Five years ago on January 14, the action film world lost one of its greats and one of the all around nicest guys in the industry: Darren Shahlavi. While the name may not be familiar to all, his illustrious career, which spanned over two decades with his humble beginnings in Hong Kong and his crossover to […]Read Post ›
Four karate experts unleash their skills against a mob boss and his goons in this cult classic 70’s Blaxploitation-martial arts hybrid. A courier holding a case with an African statue has been targeted by a group of thugs on the streets of New York. When he is struck down and killed, it leads to a […]Read Post ›
Australian martial arts action star Richard Norton stars in this ultra-low budgeted thriller that redeems itself in its climactic battle. Ryan Travers has just been released from prison in Thailand after serving a five-year sentence for murder. During his time, his parents were killed in an explosion after refusing to pay the Yakuza protection money. […]Read Post ›
Martial arts wunderkind Ernie Reyes Jr. makes his directorial debut on this action film that is not completely bad, but has a few technical flaws here and there. The film revolves around some sort of gang war between one run by Hitler and one led by Jesse. Hitler is the leader of the Crazy Dragons […]Read Post ›
In the world of American martial arts films during the early 1990′s, an Israeli filmmaker made his feature film debut with this action film about a former kickboxing champion who becomes a policeman who gets involved in a major drug trade. The filmmaker is known as one of the biggest names in today’s martial arts […]Read Post ›
After making the 1988 film Dragon Fight in America for director Billy Tang, Jet Li returns to America under the helm of director Tsui Hark, two years before the two collaborated on Li’s breakthrough hit film Once Upon a Time in China. This time, he gets help in the form of Yuen Wah, Crystal Kwok, […]Read Post ›
Puerto Rico’s first martial arts action film is quite a thrill of a ride with some pretty good fight scenes and a few nice twists and turns in the story. Chelo is a young supermarket worker who trains each morning in martial arts. He is in a stable relationship with Cristina. She longs to have […]Read Post ›
Kickboxing legend Don “The Dragon” Wilson stars in this action film whose main character can be said to be referenced by the Yuen Biao classic Above the Law (not to be confused with the Steven Seagal film). Fifteen months ago, lawyer John Decker witnessed the brutal murder of his family at the hands of a […]Read Post ›
This action-packed sequel launched the film career of Canadian martial arts ace Jeff Wincott as he replaces Chad McQueen with the returning Cynthia Rothrock as his partner. A year after partnering up, Sean Thompson and Billie Burke, the duo who were known as the Martial Law team, have split when Sean is promoted to detective […]Read Post ›
Max Zhang takes on a slew of new fighters including the hulking Dave Bautista himself in the official spin-off of the Ip Man film series. After losing to Ip Man, Wing Chun master Cheung Tin-Chi has decided to give up martial arts and live life as a single dad to son Fung. Cheung opens a […]Read Post ›
