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Review Videoasia / Burger Cop: AKA: Don't Give a Damn [1994] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Sammo Hung
  • Yuen Biao
  • Eileen Tung Oi-lung
  • Sammo Hung
  • Takeshi Kaneshiro
Release date: 2005-03-15
Run time: 90 min.
Price: £3.23

Review Burger Cop: AKA: Don't Give a Damn [1994] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Videoasia:


Review Tai Seng / Dragon Tiger Gate [2006] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Donnie Yen
  • Chen Kuan-Tai
  • Yuen Wah
  • Alan Lam
  • Nicholas Tse
  • Donnie Yen
Release date: 2007-11-27
Run time: 94 min.
Creator: Kenji Kawai
Price: £6.81

Review Dragon Tiger Gate [2006] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Tai Seng:


Review A.D.V. Films / 2009 Lost Memories [2004] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Si-myung Lee
  • Ken Mitsuishi
  • Nobuyuki Katsube
  • Tôru Nakamura
  • George Manley
  • Kil-Kang Ahn
Release date: 2004-11-02
Run time: 175 min.
Price: £6.84

Review 2009 Lost Memories [2004] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / A.D.V. Films:


Review Crash Cinema / Heroes of the Wild [1977] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Hwang Jang Lee
  • Lo Lieh
  • Chen Sing
Release date: 2004-10-05
Run time: 90 min.

Review Heroes of the Wild [1977] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Crash Cinema:


Review Columbia TriStar / Snake in the Eagle's Shadow [1978] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Woo-ping Yuen
  • Dean Shek
  • Jang Lee Hwang
  • Roy Horan
  • Siu Tien Yuen
  • Jackie Chan
Release date: 2002-06-18
Run time: 97 min.
Price: £11.95

Review Snake in the Eagle's Shadow [1978] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Columbia TriStar:

Snake in the Eagle's Shadow is the film that marks the beginnings of Jackie Chan as a Hong Kong action star. Set in early 20th century China, it is a traditional kung fu action picture invigorated by Chan's good humour and charm. The heart of the film is Jackie's surprisingly emotional relationship with the elderly Yuen Siu Tien, whom the star rescues and befriends. In return, the old man trains Chan in the art of Snake's Fist kung fu, which he later combines with the Cat's Claw to develop the technique of the title. The action, directed by Yuen Woo Ping, includes Chan in an exciting battle with a sword-wielding preacher and a striking showdown with arch-villain Hwang Jang Lee. The sequences in which Chan learns new fighting techniques are both inventive and humorous, with the charismatic Yuen Siu Tien (a veteran Chinese film star and father of the director) offering a sober version of the character he would play in Chan's follow-up Drunken Master (1978), and in Magnificent Butcher (1979). The film features a regular ensemble cast of classic Hong Kong kung fu film actors, and regardless of its obviously low budget mixes violence, comedy and emotion into an enduringly popular success. On the DVD: The image is variable, with some shots displaying considerable grain and print damage while the colours are weak throughout. Worse, the original 2. 35:1 film has been reformated to 1. [+]
77:1 widescreen TV ratio. While this has been done with some care it inevitably damages the compositions and loses information in the dynamic fight scenes. The sound is functional mono. Soundtrack options are the original Mandarin with English subtitles, or an English dub. Extras include the original English language theatrical trailer, Hong Kong Legends' own trailer, plus promos for further releases and a photo gallery. There is a detailed text biography and filmography of Jackie Chan, and a text interview with producer Ng See Yuen. There is also a text biography of Hwang Jang Lee linked to a kicking showcase which is another short fight scene. Most of these features are identical to those on the Drunken Master DVD. -Gary S Dalkin.

