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Twofingers on BRUCE LEE IS BACK! ‘Game of Death’-focused documentary ‘Broken Rhythm’ to screen at the AAIFF in AugustSays the twit who doesnt post his name. Right, Simon? Alex, Go play in traffi…
Throwdown on You don’t change Chinatown, it changes you! ‘The Corruptor’ arrives on 4K Ultra HD later this year from Toy Robot VideoI think that says more about the victim's generous spirit than it does about…
Throwdown on Scott Adkins vs Lewis Tan? Martial arts star Scott Adkins steps into the cage for his directorial debut ‘Brawler’I've never quite grasped the appeal of Scott Adkins - he's got a very generic…
Ska Martes on From the World of John Wick: Ballerina (2025) ReviewDidn't this movie go through a bunch of reshoots with rumours being that Mr C…
Ska Martes on You don’t change Chinatown, it changes you! ‘The Corruptor’ arrives on 4K Ultra HD later this year from Toy Robot VideoThe worst part is Marky mark isn't even a good actor. You can remove his whol…
The Finger on BRUCE LEE IS BACK! ‘Game of Death’-focused documentary ‘Broken Rhythm’ to screen at the AAIFF in AugustIsn't this the documentary Bobby Samuels (brother who fought Sammo Hung) was…
Nicholas Schwab on You don’t change Chinatown, it changes you! ‘The Corruptor’ arrives on 4K Ultra HD later this year from Toy Robot Video& https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-2868589/Mark-Wahlberg-s-blinding…
Nicholas Schwab on You don’t change Chinatown, it changes you! ‘The Corruptor’ arrives on 4K Ultra HD later this year from Toy Robot VideoI really don’t feel like getting into such a debate… but I remember this arti…
Paul Bramhall on Scott Adkins vs Lewis Tan? Martial arts star Scott Adkins steps into the cage for his directorial debut ‘Brawler’You're correct about Accident Man, it's an adaptation of a short lived Britis…
Nancy Lo on Nansun Shi, Hong Kong film producer of ‘A Better Tomorrow’ and ‘Once Upon a Time in China’, passes away at 75Rest in peace.
Andrew Hernandez on You don’t change Chinatown, it changes you! ‘The Corruptor’ arrives on 4K Ultra HD later this year from Toy Robot VideoExcept the character he played wasn’t a savior. He was a flawed cop trying to…
Ska Martes on ⚽ Women take the field! Watch the First Trailer for Stephen Chow’s ‘Kung Fu Soccer’ (aka ‘Shaolin Soccer Part II’)Chow walked away from acting and went out on a relative high....CJ7 while not…
Ningen on ⚽ Women take the field! Watch the First Trailer for Stephen Chow’s ‘Kung Fu Soccer’ (aka ‘Shaolin Soccer Part II’)Looks like it's a hit in China. https://deadline.com/2026/07/stephen-chow-kun…
Ska Martes on Scott Adkins vs Lewis Tan? Martial arts star Scott Adkins steps into the cage for his directorial debut ‘Brawler’I watched Accident Man 2 on your recommendation. I haven't seen the first mov…
Ska Martes on You don’t change Chinatown, it changes you! ‘The Corruptor’ arrives on 4K Ultra HD later this year from Toy Robot VideoI recently bought the 4k bluray of Crouching Tiger. The movie absolutely hold…
Ska Martes on The Furious (2026) ReviewLOL. I had to slightly censor my review cos I didn't want to come across as a…
Ska Martes on You don’t change Chinatown, it changes you! ‘The Corruptor’ arrives on 4K Ultra HD later this year from Toy Robot VideoI think the insensistivity would be casting Asian hate crime perpertratror Ma…
Ska Martes on You don’t change Chinatown, it changes you! ‘The Corruptor’ arrives on 4K Ultra HD later this year from Toy Robot VideoI'm not accusing Marky Mark of being a right wing facist (I don't know his po…
Andrew Hernandez on The writer behind ‘No Retreat, No Surrender’ is back! Watch the Trailer for the all-star martial arts thriller ‘Lion Fist’Mathis Landwehr should be best known for Kampfansage. (The Challenege) I can’…
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cheung kai ping on VR Fighter | DVD (4Digital Media)We have many good action Kung Fu films
dakuan on Scott Adkins vs Lewis Tan? Martial arts star Scott Adkins steps into the cage for his directorial debut ‘Brawler’Diablo and Hitman's Holiday are the best ones, i'd say.
