REVIEW: Haywire (2011)
Scoring her first lead role, mixed martial arts champion Gina Carano struts her stuff in this fast-paced action thriller from director Steven Soderbergh (SEX, LIES, AND VIDEOTAPE). At a small restaurant in upstate New York, Mallory (Carano) [...]
REVIEW: Dragon Eyes (2012)
Mixed martial arts champion Cung Le gets his first lead role (since the unreleased 2007 film BLIZNIY BOY) in this interesting action thriller that co-stars Jean-Claude Van Damme and Peter Weller. Released from prison, Hong (Le) goes [...]
REVIEW: The Raid: Redemption (2012)
Add my voice to the chorus of praise for THE RAID: REDEMPTION, the Gareth Evens-Iko Uwais collaboration that opened in Boston last week. I’ve seen it twice already, and my respect for what they’ve accomplished here has [...]
Don Wilson and Cynthia Rothrock reunite for ‘White Tiger’ (UPDATED)
Martial arts legends Don “The Dragon” Wilson and Cynthia Rothrock have reunited for the first time in eight years on film. The duo have recently wrapped production on a new martial arts action film entitled WHITE TIGER. [...]
Kung fu, steampunk mash-up in Tai Chi 0 (2013)
Early last year, Huayi Brothers Media Corp. announced plans for a trilogy of films based on the life of Yang style tai chi founder Yang Luchan. Jet Li was attached to the project, and Stephen Fung (HOUSE [...]
REVIEW: Sidekicks (1992)
The late Jonathan Brandis and martial arts legend Chuck Norris star in this action film about a kid whose dream comes true before his eyes as well as having the courage to stand up for himself. Barry [...]
REVIEW: Bounty Hunters (2011)
Originally titled BAIL ENFORCERS, this Canadian independent action film is truly B-grade material. However, the action proves to be decent due to its combination of martial arts and professional wrestling maneuvers in part from former WWE diva [...]
J.J. Perry and Gina Carano to be honored at ActionFest
From April 12 to April 15, Asheville, North Carolina, will be host to ActionFest 2012. Co-founded by Aaron Norris, the film festival brings new action films to fans. This will be the third time ActionFest will be [...]
Kamen Riders Fight Super Sentai in April
On April 21 in Japan, two of the most popular series from that country will finally face off against each other. KAMEN RIDER X SUPER SENTAI: THE SUPER HERO WAR will hit theaters on that day in [...]
REVIEW: My Own Swordsman (2011)
This screwball wuxia comedy is the big screen treatment of a popular mainland Chinese sitcom of the same name that aired 80 episodes beginning in 2006. The TV series’ main cast reunites as an oddball group of [...]
REVIEW: Vengeance of a Snow Girl (1971)
Screen beauty Li Ching is a crippled swordswoman armed with the martial world’s most deadly weapon, the Jade Phoenix Sword, and burning hot enmity for four martial elders responsible for the deaths of her parents. What begins [...]
Sleeping Dogs (2012) [VG] – Announcement Trailer
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Square Enix formally announced the impending release of their open-world cop-drama video game SLEEPING DOGS (formerly Activision’s TRUE CRIME: HONG KONG) with this action-packed live-action short film starring veteran Hollywood stunt actor Brian Ho and featuring the [...]
REVIEW: Flying Swords of Dragon Gate (2011)
Six years after directing SEVEN SWORDS, Tsui Hark returns to the wuxia genre in a big way with this epic reimagining of his own 1992 classic DRAGON INN, itself a remake of King Hu’s 1967 masterpiece. It’s [...]
Viggo Mortensen Talks About Bob Anderson
The Coolidge Corner Theatre in Brookline, MA, an Art Deco movie palace run by a non-profit foundation, has a longtime reputation for innovative programming. It was one of the first art house venues in the Boston area [...]
The Girl with the Naked Eye (2012) – Trailer
Wushu and san-shou artist Jason Yee (DARK ASSASSIN) stars as a professional driver for an escort service operating out of “The Naked Eye” strip club. After the escort he has fallen in love with is found murdered [...]
REVIEW: Lady of Steel (1970)
Wuxia queen Cheng Pei-pei stars in this action-packed swordplay adventure from Shaw Brothers and director Ho Meng-hua concerning a young swordswoman named Fang Ying-qi (Cheng) who sets out to join a gathering of the martial world’s leading [...]
Vincent Zhao exits Donnie Yen’s ‘Special Identity’
Martial arts actor Vincent Zhao, star of TRUE LEGEND, announced on Sunday that he will no longer be involved in Donnie Yen’s modern-day actioner SPECIAL IDENTITY. He cited a breach of his contract by way of unilateral [...]
Petaling Street Warriors (2011) – Trailer
Malay martial arts comedy starring Mark Lee as a 1900s-era street vendor in Kuala Lumpur who discovers he is the descendant of a Ming Dynasty Chinese emperor. When a Chinese eunuch, Japanese ninjas and a British colonial [...]
REVIEW: Petaling Street Warriors (2011)
Mining the screwball antics of Stephen Chow’s KUNG FU HUSTLE, this lesser Malaysian martial arts comedy from director James Lee stars leading Singapore comedian Mark Lee and features the wire-enhanced fight choreography of Hong Kong action director [...]
Nunchucks (2012) – Trailer
Inspired by Bruce Lee, NUNCHUCKS is directed and starring Dragon Chen as a martial arts expert who suffers a breakdown and rediscovers peace when he returns home. The martial arts actioner opened March 2nd, 2012 in China.