Review Videoasia / The Jet Li Collection [2005] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Jet Li
Release date: 2005-12-06
Run time: 360 min.
Price: £5.01

Review The Jet Li Collection [2005] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Videoasia:


Review Videoasia / Mantis in the Monkey's Shadow [1979] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Tie Lang Wang
  • Ting Ken Shih
  • Tso Nam Lee
  • Kwan Lee
  • Don Wong
  • Ting Heung Got
Release date: 2003-06-17
Price: £11.13

Review Mantis in the Monkey's Shadow [1979] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Videoasia:


Review Mia Video Entertainment Ltd / Shaolin Death Squad [1976]
Actors & Directors
  • Kang Chin
  • Yih Yuan
  • Cheung Yeh
  • Joseph Kuo
  • Lingfeng Shangguan
  • Carter Wong
Release date: 2003-05-19
Run time: 90 min.
RRP: £5.99
Price: £1.95

Review Shaolin Death Squad [1976] / Mia Video Entertainment Ltd:


Review Columbia TriStar / Once Upon a Time in China [1991] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Jet Li
  • Rosamund Kwan
  • Hark Tsui
  • Steve Tartalia
  • Jacky Cheung
  • Biao Yuen
Release date: 2001-01-09
Run time: 134 min.
Price: £3.01

Review Once Upon a Time in China [1991] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Columbia TriStar:

The first of a popular series (six in all) starring the charismatic and athletically adept Jet Li. Li plays legendary folk hero Wong Fei Hong, a late 19th-century southern Chinese healer and kung fu master. The story begins with Western powers (American, British and French) encroaching on the city of Canton. Wong is asked by the Black Flag army to safeguard the town by creating his own militia of kung fu experts. His assistants include the butcher "Porky" (Kent Cheng), a Chinese-American named Bucktooth So (Jacky Cheung) and his westernised "Auntie" Yee (Rosamund Kwan), a non-blood-related childhood friend for whom he holds a special affection. But the Westerners aren't the only problem in Canton. The ShaHo gang terrorises local businesses and has begun dealing with the Americans in exporting Chinese for slave labour and prostitution. A down-on-his-luck kung fu master named Iron Vest Yim (Yan Yee Kwan) has decided he needs to defeat Wong to open a school and Leung Fu (Jackie Chan contemporary Yuen Biao), a travelling opera troupe groupie, just keeps getting in the way. This epic martial-arts film showcases Li's amazing fighting and acrobatic skills and established Tsui Hark as a top-notch action film director. The final fight scene between Wong and Yim entails a dizzying orchestration of kicks and punches while teeter-tottering on ladders. [+]
The DVD features star bios, filmographies, trailers and clips from early Wong Fei Hong films that starred veteran actor Kwan Tak Hing. -Shannon Gee.

Review Summersdale Productions / Living Dreams Vol 1: Achieve your Goals [2005]
Actors & Directors
  • Geoff Thompson
Release date: 2005-01-01
Run time: 60 min.
RRP: £24.99
Price: £6.93

Review Living Dreams Vol 1: Achieve your Goals [2005] / Summersdale Productions:


Review Mia Video Entertainment Ltd / Shaolin Brothers [1980]
Actors & Directors
  • Carter Wong
  • Chin Mong
  • Tong Li
  • Joseph Kuo
Release date: 2003-01-27
Run time: 90 min.
RRP: £5.99
Price: £0.98

Review Shaolin Brothers [1980] / Mia Video Entertainment Ltd:


Review Mia Video Entertainment Ltd / The Thundering Mantis [1984]
Actors & Directors
  • Mien Fang
  • Ka-Yan Leung
  • Kwan Lee
  • Yung Cha Yeh
  • Yat Lung Wong
  • Siu Tien Yuen
Release date: 2001-06-18
RRP: £5.99
Price: £9.88

Review The Thundering Mantis [1984] / Mia Video Entertainment Ltd:

Seriously weird as only the best, completely-barking-mad kung fu flicks can be, The Thundering Mantis is the story of Ah Chi, a martial artist who hooks up with a kid sidekick. However, an old grudge resurfaces, with the result that the boy's uncle is murdered and the boy himself kidnapped. So far so Arnie-in-Commando, but it's at this point we're reminded that indigenous martial arts movies are something else again, as Ah Chi's rescue attempt goes disastrously wrong and the boy is tortured to death before his eyes. Apparently driven to insanity by this experience, Ah Chi goes berserk, breaking free and systematically trashing everything and everyone in sight. End of movie. Devotees will absolutely want this in their collections, but those who have yet to progress beyond the Jackie Chan/Jet Li school of Americanised martial arts films will need to leave their preconceptions at the door. There's a nice touch to the dubbed English soundtrack, where the voiceover artists seem to have taken it upon themselves to imitate various British character actors: listen out for Wilfred Brambell, Kenneth Connor and so on. On the DVD: The Thundering Mantis has no extras on the widescreen DVD other than a one-screen guide to other titles in the Kung Fu Connection series. -Roger Thomas.

