Category: Martial Art
Legend of the Fist 2010 Review: Donnie Yen takes on the role of Chinese Martial Arts Legend
Using not one but two world wars as backdrops, Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen is an exhilarating kung fu romp. The movie…
Birth of the Dragon Review: Bruce Lee deserves better
The details change, depending on who’s recounting them. But the broad strokes seem pretty set in stone: in 1965 Bruce Lee, on the verge of…
A Man Called Hero: One of The Most 1990s Martial arts Hong Kong Film
Highly-anticipated comic book adaptation survives a complete belly flop, but the result is hardly Olympic caliber. Manfred Wong and Andrew Lau’s follow-up to the hugely…
Journey To China: The Mystery of Iron Mask Has Martial Art Star Jackie Chan
Picture the scene. It is autumn. The leaves are well on the turn, lending a welcome splash of colour to the iron grey skies. A…
Kung Fu League Review: The Four of China’s Greatest Kungfu Come in This Film
Comic book artist Fei (Ashin) humbly works in a publishing company, hoping that one day his work will reach a greater audience. While this is…
God of War 2017: A Vincent Zhao’s Martial-Arts Epic
During the 16th century. Japanese pirates proliferate along the Chinese coastline. In 1557, the pirates take over Cengang in Zhejiang. After months of futile advances….
Seven Swords Review: Donnie Yen become a Warrior with Great Sword Skills
Seven warriors come together to protect a village from a diabolical General. Leading into its release in the fall of 2005 Tsui Hark’s Seven Swords was one…
Shanghai Affairs Review: The Most Martial Arts Movie Directed by Donnie Yen
Third in the Donnie Yen canon is the most coherent, but most mundane. A reworking of Bruce Lee’s Big Boss, it’s easily the most accessible…
14 Blades 2010: Donnie Yen Finally Discovers the 15th Blade Put There By the Weinsteins
A proactive Chinese emperor develops his own secret service protection unit in the form of street orphans trained to be elite martial artists. The Jinyiwei…
Fatal Move 2008: A Hong Kong Action Flick Is Sometimes Enough To Entertain
Fatal Move is probably hotly-anticipated by international Hong Kong film fans, who may salivate when they hear of the film’s mixture of triad film trappings,…