Kung Fu Theater

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Bullet Points: Kung Fu Warrior

I am a sucker for a bargain bin DVD collection of martial arts movies. Recently I picked up a 12 movie set called “The Great Impersonators” due to the fact that many of the movies in...

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Bullet Points: Bruce Lee Against Supermen

Before Christopher Reeve made us believe a man could fly in Superman, before Michael Keaton matter-of-factly said “I’m Batman”, before Robert Downey Jr. stepped inside the Iron Man suit for the first time and before Chris...

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Bullet Points: Call Me Dragon

Over the years I have covered a number of films produced by the Seasonal Film Corporation, however I have never covered any of their early productions when they were strictly a Hong Kong based company. Over...

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Bullet Points: The Awaken Punch

On Episode 38 of The Bulletproof Podcast I referred to The Pearl River Collection as a “Kung Fu Movie Sommelier” and rightfully so… Pearl River’s first release, The Leg Fighters, was a movie I had zero...

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Bullet Points: Bruce Le’s Greatest Revenge

Truth in advertising and Bruceploitation movies aren’t exactly synonymous with one another. With that said, one might be skeptical about just how great 1979’s Bruce Le’s Greatest Revenge actually was. I will admit, I was a...

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Bullet Points: The Dragon’s Showdown

Whether you prefer your classic “Kung Fu Theater” flicks with subs or dubs, you have to expect a certain level of the original dialogue is going to be lost in translation. 1980’s The Dragon’s Showdown either...

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Bullet Points: Heroes Two

Alexander Fu Sheng was born Cheung Fu Sheng in Hong Kong on October 20, 1954. By his late teens, Fu Sheng was a martial arts film star whose popularity transcended his Hong Kong roots. Alexander Fu...

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Bullet Points: Wheels on Meals

You don’t have a career that spans more than four decades without evolving. And the career of Jackie Chan has had many phases of evolution. Phase one, the bit parts that he took as an up...