Australian label Umbrella Entertainment has taken us back to the grit and grime of the Los Angeles streets circa 1973, thanks to their restoration and release of Jack Hill ’s blaxploitation cult class...

With slick action scenes and solid acting, MR-9: Do Or Die is an action flick which seems a bit out of step with its contemporaries. I mean that in a good way. It feels very 1990, especially with the...

For some people, this was the King Kong they were raised on. For others, nothing trumps the original. For me, the 1976 version of King Kong is nothing to go bananas over . . . even if Jessica Lange lo...

Round one! Operating like a mad take on a game of Mortal Kombat (and just as kinetic), Boy Kills World is a violent thrill ride as a man named “Boy” gets his revenge on the woman who murdered his fami...

She’s a one woman army! There are a lot of differing opinions on The Thundering Sword . Released by The Shaw Brothers in 1967, this martial arts classic (as its Cheng Pei Pei ’s first starring role!)...

Meet the meanest and most lethal karate master ever to rule the streets. He's Sonny Chiba , one of the greatest martial arts actors to ignite the screen. In The Street Fighter , Chiba stars as Terry T...

Golden Swallow ( Cheng Pei-pei ) is just not having it when a mysterious agent from her past returns and starts framing her for some serious heinous activity! She’s ready to take matters into her own...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Okay, let’s get the transfer quality out of the way. It’s much better than what came before, but black levels still crush in some key moments of Godzilla, which simply hurts my soul. Why someone can’t...