Roger Judd, Jr.'s Profile:
Agreement: 70% of 34 voters agree with Roger Judd, Jr.'s reviews
Gender: Male
Age: 47
Location: Brossard, Quebec, Canada
Bio: I am a lawyer.Grew up watching martial arts movies in the 70's.Practised Taekwon-Do (ITF) from 71 to 83.Also trained with friends in Shotokan Karate,Hapkido,Tang Soo Do and some Chinese styles.Martial arts movies is one of my favourite hobby & I own over 1600.Favourite actors:Bruce Lee,Hwang Jang Lee,John Liu,Jimmy Wang Yu,Cheng Pei Pei,Shih Szu,Tan Tao Liang,Chen Kuan Tai,Lo Lieh,Ti Lung,Leung Kar Yan,Venoms + more!Not crazy about modern KF movies. Always ready to trade movies with KF fans.
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 |  |  | |  Lady With A Sword (see film details)
Martial Arts / Action/Adventure
Great movie. It has everything you want from a Shaw swordplayer: a beautiful heroine (Lily Ho) who's majestic in this movie, great villains, a good storyline, great action, bloodshed, great choreography, old school revenge stuff, and honor, great sets and costumes... I just can't find anything negative to say about it. A true gem to be discovered. Highly recommended.
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| | | |  Legend Of The Fox (see film details)
Martial Arts / Action/Adventure
Great Venoms movie. The sword action is fantastic. Lu Feng plays a good guy here and Chiang Sheng is the bad guy! Typical old school revenge story. Plenty of action. Not too much wirework. If you are a Venoms fan and have not seen this movie yet, rush and buy it!
| | LOG IN TO COMMENT ON THIS REVIEW! | | AGREE? | READER COMMENTS | AUTHOR | | Y | Excellent film. And it was great to see a reversal of the usual roles with Lu Feng being the good guy; it's nice being to root for him for once. | MS10197 |
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| | | |  The Secret Rivals (see film details)
Martial Arts / Action/Adventure
This is a great martial arts movie. Should be on anyone's top ten list. Beautiful display of kicks by John Liu and Hwang Jang Lee. Wong Tao is also excellent and his role--reminded me a bit of Bruce Lee in "Enter The Dragon". Actually, he has the same haircut and acts the same way without really trying to imitate. Wonderful, well-choreographed fights even though that movie did not have Shaw Brothers' budget! A true delight! If you haven't seen this movie yet, what are you waiting for?????????? The sequel is almost as good!
| | LOG IN TO COMMENT ON THIS REVIEW! | | AGREE? | READER COMMENTS | AUTHOR | | Y | This movie is definitely top shelf. My only issue is that in a lot of these old schoolers the northern Chinese kicking expert is usually played by Korean stylists. But ,oh well, Hwang Jang Lee is the man. | Bastard Ronin |
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| | | |  Fist Of Fury [1972] (see film details)
Martial Arts / Action/Adventure
The first martial arts movie I ever saw back in the early 1970's. In my humble view, Bruce Lee's best! Great old school classic of Japanese vs. Chinese. Bruce Lee is simply superb in this movie also known as THE CHINESE CONNECTION. Very entertaining. The fights are fantastic. Lee's charisma and intensity are just incredible. The scene in the Japanese dojo where Bruce Lee brings back the "gift sign" saying "Sick Men Of Asia" is one of the best ever and was never duplicated in my humble view. Probably Lo Wei's best directed movie ever. If I would own only one (I own over 600!) martial arts movie, this would be the one. A genuine true classic!
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| | | |  Shaolin Challenges Ninja (see film details)
Martial Arts / Action/Adventure
This is Gordon Liu's best movie ever. Classic old school Japanese -vs.- Chinese but done more in respect than hate. Some comedy, specially the scenes with Gordon Liu's wife who's a Japanese girl who always try to prove that Japanese martial arts are superior to Chinese's. Many great fights. Overall a very entertaining movie. In my humble view, Shaolin Challenges Ninja is one of the best 10 martial arts movie ever.
