Actors & Directors
- Kou Zhenhai
- Donnie Yen
- Guo Xiaodong
- Kelly Chen
- Leon Lai
- Ching Siu Tung
Run time: 96 min.
Creator: Mark Lui
Price: £33.71
Review An Empress and the Warriors [2008] / Mei Ah:
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Actors & Directors
- Jet Li
- Bob Hoskins
- Morgan Freeman
- Vincent Regan
- Louis Leterrier
- Kerry Condon
Run time: 102 min.
Creator: Steve Chasman
Price: £4.87
Review Unleashed [2005] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Universal Studios:
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Release date: 2008-07-08
Run time: 90 min.
Creator: Grandmaster Cheung
Price: £14.69
Review Wing Chun Kung Fu [2008] / Bayview Films:
Actors & Directors
- Yang Jwing-Ming & David Silver
Run time: 213 min.
RRP: £24.99
Price: £24.95
Review Shaolin Saber Basic Sequences / Yangs Martial Arts Center:
Release date: 2007-06-04
Run time: 90 min.
RRP: £5.99
Price: £0.84
Review The Prodigal Boxer / Soulblade:
Release date: 2007-01-22
RRP: £16.99
Price: £8.11
Review Muay Thai Superfights Vol.3 / Muay Thai Superfights:
Release date: 2001-01-15
Run time: 90 min.
RRP: £12.99
Price: £0.59
Review Ninja - The Kung Fu Emperor / Moonstone Pictures:
Release date: 2006-05-01
Run time: 60 min.
RRP: £9.99
Price: £4.99
Review Forces Of Combat 8 - Wing Chung Self Defence / Forces of Combat:
Actors & Directors
- Sid Sham
- Rick Jacobson
- Melanie Smith
- Nicholas Guest
- Cash Casey
- Don 'The Dragon' Wilson
Run time: 86 min.
Price: £38.95
Review Night Hunter [1995] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / New Concorde:
Release date: 2004-05-03
Run time: 90 min.
RRP: £5.99
Price: £7.94
Review Descendents Of Wing Chun / Showbox Home Entertainment:
Release date: 2004-10-18
Run time: 126 min.
Price: £19.99
Review Extreme Martial Arts - Discovery / Lace Group:
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Actors & Directors
- Ed O'Ross
- Ally Walker
- Dolph Lundgren
- Jean-Claude Van Damme
- Jerry Orbach
- Roland Emmerich
Run time: 103 min.
Creator: Joel B. Michaels
Price: £3.51
Review Universal Soldier [1992] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Live/Artisan:Universal Soldier Luc Deveraux is back. Jean-Claude Van Damme gallantly attempts to resurrect interest in his tepid career with this action-riddled roller-coaster ride. Set in the not-too-distant future, Deveraux has been employed by the government to oversee the new UniSol project. What is UniSol? It's a military plan to turn dead soldiers into invincible fighting machines (see the first Univeral Soldier for more details). It's also the scheme that went horribly wrong when the soldiers turned psycho, killing the scientists who created them. Not deterred by this early setback, the government replicates the project. This time they work out that they can control the soldiers through a supercomputer called SETH (kind of like HAL in 2001, but smarter). But, as we all know, machines frequently break down. Pretty soon the computer comes to the conclusion that it's superior to humans and therefore it must destroy them. Uh oh. [+]Van Damme to the rescue. The muscles from Brussels heroically leap into action confronting the dangerous soldiers led by Bill (WCW) Goldberg and Michael Jai White (last seen in Spawn). The action is impressive and the stunts are engrossing. Goldberg is charismatic as the cartoonish villain who sneers and snouts while muttering macho things like, "I'm gonna kill that guy. " Van Damme looks more at home in a production that he is not directing, and for once he lets his fists do the talking. Ironically, the movie is missing the gloss and big-budget pathos of its predecessor (created by Dean Devlin and Roland Emmerich), making the original decidedly better. - Jeremy Storey, Amazon. com.
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Release date: 2008-05-05
Run time: 735 min.
RRP: £29.99
Price: £17.50
Review Pride - Bushido - 6-9 [2005] / Pride Fighting Championship:
Actors & Directors
- Kon Ichikawa
- Fujiko Yamamoto
- Kazuo Hasegawa
Run time: 108 min.
RRP: £15.99
Price: £23.00
Review An Actor's Revenge [1962] / Connoisseur Video:If ever there was a triumph of bricks without straw, this is it. An Actor's Revenge is based on a weary old melodrama that had already been twice filmed before Kon Ichikawa got to it. The action is set in 1836. A Kabuki star famed for his female roles sets out to avenge himself on three rich merchants who drove his parents to suicide, aided by an audacious bandit. In the 1935 film version both roles were taken by matinee idol Kazuo Hasegawa. In this, Ichikawa's 1963 remake, his outrageous ploy was to cast the same actor (now well into his 50s, paunchy and jowly) in the same double role-and then throw at him a whole heap of extravagant visual and stylistic tricks: split screen, distorted colour, strip-cartoon thought-bubbles and more. Rather than trying to rationalise the corny plot Ichikawa plays it at full throttle, revelling in its wild implausibilities and sexual ambiguity: at one point Hasegawa as the bandit watches himself as the actor, in drag, making falsetto advances to a woman. The photography, art direction and jazz-tinged music score all contribute to the mood of shameless bravura. An Actor's Revenge is a film that has to be seen to be disbelieved. -Philip Kemp.
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Release date: 1994-03-14
Run time: 130 min.
RRP: £14.99
Price: £5.99
Review The Complete Guide To The World Of Martial Arts [1993] / Beckmann Visual Publishing:
Release date: 2004-07-26
Run time: 200 min.
RRP: £19.99
Price: £9.99
Review JKD Body Weapon - Weapon Training / Ho Wan Kung Fu Academy:
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Actors & Directors
- Ma Chiu-Ku
- Yuet Sang Chin
- Li-pao Au
- Wing-Cho Yip
- Fu-chien Chang
- Feng Cheng
Creator: Hsin Yee Chang
RRP: £5.99
Price: £34.69
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.
Release date: 2003-07-28
Run time: 90 min.
RRP: £5.99
Price: £0.25
Review Big Boss Untouchable / Mia Video Entertainment Ltd:
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Actors & Directors
- Donnie Yen
- Anthony Wong Chau-Sang
- Charlene Choi
- Dante Lam
- Gillian Chung
- Ekin Cheng
- Edison Chen
Run time: 124 min.
Creator: Jack Ng
Price: £11.43
Review The Twins Effect [2004] / Japanese Import:
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Release date: 2008-06-17
Run time: 75 min.
Price: £7.81
Review Ultimate Bare Knuckle Fighting, Vol. 2 [2008] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Gary Goodridge:
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An Empress and the Warriors [2008], Unleashed [2005] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Wing Chun Kung Fu [2008], Shaolin Saber Basic Sequences, The Prodigal Boxer, Muay Thai Superfights Vol.3, Ninja - The Kung Fu Emperor, Forces Of Combat 8 - Wing Chung Self Defence, Night Hunter [1995] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Descendents Of Wing Chun, Extreme Martial Arts - Discovery, Universal Soldier [1992] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Pride - Bushido - 6-9 [2005], An Actor's Revenge [1962], The Complete Guide To The World Of Martial Arts [1993], JKD Body Weapon - Weapon Training, The Thundering Mantis [1984], Big Boss Untouchable, The Twins Effect [2004], Ultimate Bare Knuckle Fighting, Vol. 2 [2008] (REGION 1) (NTSC) |
