Bad Martial Arts Sequels Movie sequels are risky business. If a movie is good enough to warrant a sequel then it must have been a high quality piece of filmmaking. A good sequel should raise the stakes and be better than its predecessor. Look at Godfather Part II, The Dark [Read More]
The Essential Films of Jet Li Jet Li began training in Wushu at the age of eight and quickly rose through the ranks in Chinese competition. Over the course of nine years, Li joined the Beijing Wushu team and racked up metals everywhere he went. At seventeen, Li called it [Read More]
Essential Films of Jackie Chan Jackie Chan is one of the most famous names in the world. No matter where you go in the world, the name Jackie Chan will spark a conversation. His career has spanned well over fifty years and he has starred in over a hundred films. [Read More]
Donnie Yen Donnie Yen is widely recognized as the modern king of Kung Fu cinema. His acting career has spanned four decades and isn’t slowing down. Such a long career has provided so many classic films. But with a long filmography comes intimidation for new viewers. It’s like coming across [Read More]
How to watch: Hulu (with Starz add-on), $3.99 on iTunes, Amazon Prime, and Youtube. Starring: Jet Li, Morgan Freeman, Bob Hoskins, Kerry Condon Director: Louis Leterrier Writer: Luc Besson Run time: 1 hour 43 minutes Rating: R Release date: May 13, 2005 Style: Kung Fu, Crime, Violent More information on this film can be found on [Read More]
Final Round Here we are. The final round of the top ten martial arts movies of the last decade. If you haven’t, be sure to go back and check out part one and part two of this series. This time around we’re counting down the top three spots on the [Read More]
Part 2 We’re back for round two in our countdown of the top ten martial art movies of the last decade. The first three spots were filled in part one and now part two will knockout the seven through four spots. Let’s not waste any time and jump straight into [Read More]
‘ How to watch: Available on Netflix Starring: Rain, Rick Yune, Naomie Harris, Sho Kosugi Director: James Mctigue Writers: Matthew Sand, J. Michael Straczynski Run Time: 1 hour 39 minutes Rating: R Release Date: November 25, 2009 Style: Action, Gore, Martial Arts, Hollywood More information on this film can be found on its IMDB page. [Read More]
Best of the Best The 2010s are long gone and films like Enter the Fat Dragon and Mulan are leading the charge of martial art movies in the new decade. But before we watch any of those, we are counting down the top ten martial art movies of the 2010s. [Read More]
How to watch: Currently in select theaters. Starring: Donnie Yen, Scott Adkins, Chris Collins, Meng Lo, Vanness Wu, Kwok-Kwan Chan, Kent Cheng, Yue Wu Director: Wilson Yip, (Action director Yuen Woo-Ping) Writers: Tai-lee Chan, Hiroshi Fukazawa, Lai-Yin Leung, Edmond Wong Run Time: 1 hour 45 minutes Rating: PG-13 Release Date: December 25, 2019 (USA) Style: Chinese, Kung [Read More]
How to watch: Netflix, Amazon Prime, $3.99 on iTunes, $1.99 on Google Play Starring: Gordon Liu, Lieh Lo, Wilson Tong, John Cheung, Norman Chu Director: Lau Kar Leung Writers: Kuang Ni Run Time: 115 Minutes Rating: R Release Date: February 2, 1978 (Hong Kong) Style: Kung Fu, Hung Gar, Hong Kong, Martial Arts More information on this film [Read More]
How to watch: Available on Hulu (with subscription); $3.99 to rent on YouTube, Amazon Prime, iTunes, and Google Play Starring: Jet Li, Tony Leung, Maggie Cheung, Ziyi Zhang, Daoming Chen, Donnie Yen Director: Yimou Zhang Writers: Yimou Zhang, Bin Wang, Feng Li Run Time: 1 Hour 47 Minutes Rating: PG-13 Release Date: 2002 (China), August 2004 (USA) [Read More]
How to watch: Available with Netflix membership Starring: Iko Uwais, Lewis Tan, Katheryn Winnick, Byron Mann, Juju Chan, Li Jun Li, Lawrence Kao, Celia Au, Tommy Flanagan, Mark Dacascos. Director: Toa Fraser, Stephen Fung, Michael Nankin, Roel Reine, Katheryn Winnick. Writers: Jessica Chou, Tony Krantz, Yalun Tu, John Wirth, Cameron Litvack, David Simkins, [Read More]
How to watch: Available to rent on Youtube, Amazon, Google Play, and Vudu for $3.99. Starring: Scott Adkins, Craig Fairbrass Director: Jesse V. Johnson Writer: Jesse V. Johnson & Stu Small Runtime: 1h 30min Rating: R Release Date: May 24, 2019(US), July 1, 2019(UK) Style: Martial Arts, Crime, Violent, British More information on this film [Read More]
How to watch: Amazon Prime: $1.99 (freewith membership), Youtube: $3.99 Run Time: 1 hour 40 minutes Starring: Jean-Paul Ly Director: Marc Price Writer: Marc Price Rating: R Release Date: December 26, 2018(United Kingdom) Style: Action, Martial Arts, Violet, Dark Comedy, Horror, British You can find more information about this movie on its IMDB page. Jean-Paul Ly is [Read More]
How to watch: Netflix(with membership) Run time: 1 hour 30 minutes Starring: Cristine Reyes Director: Pedring Lopez Writer: Pedring Lopez Rating: R Release Date: March 27, 2019 (Philippines) Style: Action, Martial Arts, Filipino, Violent You can find more information about this movie on its IMDB page. I don’t know if excited is the right word for [Read More]
How to Watch: In theaters now. Starring: Keanu Reeves, Halle Berry, Laurence Fishburne, Ian McShane, Mark Dacascos, Asia Kate Dillon Director: Chad Stahelksi Rating: R Release Date: 04/16/2019 Runtime: 2 hours 10 minutes Style: Action, Martial Arts Overview John Wick 3 -Parabellum picks up where the previous films left off. Wick is “excommunicado” and [Read More]
There is no rubric to determine what makes a good martial arts movie. Can a movie survive based on the action alone? Or are the story and characters what make a movie great? Consider the films Ip Man and The Raid: Redemption while keeping questions like this in mind. One [Read More]
This review will be spoiler-free. How to Watch: Rent from Amazon from $3.99(US) Starring: Jet Li, Li Sun, Yong Dong Director: Ronny Yu Writers: Chris Chow, Richard Epcar (dubbed version) Rating: PG-13 Release Date: 09/22/2006 Runtime: 1 hour 44 minutes Style: Action, Drama, Chinese, Kung Fu, Wuxia More information can be found on the [Read More]
This will be a Spoiler-Free review. How to watch: Cinemax (with subscription), Rent from Amazon Prime for $2.99 US. Runtime: 1hour 42 minutes Language: English (subtitles available) Director: Robert Clouse Writer: Michael Allin Rating: R Release Date: 08/19/1973 Style: Action, Martial Arts, Hong Kong Action For more movie details, you can go to the movie’s [Read More]
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