• Battles Without Honour And Humanity

    Feb 21, 2015

    What prevents Battles Without Honour and Humanity from being a true masterpiece is its confused, muddled plot.

  • Beach Of The War Gods

    Oct 16, 2023

    ‘Beach of the War Gods’ is a fantastic vehicle for its star and his supporting cast to showcase heaps of wickedly staged old-school fight action.

  • Bodyguard Kiba

    Mar 18, 2024

    Existing in its own heightened reality, ‘Bodyguard Kiba’ is all about making our hero look cool (and indestructible!) and the bad guys as nasty as possible.

  • Bodyguard Kiba 2

    Mar 21, 2024

    Not as riotously entertaining as the first instalment, ‘Bodyguard Kiba 2’ is still a fun watch, mainly to see Chiba strutting his cool stuff and for the impressive fight scenes that open and close the film.

  • Call To Arms

    Jan 29, 2018

    Shen Chiang’s ‘Call to Arms’ is about as dull and listless as they come, never once engaging its viewer even at the most basic levels of entertainment merit.

  • Enter The Dragon

    Mar 10, 2015

    ‘Enter the Dragon’ is a campy and extremely entertaining action romp that is successful because of two important ingredients – Bruce Lee and Martial Arts.

  • Fist To Fist

    Mar 13, 2015

    The plot and characterisation are very weak but there’s enough about the fights to keep a kung fu fan watching till the end.

  • Iron Bodyguard

    Mar 30, 2015

    There’s weaknesses in some of the plot twists, but there’s also good action, fine performances and the kind of bold visual statements that linger in the mind.

  • The Blood Brothers

    Feb 24, 2015

    ‘The Blood Brothers’ was not a disappointment in any way and this classic Chang Cheh tale of loyalty, love and revenge is an consistently engaging martial arts drama.

  • The Fate Of Lee Khan

    Mar 11, 2015

    Despite a slow and at times wearisome first half of the film, it eventually blossoms into a distinguished genre work that is recommended to any fan of the Jade Screen.

  • When Taekwondo Strikes

    Jun 26, 2015

    ‘When Taekwondo Strikes’, while still falling foul of the prosaic nature of the narrative and its uninspiring characterisation, is thankfully lifted above the mundane.