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on A Legend (2024) ReviewThis was so boring. Panda Plan was much better than this (I enjoyed that)
on Windtalkers (2002) ReviewFree to watch on YouTube for a limited time.
on A Legend (2024) ReviewThe one positive here (and it’s a minor one for sure) is that the final fight…
on The bad boy of Indie action films is back! Watch the gritty New Trailer for Leroy Nguyen’s ‘The Brokenhearted’[…] 3 wins international film festivals. Link IMDB: https://www.imdb.co…
on A Legend (2024) ReviewThanks for the kind advice gents, I definitely plan to follow it. Never thoug…
on A Legend (2024) Review"Give yourself a Christmas present in the form of a good movie that’s at leas…
on A Legend (2024) ReviewSince Kung Fu Yoga, Stanley Tong kills Jackie Chan movie. Panda Plan is much…
on A Legend (2024) ReviewYou really tortured yourself with Chan’s recent shit-fests. Give yourself a C…
on A Legend (2024) ReviewThis movie was his biggest flopped in china like Donnie Yen with Come Back Ho…
on Panda Plan (2024) Review99% of jackie chan movies are ruined by his comedic gurning, with or without…
on Two branches. One tree. Watch the Trailer for Jackie Chan, Ralph Macchio and Ben Wang’s upcoming ‘Karate Kid’ movieI will agree with you. I hope it hints my theory but also even if it doesn't…
on Panda Plan (2024) ReviewWatched this on iqiyi....while not offensively bad, its kinda cringe and a ve…
on Panda to go? Jackie Chan’s action-comedy ‘Panda Plan’ hits Blu-ray on February 18th from Well Go USA"and these companies are always fighting over who gets them first" So Well Go…
on Details for the 4K Ultra HD SteelBook editions for Tarantino’s ‘Kill Bill Vol 1-2’, ‘Jackie Brown’ and ‘Reservoir Dogs’I will keep that in mind next time I watch it.
on Details for the 4K Ultra HD SteelBook editions for Tarantino’s ‘Kill Bill Vol 1-2’, ‘Jackie Brown’ and ‘Reservoir Dogs’Once Upon a Time in Hollywood is somehow better than Ingenious Basterds. It d…
Category Archives: Reviews
Xtreme | aka Xtremo (2021) Review
Director: Daniel Benmayor Cast: Teo García, Óscar Jaenada, Óscar Casas, Andrea Duro, Sergio Peris-Mencheta, Alberto Jo Lee, Luis Zahera, Juan Diego, Andrés Herrera, Nao Albet, Cesar Bandera, Isa Montalbán, Joel Bramona Running Time: 111 min. By Paul Bramhall For the past 20 years fans of the Hong Kong action genre have been asking which country is going to take on the mantle of creating martial arts infused slices of cinematic … Continue reading
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Take Back (2021) Review
Director: Christian Sesma Cast: Gillian White, Michael Jai White, Mickey Rourke, Paul Sloan, Jessica Uberuaga, James Russo, Nick Vallelonga, Jay Montalvo, Chris Browning Running Time: 89 min. By Paul Bramhall I’m sure every fan of the American DTV action genre has at some point asked themselves “what could be better than watching Michael Jai White kicking people in the face?” The star of such DTV action classics as Undisputed 2: Last Man … Continue reading
Posted in All, News, Other Movies, Reviews
Tagged Christian Sesma, Michael Jai White, Mickey Rourke
Voice of Silence (2020) Review
Director: Hong Eui-jung Cast: Yoo Ah-in, Yoo Jae-myung, Moon Seung-A, Yu Seong-Ju, Shin Tae-Yang, Hanna Kim Running Time: 99 min. By Paul Bramhall Back in the early to mid-noughties, a period popularly known as the Korean Wave, the countries film industry had a knack for cranking out productions that seamlessly blended genres to create a number of unique cinematic experiences. From the sci-fi zaniness of Save the Green Planet, to … Continue reading
