Category: Martial Arts
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The 8 Diagram Pole Fighter (1984)
While I have not seen every Shaw Brothers movie, The 8 Diagram Pole Fighter (1984) might be my favourite movie of the studio, so far. Directed by the legendary choreographer Lau Kar-leung who made the 36th Chamber Of Shaolin, and plenty of other Shaw Brothers classics currently available to stream on Mubi. Set in feudal… Read.
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King Boxer (1972)
Hong Kong action film, King Boxer (1972) is better known in America as Five Fingers Of Death, and is a Shaw Brothers production that became an international cross-over hit. The success of which set the blueprint for martial arts movies. I was mainly drawn to watching it because of the imagery around hero Lo Lieh… Read.
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Automatic (1995)
“This guy is cool!” – security guard under his breath, watching a cyborg on a monitor wipe the floor with a crack team of mercenaries. Automatic (1995) is a sci-fi action flick Die Hard knock-off which is mostly shot in the shadowy interiors of a corporate building, the HQ for robot/manufacturing company RobGen. Some movies… Read.
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Lone Wolf And Cub: White Heaven In Hell (1974)
The final entry of the series, Lone Wolf And Cub: White Heaven In Hell (1974) has a great opening sequence of samurai assassin Ogami Itto (Tomisaburo Wakayama) and his son Daigoro (Akihiro Tomikaway) using the baby cart as a sled through a snowy landscape, backed by musician Kunihiko Murai turning in a very funky instrumental… Read.
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Future Kick (1991)
H Y P E R D R E A M Objectively, Future Kick (1991) is one star direct-to-video trash. Yet this is right in the pocket of a low-rent cyberpunk vibe that I’m very much into. I love The Terminator, Robocop and Total Recall so much, that to see a cheap knock-off from the 1990s… Read.
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