Author Archive: Retro

A karate fighter and a samurai join opposing gangs to take them down from the inside.

Ming General Cheng has taken a group of soldiers to Taiwan after their kingdom succumbed to the Ching. The Ching prince sends mercenaries to finish of Cheng, but Cheng’s elite guard surprises the Manchurian foes.

During the Manchu (Qing) Dynasty, commissioner Ma Chui Kau was a man of peace until a massacre tore apart his family and honor-bounds him to capture the notorious outlaw Hsiung-Wu; that is, until the outlaw captures the commissioner.

A family struggles to survive as they attempt to keep their sacred kung fu book from falling into wrong hands in this fast paced martial arts classic from director Wu Ma. As deceit and mistrust slowly begin to divide the family, deadly outside forces attempt to uncover the age-old secret of the Snake Crane style and use it for destructive purposes. Will the secrets of Snake Crane style provide the family with the strength to defeat those who wish to harness its power for evil or will the their dedication crumble in the face of unparalleled adversity?

When the prince assumes the throne again, he is faced with the challenge of unifying all the factions in Moldavia while fending off the Ottoman Turks — a bit much for a fractured principality. The boyars (Rumanian aristocracy) are not in favor of his return to power, and since they were responsible for sending him into exile in the first place, they are a force that needs to be harnessed and controlled.

In wake of the First Sino-Japanese War (1894-1895), a group of Japanese warlords calculate that the best way to prepare an invasion of the rest of China from their southern Manchuria staging ground. They form an alliance with General Tao, a major power broker in the kingdom, prompting other Chinese generals to rally against him. The chief asset among these patriots is martial arts master named “Rapid Fist” Sau Pai-lung who subsequently thwarts every assassination attempt and other acts of subversion committed by the Japanese forces. Unable to vanquish Sau with battalions of riflemen and ninjas, the invaders enlist the services of several notorious killers, including pole-fighting monk Yin Feng and ruthless gunslinger Black Crane. They attack Sau with an array of exotic weaponry including a double-barrel shotgun that resembles an over-sized fan. At one point, when the Japanese find their backs against the wall, they use magic to bring back three men from the [...]

The feds fail to find the killer of young prostitutes and, as a last result, they call on the one group they know they can trust – the Ninjas.