Fans of the golden age of martial arts action is about to get a new exciting release from The Criterion Collection. The special preservation and remastering label has released Bruce Lee’s famous films in an amazingly crisp 4K restoration, as well as Jackie Chan‘s biggest films, including Police Story and Police Story 2. Fans of this era of Golden Harvest also have Sammo Hung’s My Lucky Stars, which also features Jackie, and Michelle Yeoh‘s Heroic Trio to view in incredible transfers.
Now, Criterion has announced that on December 17, Eastern Condors — Sammo Hung’s ode to The Dirty Dozen, which co-stars fellow Peking Opera performer Yuen Biao, will be available in an all-new 2K restoration with a new Blu-ray release. Criterion has also revealed all the special features that will be included with the release. You can pre-order the item here.
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Now, Criterion has announced that on December 17, Eastern Condors — Sammo Hung’s ode to The Dirty Dozen, which co-stars fellow Peking Opera performer Yuen Biao, will be available in an all-new 2K restoration with a new Blu-ray release. Criterion has also revealed all the special features that will be included with the release. You can pre-order the item here.
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- 9/17/2024
- by EJ Tangonan
- JoBlo.com
Within the career of renowned Hong Kong director Tsui Hark, 1983 was quite an exciting and busy year with all in all five projects which he worked on, two of which he directed. One of those films he eventually helmed as director was an adaptation of a popular xianxia novel titled “Legend of the Swordsmen of the Mountains of Shu” written by Huanzhulouzhu, whose works served as the foundation of many TV series and movies over the years. In the hands of Hark and his team the film, which was consequently titled “Zu Warriors of the Magic Mountain”, became a blend of wuxia and fantasy, while its use of effects and genre-bending nature was significant for filmmakers in finding an international audience.
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While the country is at war with several factions fighting one another, soldier Dik Ming kei (Yuen Biao...
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While the country is at war with several factions fighting one another, soldier Dik Ming kei (Yuen Biao...
- 8/17/2024
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
After yesterday’s rumors and confusion, we now know that Hong Kong director and cinematographer Corey Yuen has died. Interestingly, according to the Federation of Hong Kong Filmmakers, Yuen passed away in 2022, but the media kept his death a secret at the request of his family. While the Federation did not reveal a date of death, we know the Righting Wrongs, The Transporter, and Doa: Dead or Alive director died of complications from Covid-19. On Monday, news about Mr. Yuen’s death was revealed on Chinese-language social media by action legend Jackie Chan, who trained alongside Yuen under Sammo Hung Yuen Wah, Yuen Qiu, and Yuen Biao at the Peking Opera School.
Corey Yuen started as an actor, contributing to 114 projects and playing roles in films like The Jade Raksha, Long ya Jian, Ai Nu, Brutal Boxer, and more. He worked alongside cinema’s greatest martial artists, including Chan, Michelle Yeoh,...
Corey Yuen started as an actor, contributing to 114 projects and playing roles in films like The Jade Raksha, Long ya Jian, Ai Nu, Brutal Boxer, and more. He worked alongside cinema’s greatest martial artists, including Chan, Michelle Yeoh,...
- 8/13/2024
- by Steve Seigh
- JoBlo.com
Corey Yuen, the actor, action choreographer and director of “So Close” and “Doa: Dead or Alive,” died in 2022, the Federation of Hong Kong Filmmakers confirmed to Variety.
Local and English-language reports say that Yuen died of Covid-19 on an undisclosed date in Hong Kong. He was born on Feb. 15, 1951 as Ying Gang-ming.
His death was initially kept private at the request of his family. But on Monday, the news was revealed on Chinese-language social media by fellow action star Jackie Chan, who paid tribute to Yuen and others in the industry who had died.
Yuen and Chan were contemporaries and trained together with Sammo Hung Yuen Wah, Yuen Qiu and Yuen Biao at the Peking Opera School. Together, they were sometimes referred to as the Seven Little Fortunes or The Lucky Seven and made their mark during the heyday of Hong Kong cinema from the late 1970s to the early 1990s.
Local and English-language reports say that Yuen died of Covid-19 on an undisclosed date in Hong Kong. He was born on Feb. 15, 1951 as Ying Gang-ming.
His death was initially kept private at the request of his family. But on Monday, the news was revealed on Chinese-language social media by fellow action star Jackie Chan, who paid tribute to Yuen and others in the industry who had died.
Yuen and Chan were contemporaries and trained together with Sammo Hung Yuen Wah, Yuen Qiu and Yuen Biao at the Peking Opera School. Together, they were sometimes referred to as the Seven Little Fortunes or The Lucky Seven and made their mark during the heyday of Hong Kong cinema from the late 1970s to the early 1990s.
- 8/13/2024
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
It can feel that Robert Clouse must have made a faustian pact back when he helmed “Enter the Dragon”. For all of that film's iconic success, he seemed doomed to be forever searching to recapture it to slowly diminishing returns. From “Game of Death” to “The Battle Creek Brawl”, Golden Harvest would return to him frequently when co-producing stateside. So it was no surprise in 1990 that they would hire him one last time. Eureka Entertainment brings those final features to blu ray and once again Cynthia Rothrock throws down in “China O'Brien”.
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China (Cynthia Rothrock), city cop and martial arts teacher saves a student but unwittingly shoots a kid dead. Leaving the Force, she returns home to Beaver Creek where her Sheriff father John (David Blackwell) is finding law and order hard to maintain as local crime boss Sommers...
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China (Cynthia Rothrock), city cop and martial arts teacher saves a student but unwittingly shoots a kid dead. Leaving the Force, she returns home to Beaver Creek where her Sheriff father John (David Blackwell) is finding law and order hard to maintain as local crime boss Sommers...
- 5/7/2024
- by Ben Stykuc
- AsianMoviePulse
Kung Fu Hustle
Kung Fu superstar Sammo Hung will deliver a masterclass on May 4 as part of the 12th Singapore Chinese Film Festival. He will also attend a mini-retrospective of his films. Hung studied under Peking Opera master Yu Jim Yuen at a young age and was the “big brother”’ to the China Drama Academy’s performance troupe known as the Seven Little Fortunes, whose members included Jackie Chan, Yuen Biao, Yuen Wah, Yuen Qiu and Corey Yuen. He starred in “Painted Faces” (1988), which was based on his time in the Seven Little Fortunes.
Hung’s career as an actor, action choreographer, director and producer spans some 60 years. His acting credits include action comedies “Dirty Tiger, Crazy Frog” and “Odd Couple,” paranormal horror comedies “Encounters of the Spooky Kind” and “The Dead and the Deadly,” comedy film series “Lucky Stars” and gangster action film “Shanghai, Shanghai.” In 1982, Hung won the...
Kung Fu superstar Sammo Hung will deliver a masterclass on May 4 as part of the 12th Singapore Chinese Film Festival. He will also attend a mini-retrospective of his films. Hung studied under Peking Opera master Yu Jim Yuen at a young age and was the “big brother”’ to the China Drama Academy’s performance troupe known as the Seven Little Fortunes, whose members included Jackie Chan, Yuen Biao, Yuen Wah, Yuen Qiu and Corey Yuen. He starred in “Painted Faces” (1988), which was based on his time in the Seven Little Fortunes.
Hung’s career as an actor, action choreographer, director and producer spans some 60 years. His acting credits include action comedies “Dirty Tiger, Crazy Frog” and “Odd Couple,” paranormal horror comedies “Encounters of the Spooky Kind” and “The Dead and the Deadly,” comedy film series “Lucky Stars” and gangster action film “Shanghai, Shanghai.” In 1982, Hung won the...
- 4/5/2024
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Co-produced by Corey Yuen and Yuen Biao, with the two of them also function as action director, and the first being credited as the director and the second as the protagonist, “Righting Wrongs” is considered one of the best movies of the latter and has now reached the status of cult for a number of reasons.
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In that fashion, some trivia regarding the production are definitely interesting to mention. According to Rothrock, Golden Harvest originally signed her to play the villain opposite of Jackie Chan in Armour of God, but when production halted due to Chan's near-fatal filming accident, the studio reassigned Rothrock to Righting Wrongs with Biao. While practicing her moves for the film, she injured her right Acl; rather than take time off to undergo surgery, she proceeded to shoot her scenes using her left leg for her kicks.
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In that fashion, some trivia regarding the production are definitely interesting to mention. According to Rothrock, Golden Harvest originally signed her to play the villain opposite of Jackie Chan in Armour of God, but when production halted due to Chan's near-fatal filming accident, the studio reassigned Rothrock to Righting Wrongs with Biao. While practicing her moves for the film, she injured her right Acl; rather than take time off to undergo surgery, she proceeded to shoot her scenes using her left leg for her kicks.
- 2/25/2024
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
One of Jackie Chan’s action masterpieces is 1983’s Project A. The film brought Chan together with his brothers from the China Drama Academy, Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao. Project A features Chan’s signature action with the famous set pieces that have been inspired by such classic silent-era performers as Harold Lloyd and Charlie Chaplin. Now, the home video distribution company 88 Films, which has released remastered Chan movies like Dragons Forever and the Police Story movies, will now be releasing Project A and Project A – Part II on 4K Blu-ray. Blu-ray.com has announced that the set will be available on April 23, 2024.
