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    by SB558

Dance Of The Drunk Mantis (product link)
Martial Arts / Action/Adventure

Not as good as the original Drunken Master but it still features plenty of great fight scenes that any Wo Ping fan will enjoy. Great cast and some good slap stick humor. Worth a look for fans of the Drunken Master.
AGREE?READER COMMENTSAUTHOR
Yyou're right it's not as good as drunken master but the film is still a blast.kung fu kid
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Audition (product link)
Horror / Art

The movie gets off to a slow start, but it also never becomes boring to watch. Anyone looking to get into Japanese gore films, this would be a good place to start.

It can be strange or creepy at times, but it's the ending that makes the movie what is. Check it out!

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    by SB558

Seven Swords (product link)
Martial Arts / Swordplay/Sword(s)



Much better than I thought it would be with all the negative comments and reviews it got. The fight scenes are top notch and old school style, and I never saw a problem with the editing--only at the start there's one confusing scene. It's a long movie, but the fight scenes, while there aren't a lot, last for a good amount of time on screen that will hold you over until the next scene.

Only problem I have is that the movie has such a good cast it was hard for them to add any type of depth to the characters. There's really only a couple you get know while others hardly have any lines and you never know anything about them. But I guess that's what we get with all the extra scenes they had to cut out from the original version. Hopefully they will release an uncut version some day.

Overall this is a great movie for any old school fan of HK films back in the day. Don't listen to the negatives about this film, judge that for yourself.

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    by SB558

The Deadly Spawn (product link)
Horror / Science Fiction

Great old school horror film with some good monster effects. It's got a lot of great cheesy funny scenes and some very bad acting, but that's what you get from an 80's horror flick.

I'd recommend this just for the monster effects for 80's horror lovers. Too bad more movies don't try and do this today instead of using CGI effects.

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    by SB558

Wheels On Meals (product link)
Martial Arts / Comedy

Classic Jackie Chan flick, and it's good to see all these of this guys in the same movie. Fights scenes are similar to other Jackie's movie around this era. I will say it's got a great ending fight scene with Jackie against Bennie the Jet--whatever happened to that guy?

Overall this is a must for Jackie Chan fans!

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    by SB558

City Of The Living Dead (product link)
Horror / Thriller

Found this movie very boring at times and the zombies in this really aren't zombies, more like ghost's. They can appear and re-appear in front of people or behind them which they always do. Its got some gore but there's so many times when the zombie type people always appear behind people and pull there brains out. Gets kinda old after a couple times.

Lots of slow parts and a stupid story right from the start. Only see this for the gore which is does have a few good gore scenes. Don't watch it for anything else.

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    by SB558

The Descent (product link)
Horror / Thriller

A true gem of a movie, its got everything you would want to make it a great horror movie. Great prodcution vaules and some nice camera work since its mostly filmed inside a cave. With it being filmed in a cave it makes the movie even more frantic and good tension. For it being an all women the acting is pretty good and they spend a good amount of time on all the characters in the movie.

Movie does start off alittle bit slow but it helps build the characters up and the second half of film makes up for the slow start.

Highly recommand this movie!!! Get it as soon as you can.

AGREE?READER COMMENTSAUTHOR
Yi totally agree with you i really enjoyed this great british horror film and i would highly recommend anyone to check this film out.we brits do make good films from time 2 time.kung fu kid
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    by SB558

The Twins Effect 2 (product link)
Science Fiction / Horror



Mmmm Charlene Choi without her this movie would have been even worse.

The original Twins Effect was great it had some good fighting and it was funny. Twins Effect 2 really has nothing to do with the first film rather only having the Twins to star in it again.

Storywise its about men are slaves and women rule. The twins along with Donnie Yen and a few other main characters set out and try and find this sword. Once they have it there able to kill the queen with it. The queen over powers people everyone is scared of her and no likes her.

Charlene Choi one of the twins probably kept me from not turning it off. She grows on you and really did a good job she's cute and can be funny.

Donnie Yen is in this and has a cool intro scene at the start and yet there's not much else he really doesn't have that huge of a role. There is a fight scene between him and Jackie Chan which was kinda pointless but still was an alright scene. It wasn't to original and there wasn't anything special about it.

Jackie Chan son is also in this probably cause Jackie Chan help worked on the movie. His son does nothing and isn't the best actor he does no stunts or fights. Just tags around with on of the twins.

The costumes lol wtf? There horrible the women wear these purple get ups that look ugly and can ruin the film.

The choreography is so-so its no were near as good as in the first Twin Effects. Besides the Donnie Yen fight scenes there's a couple more but there's not a whole to say about them. The twins fight at the start which seems slow paced same with the other small fights that break out during the film.

The one thing that kills this movie is the CGI its bad. There's a couple good effects but they over did it. Instead of the good ol wire work they just replaced everyone with CGI bodies whenever they do some high jump it looks really bad.

They could have used that money and focused more on the choreography.

This was a let down but thank god for the Twins. It also could have been a lot worse there are some funny scenes and the fighting is OK.

See this if your a fan of the first Twins Effect or a fan of the Twins. Besides that your not missing much go see or watch the first Twins Effect again.

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    by SB558

The Princess Blade (product link)
Martial Arts / Swordplay/Sword(s)



Saw this awhile back ago and I was hyped to see it being that Donnie Yen was the choreography. It was a bit of a let down there's not a whole lot of fighting in it most of it is sword play which isn't bad but there's only one good scene that takes place near the middle that's worth watching it.

Choreography is nothing new you see a lot of the same moves they could have mixed it up more.

