All posts tagged "Martial Arts"
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Mark Glass | February 6, 2024
FOGGY MOUNTAIN – Review
Regular readers will know I’ve praised a slew of East Asian martial arts and action flicks in the...
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Mark Glass | January 24, 2024
WOLF PACK – Review
WOLF PACK is a fast-paced, subtitled action flick from China that’s well worth having to read the dialog...
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Mark Glass | November 29, 2023
EYE FOR AN EYE: BLIND SWORDSMAN – Review
Chinese martial arts films have a long tradition of including quite an array of masterful fighters with significant...
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Mark Glass | July 20, 2023
NIGHT OF THE ASSASSIN – Review
South Korea has been exporting a lot of high-octane action flicks in the past several years. They tend...
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Mark Glass | April 27, 2023
YOUNG IP MAN: CRISIS TIME – Review
I’ve enjoyed many of the films based on Ip Man, the eponymous actual Chinese martial arts hero of...
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Mark Glass | January 31, 2023
GRANDMASTER OF KUNG FU – Review
For fans of Chinese martial arts movies, THE GRANDMASTER OF KUNG FU offers a variation on a very...
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Mark Glass | November 4, 2022
SHADOW MASTER – Review
When you’re making an urban post-apocalyptic, supernatural martial arts movie a lot can go wrong, and most of...
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Mark Glass | July 22, 2022
BABY ASSASSINS – Review
Due to a recent Supreme Court decision, one might be oriented towards assuming the BABY ASSASSINS title denotes...
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Mark Glass | May 23, 2022
IP MAN: THE AWAKENING – Review
Ip Man is a historic Chinese martial arts master who inspired a nation in his era, and a...
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Cate Marquis | April 8, 2022
EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE – Review
Michelle Yeoh gives a tour-de-force performance in the wildly creative EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE, as a weary...
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Jim Batts | August 30, 2021
SHANG-CHI AND THE LEGEND OF THE TEN RINGS – Review
So, did you think we’d bid adieu to the Summer of 2021 without a second visit to the...
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Mark Glass | August 18, 2021
FATAL RAID – Review
THE FATAL RAID is a contemporary Hong Kong action flick offering the best and the worst of this...
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Mark Glass | August 13, 2021
RAGING FIRE – Review
RAGING FIRE is a contemporary Hong Kong Chinese martial arts crime flick that’s a perfect vehicle for its...
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Travis Keune | June 17, 2015
REDEEMER (2014) – The Review
For my money, there are two truly amazing, ass-kicking action flicks that came out of 2014 and wouldn’t...
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Travis Keune | September 24, 2014
Fantastic Fest 2014: KUNG FU ELLIOT – The Review
KUNG FU ELLIOT is not what it first sets out to become. In fact, by the end, you’ll...
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Travis Keune | April 12, 2012
THE RAID: REDEMPTION – The Review
Once more, an incredible film emerges from an once unlikely corner of the world, to many a place...
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Travis Keune | September 20, 2011
Top Ten Tuesday: Most Anticipated Fantastic Fest Films
Poster created by Mike Saputo The time is nearly upon us, the annual gathering of genre hounds, eager...
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Kent | July 15, 2009
Review: ‘Blood: The Last Vampire’
‘Blood: The Last Vampire’ is a mixed bag when it comes to quality. But despite that I found...