Special Features and Technical Specs include:
Dolby Vision/Hdr Presentation Of The Hong Kong Cut (106 min) Dolby Vision/Hdr Presentation Of The Taiwan Cut (115 min) Cantonese Dolby Atmos Track and Cantonese 1.0 and with newly translated subtitles + English Dub New Interview with Stuntman Mars (2024) Interview with Jackie...
Special Features and Technical Specs include:
Dolby Vision/Hdr Presentation Of The Hong Kong Cut (106 min) Dolby Vision/Hdr Presentation Of The Taiwan Cut (115 min) Cantonese Dolby Atmos Track and Cantonese 1.0 and with newly translated subtitles + English Dub New Interview with Stuntman Mars (2024) Interview with Jackie...
- 12/20/2023
- by EJ Tangonan
- JoBlo.com
In the mid-eighties, Jackie Chan was the biggest star in Asia. After failing to break out like Bruce Lee in the North American market, he focused on Asia, with his film Police Story making him one of the biggest box office draws of his day. At the same time, Chan was frequently working with two other action stars, Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao, with whom he had been raised at the brutal Peking Opera School. Their movies, Project A and Wheels on Meals, where big hits, but 1988’s Dragons Forever was the breaking point for their relationship, with them never again headlining a film together. What happened?
Part of it may have been jealousy and a heavy dose of ego. At the time, Chan was the biggest star to emerge from Hong Kong since Bruce Lee. While the late seventies and early eighties were good for him, leaving to a string of popular hits,...
Part of it may have been jealousy and a heavy dose of ego. At the time, Chan was the biggest star to emerge from Hong Kong since Bruce Lee. While the late seventies and early eighties were good for him, leaving to a string of popular hits,...
- 11/12/2023
- by Chris Bumbray
- JoBlo.com
Action-packed World War 2 thriller 3 Days in Malay is out now on digital in the UK and Ireland, and to celebrate, we’re giving two lucky winners the chance to win an iTunes voucher!
Based on true events, 3 Days in Malay is directed by and stars Louis Mandylor (Blindsided) alongside Donald Cerrone (The Commando) and wrestling superstar Quinton ‘Rampage’ Jackson (The A-Team) as outmanned soldiers defending a vital airstrip from a Japanese assault. Tense and action-packed in the tradition of Fury, 3 Days in Malay is a no-nonsense tale of against-the-odds courage and camaraderie in the face of the brutality of combat.
A small group of soldiers and medical staff must defend an airfield for three days against a Japanese assault during the fight for Malay during the Second World War.
3 Days in Malay is available now on digital platforms including Google, iTunes, Sky, Amazon, Ratuken and Virgin.
Based on true events, 3 Days in Malay is directed by and stars Louis Mandylor (Blindsided) alongside Donald Cerrone (The Commando) and wrestling superstar Quinton ‘Rampage’ Jackson (The A-Team) as outmanned soldiers defending a vital airstrip from a Japanese assault. Tense and action-packed in the tradition of Fury, 3 Days in Malay is a no-nonsense tale of against-the-odds courage and camaraderie in the face of the brutality of combat.
A small group of soldiers and medical staff must defend an airfield for three days against a Japanese assault during the fight for Malay during the Second World War.
3 Days in Malay is available now on digital platforms including Google, iTunes, Sky, Amazon, Ratuken and Virgin.
- 8/24/2023
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Inspirational teachers and action cinema always seems to recall “The Substitute” series of American movies back in the 1990's. It is an odd mix to combine from a storyline perspective with a high probability of being either preachy or exploitative. It does however offer a mix of dramatic possibilities. Which leads us to “Walid”, a Malaysian feature that aims to deliver just that whilst promoting the Silat martial art to a wider international audience.
“Walid” Opens in U.S. Theaters, July 28 at Cinema Village in NYC and August 11 at the Laemmle Glendale in LA, courtesy of Outsider Pictures
Walid (Megat Sharizal) gives his time teaching the underprivileged children in the village, extolling the virtues of how to live life through giving them the chance to read and write. One day, he notices Aisha (Putri Qaseh) a young girl from a neighboring village watching his class from the outside and intrigued by this,...
“Walid” Opens in U.S. Theaters, July 28 at Cinema Village in NYC and August 11 at the Laemmle Glendale in LA, courtesy of Outsider Pictures
Walid (Megat Sharizal) gives his time teaching the underprivileged children in the village, extolling the virtues of how to live life through giving them the chance to read and write. One day, he notices Aisha (Putri Qaseh) a young girl from a neighboring village watching his class from the outside and intrigued by this,...
- 7/15/2023
- by Ben Stykuc
- AsianMoviePulse
Also known as The Lady Dragon, Cynthia Rothrock first started acting in Hong Kong films in the 1980s following a very successful career as a competition martial artist. She holds 5 black belts and is ranked 8th Dan Grandmaster. She competed against men for a good part of her competition days due to there not always being a women’s category, where she won many times over. Her achievement in the martial arts world got her the first female cover of Karate Illustrated and her film career is filled with action and a bit of humor. Here are 5 of the best Cynthia Rothrock movies:
Yes, Madam (1985)
Her very first movie role, the part of Inspector Carrie Moss was designed for Rothrock and her skills, or so it would seem while watching the film. Directed by Corey Yuen and co-starring Michelle Yeoh, a woman who needs no introduction at this point, the...
Yes, Madam (1985)
Her very first movie role, the part of Inspector Carrie Moss was designed for Rothrock and her skills, or so it would seem while watching the film. Directed by Corey Yuen and co-starring Michelle Yeoh, a woman who needs no introduction at this point, the...
- 5/28/2023
- by Emilie Black
- JoBlo.com
Though I’m sure there are only approximately 2 people reading this who haven’t seen the original Mr Vampire, we have to set some context before we delve into Eureka’s two disc set of its sequels.
1985’s Mr Vampire (also on Blu-ray from Eureka) stars Lam Ching-Ying as a Taoist priest who, along with his students (Ricky Hui and Chin Siu-ho) has to fight off supernatural threats like a ghost that wants to seduce one of the students and the undead grandfather of Ting-Ting (Moon Lee), who they were supposed to rebury, but allowed to turn and escape. It’s great fun, narratively nonsense a lot of the time, but also somewhat rooted in real traditions and Chinese culture (the unique hopping vampires). For my money it earns its reputation as a classic, which brings us to this set.
The Films
Mr Vampire II
This film has almost nothing to do with Mr Vampire.
1985’s Mr Vampire (also on Blu-ray from Eureka) stars Lam Ching-Ying as a Taoist priest who, along with his students (Ricky Hui and Chin Siu-ho) has to fight off supernatural threats like a ghost that wants to seduce one of the students and the undead grandfather of Ting-Ting (Moon Lee), who they were supposed to rebury, but allowed to turn and escape. It’s great fun, narratively nonsense a lot of the time, but also somewhat rooted in real traditions and Chinese culture (the unique hopping vampires). For my money it earns its reputation as a classic, which brings us to this set.
The Films
Mr Vampire II
This film has almost nothing to do with Mr Vampire.
- 5/22/2023
- by Sam Inglis
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Winner of the 1999 Golden Horse Award for Best Visual Effects, Andrew Lau's “A Man Called Hero” is a genuine wuxia film, which doubles intensely though, as a drama, in a rather appealing package that also benefits the most by the impressive cast. The movie would be a huge commercial success, amassing more than 23 million Hk dollars upon its release.
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The script is loosely based on the manhua series Chinese Hero: Tales of the Blood Sword by Hong Kong artist Ma Wing-shing and begins in early Republican China. After passing a test, Hero Hua is accepted by Pride, a master swordsman, as his second apprentice. When he returns home, he is horrified to see that his parents have been murdered by foreigners for opposing the opium trade. That night, Hero breaks up the foreigners' party and kills them in revenge.
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The script is loosely based on the manhua series Chinese Hero: Tales of the Blood Sword by Hong Kong artist Ma Wing-shing and begins in early Republican China. After passing a test, Hero Hua is accepted by Pride, a master swordsman, as his second apprentice. When he returns home, he is horrified to see that his parents have been murdered by foreigners for opposing the opium trade. That night, Hero breaks up the foreigners' party and kills them in revenge.
- 4/14/2023
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
When "John Wick" dropkicked its way into theaters in 2014, it raised the bar on U.S. action films but didn't quite feel like a total game changer at the time. Keanu Reeves as the sympathetic rogue assassin was undeniably cool and relatable without reaching instant icon status. The gun-fu interplay felt fresh and exciting with clear influences from Hong Kong cinema that most audiences were already at least somewhat familiar with. Director John Woo, for example, imported his unique blend of action and artistry with the shoot 'em up classics "The Killer" and "Hardboiled," introducing international audiences to a rebirth of cool in hitman movies that also had a soul.
Fast forward to "John Wick: Chapter 4." Reeves, director Chad Stahelski and the entire creative and technical teams have taken all of their influences from some of the greatest choreographers and martial artists to truly transcend the action genre. At nearly three hours long,...
