Jackie Chan – Backseat Mafia

Blu-Ray Review – Police Story 3: Supercop

Before becoming the action-comedy sidekick of choice in Hollywood, Jackie Chan was arguably the leading light in Hong Kong martial arts cinema. Following Bruce Lee’s tragic death, producers tried to…

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Blu-Ray Review: Last Hurrah for Chivalry / Hand of Death: Two Films by John Woo

There have been very few film-makers who began their careers in Asian cinema and then made the successful transition to Hollywood. Whilst the language barrier is an obvious difficulty, it’s…

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Blu-ray Review: Wheels on Meals

Sammo Hung, like Jackie Chan, starred in, choreographed and directed him own films. Both men have had impressive careers and were pivotal in opening up Hong Kong martial arts films-making…

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Blu-Ray Review: Jackie Chan’s Police Story and Police Story 2

Whilst the recent footage of Tom Cruise’s accident on the set of Mission Impossible: Fallout may have left a few feeling queasy, he’s by no means the first actor to…

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Blu-Ray Review: Drunken Master (Masters of Cinema)

Martial Arts films were a huge global phenomenon at the beginning of the 1970s. The market was flooded with hundreds of low budget, badly dubbed films from Hong Kong. The…

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Film Review: Dragon Blade

For decades now the American market has dominated the film industry. Not only is it the home of the biggest studios, the largest investment and big-named stars, it also has…

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