Author Archive: Retro

Beggar So is trying to train brother and sister team Chung and Gam Fa, with mixed results! But an enemy from Beggar So’s past, Grasshopper Bill Chan and his brother Cougar start causing trouble and throw Beggar So out of his house. Grasshopper Bill helps Kai to be pledged in marriage to Gam Fa against her wishes, but secretly he wants her all to himself, which leads to a final battle.

Kung Fu master Chen Lee goes up against a bunch of tough thugs who are brutalizing poor Mexican farmers.

Director Chang Cheh reunites the Five Venoms in his second biggest cult hit in the West. It’s Lo Meng’s most memorable performances whose showdown with fellow Venom Kuo Chue is artistically violent while being graphically artsy.

A chauffeur is pursued by drug dealers after his boss, a convicted drug kingpin, is sentenced to death.

A tournament fighter becomes involved in the search for a valuable pendant.

Once in a while you’ve got to see a movie where one Japanese guy just kicks the hell out of everyone in sight. Look no further. Terry Tsurugi is the meanest, fightin-est, sweatiest action anti-hero of all time. You beat a man, they call you tough. You beat an army, they call you… THE STREET FIGHTER!

A ruthless Warlord from Manchuria builds a martial arts labyrinth that contains 18 martial art amazons, many try to enter but none leave, until Dragon Lee, seeking to avenge his father: his skills are good enough to defeat the 18 fighters and the warlord.

Once again, our formerly quiet student raises arms (and legs!) against the bad guys.

A blind man disguised as a priest has vowed to kill a one-armed boxer (director Wang Yu) who runs a martial arts school. He devises a weapon he calls the Flying Guillotine ? which looks like a felt hat on a long chain but has a circular saw blade inside ? that he uses to decapitate his enemies (and a few chickens, when he gets hungry). The one-armed boxer is stalked by a vengeful flying guillotine expert, after his disciples were killed in the first ‘One-Armed Boxer’ film. But as the flying guillotine master is blind, he starts his quest by becoming a serial killer of one-armed men. Meanwhile, the one-armed boxer is running a martial arts school, where he teaches his pupils to control their breath so they can run up walls and along ceilings. And there’s an Indian fakir whose arms can extend ten feet. Epic martial arts battles and ludicrously inspired moments [...]