Fast forward to "John Wick: Chapter 4." Reeves, director Chad Stahelski and the entire creative and technical teams have taken all of their influences from some of the greatest choreographers and martial artists to truly transcend the action genre. At nearly three hours long,...
- 3/21/2023
- by Drew Tinnin
- Slash Film
Martial arts veteran Sammo Hung will be presented with a lifetime achievement honor at the Asian Film Awards.
The ceremony is back as an in-person event after a two-year absence and has shifted back to Hong Kong after previously being held in Hong Kong, Macau and Busan. Hung will accept the award on Sunday at the Hong Kong Palace Museum.
Hung’s career as an actor, action choreographer, director and producer spans some 60 years.
His acting credits include action comedies “Dirty Tiger, Crazy Frog” and “Odd Couple,” paranormal horror comedies “Encounters of the Spooky Kind” and “The Dead and the Deadly,” comedy film series “Lucky Stars” and gangster action film “Shanghai, Shanghai.” In 1982, Hung won the best actor prize at the second Hong Kong Film Awards for his directorial effort “Carry on Pickpocket,” as well as best action choreography for “The Prodigal Son,” which he also directed and starred in.
The ceremony is back as an in-person event after a two-year absence and has shifted back to Hong Kong after previously being held in Hong Kong, Macau and Busan. Hung will accept the award on Sunday at the Hong Kong Palace Museum.
Hung’s career as an actor, action choreographer, director and producer spans some 60 years.
His acting credits include action comedies “Dirty Tiger, Crazy Frog” and “Odd Couple,” paranormal horror comedies “Encounters of the Spooky Kind” and “The Dead and the Deadly,” comedy film series “Lucky Stars” and gangster action film “Shanghai, Shanghai.” In 1982, Hung won the best actor prize at the second Hong Kong Film Awards for his directorial effort “Carry on Pickpocket,” as well as best action choreography for “The Prodigal Son,” which he also directed and starred in.
- 3/12/2023
- by Naman Ramachandran and Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Eureka Entertainment are set to release Hopping Mad: The Mr Vampire Sequels, four more vampire-hopping films featuring a bevy of Hong Kong legends. Presented as part of the Eureka Classics range in their UK debuts on Blu-ray from stunning new restorations.
After the huge success of Mr. Vampire, Hong Kong audiences were desperate for more vampire-hopping action and the films’ producers were more than happy to oblige. A steady stream of jiangshi content was produced over the following years, and presented here are 4 of these classic titles from stunning new restorations.
In Mr Vampire II (aka Vampire Family) an archaeologist and his students unwittingly set free a family of hopping vampires who wreak havoc in 1980s Hong Kong. Mr Vampire III returns to a period setting and sees Lam Ching-ying’s Taoist priest battle an evil witch (a brilliant performance by veteran actress Pauline Yuk-Wan Wong). Mr Vampire IV (aka...
After the huge success of Mr. Vampire, Hong Kong audiences were desperate for more vampire-hopping action and the films’ producers were more than happy to oblige. A steady stream of jiangshi content was produced over the following years, and presented here are 4 of these classic titles from stunning new restorations.
In Mr Vampire II (aka Vampire Family) an archaeologist and his students unwittingly set free a family of hopping vampires who wreak havoc in 1980s Hong Kong. Mr Vampire III returns to a period setting and sees Lam Ching-ying’s Taoist priest battle an evil witch (a brilliant performance by veteran actress Pauline Yuk-Wan Wong). Mr Vampire IV (aka...
- 3/3/2023
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Arrow will be re-releasing Sammo Hung’s Knockabout, available on North American Blu-ray and their streaming service Arrow, on March 28, 2023. To celebrate the release, Arrow has a new trailer to debut. Blu-ray details are located here.
Having established himself as Hong Kong’s premier action choreographer throughout the 1970s, Sammo Hung ended the decade by directing a non-stop assault of kung fu classics for Golden Harvest, starting with the brutal The Iron-Fisted Monk. But it would be his 1979 directorial effort that would finally give his Peking Opera brother-in-arms, acrobatic ace Yuen Biao, his first chance at leading man status: Knockabout!
Brothers and partners-in-crime, Yipao (Biao) and Taipao (Warriors Two‘s “Beardy” Leung Kar-Yan), have made an up-and-down career out of being hustlers, conning everyone from bank tellers to casino dealers. One day, they push their luck with the wrong man, martial arts master Chia Wu Dao (legendary Shaw...
Having established himself as Hong Kong’s premier action choreographer throughout the 1970s, Sammo Hung ended the decade by directing a non-stop assault of kung fu classics for Golden Harvest, starting with the brutal The Iron-Fisted Monk. But it would be his 1979 directorial effort that would finally give his Peking Opera brother-in-arms, acrobatic ace Yuen Biao, his first chance at leading man status: Knockabout!
Brothers and partners-in-crime, Yipao (Biao) and Taipao (Warriors Two‘s “Beardy” Leung Kar-Yan), have made an up-and-down career out of being hustlers, conning everyone from bank tellers to casino dealers. One day, they push their luck with the wrong man, martial arts master Chia Wu Dao (legendary Shaw...
- 3/3/2023
- by Suzie Cho
- AsianMoviePulse
It is a brand new month and for the moment all you have to beware of in March are the Ides. When it comes to the lineup of programming that Arrow have in store for you there is nothing to fear. From documentaries about Dennis Hopper, Nicolas Roeg and the makings of Barbarella and The Mutilator. There are collections of films celebrating horror icons Jeffrey Combs and Greek filmmaker Nico Mastorakis. Other collections include music and audio-based Arrow features in Death by Stereo and a currated list of titles put together by the Horror Movie Survival Guide podcast. To cap off the month martial arts fans can watch Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao's Knockabout. Arrow Offers Classic and Cutting Edge Cult Cinema March 2023 Lineup...
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- 3/1/2023
- Screen Anarchy
Coming 26th September from 88 Films in UK.
Lawyer Jason Chan (Yuen Biao), fed up with the failings of the justice system and the way it allows criminals off the hook, vows to take the law into his own hands after a key witness and his entire family are murdered. However, his plans are soon complicated when he finds hotshot detective Cindy-Si (Cynthia Rothrock) on his case.
Shot through with intrigue and action, this slick Hong Kong thriller rattles along magically in a satisfyingly explosive manner. In this Deluxe presentation, Righting Wrongs is a must for all serious collectors of martial arts mayhem.
Lawyer Jason Chan (Yuen Biao), fed up with the failings of the justice system and the way it allows criminals off the hook, vows to take the law into his own hands after a key witness and his entire family are murdered. However, his plans are soon complicated when he finds hotshot detective Cindy-Si (Cynthia Rothrock) on his case.
Shot through with intrigue and action, this slick Hong Kong thriller rattles along magically in a satisfyingly explosive manner. In this Deluxe presentation, Righting Wrongs is a must for all serious collectors of martial arts mayhem.
- 7/4/2022
- by Don Anelli
- AsianMoviePulse
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Hong Kong neon-noir police action, On The Run, is out in September via 88Films. This gritty, and sometimes brutal film, features Yuen Biao in a full-on action and dramatic role, a change from the comedy-action films he is known for. Yuen Biao plays a police officer, trying to solve the case of his wife’s murder, and slowly unravels the layers of who he can and can’t trust in his circle. Pre-order now at a special discounted price on the Terracotta store Here
Might as well go for the Yuen Biao double. Also released in September, Righting Wrongs is some straight up beat ’em up Hong Kong 80’s action cinema. Starring Yuen Biao and Cynthia Rothrock, this release comes packed full of extras and special features, again via 88Films Here
July Blu-ray Releases
Summer Time Machine Blues – hilarious Japanese time-travel comedy featuring student high-jinks and a broken air-conditioner.
Hong Kong neon-noir police action, On The Run, is out in September via 88Films. This gritty, and sometimes brutal film, features Yuen Biao in a full-on action and dramatic role, a change from the comedy-action films he is known for. Yuen Biao plays a police officer, trying to solve the case of his wife’s murder, and slowly unravels the layers of who he can and can’t trust in his circle. Pre-order now at a special discounted price on the Terracotta store Here
Might as well go for the Yuen Biao double. Also released in September, Righting Wrongs is some straight up beat ’em up Hong Kong 80’s action cinema. Starring Yuen Biao and Cynthia Rothrock, this release comes packed full of extras and special features, again via 88Films Here
July Blu-ray Releases
Summer Time Machine Blues – hilarious Japanese time-travel comedy featuring student high-jinks and a broken air-conditioner.
- 7/2/2022
- by Adriana Rosati
- AsianMoviePulse
Guest reviewer Lee Broughton returns with an assessment of Sammo Hung’s groundbreaking Hong Kong hit wherein comedy, horror and martial arts elements are brought together in a wholly successful way. This show has it all: kung fu action, duelling mystics, hopping vampires, hungry zombies, haunted mirrors and a sympathetic everyman whose danger-fraught narrative trajectory is littered with moments that are genuinely funny. Excellent production values complete this near perfect picture.