The story itself was alright but the ending wasn't great I didn't know why they would end it like that. Makes you think that's the best ending they could come up with? It doesn't even end like an ending should. I would have rated it higher if the ending was better.

Good transfer on to the DVD all the colors look well like a DVD should. They got some great camera work like at the start of the film just the tone of light that was used. Also the settings that were filmed mix well with the movie there's a few different locations that look nice.

Id rent this before buying should be easy to spot a most rental stores. The choreography could have been worked on more and with a better ending it this could have been a better movie.

I've seen lot of Donnie Yen flicks this is one of his weaker films that he's worked on but not his worst.

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    by SB558

Zatoichi [2003] (product link)
Drama / Swordplay/Sword(s)



Now I've never seen any of the older Zatoichi films but after watching the newest one in the series it makes me want to watch the rest.

This movie is outstanding and very entertaining. The story it starts out showing the bone setter (Zatoichi) coming to this small village nice little fight scene at the start. He uses this stick which is really a sword its slick looking. He moves a bit slow when walking but is fast with his sword, he's a machine!

After he gets into town you kinda see that the village is very poor cause of other stronger type people that make people pay monetary fees pretty much taking there money.

You learn a little bit more about the bone setter, he gambles and is good at it he never loses cause he is blind so he listens to the sound of the dice, the game they play is a type of odd & even type game with some dice.

Anyways the bone setter meets a brother and sister who are set to avenge there family's death. There not sure on who killed them cause it was a group of people who did the group so they kill pretty much who ever they can. The bone setter helps them out which leads to a lot of great sword fight scenes.

All the blood in the movie is cgi which I wasn't to surprised cause Takeshi did the same with battle royale which I know same people hated that but I didn't mind I thought it looked good but there is some scenes you can tell the blood is clearly cgi.

I was also surprised this movie is filled with a lot of humor and its great it mixes well with the movie. When they get to a serious scene the scene is serious, but when they get to a part that has humor you laugh so they did a good job with that.

Overall I was stunned by this movie cause it was so well done. The humor, gore, bone setter who is slick and does a job. Also a great ending. A must see and a must buy for all fans and collectors of Zatoichi movies.

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5 Venoms vs. Wu Tang [DOUBLE FEATURE] (product link)
Martial Arts / Ghost

This probably the worst of the Venoms movies I've seen. The so-called zombies/vampries in them jump around looks really dumb. I won't blame for the effects because of how old this movie was. It has one good fight scene in it; the rest are very bad and slow-paced, and there are few fights in them.
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    by SB558

Invincible Pole Fighter (product link)
Martial Arts / Action/Adventure

This is Gordon Liu at his best. Highly recommand this movie. There is a few slow scenes but it seems like there is in almost every Gordon Liu film. But that didnt stop this from being a great film.

Some huge battle scenes I love that in kung fu movies and this did it for me. One scene Woo Ping has a cameo in it and takes on about 50 people while Gordon Liu flees. Its an amazing fight scene so much going on.

Same with the end its very creative what they do with a dozen coffins stacked up on top of each other. Some great weapon combat scenes right from the start.

I highly recommand this for fans of Gordon Liu its a must to see or if your looking for a great kung fu flick.

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    by SB558

Legend Of The Wolf (product link)
Action/Adventure / Martial Arts

Oh man this was bad well not to bad but one of Donnie Yens worst films I've ever seen.

The choreography is bad most of is just one hit punches or kicks whenever he gets into big brawls which happens a few times.

Other times the camera either moves to fast or is to close up to really see the fighting. Others times its to dark like the start of the film.

There is one cool scene where he takes on this guy who uses a chain but its short. They tried to make this movie look violent but didn't pull it off well.

The movie gets very boring for about 15-20mins near the middle close to the end. Bad camera work, poor choreography which was ruined due to the camera work, average acting. A bigger budget could have helped this movie also the editing work.

See this if your a die hard Donnie Yen if not there's plenty of other Donnie Yen movies that are better then this.

AGREE?READER COMMENTSAUTHOR
Yyes you're right i would class myself a big donnie yen fan but this film sucks the choreography in this film is the worst i have ever seen from donnie yen.kung fu kid
NIdeas makes movies successful, not necessarily $! Yen had an idea and made it work, telling a great story. And just so you know, the action was an awesome show of rising standards for Donnie Yen in his later career. What the hell movie were you watching?The 8th Sword
Ybad camera angles and terrible low budget choreographyAA19519
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    by SB558

Chinese Super Ninja (product link)
Martial Arts / Action/Adventure



NOTE: This review refers to the uncut verison of the film.

"Chinese Super Ninja" is yet another classic Shaw Brothers film.

The story is pretty easy to follow. One school is challenge by another but knows little about them being that there all ninjas. All the fighters that get sent out for the challenge die. Others stay back to protect the school incase the ninjas come for them.

They do end up coming to there school thanks to and inside ninja that they didnt know about. All but one lives and ends up returning back to an older teacher to help get revenge.

There's a ton of fight scenes most being weapon fights there are some hand combat but not much. It does drag on a little near the middle when it shows them at the school but it picks up once the ninjas make there way in. But the weapons fights are some of the best. They use a ton of weapons. All the fighters use different weapons.

This does have some gore scenes nothing over the top but back then it was a lot. Most of it dosnt happen until towards the end. Most of the fight scenes near the start show some blood from the weapons just like any other kung fu flick. But the gore in it is from body parts being ripped off most from the tree ninja scene and some spay blood effect.

Overall a classic shaw brother movie which does feature a few venoms but not the whole cast. Its still a great a movie for sure any shaw brother fans should pick this up.

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