Double Team (1997)

This is one of those movies where I saw the trailer so many times as a teen that the Jean-Claude Van Damme wisecrack to Dennis Rodman, “Who does your hair, Siegfried or Roy?”, was forever burned on my brain. I remember one night out with friends grabbing a kebab after midnight and watching the climax […]

Drunken Master (1978)

I’d long heard about the legend of Drunken Master (1978) so it was good escapism to finally catch up with this iconic Jackie Chan film, a box office hit in Hong Kong early in his career, Wikipedia tells me. As the character of Wong Fei-Hung, Chan is a cheeky, cocky troublemaker whose mischief catches up […]

The Night Comes For Us (2018)

If you’re into martial arts action movies, and can handle extreme violence (I was continuously exclaiming out loud at the visceral gore) then The Night Comes For Us (2018) is on Netflix for your viewing pleasure. Stars Joe Taslim and Iko Uwais from The Raid movies, this time swapping hero and villain roles as a […]