Encounter of the Spooky Kind
Region B Blu-ray
Eureka Entertainment
1980 / Color / 2.35 / 103 min. / Encounters of the Spooky Kind, Spooky Encounters, Gui da Gui / Street Date, 21 June 2021 / £17.99
Starring: Sammo Hung, Fat Chung, Lung Chan, Huang Ha, Suet-Mei Leung, Ching-Ying Lam, Biao Yuen.
Cinematography: Yu-Tang Li
Film Editor: Peter Cheung
Written by Sammo Hung, Ying Wong
Produced by Raymond Chow
Directed by Sammo Hung
“Fat Guts” Cheung (Sammo Hung) is a rickshaw driver in rural China. The “Fat Guts” moniker came about...
Encounter of the Spooky Kind
Region B Blu-ray
Eureka Entertainment
1980 / Color / 2.35 / 103 min. / Encounters of the Spooky Kind, Spooky Encounters, Gui da Gui / Street Date, 21 June 2021 / £17.99
Starring: Sammo Hung, Fat Chung, Lung Chan, Huang Ha, Suet-Mei Leung, Ching-Ying Lam, Biao Yuen.
Cinematography: Yu-Tang Li
Film Editor: Peter Cheung
Written by Sammo Hung, Ying Wong
Produced by Raymond Chow
Directed by Sammo Hung
“Fat Guts” Cheung (Sammo Hung) is a rickshaw driver in rural China. The “Fat Guts” moniker came about...
- 8/17/2021
- by Lee Broughton
- Trailers from Hell
Guest reviewer Lee Broughton returns with a Region B review of Tsui Hark’s mystical tale of derring-do in ancient China. Hark revived a once popular variant of the wuxia film form — the Chinese shenguai wuxia films from the late 1920s — which paired chivalric martial arts with more overtly mystical and mythological elements. The groundbreaking and stylishly executed result is said to have been John Carpenter’s chief inspiration when making Big Trouble in Little China.
Zu Warriors from the Magic Mountain
Blu-ray
Eureka Entertainment
1983 / Color / 1:85 widescreen / 98 min. / Shu Shan – Xin Shu shan jian ke / Street Date April 20, 2020 / £17.99
Starring: Adam Cheng, Brigitte Lin, Damian Lau, Biao Yuen, Hoi Mang, Moon Lee, Judy Ongg, Sammo Hung, Norman Chu, Corey Yuen.
Cinematography: Bill Wong
Film Editor: Peter Cheung
Original Music: Sing-Yau Kwan
Written by Cheuk-Hon Szeto
Produced by Raymond Chow
Directed by Tsui Hark
Reviewed by Lee Broughton
Ancient China: civil...
Zu Warriors from the Magic Mountain
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Eureka Entertainment
1983 / Color / 1:85 widescreen / 98 min. / Shu Shan – Xin Shu shan jian ke / Street Date April 20, 2020 / £17.99
Starring: Adam Cheng, Brigitte Lin, Damian Lau, Biao Yuen, Hoi Mang, Moon Lee, Judy Ongg, Sammo Hung, Norman Chu, Corey Yuen.
Cinematography: Bill Wong
Film Editor: Peter Cheung
Original Music: Sing-Yau Kwan
Written by Cheuk-Hon Szeto
Produced by Raymond Chow
Directed by Tsui Hark
Reviewed by Lee Broughton
Ancient China: civil...
- 5/12/2020
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
Eureka Entertainment to release “Wheels on Meals”, a spectacular, non-stop action comedy starring Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao, presented from a brand new 2K restoration for the first time ever on Blu-ray in the UK as part of the Eureka Classics range on 18 March 2019. Available with a Limited Edition slipcase and booklet [4000 copies Only].
From a brand new 2K restoration comes perhaps the greatest martial-arts comedy of all time, Sammo Hung’s “Wheels on Meals”, starring Hung, Jackie Chan, and Yuen Biao as the most exciting triple act in action movie history!
“Wheels on Meals”
Director: Sammo Kam-Bo Hung
Actors: Jackie Chan, Biao Yuen, Sammo Kam-Bo Hung, Benny Urquidez, Keith Vitali, Herb Edelma
Film Summary
Country: Hong Kong S.A.R., China
Language: Cantonese / English
Year: 1984
Runtime: 107
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Certificate: 15
Subtitles: English (optional)
Genre: Action Comedy
Fast food chefs Thomas (Chan) and David (Biao) find themselves...
From a brand new 2K restoration comes perhaps the greatest martial-arts comedy of all time, Sammo Hung’s “Wheels on Meals”, starring Hung, Jackie Chan, and Yuen Biao as the most exciting triple act in action movie history!
“Wheels on Meals”
Director: Sammo Kam-Bo Hung
Actors: Jackie Chan, Biao Yuen, Sammo Kam-Bo Hung, Benny Urquidez, Keith Vitali, Herb Edelma
Film Summary
Country: Hong Kong S.A.R., China
Language: Cantonese / English
Year: 1984
Runtime: 107
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Certificate: 15
Subtitles: English (optional)
Genre: Action Comedy
Fast food chefs Thomas (Chan) and David (Biao) find themselves...
- 1/12/2019
- by Adriana Rosati
- AsianMoviePulse
Donnie Yen is currently shooting his new film Iceman Cometh 3D, which is a remake of Yuen Biao and Yuen Wah's 1989 action flick. The story spans from China's Ming Dynasty (1368 - 1644) to modern day Hong Kong. It is being shot in 3D and easily one of Donnie's most ambitious projects to date. The production has not been easy; however, as difficulties such as the failure to get government approval to film some scenes on Tsing Ma Bridge and challenges associated with shooting in 3D have led to a prolonged shoot and escalating production costs, with some reports saying the budget of the film has already doubled from what was initially planned. It appears that the part that is based in Hong Kong has finally been...
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- 4/29/2013
- Screen Anarchy
This is my top 10 favorite kickers in Kung Fu cinema. It is just my personal opinion as there are many great performers out there with amazing ability also. I hope everyone likes my top 10 and please feel free to leave comments at the bottom of the page.
10.Jean Claude Van Damme
Jean Claude is one of the best kickers i have seen out of the Asian movie market. His jumping spin kicks are brilliant, hitting with speed and power, which would take anyone’s head off. Van Damme was also a former member of the Belgium Team that won the European Championships in 1979 in Brussels.
Some of Van Dammes best kicking skills can be watched in movies such as No Retreat, No Surrender, Bloodsport, Kickboxer, Lionheart, Double Impact, The Quest and so on. He recently starred as the main villain in The Expendables 2, which he did a great job,...
10.Jean Claude Van Damme
Jean Claude is one of the best kickers i have seen out of the Asian movie market. His jumping spin kicks are brilliant, hitting with speed and power, which would take anyone’s head off. Van Damme was also a former member of the Belgium Team that won the European Championships in 1979 in Brussels.
Some of Van Dammes best kicking skills can be watched in movies such as No Retreat, No Surrender, Bloodsport, Kickboxer, Lionheart, Double Impact, The Quest and so on. He recently starred as the main villain in The Expendables 2, which he did a great job,...
- 1/22/2013
- by kingofkungfu
- AsianMoviePulse
Kung Fu megastar Donnie yen as just recently starting filming the remake of the 1989 Yuen Biao movie “The Iceman Cometh” which will be shot in 3D.
The movie will see Donnie take on the role that Yuen Biao did so well in 1989, which also starred Maggie Cheung and Yuen Wah, but the cast for the latest movie will include Simon yam, Wang Baoqiang and Eva Huang. A few months back the director of the movie claimed Yuen Biao will make a surprise cameo and also fight Donnie yen, but nothing was mentioned about this in the last few weeks.
The budget for the movie is $150 million (Us), so we should expect some big action sequences and great fight scenes and if the remake is anything like the original, then be ready for a great movie.
“The Iceman Cometh 3D” revolves around a Captain America-like character portrayed by Yen. The...
The movie will see Donnie take on the role that Yuen Biao did so well in 1989, which also starred Maggie Cheung and Yuen Wah, but the cast for the latest movie will include Simon yam, Wang Baoqiang and Eva Huang. A few months back the director of the movie claimed Yuen Biao will make a surprise cameo and also fight Donnie yen, but nothing was mentioned about this in the last few weeks.
The budget for the movie is $150 million (Us), so we should expect some big action sequences and great fight scenes and if the remake is anything like the original, then be ready for a great movie.
“The Iceman Cometh 3D” revolves around a Captain America-like character portrayed by Yen. The...
- 12/18/2012
- by kingofkungfu
- AsianMoviePulse
2013 promises to be filled with lots of Martial Art movies and i have to say 2012 wasn’t the best year for it. The list that we have here include some great movies and we have high expectations to see some great choreography. There might be more movies which we will add to this list, so if you know of any more, please leave a comment in the box at the bottom of the page.
Tom Yum Goong 2
Cast:Tony Jaa, Jeeja Yanin, Petchtai Wongkamlao, Marrese Crump
Kham is the last of a family line of guards who once watched over the King of Thailand’s war elephants. Traditionally, only the most perfect elephants could successfully defend the throne, and very great care was taken in raising them. After his harrowing quest to retrieve the elephants and his calf, Korn, Kham returns to his village to live in peace. But for...
