Thursday, September 22, 2011

Clash Aka Bay Rong (2011)




Clash is a simple low budget action movie with both good weapon scenes and fighting scenes,both martial arts action and takedowns.Also known as Bay Rong

Dont know if the movie is Vietnamese or from Thailand but it is not Korean,Japanese, or from China.It is definitely entertaining and Johny Tri Nguyen and his Girlfriend whose name I cant remember is the lead once again if you have seen the Vietnamese movie the Rebel.It is some of the production company crew that brought you The Rebel and it has very little wire or barely for the action scenes.Better than some DTV releases from Van Damme,Steve Austin and Seagal definitely and probably half the budget of a DTV in America

Johny Tri Nguyen is definitely making a name for himself and with past performances in The Protector,Rebel,Force of Five,and Cradle to the Grave.

Disciples of 36th Chamber (1985)



This is the third movie in the series of the 36th Chamber of Shaolin Series.Now Instead of Gordon Liu being the lead,Hsiao Ho is the Main character.He plays legendary hero Fong Sai Yuk of Fong Shi Yu which has been played by many famous actors like Jet Li,Alexander Fu Sheng,Meng Fei,Willie Chi Tin Sang.The movie is once again directed by Lau Kar Leung and it has many famous actors like Venom's Sun Chien,Jason Piao,Lee Hoi San I wont include the plot but trust me if its distributed by Dragon Dynasty you better believe you are watching a classic this movie was made after 8 diagram Pole fighter.

if you like the legendary hero Fong sai yuk check out other movies that are about him
Young Hero of Shaolin 1&2
Secret of shaolin poles
Prodigal Boxer 1&2
Burning Paradise
SHaolin Temple (Chang Cheh)
Fong Sai Yuk with Jet Li 1&2

14 Blades (2009)



From all the reviews that I read above me seems like no one knows that 14 Blades is a Shaw Brothers remake of the 1984 movie Secret Service of Imperial Court directed by Tony Liu Jun Guk.

Now that I got that out of the way the modern version 14 blades is directed by mostly hit or miss Daniel Lee.His credits include Black Mask,What Price Survival,Three Kingdoms Ressurection of the Dragon,Star Runner Aka Kumite,Dragon Squad aka Dragon Heat and the upcoming Wuxia White Vengeance.As you can see from those credits most people that have seen his movies only Black Mask and What Price Survival were their favorites.

The cast includes both new actors old school Kung Fu actors from the Shaw Brothers era like Chen Kwan Tai,Wu Ma,Lam Chi Tai,Fung Hak On.From Golden Harves of course Sammo Hung which has only a supporting part and does not lay a finger on nobody,Duel to the Death's Damian Lau (if you blinked you missed him because i dont even remember him being in it).Wu Chun who looks like a pretty boy Asian Jack Sparrow,Vicky Zhao Whei,and Donnie Yen filling up for Leung Kar Yan aka Beardy.

The Cinematography is nice too look at as well as the special effects.Donnie Yen barely saves this movie and the supporting cast seems to be weak and not backing him up at all.There is both some wire fu and some good fighting scenes in this movie but unless you're a Donnie Yen fan this one is an Ok movie better than Three Kingdoms but not better than its rivals like Ip Man movies and True Legend by Yuen Woo Ping.Watch the Original it is 10 times better and did not need wire fu or GGI to make it a good movie.

Saturday, September 17, 2011

Martial Arts Master Wong Fei Hung (1992)

This movie is not very known and it is way better than Once Upon a Time in China 3 thru 5.The movie is directed by veteran director/stuntman Li Chao who is famous for movies in the golden age of kung fu movies in the 70s like Ninja Supremo,Ways of Kung Fu,Cantonen Iron Kung Fu,Fearless Dragons,Kung Fu Beyond the Grave.With all that resume of movies you know your in for an entertaining No Wire Fu movie.The Action is choreographed by one of Lau Kar Leungs Stars who is Hsu Hsiao famous for Monkey Kung Fu,Disciples of Shaolin Temple,Lady is the Boss,Legendary Weapons of China,Cat Vs Rat

Chin Kar Lok who is famous for starring in Operation Scorpio and in Legend of the Drunken Master,Swordsman 2,No Problem 2.He plays a young Wong Fei Hung this time along with other big kung fu actors like Jet Li,Gordon Liu,Ku Feng,Kwan Tak Hing,Jackie Chan,Sek Kin,Wong Kwan.
This time his opponent is a Japanese Samurai who is played by no other than the famous Lam Ching Ying who has done about 80+movies.His famous work is the Prodigal Son,Hocus Pocus,Heroes Shed No Tears(John Woo),Mr. Vampire Movies,Magic Cop.Wong Fei Hung is out to fight the foreigners from Europe to stop them from having Opium spread to the other Chinese.One of the main bad guys is the underrated actor Suen Gwok Ming,who has also been in great martial arts movies like Drunken Dragon,Shaolin Avengers,Shaolin the Blood Mission,Shaolin Vs Manchu.

This movie came out in 1992 when the Kung Fu genre was dying and there was only Wire Fu used to the extreme like in movies like Swordsman,Zu Warriors,Chinese Ghost Story.Recommend this as a good New Wave Kung Fu movie with out Jet Li,Donnie Yen.

Friday, September 16, 2011

The Four Invincibles

Ku Feng who has starred in hundreds of movies.His most popular Avenging Eagle,New One Armed Swordsman,Black Magic leads three other crippled members to take revenge on an old enemy.

The Crippled or Invincibles are Hon Gwok Choi who mostly was known for small roles and stunts his movies include Fearless Hyena 2,Crazy Horse Intelligent Monkey,Crack Shadow Boxers(also with Ku Feng),Duel to the Death.DAI SAI AAN who is also called Squinty is known for Buddhist Fist,Incredible Kung Fu Master,Crystal Fist,Dirty Kung Fu,Kung Fu from Beyond the Grave.The Fourth Invincible is TO SIU MING who also did mostly comedic Kung Fu roles in Project A,Hong Kong Playboys,Fake Ghost Catchers,Dead and the Deadly.

They each learn a different style taught by Ku Feng because they have different kind of handicaps.There is more hand to hand combat than weapons and they are out to hunt down JENG KEI YING who has starred in Fistfull of Talons,Rendevous with Death,Ironside 426,Kung Fu Zombie.

You can check out the movie here: The Four Invincibles

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