Steel Fisted Dragon, The (1977) Review
AKA: A Fistful of Dragon Director: Iksan Lahardi Cast: Steve Lee, Enden Marlinda, Ronald Kansil, Vita Fatimah, Chan Lau, Johnny Hong Kong Running Time: 78 min. Paul Bramhall In 1977 the Bruceploitation genre was already alive and well, with guys like Bruce Li bursting onto the scene with 1975’s New Game of Death and Bruce Le unleashing digit related mayhem in 1976’s Bruce’s Deadly Fingers. While the name Bruce combined … Continue reading
Posted in All, Bruceploitation, Chinese, Indonesian, News, Reviews
Tagged Iksan Lahardi, Steve Lee
Atomic Eden (2015) Review
Director: Nico Sentner Cast: Fred Williamson, Mike Möller, Hazuki Kato, Everett Ray Aponte, Lorenzo Lamas, Wolfgang Riehm, Nico Sentner, Dominik Starck, Josephine Hies, Jens Nier, Martin Wunderlich, Carolina Rath, Alexander Mack Running Time: 85 min. By Paul Bramhall There’s a certain recipe for making action B-movies in the 21st century. Step one usually involves finding a star from the same genre who was popular in the 80’s and 90’s and has … Continue reading
Posted in All, Asian Related, News, Other Movies, Reviews
Tagged Fred Williamson, Lorenzo Lamas, Mike Moeller
Ninja Champion | aka Poisonous Rose Stripping the Night (1986) Review
Director: Kim Si-hyun Co-director: Godfrey Ho Cast: Choe Eun-hye, Im Ja-ho, Dragon Lee (Mun Kyong-sok), Baek Hwang-ki, Richard Harrison, Bruce Baron, Pierre Tremblay, Yoon Yang-Ha, Park Se-bum Running Time: 87 min. By Paul Bramhall There are only 2 types of people in the world who’d want to watch Ninja Champion – those who enjoy cut ‘n’ paste Godfrey Ho ninja flicks, and those who want to check out an obscure … Continue reading
Posted in All, Chinese, Korean, News, Ninja, Reviews
Tagged Bruce Barron, Dragon Lee (Mun Kyong-sok), Godfrey Ho, Pierre Tremblay
Crazy Samurai Musashi | aka Crazy Samurai: 400 vs. 1 (2020) Review
Director: Yuji Shimomura Cast: Tak Sakaguchi, Kento Yamazaki, Yousuke Saito, Ben Hiura, Arata Yamanaka, Fuka Hara, Kosei Kimura, Nobu Morimoto, Akihiko Sai, Masaaki Takarai Running Time: 92 min. By Paul Bramhall Crazy Samurai Musashi is one of those movies that’s journey to the screen is just as interesting as the movie itself, spanning over 10 years before it eventually arrived in 2020. Initially announced as a collaboration between Japanese action … Continue reading
Deliver Us from Evil: Final Cut (2020) Review
Director: Hong Won-Chan Cast: Hwang Jung-Min, Lee Jung-Jae, Park Jung-Min, Park So-Yi, Choi Hee-Seo, Park Myoung-Hoon, Oh Dae-Hwan, Shim Young-Eun, Kim Sung-Gon Running Time: 108 min. By Paul Bramhall Seven years have passed since Korean thespians Lee Jung-jae and Hwang Jung-min starred together in 2013’s New World in which they played sworn brothers, with one a no-nonsense cop deep undercover, and the other a live wire unpredictable gangster. In 2020 … Continue reading
Keys to the Heart (2018) Review
Director: Choi Sung-Hyun Cast: Lee Byung-Hun, Park Jung-Min, Youn Yuh-Jung, Han Ji-Min, Choi Ri, Kim Sung-Ryoung, Moon Sook, Hwang Suk-Jung, Lee Joo-Young, Baek Hyun-Jin Running Time: 120 min. By Paul Bramhall Stories about washed up boxers have been around for almost as long as cinema itself, and the Korean movie industry is no exception. From Choi Min-sik in Crying Fist, to So Ji-sub in Always, and more recently Um Tae-goo … Continue reading