Review Filipino Martial Arts / Filipino Martial Arts: Stick and Dagger [2007]
Release date: 2007-01-01
Run time: 60 min.
RRP: £24.99
Price: £11.11

Review Filipino Martial Arts: Stick and Dagger [2007] / Filipino Martial Arts:


Review Warner Home Video / Forced Vengeance [1982] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • David Opatoshu
  • Chuck Norris
  • Camila Griggs
  • Michael Cavanaugh
  • Mary Louise Weller
  • James Fargo
Release date: 2005-05-31
Run time: 90 min.
Price: £3.77

Review Forced Vengeance [1982] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Warner Home Video:


Review Lions Gate / Six-String Samurai [1998]
Actors & Directors
  • Monti Ellison
  • Stephane Gauger
  • Jeffrey Falcon
  • Zuma Jay
  • Lance Mungia
  • Clifford Hugo
Release date: 1999-03-02
Run time: 91 min.
Creator: Brian Tyler
Price: £5.04

Review Six-String Samurai [1998] / Lions Gate:


Review Summersdale Productions / Powerkick - The Ultimate Impact
Actors & Directors
  • Peter Consterdine
Release date: 2006-01-16
Run time: 60 min.
RRP: £19.99
Price: £10.05

Review Powerkick - The Ultimate Impact / Summersdale Productions:


Review Prism Leisure / Rage - Ring Of Fire 2 [1992]
Actors & Directors
  • Eric Lee
  • Richard W. Munchkin
  • Maria Ford
  • Don 'The Dragon' Wilson
  • Sy Richardson
Release date: 2001-09-01
Run time: 92 min.
RRP: £5.99
Price: £3.93

Review Rage - Ring Of Fire 2 [1992] / Prism Leisure:


Review Contender Entertainment Group / The Big Boss [1971]
Actors & Directors
  • Bruce Lee
  • James Tein
  • Lo Wei
  • Maria Yi
Release date: 2003-07-14
Run time: 96 min.
Price: £12.99

Review The Big Boss [1971] / Contender Entertainment Group:


Review Tai Seng / A Life of Ninja [1985] (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Kang Peng
  • Tso Nam Lee
  • Yasuaki Kurata
  • Yung Chih Sun
  • Te-shan Wang
  • Kuan Tai Chen
Release date: 2001-06-19
Run time: 88 min.
Price: £2.49

Review A Life of Ninja [1985] (NTSC) / Tai Seng:


Review I-Prod / Aikido Techniques & Demonstrations
Release date: 2006-11-06
Run time: 70 min.
RRP: £18.99
Price: £13.66

Review Aikido Techniques & Demonstrations / I-Prod:


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Burger Cop: AKA: Don't Give a Damn [1994] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Dragon Tiger Gate [2006] (REGION 1) (NTSC), 2009 Lost Memories [2004] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Heroes of the Wild [1977] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Snake in the Eagle's Shadow [1978] (REGION 1) (NTSC), The Jet Li Collection [2005] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Mantis in the Monkey's Shadow [1979] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Shaolin Death Squad [1976], Once Upon a Time in China [1991] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Living Dreams Vol 1: Achieve your Goals [2005], Shaolin Brothers [1980], The Thundering Mantis [1984], Filipino Martial Arts: Stick and Dagger [2007], Forced Vengeance [1982] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Six-String Samurai [1998], Powerkick - The Ultimate Impact, Rage - Ring Of Fire 2 [1992], The Big Boss [1971], A Life of Ninja [1985] (NTSC), Aikido Techniques & Demonstrations

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