JJ Bona on The Furious (2026) Review"Finally saw this movie on streaming and while I do think people are slightly…
Andrew Hernandez on Scott Adkins vs Lewis Tan? Martial arts star Scott Adkins steps into the cage for his directorial debut ‘Brawler’Diablo definitely belongs on the new list as well as Reckless. I hope Bedlam,…
Andrew Hernandez on You don’t change Chinatown, it changes you! ‘The Corruptor’ arrives on 4K Ultra HD later this year from Toy Robot VideoAny insensitivity towards Asian characters in The Corruptor was no different…
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Tag Archives: Reiko Ike
Sex and Fury (1973) Review
Director: Norifumi Suzuki Cast: Reiko Ike, Akemi Negishi, Ryoko Ema, Yoko Hori, Naomi Oka, Katsumasa Uchida, Rena Ichinose, Tatsuo Endō, Yōko Mihara, Christina Lindberg Running Time: 88 min. By Henry McKeand While action cinema has long been criticized as pornographic in its depictions of bloodshed and weaponry, the ‘pinky violence’ films released in Japan during the 60s and 70s are early examples of filmmakers pushing that pornographic label past the … Continue reading
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity (1974) Review
Director: Kinji Fukasaku Cast: Bunta Sugawara, Hiroki Matsukata, Nobuo Kaneko, Tomisaburo Wakayama, Tsunehiko Watase, Kunie Tanaka, Noboru Ando, Seizo Fukumoto, Reiko Ike, Ryuji Katagiri, Takuzo Kawatani, Yoko Koizumi Running Time: 98 min. By Kelly Warner When Toei’s Battles Without Honor and Humanity came to a close in 1974 with Final Episode, audiences still in love with the series demanded more, and the studio was more than happy to oblige. Over the next three years, … Continue reading
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Tagged Bunta Sugawara, Jo Shishido, Kinji Fukasaku, Kunie Tanaka, Nobuo Kaneko, Reiko Ike, Tomisaburo Wakayama
Cops vs. Thugs (1975) Review
Director: Kinji Fukasaku Cast: Bunta Sugawara, Kunie Tanaka, Nobuo Kaneko, Reiko Ike, Hiroki Matsukata, Toru Abe, Mikio Narita, Akira Shioji, Tatsuo Umemiya, Shotaro Hayashi, Hideo Murota, Masaharu Arikawa Running Time: 100 min. By Kelly Warner No one dies well in a Kinji Fukasaku gangster movie. A director who fuels nearly every scene with rage or panic, his characters always seem to either be screaming at each other or tripping over one another in an attempt to escape … Continue reading
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Tagged Bunta Sugawara, Kinji Fukasaku, Kunie Tanaka, Nobuo Kaneko, Reiko Ike
Battles Without Honor and Humanity Vol. 3: Proxy War (1973) Review
Director: Kinji Fukasaku Cast: Bunta Sugawara, Akira Kobayashi, Takeshi Kato, Mikio Narita, Kunie Tanaka, Nobuo Kaneko, Shingo Yamashiro, Nobuo Kaneko, Tsunehiko Watase, Hideo Murota, Tatsuo Umemiya, Asao Uchida, Tatsuo Endo Running Time: 102 min. By Kelly Warner Hiroshima Death Match is a strong film and a fine example of the yakuza film genre. However, it was little more than a side-story in the Battles Without Honor and Humanity series and … Continue reading
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Tagged Akira Kobayashi, Bunta Sugawara, Kinji Fukasaku, Kunie Tanaka, Nobuo Kaneko, Reiko Ike, Tetsuro Tamba


















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