| | LOG IN TO COMMENT ON THIS REVIEW! | | AGREE? | READER COMMENTS | AUTHOR | | Y | This is indeed Gordon Liu's greatest film, and perhaps the greatest old-school movie ever. | MS10197 |
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| | | | Shaolin Challenges Ninja (see film details)
Martial Arts / Action/Adventure
In my view, Gordon Liu's best movie ever. Classic old school story line of Japanese vs. Chinese but done within remarkable class and mutual respect. The fights are very well choreographed and Gordon Liu's shows an excellent arsenal of weapons. The comedy between Liu and his Japanese wife is hilarious (even though she sometimes got on my nerves!). Very entertaining! You cannot go wrong here! Just sit, watch and enjoy!
| | LOG IN TO COMMENT ON THIS REVIEW! | | AGREE? | READER COMMENTS | AUTHOR | | Y | i agree this movie is awesome if you like weapon fights then you've come to the right place. | kung fu kid |
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| | | |  The Lady Assassin (see film details)
Martial Arts / Action/Adventure
Wonderful cast very well directed. Fantastic swordsplay action, very well chorographed, and a great storyline to keep you entertained. A true Classic Shaw movie at their best. Definitely a must-see.
| | LOG IN TO COMMENT ON THIS REVIEW! | | AGREE? | READER COMMENTS | AUTHOR | | Y | yes! I agree an awesome Classic Shaw movie & with great swordplay. | JV47842 |
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| | | |  Disciples Of The 36th Chamber (see film details)
Martial Arts / Action/Adventure
Wonderful performance by Hsiao Hou. You gotta see him here. Beautiful choreography by Liu Chia-Liang. Exceptional fights. A good mix of comedy and martial arts. The last 20 minutes are fantastic. Gordon Liu reprises his role of the 36th Chamber of Shaolin. He has a supporting role here but gives a brilliant performance. I only wish they would have add an extra 10 minutes of action! If you love martial arts movies, you must add this one to your collection. A true classic.
| | LOG IN TO COMMENT ON THIS REVIEW! | | AGREE? | READER COMMENTS | AUTHOR | | Y | You're right, Hsiao Hou is great in this. It's a shame he's so underrated. I'm a big fan of this movie! | Mad Monkey |
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| | | |  The Twelve Gold Medallions (see film details)
Action/Adventure / Martial Arts
Very entertaining Shaw classic. Great performance by Yueh Hua. Plenty of good action and bloodshed. The two old masters are really fun to watch and fight each other at the end. The only downer is that some wirework is just over the board. But being a Shaw movie, not totally unusual. Great sets and sceneries. Some fight scenes could have been filmed less close. Great old school movie!
| | LOG IN TO COMMENT ON THIS REVIEW! | | AGREE? | READER COMMENTS | AUTHOR | | Y | i'm with you on that one this is very entertaining a must own film. | kung fu kid | | Y | You are correct that's why I could not give it a 4 star | Kung Fu Classic Viewer |
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| | | |  Heads For Sale (see film details)
Martial Arts / Action/Adventure
Great performance by Chiao Chiao (much less known than Cheng Pei Pei or Shih Szu). Good old storyline involving corrupted officials and framing an innocent hero. Above average action, mostly swordsplay. Very good cast. Good choreography. Great sets and costumes. Nice Shaw classic revived thanks to Celestial! No hesitation to recommend it.
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| | | |  Fighting Ace (see film details)
Martial Arts / Action/Adventure
John Liu at his best. Known for his flashy kicks, Liu's hand techniques are very good here. Actually, Liu is almost in the same category of Hwang Jang Lee for his kicks: his kicks are more flexible but less powerful than HJL. Old school classic and plenty of good hand to hand action. This is absolutely a must see for all martial arts movie fans. I'd love to see this film remastered.
