Now available from 88 Films
Project A (aka ‘A’ gai wak ) (1983)
The Hong Kong Navy is failing at fighting pirates. In comes Sergent Lung to the rescue.
Tag Archives: Martial Arts
Two Taoist Tales [Eureka Classics]
Now available from Eureka Classics
This new set presented here contains 2 films, as the title suggest, Taoism Drunkard and The Young Taoist Fighter.
Beast Fighter: Karate Bearfighter (aka Kenka karate kyokushin burai ken) (1975) [Eureka Entertainment]
Available from Eureka Entertainment as a 2-disc set with Beast Fighter: Karate Bullfighter.
In this follow-up of Beast Fighter: Karate Bullfighter, we get to see a bit more of the life and exploits of Sensei Masutatsu Oyama.
Beast Fighter: Karate Bullfighter (aka Champion of Death) (1975) [Eureka Entertainment]
Available from Eureka Entertainment as a 2-disc set with Beast Fighter: Karate Bearfighter.
Inspired by the life of Choi Bae-dal who was later known as Masutatsu Oyama, a Korean martial artist who founded Kyokushin Karate in Japan.
Brave Citizen (2024) [Fantasia Film Festival 2024]
Deep down there’s a great movie within “Brave Citizen.” The South Korean film by Park jin-pyo has a great premise, and a great cause to fight for that could serve as a catalyst for an interesting superhero tale. Instead “Brave Citizen” is bogged down in so much exposition and sub-plots and commentary that is loses sight of its original intent. There’s no reason a movie like “Brave Citizen” should be so long, and I say that as someone that almost never cares about run time.
But Park jin-pyo and the writers take so long to get to the actual point that by the time we do get an idea what they’re aiming in the realm of superheroes meets bringing down the affluent, the movie has already worn out its welcome.
Deadpool and Wolverine (2024)
Now Exclusively in Theaters.
“Deadpool and Wolverine” is that example of what happens when young boys take their action figures and spend hours just smashing them in to one another. There’s not much of a narrative, but there are appearances from other action figures, and maybe even a transformer or two. That’s what watching “Deadpool and Wolverine” was like—and I’m still not sure if that is a compliment or criticism. For all intents and purposes “Deadpool and Wolverine” is fun, and Shawn Levy seems to have a good time satirizing Marvel Studios as well as the scope of comic book movies. But through it all, there’s a very low stakes, and pretty overcooked movie that painfully overstays its welcome.
The Guyver (1991): Limited Collector’s Edition [4K UHD/Blu-ray/CD Soundtrack]
Coming Soon from Unearthed Films.
Toshiki Takaya’s anime and manga are science fiction body horror martial arts chaos mixed in with a ton of concepts involving corporations, mutant aliens, and genetics. America saw “mutants” and ran with it in an effort to kind of build upon the winning formula of “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.” In effect, 1991’s American adaptation of “The Guyver” takes the very gory original material and transforms it in to a silly, but absolutely fun love letter to Japanese culture and just horror in general. With the help of Screaming Mad George’s amazing special effects, director Steve Wang realizes a lot of concepts from the original source material that would have otherwise been utterly impossible in 1991.