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GALLANTS review
For many a year there has been a trend in cinema where people are aping and the reinterpretation that which influenced their material. On the other hand, martial arts cinema hasn’t really looked back...
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BKO: BANGKOK KNOCKOUT review
One of the genres that is unnecessarily bashed for the lack of story or plot is martial arts. The typical mass generalisation is that the dialogue goes as deep as “let’s fight”, “them’s fighting...
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CHOY LEE FUT review
One of the former leaders of the famous Jackie Chan stunt team, Sam Ming-Sing Wong has graduated from his action and stunt choreographer days into a director. Sam’s directorial debut is Choy Lee Fut,...
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THE RAID review
The notion of a foreign director coming into the martial arts industry and changing it is not a new one. One of the most important Chinese martial arts films that established countless conventions...
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DRAGON review “The zenith of Donnie Yen’s career as a performer and martial...
Review originally published in August 2012. Republished in accordance with UK theatrical release. With a run of films in SPL, Dragon Tiger Gate, Flashpoint and eventually the two Ip Man films, Donnie...
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A Match Made in Heaven & the Board Room: The Wolverine
X-Men Origins: Wolverine is a bad film, but in no way deserving of its reputation. Especially when there are movies like Daredevil, Elektra, Ghost Rider and more specifically the dullest superhero...
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The Lady Assassin
Using sex as a selling point for genre cinema is no new thing to Asian audiences, just look at pink eiga for the perfect example. China and Korea also have movements of film-makers and stars that fit...
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