In which the five venoms return to save China from mass-starvation as ruthless thugs take over the land, leaving thousands of refugees in their wake! Directed by Chang Cheh and featuring explosive fig...

Opening with an animated sequence of the main cast fighting each other, Two Champions of Shaolin takes its use of montage quite seriously as the on-going feud between the Shaolin disciples and the Wu-...

In which fight choreographer (and soon-to-be director) Sammo Hung , making his last film with his mentor, director Huang Feng ( Lady Whirlwind , Hapkido ), gets a headlining part as a mad monk who wie...

There’s no return to normal cinema viewing after being exposed to ANY of director Yuen Woo-ping ’s films. This is an indisputable fact. While most audiences know the director’s work 1977’s Snake in th...

With the brand-new release of ALL FIVE (so far) of the Monsterverse movies on Ultra 4K, I thought it would be a good idea to revisit 2017’s Kong: Skull Island . Received well both critically and comme...

“You said you checked his pulse!” Opening with a wickedly bizarre incantation of sorts, Cold Blows The Wind , a new crime thriller from writer/director Eric Williford , begins most unsettling as the c...

It seems that Russel Crowe is leaning into the whole satanic menace subgenre of horror films of late. Last year, the actor was hamming it up with a fake italian accent in the ridiculous (but fun!!!) T...

Opening with the capture and the lopping off of legs and arms for the wife and son of To Tin Tao ( Chen Kuan-tai ), Crippled Avengers leaves quite the impression. First, you might feel sympathy for To...

In which the IRON MAIDEN is introduced as a torture device and several sparkling costumed fights take place while standing on walls! Chang Cheh ’s The Five Venoms is already a renowned cult classic an...

In which an opening credits lion dance against a blazing white backdrop sets the rules of this challenge! Martial Club , courtesy of 88 Films , has arrived! Directed by Lau Kar Leung and featuring Gor...

No, not the Jet Li film. We aren’t quite there yet, Chop Socky Cretins. This film, produced by Shaw Brothers , assembles a new wave of fighters to assist freedom fighters after the destruction of the...

"Nine times out of ten, if you follow the money you will get to the truth." Infidelity made private investigator and war veteran Jake Gittes ( Jack Nicholson ) the man he is today. We know this having...

"Forget it, Jake, it's Chinatown." Chinatown is a film for lovers of Los Angeles. It is for snoops; for film noir followers; and for anyone who loves a classic detective yarn. It is also a classic Ame...

In which Bryan Leung ’s ponytail ruthlessly kills! It’s no secret that director Chang Cheh and wuxia screenwriter I Kuang , who wrote over 300 screenplays for the Shaw Brothers , revolutionized the ac...

Capitalizing on the death of Bruce Lee has never been so damn out of control as the Special Branch of Investigations takes brain tissue samples from Bruce Lee , immediately after his death, and hires...