Tai Chi Boxer | aka Tai Chi II (1996) Review
Director: Yuen Woo Ping Co-director: Cheung Sing Yim Cast: Wu Jing, Christy Chung Lai Tai, Yu Hai, Mark Cheng Ho Nam, Billy Chow Bei Lei, Sibelle Hu Hui Zhong, Darren Shahlavi, Ji Chun Hua, Jin De-Mao Running Time: 96 min. By Paul Bramhall Most discussions that see Tai Chi Boxer mentioned tend to involve the wire-fu craze that dominated the Hong Kong martial arts genre in the first half of the … Continue reading
Posted in All, Chinese, News, Reviews
Tagged Billy Chow, Cheung Sing Yim, Christy Chung, Darren Shahlavi, Mark Cheng Ho Nam, Sibelle Hu, Wu Jing (Jacky Wu), Yu Hai
Nobody (2021) Review
Director: Ilya Naishuller Cast: Bob Odenkirk, Connie Nielsen, Aleksei Serebryakov, RZA, Michael Ironside, Colin Salmon, Christopher Lloyd, Gage Munroe, Billy MacLellan, J. P. Manoux Running Time: 92 min. By Paul Bramhall Any movie which advertises itself as “From the writer of John Wick” provides some inclination as to what to expect, however even the most casual movie fan may be surprised at just how many tropes are recycled in 2021’s … Continue reading
Posted in All, Asian Related, Other Movies, Reviews
Tagged Bob Odenkirk, Ilya Naishuller, RZA
King Swindler (1993) Review
Director: Chu Yen Ping Cast: Sammo Hung Kam-Bo, Sandra Ng Kwun-Yu, Tuo Tsung-Hua, Liu Chun, Hiu Hiu, Billy Gilman, Lau Kei, Tu Fu-Ping, Chien Te-Men, Tsai Chia-Hung, Lin Hsieh-Wen Running Time: 96 min. By Paul Bramhall It’s common knowledge that back in the 1980’s Jimmy Wang Yu stepped in to straighten up some trouble Jackie Chan was having with the Triads, and to repay the One Armed Boxer for his … Continue reading
Posted in All, Chinese, News, Reviews
Tagged Chu Yen Ping, Sammo Hung, Sandra Ng Kwan Yue
Paper Tigers, The (2020) Review
Director: Bao Tran Cast: Alain Uy, Ron Yuan, Mykel Shannon Jenkins, Jae Suh Park, Matthew Page, Joziah Lagonoy, Ken Quitugua, Phillip Dang, Andy Le, Brian Le, Yoshi Sudarso, Peter Sudarso, Gui DaSilva-Greene, Mark Poletti, Yuji Okumoto, Raymond Ma, Roger Yuan Running Time: 108 min. By Paul Bramhall It’s been a long journey for writer and director Quoc Bao Tran’s first full length feature, The Paper Tigers, to come to fruition. … Continue reading
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Tagged Alain Uy, Bao Tran, Brian Le, Matthew Page, Mykel Shannon Jenkins, Roger Yuan, Ron Yuan, Yuji Okumoto
Night in Paradise (2020) Review
Director: Park Hoon-Jung Cast: Um Tae-Goo, Jeon Yeo-Bin, Cha Seung-Won, Park Ho-San, Cho Dong-in, Lee Ki-young Running Time: 130 min. By Paul Bramhall The Korean gangster movie that was such a consistently entertaining part of the countries output during the 00’s and early 10’s has largely dropped off in recent years, with genre efforts these days more likely to be low budget productions lacking the creative spark of those that … Continue reading
Lover of the Last Empress (1995) Review
Director: Andrew Lau Cast: Tony Leung Ka Fai, Chingmy Yau, Chan Kwok Bong, Valerie Chow, Ku Feng, Yu Rong Guang, Kingdom Yuen King Tan, Yvonne Yung Hung, Bao Fang, Lo Hung Running Time: 99 min. By Paul Bramhall Before John Wick went on the rampage triggered by the murder of his puppy, there was Chingmy Yau in Lover of the Last Empress, whose ascent to the position of Empress Dowager is … Continue reading
Posted in All, Chinese, News, Reviews
Tagged Andrew Lau Wai-Keung, Chingmy Yau, Ku Feng, Tony Leung Ka-fai, Valerie Chow, Yu Rong-Guang
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