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Bastard Swordsman is a 1983 film from the legendary Shaw Brothers Studio, directed by (Tony) Lou Chun-Ku ( Angel Terminators 2 and more...

This week’s pick for the Fridays of Fury Action Club  was Hong Kong actioner Kickboxer’s Tears (1992). It is the only directing credit on...

(note: I watched the Director’s Cut, apparently the original U.S. version cut about 20 minutes of jokes/character beats/backstory (and a...

Catch the Heat is a 1987 star vehicle for Tiana Alexandra. Alexandra's family fled Vietnam for America in 1966. As a young woman, she met...

Tony Jaa burst onto the international scene with Ong-Bak (2003, released in North America in 2005). His hard-hitting Muay Thai felt new...

the following is a repost of my first review on Letterboxd nearly ten years ago: This movie used to play all the time on cable in the...