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Review Contender Entertainment Group  / Jackie Chan - Project A
Actors & Directors
  • Yuen Biao
  • Sammo Hung
  • Maggie Cheung
  • Jackie Chan
  • Jackie Chan
  • John Cheung
Release date: 2005-06-13
Run time: 203 min.
RRP: £19.99
Price: £9.98

Review Jackie Chan - Project A / Contender Entertainment Group:

For people who've discovered Jackie Chan through his international hit Rush Hour and want to learn what his Hong Kong movies are like, Project A is an excellent place to start. Chan plays a sailor in 19th-century Hong Kong; pirates have been terrorizing the seas for months, and all efforts to combat them have been sabotaged by the corrupt chief of police and a criminal gang, who are in cahoots with the pirates. But the plot is hardly the point-a Jackie Chan movie is about astonishingly acrobatic action sequences and breathtaking stunts, and Project A has plenty. Of particular interest is a bicycle chase that is more suspenseful than any car chase you've ever seen. Chan is joined by Sammo Hung as a shifty con man who comes through when the chips are down. Project A also features Yuen Biao, a frequent costar in Chan's movies, who's yet another astounding martial artist. But what separates Jackie Chan movies from other kung fu flicks is his sense of humor; every fight scene is punctuated by something-a clever use of a prop or sudden reversal of your expectations-that will make you bark with laughter. Sometimes it's just so exquisitely choreographed that the entire movie seems to float on a cloud of giddy delight. Jackie Chan is often compared to the classic silent comedians for his grace and timing-he lives up to it. -Bret Fetzer.

Review Contender Entertainment Group  / Once A Thief [1991]
Actors & Directors
  • Chow Yun-Fat
  • Leslie Cheung
  • John Woo
  • Cherie Cheung
Release date: 2006-09-25
Run time: 104 min.
RRP: £5.99
Price: £2.98

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Review Ultimate Fighting Championship  / Ultimate Fighting Championship 1 - The Beginning / Ultimate Fighting Championship 2 - No Way Out Release date: 2005-04-04
Run time: 179 min.
RRP: £19.99
Price: £9.94

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Review Ultimate Fighting Championship  / Ultimate Fighting Championship - The Ultimate Fighter - Series 7 - Complete Release date: 2008-11-17
Run time: 869 min.
RRP: £29.99
Price: £19.36

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Review Pressure Points in the Martial Arts  / Pressure Points In The Martial Arts - Ultimate Self Defence Release date: 2007-05-14
RRP: £19.99
Price: £9.99

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Review Ultimate Fighting Championship  / Ultimate Fighting Championship 1 - The Beginning / Ultimate Fighting Championship 2 - No Way Out Release date: 2005-04-04
Run time: 179 min.
RRP: £19.99
Price: £9.94

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Review Lionsgate  / The Forbidden Kingdom [2008] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Jet Li
  • Rob Minkoff
  • Collin Chou
  • Yifei Liu
  • Michael Angarano
  • Jackie Chan
Release date: 2008-09-09
Run time: 113 min.
Creator: John Fusco
Price: £14.51

Review The Forbidden Kingdom [2008] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Lionsgate:


Review Randy Couture  / UFC Presents: The Ultimate Fighter, Season 1- Uncut, Untamed and Uncensored! (REGION 1) (NTSC) Release date: 2007-09-18
Run time: 780 min.
Price: £8.67

Review UFC Presents: The Ultimate Fighter, Season 1- Uncut, Untamed and Uncensored! (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Randy Couture:


Review Optimum Home Entertainment  / The Street Fighter / Return Of The Street Fighter / The Street Fighter's Last Revenge Release date: 2005-01-24
Run time: 246 min.
RRP: £24.99
Price: £8.12

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Review Columbia TriStar  / The Last Dragon [1985] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Vanity
  • Taimak
  • Christopher Murney
  • Michael Schultz
  • Julius Carry
  • Faith Prince
Release date: 2001-07-03
Run time: 109 min.
Creator: Joseph M. Caracciolo
Price: £6.03

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Review Weinstein Company  / King Boxer [1972] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Chin-Feng Wang
  • Hsiung Chiao
  • Mien Fang
  • Ping Wang
  • Lieh Lo
  • Chang-hwa Jeong
Release date: 2007-06-19
Run time: 104 min.
Creator: Run Run Shaw
Price: £5.73

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Review Sony Pictures Home Entertainment  / Double Impact [1992]
Actors & Directors
  • Paul Aylett
  • Sheldon Lettich
  • Jean-Claude Van Damme
  • Alicia Stevenson
  • Geoffrey Lewis
  • Andy Armstrong
Release date: 2000-08-21
Run time: 105 min.
Creator: Steve Meerson
RRP: £12.99
Price: £14.50

