The Goonies and Temple of Doom’s Jonathan Ke Quan unleashes his martial arts skills in this B-movie that has gained cult status. Brothers Charlie and Tony Moore are competing in a major martial arts tournament in town. As they are working hard to advance, their father Michael has other plans. The leader of a band […]Read Post ›
Tsui Hark, Hong Kong’s Steven Spielberg, brings back the period kung fu film and tweaks it up in this tale of one of the greatest Chinese folk heroes in history. The film would also catapult Mainland China wushu champion Jet Li to action film icon. In last 19th-Century China, businessman and military units from Europe […]Read Post ›
Korean director Richard W. Park, known for L.A. Street Fighters, Miami Connection, and American Chinatown, directs this action-filled drama of rivals in high school who despite having a connection in terms of family, hold a grudge for each other. Korean-born immigrant Paul is a top running back in football. He is also a martial artist, […]Read Post ›
The Japanese powered superhero gets the Hollywood treatment courtesy of two special-effects wizards. When Dr. Tetsu Segawa attempts to escape his employer Chronos, he holds a mysterious briefcase in which he hides before being confronted by Chronos employees Lisker, Weber, Striker, and Ramsay, all of whom have the ability to change into monstrous Zoanoids. Segawa, […]Read Post ›
Kickboxing champion Dale “Apollo” Cook unleashes his skills in this action thriller from the makers of Triple Impact and American Kickboxer 2. Max Rivers is a martial arts expert who is involved in a con game where he makes people bet on him only to purposely throw the fights. When he’s not “fighting”, he spends […]Read Post ›
1991, Cannon Films/Distant Horizon Director: Frans Nel Producer: Anant Singh Writers: John Barrett (story) Emil Kolbe (screenplay) Cinematography: Paul Morkel Editing: Renee Engelbrecht Cast: John Barrett (Robert James “B.J.” Quinn) Keith Vitali (Chad Hunter) Brad Morris (Jacques Denard) Terry Norton (Carol) Ted Le Plat (Willard) Roger Yuan (Howard) Len Sparrowhawk (Bob Wiser) Mike Huff (Robert […]Read Post ›
Hong Kong-based Seasonal Film Corporation continues their U.S. crossovers, after the No Retreat, No Surrender trilogy (1985-1989) and The King of the Kickboxers (1990) with this action packed film, about a young American determined to break the barriers and enter one of the most sacred places in martial arts history, the Shaolin Temple. Drew Carson is a young […]Read Post ›
World champion kickboxer Dale “Apollo” Cook made his film debut in 1991 with this film that can’t determine whether it is a kickboxing film or a war film. A team of commandos are hired to take out a Vietcong regime. The team is led by Jake Reynolds and second in command James Lee. In the […]Read Post ›
Four years after the release of this film, Lam, screenwriter Nam Yin, and Chow Yun-Fat returned for this sequel, which shows a friendship between Chow’s Hong Kong prisoner and a new Mainland prisoner. Chung Tin-Ching, who is still serving time and is now in a bigger predicament than ever before. When a group of Mainlander […]Read Post ›
A new “Karate Warrior” comes in the form of Ron Williams, who replaces the original, Kim Rossi Stuart, who thankfully has moved on to bigger and better movies and TV. Leaving Miami, Anthony Scott has decided to bequeath his golden gi to a local martial arts school, where his friend Greg helps run. A new […]Read Post ›