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| | | |  Kid From Kwangtung (see film details)
Martial Arts / Action/Adventure
Okay, tThere is some great stuff here but also some stupidities. My rating is based on the quality of the martial arts and fights. Overall, the movie is a 3½ stars at best, because of too much idiocy. The first 30 minutes, except for a small opening practice scene with Wang Yu and a 30 second fight with Hwang Jang Lee, is a total waste, including ten minutes wasted on a fight between Wang Yu dressed as a chicken and a few others as a centipede (kind of similar to lion dance costumes)--also a 10 minutes zombie scene, totally out of place. But then the good stuff begins. And the good stuff is really great. Hwang Jang Lee is just superb in this one. All his arsenal of kicks and jump kicks are displayed. The martial arts techniques showed are extremely accurate and real. The uncle (I can't remember his name) shows great Monkey style and wu shu techniques. The final fight with HJL and Wang Yu is just fantastic. The fights, even though sometime a little bit speed up, are very well choreographed. A true must-see. I will definitely watch it a few times (I'll just skip the chicken and zombie scenes!). Just get it. |
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| | | |  The Buddha Assassinator (see film details)
Martial Arts / Action/Adventure
Great performance by Hwang Jang Lee (one of my favourites). As usual he loses at the end because he's the bad guy, but he shouldn't have! Good action and HJL shows us again why he should be considered the best kicker of all time in martial arts movies! Highly recommended! Get a popcorn, sit and enjoy!
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| | | |  Grand Master Of Death [Ground Zero] (see film details)
Martial Arts / Action/Adventure
Excellent performance by Alex Fu Sheng. Sometimes he even reminded me of Bruce Lee in "Chinese Connection" in certain fight scenes. I am not Alex Fu Sheng's biggest fan (although he did star in a few great movies, but played in more mediocre ones), but this is one of my favourites from him. Very rare role of a good guy by Shan Mao. Wang Lung Wei is great as usual as the villain. Leung Kar Yan plays Wei's top man but is not at his best here. Classic old school revenge storyline. The fights are well choreographed and the fighters are not flying! Good acting. A must see in my book.
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| | | |  Mad Monkey Kung Fu (see film details)
Martial Arts / Action/Adventure
Great movie! What a display of this complicated Monkey style! Fantastic performance by Liu Chia Liang and Hsiao Hou! Lo Lieh plays a great villain as usual. Kung fu with some comedy. If you're looking for a top movie featuring the Monkey style, that's the one to get! Another one also would be "Iron Monkey" (with Chen Kuan Tai)--probably the top two movies featuring this unusual style, "Iron Monkey" being more old school. You'll love to look at the beautiful Kara Hui Ying-Hung (who also starred with Liu Chia Liang in "My Young Auntie"). Get it!
| | LOG IN TO COMMENT ON THIS REVIEW! | | AGREE? | READER COMMENTS | AUTHOR | | Y | could not have said it any better myself; excellent movie and so was Iron Monkey starring Chen Kuan Tai! | Sgt. T |
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| | | |  The One Armed Boxer (see film details)
Martial Arts / Action/Adventure
This is a true old school classic. It was one of the first martial arts movies I saw as a kid back in the '70s and it will always remain one of my favorites! Plenty of fights. Jimmy Wang Yu at his best! Very entertaining movie! Not that the martial arts styles in the movie are that great (like the Taekwon-Do guy played by Shan Mao--and believe me he was nothing of a Taekwon-Do stylist!--or the Lama's priest who inflates his body--fun but ridiculous--or the Yoga guy, etc.), but JWY carries the movie with his charisma, fighting this army of bad guys with different styles! You cannot go wrong with this movie. This is a true classic.
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| | | |  The Shadow Whip (see film details)
Martial Arts / Action/Adventure
Very entertaining movie featuring the beautiful and talented Cheng Pei Pei who uses the whip as her weapon. Tien Feng (the Whip Master) gives an excellent performance. Great old school classic with a good storyline. Plenty of fights. Highly recommended.
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| | | |  The Secret Rivals 2 (see film details)
Martial Arts / Action/Adventure
Another great movie featuring the dynamic duo of John Liu and Hwang Jang Lee, both Taekwon-do masters! Having practiced Taekwon-do for 12 years, I can tell that these two great martial artist really mastered their art--Hwang Jang Lee being, in my view, the powerful kicker and John Liu the more flashy and flexible kicker (did you known that John Liu was the student of Tan Tao-Liang? They kick the same way!). Plenty of action with a full arsenal of kicks. Unfortunately, Wong Tao was not part of this movie, although the movie starts exactly where the first one ended. It does look like it was filmed back to back! Wong Tao was replaced by Tino Wong, who gives a very good performance, but I preferred Wong Tao in the first movie. For a great evening of old school martial arts movies, watch this one together with Secret Rivals 1 and get the popcorn! You'll be in for a royal treat!
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