Tom Yum Goong 2
Cast:Tony Jaa, Jeeja Yanin, Petchtai Wongkamlao, Marrese Crump
Kham is the last of a family line of guards who once watched over the King of Thailand’s war elephants. Traditionally, only the most perfect elephants could successfully defend the throne, and very great care was taken in raising them. After his harrowing quest to retrieve the elephants and his calf, Korn, Kham returns to his village to live in peace. But for...
- 12/13/2012
- by kingofkungfu
- AsianMoviePulse
Lam Ching Ying is my favorite star in any Horror movie, weather it be taking on hopping vampires or just plain old spirits, no one does it better than lam.
His roles in the Mr.Vampire movies show his skills as an actor, with great comic timing which goes well with his serious acting side, which we dont normally get to see on screen. This role would make him, not just a big star in Asia but also worldwide as the master of Vampire killers.
I hope you enjoy my top 10 list and please feel free to write your own favorites in the comments box at the bottom of the page.
10.Mr.Vampire 2 (1986)
Cast:Lam Ching Ying, Yuen Biao, Moon Lee, Chung Fat, Billy Lau
Mr.Vampire 2 as some good moments throughout the movie but doesn’t live up to the first one. Here Lam Ching Ying takes on Hopping...
His roles in the Mr.Vampire movies show his skills as an actor, with great comic timing which goes well with his serious acting side, which we dont normally get to see on screen. This role would make him, not just a big star in Asia but also worldwide as the master of Vampire killers.
I hope you enjoy my top 10 list and please feel free to write your own favorites in the comments box at the bottom of the page.
10.Mr.Vampire 2 (1986)
Cast:Lam Ching Ying, Yuen Biao, Moon Lee, Chung Fat, Billy Lau
Mr.Vampire 2 as some good moments throughout the movie but doesn’t live up to the first one. Here Lam Ching Ying takes on Hopping...
- 12/6/2012
- by kingofkungfu
- AsianMoviePulse
Xu Huihui is relatively new to the Kung Fu world, recently starring in the Chinese TV Series ‘The Legend of Wing Chun’, she as also landed a part in the upcoming movie ‘Tai Chi Hero’, along side Tony Leung, Yuen Biao and many more.
www.jadexu.com
www.milosciaky.it
Xu Huihui was born on the 9th February 1986, she started learning in the art of Wu Shu at just the young age of 6 under her teacher and mother Xu Guan Guan. At the age of 9 she left China and went to live in Italy, not long after she won her first tournament and since that day, she as never looked back winning many tournaments and trophies along the way including National and International tournaments.
Her skills and life long practice of the Martial Arts have got her great roles so far and i feel she will only get better and...
www.jadexu.com
www.milosciaky.it
Xu Huihui was born on the 9th February 1986, she started learning in the art of Wu Shu at just the young age of 6 under her teacher and mother Xu Guan Guan. At the age of 9 she left China and went to live in Italy, not long after she won her first tournament and since that day, she as never looked back winning many tournaments and trophies along the way including National and International tournaments.
Her skills and life long practice of the Martial Arts have got her great roles so far and i feel she will only get better and...
- 11/19/2012
- by kingofkungfu
- AsianMoviePulse
Donnie Yen is extremely busy these days, after the success of movies such as Spl (Sha Po Lang), Flash Point and the two Ip man movies, Donnie is back with a new martial arts movie titled “Enter The Master”.
The action is set in a Us ‘Chinatown’ location and sees Yen as a former martial arts ace who must decide whether or not to come out of hiding when a new immigrant he has befriended puts him in the middle of a war between two triad factions.
Also starring in the movie is Nicholas Tse, who starred with Donnie in the movies Bodyguards and Assassins and Dragon Tiger Gate, The film will be shot by busy Hong Kong director Chan Hing-kai. “Donnie and Nicholas have worked well together before, but Enter The Master will take the collaboration a step further by pitting the two directly against each other, both emotionally and physically,...
The action is set in a Us ‘Chinatown’ location and sees Yen as a former martial arts ace who must decide whether or not to come out of hiding when a new immigrant he has befriended puts him in the middle of a war between two triad factions.
Also starring in the movie is Nicholas Tse, who starred with Donnie in the movies Bodyguards and Assassins and Dragon Tiger Gate, The film will be shot by busy Hong Kong director Chan Hing-kai. “Donnie and Nicholas have worked well together before, but Enter The Master will take the collaboration a step further by pitting the two directly against each other, both emotionally and physically,...
- 11/2/2012
- by kingofkungfu
- AsianMoviePulse
The prior four articles of the good and ugly in comedy horror, all of it was in the run down to this final part. We’ve looked at Frank Henenlotter, Joe Dante, and an unfathomable number of pratfalls, puns, sarcastic one liners and gore, gore, gore. If you’re favourite comedy horror hasn’t appeared, tell us what it is in the comments section below. Maybe a variation on this article will appear in 12 months with some of those omissions included.
Part One
Part Two
Part Three
Part Four
Now to the meat of the matter, what are the greatest films that combine both comedy and horror?
Wallace & Gromit And The Curse Of The Were-rabbit
Wallace & Gromit made their debut feature length with one of best horror homages in many a year. Maybe that’s a biased viewpoint as a Brit, Wallace and his pet dog can do no wrong on these shores.
Part One
Part Two
Part Three
Part Four
Now to the meat of the matter, what are the greatest films that combine both comedy and horror?
Wallace & Gromit And The Curse Of The Were-rabbit
Wallace & Gromit made their debut feature length with one of best horror homages in many a year. Maybe that’s a biased viewpoint as a Brit, Wallace and his pet dog can do no wrong on these shores.
- 10/31/2012
- by Rob Simpson
- SoundOnSight
Firstly i would like to thank everyone that put questions forward for my first Q&A session on Asian Movie Pulse, myself and everyone on the site would like to thank you for your continued support and hope we can all continue to grow together and make this one of the best sites on the net.
If you put questions forward and they didn’t make it this time, do not worry as we will keep them for the next Q&A session in the near future. So here we go, i hope you enjoy everyones questions and the answers i put forward.
Q1:Do you think the martial arts movie industry has declined over the years, Will we ever have a new consistent jackie chan and jet li movie star? – By:Nile Dragon
A) Hi Nile, it is a bit of a strange one as we know in the 70′s till the late 80′s,...
If you put questions forward and they didn’t make it this time, do not worry as we will keep them for the next Q&A session in the near future. So here we go, i hope you enjoy everyones questions and the answers i put forward.
Q1:Do you think the martial arts movie industry has declined over the years, Will we ever have a new consistent jackie chan and jet li movie star? – By:Nile Dragon
A) Hi Nile, it is a bit of a strange one as we know in the 70′s till the late 80′s,...
- 10/7/2012
- by kingofkungfu
- AsianMoviePulse
Selected Filmography:
1985:Yes,Madam
1986:Millionaire’s Express
1986:Righting Wrongs
1988:China O’Brien
1989:Martial Law
1994:Undefeatable
2012:Double Fury
http://www.cynthiarothrock.org/
As a writer for Asian Movie Pulse, i was very excited when Cynthia Rothrock had agreed to do a interview for the site as i have been a big fan of hers for many years. The first movie i ever seen her in was Righting Wrongs (Above The Law), opposite Yuen Biao. She impressed me so much i had to go out and get her other movies, her movement, speed and power made her brilliant to watch within Kung Fu cinema and it was no wonder people like Sammo hung wanted her in his movies.
Martial arts achievements
Rothrock is five-time World Karate Champion in forms and weapons between 1981 and 1985. These categories are not combat-oriented, being displays of fluidity of movement rather than fighting, and are therefore...
1985:Yes,Madam
1986:Millionaire’s Express
1986:Righting Wrongs
1988:China O’Brien
1989:Martial Law
1994:Undefeatable
2012:Double Fury
http://www.cynthiarothrock.org/
As a writer for Asian Movie Pulse, i was very excited when Cynthia Rothrock had agreed to do a interview for the site as i have been a big fan of hers for many years. The first movie i ever seen her in was Righting Wrongs (Above The Law), opposite Yuen Biao. She impressed me so much i had to go out and get her other movies, her movement, speed and power made her brilliant to watch within Kung Fu cinema and it was no wonder people like Sammo hung wanted her in his movies.
Martial arts achievements
Rothrock is five-time World Karate Champion in forms and weapons between 1981 and 1985. These categories are not combat-oriented, being displays of fluidity of movement rather than fighting, and are therefore...
- 9/6/2012
- by kingofkungfu
- AsianMoviePulse
Cast: Yuen Biao Pat Ha Man Jing, Charlie Chin, Yuen Wah, Lo Lieh, Philip Ko
Director: Alfred Cheung
Producer: Sammo Hung
On The Run is a very under-rated thriller, starring Kung Fu legend Yuen Biao in one of his finest acting roles to date. Sammo Hung produces the movie which will have you watching at the edge of your seats till the very end.
