One of the Shaw Brothers Studios most well-known films, King Boxer was an international success that helped instigate the kung fu craze of the '70s. It opens with an old master (Wen Chung Ku) attacked in an alley. He fends off the fighters, but decides he isn't strong enough to travel to a martial arts school to learn the Iron Fist (also called ...
Hong Kong action star Chow Yun-Fat landed one of his first starring roles in this somber military drama. Wu Viet (Yun-Fat) is a Vietnamese refugee who wants to leave his country behind and start over in the United States. First, he must make his way to Hong Kong, but as he passes through Thailand, he meets a beautiful woman who travels with him. ...
The saga of the one-armed swordsman draws to a surprising close in this effort co-written by and starring Shaw Brothers screen-legend Jimmy Wang Yu. When an entire syndicate of killers threatens to destroy the legacy of the one-armed swordsman, blood is drawn and skulls are cracked until the skillful hero finally reveals the secret to his ...
As a sequel to Executioners from Shaolin, this standard kung-fu actioner features Liu Jiahui as the fighter Hong Wending whose friends have been killed by the seditious White Lotus Society. He wants revenge. In order to prepare himself for the great confrontation with the head of the White Lotus fighters, White Eyebrow--otherwise known as Pai Mei- ...
Joseph Velasco directs martial arts star Bruce Lee in the action film Ninja vs. Bruce Lee. A Japanese Ninja is tearing apart a Chinese police force. Using his Chinese kung fu skills, Bruce Lee takes on the Ninjitsu master in order to set things right. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide
This violent and bloody exploitation action feature finds the hero (Wang Yu) seeking retribution and revenge for the villains that killed his loved ones. When he leaves the dart of the Golden Swallow at the murder scenes, the Golden Swallow herself (Cheng Pei-pei) investigates to see who is using her trademark calling card. She helps the young man ...
Fist of Fury director Lo Wei keeps the action flowing and the body blows flying in this epic tale of revenge and brotherly love featuring Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon swordsman Cheng Pei-pei. The same killers who murdered Yen Lai's father have overrun the Teng Lung Manor, and now Lai's only hope for revenge is to reunite her five brothers. But ...
Chao Chun-fang (Lo Lieh), a mentally unbalanced lantern maker gets a chance to avenge his mistreatment by two rich and powerful men when one of the men (who are enemies, in fact) asks him to make special lanterns for an approaching festival. Chao then methodically kills three female family members of the two wealthy men and peels off their skin to ...
Spaghetti meets chop-suey in the Italian/Spanish/Hong Kong production Blood Money. Lee VanCleef plays an adventurer in search of a treasure buried somewhere in the orient. The clues are tattooed on the backs of four lovely young ladies. This translates to lots of exposed epidermis, not to mention a surplus of blood-and-gore. VanCleef emerges from ...
A modern day Robin Hood baffles Shanghai police in this action-packed Shaw Brothers classic starring Lo Lieh, Yueh Hua, and Connie Chen Pao-chu. He goes by the name "The Lizard," and takes great joy in redistributing the wealth of the corrupt upper class - but who is this benevolent and fearless bandit? When the crooked police chief realizes the ...
As the reign of the Ming Dynasty comes to a close, a corrupt magistrate draws the vengeance of three fearless warriors in this kung fu epic from director Chang Cheh. Tired of being exploited and overtaxed by the current magistrate, the citizens of a small community band together to prepare a petition to a visiting minister. As the three fighters ...
Left for dead on the street after being sexually assaulted by a violent gang of deviants and infected with a deadly sexually transmitted disease, a beautiful factory girl enlists the aid of a retired martial arts master in perfecting the skills that will allow her to seek deadly retribution. Her body was defiled, yet just as she thought the worst ...
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