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Review Contender  / Shaolin Wooden Men [1976] Release date: 2007-04-23
Run time: 91 min.
RRP: £16.99
Price: £4.87

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Review YMAA Publication Center  / Eight Simple Qigong Exercises for Health - The 8 Pieces of Brocade [2001] Release date: 2004-05-10
Run time: 140 min.
RRP: £23.99
Price: £24.94

Review Eight Simple Qigong Exercises for Health - The 8 Pieces of Brocade [2001] / YMAA Publication Center:


Review Contender Entertainment Group  / Naked Weapon (2002)
Actors & Directors
  • Daniel Wu
  • Almen Wong
  • Jewel Lee
  • Anya
  • Maggie Q
  • Siu-Tung Ching
Release date: 2003-07-08
Run time: 90 min.
RRP: £16.99
Price: £2.31

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Review Weinstein Company  / King Boxer [1972] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Ping Wang
  • Lieh Lo
  • Chin-Feng Wang
  • Hsiung Chiao
  • Chang-hwa Jeong
  • Mien Fang
Release date: 2007-06-19
Run time: 104 min.
Creator: Run Run Shaw
Price: £5.73

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Review Contender Entertainment Group  / Fist Of Fury [1993]
Actors & Directors
  • Eddy Ko
  • Shiu-Kee Lung
  • Yee-Man Man
  • Donnie Yen
  • Chi-Wing Lau
Release date: 2001-02-19
Run time: 102 min.
RRP: £16.99
Price: £1.99

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Review Vipco  / Shogun Assassin [1981]
Actors & Directors
  • Kayo Matsuo
  • Akiji Kobayashi
  • Shin Kishida
  • Tomisaburo Wakayama
  • Minoru Ohki
  • Robert Houston
Release date: 2000-02-21
Run time: 81 min.
Creator: Kazuo Koike
RRP: £19.99
Price: £3.99

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Review Contender Entertainment Group  / Once A Thief [1991]
Actors & Directors
  • Chow Yun-Fat
  • John Woo
  • Cherie Cheung
  • Leslie Cheung
Release date: 2006-09-25
Run time: 104 min.
RRP: £5.99
Price: £2.98

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Review Hollywood Pictures Home Video  / Fist Of Legend [1994]
Actors & Directors
  • Gordon Chan
  • Yasuaki Kurata
  • Siu-hou Chin
  • Shinobu Nakayama
  • Billy Chow
  • Jet Li
Release date: 2004-04-01
Run time: 99 min.
RRP: £14.99
Price: £14.99

Review Fist Of Legend [1994] / Hollywood Pictures Home Video:

Jet Li stars in Fist of Legend, a 1994 remake of The Chinese Connection (also known as Fists of Fury, which starred the greatest martial arts legend of them all, Bruce Lee). This film is set in 1937, when Shanghai was occupied by the Japanese and racial tensions were high. Jet Li is Chen Zhen, who returns to Shanghai to avenge the death of his master, whom he learns was poisoned. His popular freestyle fighting technique and Japanese girlfriend do not endear him to his former friend, now his master's successor at the martial arts school. If Jackie Chan is inspired by Buster Keaton, Li seems to be channelling Steve McQueen here. He speaks softly and carries a big kick, and like Steven Seagal, even when he is under siege by a horde of attackers, no one can lay a finger on him. The dialogue and dubbing are atrocious, but the fight sequences are incredible (they were choreographed by Woo-ping Yuen, who lent his expertise to The Matrix). Perhaps most memorable is a bout between Chen and his girlfriend's uncle during which the combatants wear blindfolds. This is essential viewing for martial arts buffs and Li's growing legion of fans. -Donald Liebenson, Amazon. [+]
com.

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Jackie Chan - Project A, Once A Thief [1991], Ultimate Fighting Championship 1 - The Beginning / Ultimate Fighting Championship 2 - No Way Out, Ultimate Fighting Championship - The Ultimate Fighter - Series 7 - Complete, Pressure Points In The Martial Arts - Ultimate Self Defence, Ultimate Fighting Championship 1 - The Beginning / Ultimate Fighting Championship 2 - No Way Out, The Forbidden Kingdom [2008] (REGION 1) (NTSC), UFC Presents: The Ultimate Fighter, Season 1- Uncut, Untamed and Uncensored! (REGION 1) (NTSC), The Street Fighter / Return Of The Street Fighter / The Street Fighter's Last Revenge, The Last Dragon [1985] (REGION 1) (NTSC), King Boxer [1972] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Double Impact [1992], Shaolin Wooden Men [1976], Eight Simple Qigong Exercises for Health - The 8 Pieces of Brocade [2001], Naked Weapon (2002), King Boxer [1972] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Fist Of Fury [1993], Shogun Assassin [1981], Once A Thief [1991], Fist Of Legend [1994]

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