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Chang Wei Fu ( Chang Yi ) never should have given Yang Kang ( Ku Feng ), Ying Tien ( Tien Sheng ), and Chief Tao Ching Lung ( Lam Kau ) the directions they needed. Fu is a simple woodcutter. He lives...
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The blood spatter! The fearless faces of the warriors! The sparks as the swords slam together! The brilliant choreography! Fighting on top of trees! The Jade Raksha , directed by Ho Meng-Hua ( Killer...
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This is the story of a working-class hero. Seriously. Sure, he may have a top-knot hair style and a shiny blade at his side, but Jimmy Wang Yu is nobody’s sucker. The Assassin is a blood-soaked suicid...
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And, just like that, the coin-targeting trickshot is introduced! Now, a lot of people have complained and bellyached about what you have to sit through in order to get to the brutal killing in The Swo...
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Opening with a gloriously brutal raid on a village, Killer Dart sets the stage for this multi-layered revenge story with gusto. It is bold with its drama, dynamic with its action sequences, and strong...
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A female-led wuxia film is nothing new. I know a lot of people want to give that credit to Ang Lee , but history suggests otherwise. Just because popular American cinema failed to notice what Asian ci...
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In which, a watermelon becomes a dangerous weapon! Or at least its seeds do! All joking aside, The Invincible Fist is a wonderfully realized wuxia flick that deserves to be recognized. If not for the...
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Jumping right into the 20-year drama of this family saga, Dragon Swamp opens with an attack from a group of angry monks who want the Jade Dragon Sword returned to their monastery. To say they are anno...
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The Flying Dagger , written and directed by Chang Cheh , takes its homage to filmmaker Akira Kurosawa quite seriously and opens with a monochrome romp in the reed fields as two lovers take some time t...
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Snake pits! Swordplay! Cheng Pei-pei having great fun with a secret clan of deadly women! Also featuring a lively song and dance number from Pei-pei herself, one would think The Golden Sword would con...
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Lady of Steel features one of my favorite fight sequences as its co-headlining stars - Cheng Pei-Pei and Yueh Hua - “fight” each other to determine just where their allegiances lie. The set design of...
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Brothers Five , directed by Lo Wei , is a definite early high water mark for the Shaw Brothers as the production design is absolutely through the roof and the locations are far and wide, making this v...
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Decapitations! Impalements! It’s time to let the limbs fly! Early on, it really feels like this wuxia is going to deliver something altogether different as a martial arts film. There are a bunch of ea...
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Cheng Pei-Pei is back in action! This time she wields a whip instead of a sword and, as it is time for the Shaw Brothers to experiment with their brand of wuxia, one shouldn’t be surprised that its ta...
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Written, directed, and starring Jimmy Wang Yu and made for Raymond Chow ’s Golden Harvest (and not the Shaw Brothers after he left them), One-Armed Boxer takes its kung-fu leanings as seriously as it...
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