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...
Kung Fu Theater
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: 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: 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...
Bullet Points: Crippled Avengers
My journey down the Shaw Brothers rabbit hole has been a case of good news and bad news every time. The bad news is, I missed out on these Kung Fu classics growing up and it...
Bullet Points: Fists of Bruce Lee
This week we are opening up the Bulletproof Action Suggestion Box and allowing friends, fans and followers of the site to select the movies that we cover over the next five days. First up Shawn Cavender,...
No Surrender Cinema: Mantis Combat
Get ready for another No Surrender Cinema that shines a spotlight on one of the highly skilled, yet obscure, stars of 70’s kung fu cinema! After discovering the awesome Mean Streets of Kung Fu on Tubi earlier this...
Bullet Points: Hard Bastard
As juvenile as it may sound, one of my favorite things about going back in time and revisiting old school Kung Fu movies is their liberal use of the word bastard. The more times it is...
Bullet Points: The Kid with the Golden Arm
Arrow’s Shaw Scope Volume 2 is the gift that keeps on giving. The collection features some of the Shaw Brothers’ best martial arts films, including many that I am experiencing for the first time, like the...
Bullet Points: Six Directions of Boxing
Everytime I watch a kung fu movie I ask myself why don’t I watch more kung fu movies. I am always entertained, either because of the martial arts action or because the story is so bonkers...