Plot
When his police detective ex-wife is shot dead in a restaurant, “Hsiang Ming” (Yuen Biao) is initially frustrated by the negative impact on his emigration prospects! After quickly apprehending and overpowering the killer, “Miss Pai” (Pat Ha), things become even more complicated for Hsiang as he realizes that she and he are now targets of his erstwhile colleagues – corrupt detectives seeking to cover evidence of their own drug crimes. Framed for murder, Hsiang’s options rapidly contract as the killers target his elderly mother and young daughter.
Director: Alfred Cheung
Producer: Sammo Hung
On The Run is a very under-rated thriller, starring Kung Fu legend Yuen Biao in one of his finest acting roles to date. Sammo Hung produces the movie which will have you watching at the edge of your seats till the very end.
Plot
When his police detective ex-wife is shot dead in a restaurant, “Hsiang Ming” (Yuen Biao) is initially frustrated by the negative impact on his emigration prospects! After quickly apprehending and overpowering the killer, “Miss Pai” (Pat Ha), things become even more complicated for Hsiang as he realizes that she and he are now targets of his erstwhile colleagues – corrupt detectives seeking to cover evidence of their own drug crimes. Framed for murder, Hsiang’s options rapidly contract as the killers target his elderly mother and young daughter.
- 8/29/2012
- by kingofkungfu
- AsianMoviePulse
Cast:
Angela Mao
Carter Wong
Wong In Sik
Sammo hung
Director: Huang Feng
Action Director: Sammo Hung, Chan Chuen
The Tournament (1974) stars female Kung Fu legend Angela mao, once again in fine fighting form in a movie about a fighting Association based on the style of Muay Thai and other martial arts.
Plot
Lau is a respected martial art teacher in Hong Kong with a lot of followers. Knowing Chang, one of his students is forced to take part in a boxing tournament in Bangkok, he sends his son Hong there, too. Hong and Chang are soundly defeated in the tournament. However, the tournament is regarded as the championship between Hong Kong and Thailand. Thus martial art leaders in Hong Kong are angry at them and blame Lau. While His daughter, Siu Fung’s fiance takes back his engagement ring and the students leave him, Lau commits suicide. In order...
Angela Mao
Carter Wong
Wong In Sik
Sammo hung
Director: Huang Feng
Action Director: Sammo Hung, Chan Chuen
The Tournament (1974) stars female Kung Fu legend Angela mao, once again in fine fighting form in a movie about a fighting Association based on the style of Muay Thai and other martial arts.
Plot
Lau is a respected martial art teacher in Hong Kong with a lot of followers. Knowing Chang, one of his students is forced to take part in a boxing tournament in Bangkok, he sends his son Hong there, too. Hong and Chang are soundly defeated in the tournament. However, the tournament is regarded as the championship between Hong Kong and Thailand. Thus martial art leaders in Hong Kong are angry at them and blame Lau. While His daughter, Siu Fung’s fiance takes back his engagement ring and the students leave him, Lau commits suicide. In order...
- 8/14/2012
- by kingofkungfu
- AsianMoviePulse
Cast:
Sammo Hung
Yuen Biao
Anita Mui
George Lam
Director: Teddy Robin Kwan
Action Director: Deon Lam Dik On, Corey Yuen Kwai, Yuen Tak
Shanghai, Shanghai stars two of kung fu cinemas best, Sammo hung and Yuen Biao. Not the best movie they have starred in, but it does have it’s moments.
Plot
Little Tiger (Yuen Biao) left his hometown and went to Shanghai staying with his elder brother, Big Tiger (George Lam), who is a police officer. However, he accidentally got involved in robbing the National Salvation Funds. He also met Pao (Sandy Lam), a member of an acrobatic troupe, in this incident. Little Tiger was later invited to work for the triad society due to his outstanding fighting skills and swiftness.
Big Tiger was order to protect Mary Sung (Anita Mui), the goddaughter of a Shanghai celebrity Mr. Chin (Sammo Hung) and his ex-girlfriend, who came back from America recently.
Sammo Hung
Yuen Biao
Anita Mui
George Lam
Director: Teddy Robin Kwan
Action Director: Deon Lam Dik On, Corey Yuen Kwai, Yuen Tak
Shanghai, Shanghai stars two of kung fu cinemas best, Sammo hung and Yuen Biao. Not the best movie they have starred in, but it does have it’s moments.
Plot
Little Tiger (Yuen Biao) left his hometown and went to Shanghai staying with his elder brother, Big Tiger (George Lam), who is a police officer. However, he accidentally got involved in robbing the National Salvation Funds. He also met Pao (Sandy Lam), a member of an acrobatic troupe, in this incident. Little Tiger was later invited to work for the triad society due to his outstanding fighting skills and swiftness.
Big Tiger was order to protect Mary Sung (Anita Mui), the goddaughter of a Shanghai celebrity Mr. Chin (Sammo Hung) and his ex-girlfriend, who came back from America recently.
- 8/14/2012
- by kingofkungfu
- AsianMoviePulse
This is a run down of my Top 40 kung fu movies of the 1970′s. There were so many great films in this era, that i just hope i do this list some justice. The movies chosen are just my personal choice, i understand others might have different views.
Any of the movies that make the Top 40 list must have something special to make it in the first place. So i hope you enjoy my Top 40 Kung Fu movies.
20.Invincible Armour (1977)
Starring: Hwang Jang Lee, John Liu, Philip Ko, Lee Hoi San, Yuen Biao
The Emperor’s Minister of State Cheng, an authoritarian ruler, arranges for Hu Lung, one of his old students to distract General Chow while he assassinates the leader of the Ming rebels. Chow hunts for Hu Lung, but must avoid the authorities since he is a suspect in the murder. He eventually finds Chow, but is thwarted by Hu Lung’s master,...
Any of the movies that make the Top 40 list must have something special to make it in the first place. So i hope you enjoy my Top 40 Kung Fu movies.
20.Invincible Armour (1977)
Starring: Hwang Jang Lee, John Liu, Philip Ko, Lee Hoi San, Yuen Biao
The Emperor’s Minister of State Cheng, an authoritarian ruler, arranges for Hu Lung, one of his old students to distract General Chow while he assassinates the leader of the Ming rebels. Chow hunts for Hu Lung, but must avoid the authorities since he is a suspect in the murder. He eventually finds Chow, but is thwarted by Hu Lung’s master,...
- 8/7/2012
- by kingofkungfu
- AsianMoviePulse
Leung Kar Yan was born 20 January 1949, also known as Bryan Leung but to his fans “Beardy”, is a Hong Kong actor and director and despite being one of the most well-known faces in Hong Kong action cinema, he had no kind of martial arts training, relying on his talents to imitate the moves shown to him by the action directors.
His first break was in 1969 when he headed to the famous Shaw Brothers studio where he appeared in several renowned period kung fu films, such as Avenging Eagle, Shaolin Martial Arts and Bloody Avengers but didn’t really get a break as a leading character. In 1978 Legendary actor/director Sammo Hung got in touch with him and cast him as a villian in his then upcoming movie Enter The Fat Dragon,(A movie where sammo takes on the part of his fallen hero Bruce Lee). Many actors were given their...
His first break was in 1969 when he headed to the famous Shaw Brothers studio where he appeared in several renowned period kung fu films, such as Avenging Eagle, Shaolin Martial Arts and Bloody Avengers but didn’t really get a break as a leading character. In 1978 Legendary actor/director Sammo Hung got in touch with him and cast him as a villian in his then upcoming movie Enter The Fat Dragon,(A movie where sammo takes on the part of his fallen hero Bruce Lee). Many actors were given their...
- 8/1/2012
- by kingofkungfu
- AsianMoviePulse
Selected Filmography:
2007: Blizhniy Boy: The Ultimate Fighter
2009: Fighting
2009: Bodyguards and Assassins
2010: Tekken
2012: Dragon Eyes
2012: The Grandmasters
2012: The Man with the Iron Fists
Stats:
Born: May 25, 1972
Height: 5 ft 10
Style: Kickboxing, Sanshou, Taekwondo, Wrestling
Contact Info:
Twitter: @Cungle185
Website: www.cungschallenge.com
Cung Le is a fighting machine, anyone who steps in his way will feel the full force of his brutal back kick and many wont be getting up from it. I have always been impressed with his fighting ability and whenever he enters the octagon he always brings 100% to each fight, which makes him an exciting fighter to watch.
Early Life
Cung Le, a Vietnamese American, was born in Saigon, South Vietnam (now Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam). In 1975, three days before the Fall of Saigon, Cung Le and his mother Anne left Vietnam by helicopter under heavy gunfire. He ended up in San Jose,...
2007: Blizhniy Boy: The Ultimate Fighter
2009: Fighting
2009: Bodyguards and Assassins
2010: Tekken
2012: Dragon Eyes
2012: The Grandmasters
2012: The Man with the Iron Fists
Stats:
Born: May 25, 1972
Height: 5 ft 10
Style: Kickboxing, Sanshou, Taekwondo, Wrestling
Contact Info:
Twitter: @Cungle185
Website: www.cungschallenge.com
Cung Le is a fighting machine, anyone who steps in his way will feel the full force of his brutal back kick and many wont be getting up from it. I have always been impressed with his fighting ability and whenever he enters the octagon he always brings 100% to each fight, which makes him an exciting fighter to watch.
