...
The City of Violence: Ultimate Edition
October 5, 2007
The City of Violence (2006) is a stylish action film that wears its many cinematic influences proudly on its sleeve. Filmmaker Ryoo Seung-Wan employs a bevy of flashy techniques like split screens, freeze frames and time lapse photography to tell a simple...
Kung Fu Hustle: Axe-Kickin’ Edition
July 27, 2007
Fresh from the worldwide triumph of Shaolin Soccer (2001), Stephen Chow surpassed its critical and commercial success with Kung Fu Hustle (2004). He took the winning formula he perfected with his previous film and elevated it to a more ambitious scale....
The 36th Chamber of Shaolin: Dragon Dynasty
July 4, 2007
The folks at Dragon Dynasty have done it again, releasing another classic of the kung fu genre, The 36th Chamber of Shaolin (also known as The Master Killer and Shaolin Master Killer), in pristine condition with a number of excellent extras as support....
The 36th Chamber of Shaolin
July 2, 2007
The folks at Dragon Dynasty have done it again, releasing another classic of the kung fu genre, The 36th Chamber of Shaolin (also known as The Master Killer and Shaolin Master Killer), in pristine condition with a number of excellent extras as support....
