Author Archive: Retro

Young prince seeks to return the golden city to his people and overturn the black general.

Chan’s directorial debut is a surprisingly assured piece of work, easily confirming why Chan is the most talented superstar in the world today. As you’d expect, the fight sequences are breathtaking to watch, amazingly inventive and beautifully choreographed. Similarly, the joky historical story is typical Chan: he plays a blundering fool out to find his brother who has turned to the dark side. Mistaken identity mishaps ensue. The film concludes with a kick ass TWELVE MINUTE one-on-one fight sequence: totally unheard of in Hollywood, yet in Chan’s hands it it totally watchable and works very well. Yet another hit from the Jackie Chan fun factory.

Chow, on a visit to Thailand meets a girl who takes him around to see the sites. What he’s really interested in is Thai boxing, so she brings him to a match where her friend is competing.

The second in a series of three 90-minute features that won accolades for the outstanding quality of production and expertise in the filiming of the most magnificent fight scenes ever filmed. AKA: DUEL OF THE DRAGON.

A gifted but proud young martial arts student injures and kills an opponent. In retaliation , his father is killed. The young student vows revenge and begins to prepare for his epic face-off.

An evil corporation it out to harvest organs from live people and smuggle them into the country. It is up to our hero to find out who is behind this illegal operation and put an end to the group once and for all.

Bruce Li plays a young kung fu expert (and waiter) who is trying to live peacefully in San Francisco with his marital arts-challenged friend. But they run afoul of some American thugs, and the fight is on…right!

White-clad and masked ninja heroes come to the aid of some Interpol agents tracking down a sleazy diamond smuggler.

Old school action takes center stage as two scoundrels get in and out of trouble using Kung Fu.