Early Life
Cung Le, a Vietnamese American, was born in Saigon, South Vietnam (now Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam). In 1975, three days before the Fall of Saigon, Cung Le and his mother Anne left Vietnam by helicopter under heavy gunfire. He ended up in San Jose,...
- 8/1/2012
- by kingofkungfu
- AsianMoviePulse
This is a run down of my Top 40 kung fu movies of the 1970′s. There were so many great films in this era, that i just hope i do this list some justice. The movies chosen are just my personal choice, i understand others might have different views.
Any of the movies that make the Top 40 list must have something special to make it in the first place. So i hope you enjoy my Top 40 Kung Fu movies.
30:Iron Fisted Monk
Starring: Sammo Hung, Fung Hak On, Chan Sing, James Tien
The Husker has a heart of gold although he is full of tricks. When he is a trainee at Shaolin Temple, he cuts so many corners and devises so many labor-saving ploys that he earns the open wrath and secret admiration of his holy elders. Monk Shan, the famous kung fu master, never lets his buddhist association stand in the way of wining,...
Any of the movies that make the Top 40 list must have something special to make it in the first place. So i hope you enjoy my Top 40 Kung Fu movies.
30:Iron Fisted Monk
Starring: Sammo Hung, Fung Hak On, Chan Sing, James Tien
The Husker has a heart of gold although he is full of tricks. When he is a trainee at Shaolin Temple, he cuts so many corners and devises so many labor-saving ploys that he earns the open wrath and secret admiration of his holy elders. Monk Shan, the famous kung fu master, never lets his buddhist association stand in the way of wining,...
- 7/31/2012
- by kingofkungfu
- AsianMoviePulse
Starring: Sammo Hung, Lau Kar Wing, Leung Kar Yan, Mars, Lee Hoi San, Dean Shek, Karl Maka
Director: Lau Kar Wing
Action Directors: Lau Kar Wing, Sammo hung
Assistant Action Directors: Chung Fat, Yuen Biao, lam Ching Ying, Billy Chan
The Odd Couple as been regarded as one of the best traditional weapon movies of all time. Here we get to see two legends going sword to pole as both Sammo hung and Lau Kar Wing show why they are up there with the very best, weather it be using weapons on screen or just straight kung fu. We also get to see leung Kar yan in the role of the leading villain which he always plays very well.
Plot
Two aging kung fu masters get together once a year for a timed duel. One is master of the short sword, King of Sabres (Sammo Hung), and the other is...
Director: Lau Kar Wing
Action Directors: Lau Kar Wing, Sammo hung
Assistant Action Directors: Chung Fat, Yuen Biao, lam Ching Ying, Billy Chan
The Odd Couple as been regarded as one of the best traditional weapon movies of all time. Here we get to see two legends going sword to pole as both Sammo hung and Lau Kar Wing show why they are up there with the very best, weather it be using weapons on screen or just straight kung fu. We also get to see leung Kar yan in the role of the leading villain which he always plays very well.
Plot
Two aging kung fu masters get together once a year for a timed duel. One is master of the short sword, King of Sabres (Sammo Hung), and the other is...
- 7/25/2012
- by kingofkungfu
- AsianMoviePulse
Cast: Sammo Hung, Lau Kar Wing, Chin Yuet Sang, Huang Ha, Chung Fat, Lee Hoi San, Dean Shek Tien
Director: Karl Maka
Action Director: Sammo Hung, Lau Kar Wing
Stuntmen: Lam Ching Ying, Yuen Biao
Dirty Tiger, Crazy Frog is a traditional kung fu movie starring Sammo Hung and Lau Kar Wing. Although it wasn’t a popular as his other movies at the time, this still deserves to be watched, with good fight scenes throughout and the final 20 minutes or so, see Sammo and Lau kar Wing going toe to toe with villain Lee Hoi San.
The film also features cameos from Yuen Biao, Lam Ching-ying and Hsiao Ho.
Plot
Rascal Dirty Tiger (Lau) is enlisted to find dimwitted Crazy Frog (Hung), the wayward husband of an old matron. Tiger captures his quarry with little difficulty but Frog makes him an offer: his freedom in exchange for the “Invincible Armour,...
Director: Karl Maka
Action Director: Sammo Hung, Lau Kar Wing
Stuntmen: Lam Ching Ying, Yuen Biao
Dirty Tiger, Crazy Frog is a traditional kung fu movie starring Sammo Hung and Lau Kar Wing. Although it wasn’t a popular as his other movies at the time, this still deserves to be watched, with good fight scenes throughout and the final 20 minutes or so, see Sammo and Lau kar Wing going toe to toe with villain Lee Hoi San.
The film also features cameos from Yuen Biao, Lam Ching-ying and Hsiao Ho.
Plot
Rascal Dirty Tiger (Lau) is enlisted to find dimwitted Crazy Frog (Hung), the wayward husband of an old matron. Tiger captures his quarry with little difficulty but Frog makes him an offer: his freedom in exchange for the “Invincible Armour,...
- 7/24/2012
- by kingofkungfu
- AsianMoviePulse
Starring: Sammo Hung, Yuen Biao, leung Kar yan, Lau Kar Wing, Lee Hoi San, Mars
Director: Sammo Hung
Knockabout is a 1979 kung fu movie from Director Sammo Hung which also stars himself with fellow Peking opera brother Yuen Biao. The movie as a great cast, bringing Shaw Brothers actor Lau Kar Wing into the picture (Something Sammo did quiet a lot). The movie as many great fight scenes, with Yuen Biao performing some of the best stuff ever on screen and a training sequence that is unbelievable to watch. The domestic Hong Kong theatrical release of Knockabout’ ran from 12 – 25 April, 1979, taking Hk $2,830,519.
Plot
The film follows two con artist brothers, Yipao (Yuen Biao) and Taipao (Bryan Leung). One day they are cheated out of their ill-gotten gains in an encounter with Jia Wu Dao (Lau Kar Wing). They try to fight him, to retrieve their money, but are defeated, so...
Director: Sammo Hung
Knockabout is a 1979 kung fu movie from Director Sammo Hung which also stars himself with fellow Peking opera brother Yuen Biao. The movie as a great cast, bringing Shaw Brothers actor Lau Kar Wing into the picture (Something Sammo did quiet a lot). The movie as many great fight scenes, with Yuen Biao performing some of the best stuff ever on screen and a training sequence that is unbelievable to watch. The domestic Hong Kong theatrical release of Knockabout’ ran from 12 – 25 April, 1979, taking Hk $2,830,519.
Plot
The film follows two con artist brothers, Yipao (Yuen Biao) and Taipao (Bryan Leung). One day they are cheated out of their ill-gotten gains in an encounter with Jia Wu Dao (Lau Kar Wing). They try to fight him, to retrieve their money, but are defeated, so...
- 7/24/2012
- by kingofkungfu
- AsianMoviePulse
Other names: 李连杰
Li Lianjie
Jet Li Lian Jie
Birth date: 26/4/1963
Nationality: China
Workplace: Hong Kong, USA
Selected Filmography:
1982:Shaolin Temple
1991:Once Upon A Time In China
1993:Tai Chi Master
1993:Fong Sai Yuk
1994:Fist Of Legend
2002:Hero
2005:Fearless
Jet Li has been making movies now for 30 years, this time in 1982, he was at the beginning of his journey starring in a movie called The Shaolin Temple (1982), which would make him an over night superstar. Thousands of people back then would travel for miles to get a chance to see Jet training, with his lightening fast punches and flexibility.
Wushu Years
Li was eight when his talent for wushu was noticed at a summer course at school, and he began his practice there. Li participated in the sport of wushu in the non-sparring event. He began on the Beijing Wushu Team, an athletic group organized to perform...
Li Lianjie
Jet Li Lian Jie
Birth date: 26/4/1963
Nationality: China
Workplace: Hong Kong, USA
Selected Filmography:
1982:Shaolin Temple
1991:Once Upon A Time In China
1993:Tai Chi Master
1993:Fong Sai Yuk
1994:Fist Of Legend
2002:Hero
2005:Fearless
Jet Li has been making movies now for 30 years, this time in 1982, he was at the beginning of his journey starring in a movie called The Shaolin Temple (1982), which would make him an over night superstar. Thousands of people back then would travel for miles to get a chance to see Jet training, with his lightening fast punches and flexibility.
Wushu Years
Li was eight when his talent for wushu was noticed at a summer course at school, and he began his practice there. Li participated in the sport of wushu in the non-sparring event. He began on the Beijing Wushu Team, an athletic group organized to perform...
