Bullet Points: Five Superfighters
My latest trip into the vast Shaw Brothers library comes courtesy Arrow Video’s amazing Shaw Scope Volume Two, one of the wisest physical media investments I have ever made. This time around, I selected a movie...
Kung Fu Theater
Bruceploitation Triumphant: My Review of Enter the Clones of Bruce
Bruce Lee’s death in the summer of 1973 shocked the world: he was a ground-breaking, transcendent martial arts star who had captured the imagination of theater-going audiences all over the world, and in the process made...
Bullet Points: Cantonen Iron Kung Fu
If I were to create a list of my favorite Kung Fu Superstars, I know Leung Kar-Yan would be pretty high on that list. Leung Kar-Yan (or Beardy for those in the know) shined the brightest...
Bullet Points: Lady Iron Monkey
Monkey kung fu has been a popular choice in kung fu cinema, but I don’t think it has ever been taken so literally as in 1979’s Lady Iron Monkey. A young woman raised by monkeys has...
Bullet Points: The 36th Chamber of Shaolin
Do you ever select a movie to watch and instantly know you made the right decision? Seeing Gordon Liu in all his Shaolin Monk glory training with the iron rings on his forearms as the opening...
Bullet Points: Black Belt Jones
Black Belt Jones celebrated a milestone anniversary earlier this year when it turned 50 on January 28th, It had easily been 40 years since I last watched Jim Kelly’s leading man debut, after making a splash...
Bullet Points: Shaolin Drunk Monkey
I was first introduced to the comedic Kung Fu stylings of Elton Chong in 1980’s Fist of Golden Monkey. Chong made for a good goofy underdog in that one, so when I found 1981’s Shaolin Drunk...
Bullet Points: Lady Whirlwind
Over the past couple of years, Arrow Video has helped introduce me to numerous classic Kung Fu titles that I missed out from the Shaw Brothers vault. Now I have Arrow Video to thank for introducing...
No Surrender Cinema: Bloody Fists
Happy New Year, Cinemaniacs! Hopefully you’re all rested and recovered from your holiday festivities and ready to enjoy the latest edition of No Surrender Cinema! While some of you may still be nursing a hangover or...
No Surrender Cinema: He Has Nothing But Kung Fu
There might be less than a week to go until Christmas, but who needs those Hallmark movies to celebrate the holidays when No Surrender Cinema is here to give you the gift of more classic martial...