- 7/6/2012
- by kingofkungfu
- AsianMoviePulse
Cast:
Yuen Biao
Lam Ching Ying
Sammo Hung
Frankie Chan
Peter Chan Lung
Chung Fat
Dick Wei
Wai Pak
Lee Hoi San
Chin Yuet Sang
James Tien Chun
Baan Yun Sang
Director:
Sammo Hung
Action Director:
Billy Chan, Sammo Hung, Lam Ching Ying, Yuen Biao
When it comes to the best kung fu movies ever made, The Prodigal Son has certainly got to be up there with the very best. This movie has everything, great fight scenes, great characters, great comedy and top notch choreography. This movie is regarded as one of Sammo’s best and i would have to agree. He as made many kung fu classics, but this as always remained one of my favorites in the genre.
Plot
Leung Jan (Yuen Biao) is a young man in a wealthy family living in Foshan in the mid-19th century. He is a martial artist trained by two instructors in his father’s employ.
Yuen Biao
Lam Ching Ying
Sammo Hung
Frankie Chan
Peter Chan Lung
Chung Fat
Dick Wei
Wai Pak
Lee Hoi San
Chin Yuet Sang
James Tien Chun
Baan Yun Sang
Director:
Sammo Hung
Action Director:
Billy Chan, Sammo Hung, Lam Ching Ying, Yuen Biao
When it comes to the best kung fu movies ever made, The Prodigal Son has certainly got to be up there with the very best. This movie has everything, great fight scenes, great characters, great comedy and top notch choreography. This movie is regarded as one of Sammo’s best and i would have to agree. He as made many kung fu classics, but this as always remained one of my favorites in the genre.
Plot
Leung Jan (Yuen Biao) is a young man in a wealthy family living in Foshan in the mid-19th century. He is a martial artist trained by two instructors in his father’s employ.
- 7/2/2012
- by kingofkungfu
- AsianMoviePulse
5.Corey Yuen
Other names: 元奎
Yuan Kui
Yuan2 Kui1
Cory Yuen
Don Yuen
Yuen Fooi
Nationality: Hong Kong
Workplace: France, Hong Kong, USA
Cory Yuen as been choreographing movies since 1973, is first movie was Chinese Hercules, starring Bolo Yeung. He was a member of the Peking Opera Schools and one of the Seven Little Fortunes. In July 1981, Yuen made his Hong Kong directorial debut in 1982 film Ninja in the Dragon’s Den, along with Hiroyuki Sanada, Conan Lee and Hwang Jang Lee. In June 1985, Yuen made his American directorial debut in 1986 film No Retreat, No Surrender, which marked the film debut of Belgium martial artist actor Jean-Claude Van Damme.
n 1993, he began an alliance and good friendship with action star Jet Li. He directed several of Li’s films, beginning with Fong Sai-yuk and Fong Sai-yuk II, and continuing through The Bodyguard from Beijing, The New Legend of Shaolin and My Father Is a Hero,...
Other names: 元奎
Yuan Kui
Yuan2 Kui1
Cory Yuen
Don Yuen
Yuen Fooi
Nationality: Hong Kong
Workplace: France, Hong Kong, USA
Cory Yuen as been choreographing movies since 1973, is first movie was Chinese Hercules, starring Bolo Yeung. He was a member of the Peking Opera Schools and one of the Seven Little Fortunes. In July 1981, Yuen made his Hong Kong directorial debut in 1982 film Ninja in the Dragon’s Den, along with Hiroyuki Sanada, Conan Lee and Hwang Jang Lee. In June 1985, Yuen made his American directorial debut in 1986 film No Retreat, No Surrender, which marked the film debut of Belgium martial artist actor Jean-Claude Van Damme.
n 1993, he began an alliance and good friendship with action star Jet Li. He directed several of Li’s films, beginning with Fong Sai-yuk and Fong Sai-yuk II, and continuing through The Bodyguard from Beijing, The New Legend of Shaolin and My Father Is a Hero,...
- 6/29/2012
- by kingofkungfu
- AsianMoviePulse
Other names: 钟发
Choy Fat
Chung Faat
Tsui Fat
Zhong Fa
Nationality: Hong Kong
Workplace: Hong Kong
Selected Filmography
1979:Odd Couple
1979:His Name Is Nobody
1980:The Magnificent Butcher
1980:Encounters Of The Spooky Kind
1981:The Prodigal Son
Born 2nd December 1953, Chung studied along with a number of other Hk film stuntmen/actors – in Madame Fan Fok Fa’s Peking Opera School. He started off his movie career as an extra on the movie “Enter The Dragon”, being seen as one of the fighters who takes on Bolo Yeung, when Bolo breaks his neck.
Throughout the early 70′s, Chung would appear in minor roles or most of the time as a stuntman, in movies such as Chinese Hercules, The Tournament, Iron Fisted Monk and Broken Oath. Although these were brief appearances and mostly uncredited, it wasn’t long until Chung was spotted once again by legend Sammo Hung and brought into his team.
Choy Fat
Chung Faat
Tsui Fat
Zhong Fa
Nationality: Hong Kong
Workplace: Hong Kong
Selected Filmography
1979:Odd Couple
1979:His Name Is Nobody
1980:The Magnificent Butcher
1980:Encounters Of The Spooky Kind
1981:The Prodigal Son
Born 2nd December 1953, Chung studied along with a number of other Hk film stuntmen/actors – in Madame Fan Fok Fa’s Peking Opera School. He started off his movie career as an extra on the movie “Enter The Dragon”, being seen as one of the fighters who takes on Bolo Yeung, when Bolo breaks his neck.
Throughout the early 70′s, Chung would appear in minor roles or most of the time as a stuntman, in movies such as Chinese Hercules, The Tournament, Iron Fisted Monk and Broken Oath. Although these were brief appearances and mostly uncredited, it wasn’t long until Chung was spotted once again by legend Sammo Hung and brought into his team.
- 6/26/2012
- by kingofkungfu
- AsianMoviePulse
Other names: 周比利
Billy Chow
Billy Chow Bei Lay
Zhou Bi Li
Birth date: 24/9/1958
Nationality: Canada, Hong Kong
Workplace: Hong Kong
Style: Kickboxing
Selected Filmography:
1986:Paper Marriage
1987:Eastern Condors
1988:Dragons Forever
1989:Pedicab Driver
1990:Magic Cop – Mr.Vampire 5
1994:Fist Of Legend
2004:Hero Youngster
Billy Chow is one of them guys, when you look back at some of the best martial art movies made in the 80′s and 90′s, he more or less pops up in them with a great performance. Mainly known as a movie villain and a great one at that, billy actually started his path to stardom as a kick boxer.
Kickboxing career
Chow was the Wka super welterweight kickboxing champion of the world from 1984 to 1986, his final match came on November 20, 2007, in which he lost via decision to Akarn Sanehha of Thailand.
Movie Career
Billy Chow first started off in his movie career in a film called Winner Takes All...
Billy Chow
Billy Chow Bei Lay
Zhou Bi Li
Birth date: 24/9/1958
Nationality: Canada, Hong Kong
Workplace: Hong Kong
Style: Kickboxing
Selected Filmography:
1986:Paper Marriage
1987:Eastern Condors
1988:Dragons Forever
1989:Pedicab Driver
1990:Magic Cop – Mr.Vampire 5
1994:Fist Of Legend
2004:Hero Youngster
Billy Chow is one of them guys, when you look back at some of the best martial art movies made in the 80′s and 90′s, he more or less pops up in them with a great performance. Mainly known as a movie villain and a great one at that, billy actually started his path to stardom as a kick boxer.
Kickboxing career
Chow was the Wka super welterweight kickboxing champion of the world from 1984 to 1986, his final match came on November 20, 2007, in which he lost via decision to Akarn Sanehha of Thailand.
Movie Career
Billy Chow first started off in his movie career in a film called Winner Takes All...
- 6/22/2012
- by kingofkungfu
- AsianMoviePulse
Whenever i watch a movie which involves Yuen Wah, i am never disappointed by his performance. He can play the role of a good guy or the villain, he always gives 100% in every role he portrays.
Birth date: 2/9/1950
Nationality: China
Other names:
元華
容志
Wong Yuen Wah
Yu Wah
Yuan Hua
Yuen Wah (born 2 September 1950) is a Hong Kong based Chinese action film actor, action choreographer, stuntman and martial artist who has appeared in over 160 films and over 20 television series.
Career
Yuen Wah is known as one of the 7 little fortunes, who studied at the Peking opera school along with fellow kung fu legends such as Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao. He was instructed by Master Yu Jim Yuen and like the other students, he took his sifu’s given name – “Yuen”. In his biography, Jackie Chan stated that Yuen Wah’s martial arts ability was well respected among his fellow students.
Birth date: 2/9/1950
Nationality: China
Other names:
元華
容志
Wong Yuen Wah
Yu Wah
Yuan Hua
Yuen Wah (born 2 September 1950) is a Hong Kong based Chinese action film actor, action choreographer, stuntman and martial artist who has appeared in over 160 films and over 20 television series.
Career
Yuen Wah is known as one of the 7 little fortunes, who studied at the Peking opera school along with fellow kung fu legends such as Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao. He was instructed by Master Yu Jim Yuen and like the other students, he took his sifu’s given name – “Yuen”. In his biography, Jackie Chan stated that Yuen Wah’s martial arts ability was well respected among his fellow students.
- 6/19/2012
- by kingofkungfu
- AsianMoviePulse
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