Deadend of Besiegers - Yu Rong Guang, Cynthia Khan, Yu Hai
5/5
A beautifully filmed all martial arts movie that deserves lots of credit. Guang plays the Japanese who apparently created Karate. Whether it's true or not, this film is stunning. The sets are breathtaking, and to have a fight that looks out onto a GIANT landscape with some villages here and there, or a HUGE Buddha in the background, it's an old-timer's dream, plus the action is great. Guang does a good job of doing Japanese styles like some Judo or Aikido, like when he's in the small arena and fights Khan, who uses Dog Fist (which I understand is real) and her friend uses the Tiger Fist. He takes them both. The last batch is impressive too, with Yu Hai performing in a temple with a bunch of monks using staffs against the Japanese pirates who have swords. Khan fights in the town and adopts some Japanese moves, which is neat. Guang has a stunt filled ending against the leader of the Japanese pirates. Very exciting.
Death Games (The) - Fan Siu Wong, Billy Chow, Ngai Sing
5/5
Fan Siu Wong is a martial arts master in this, where he gets the show all to himself. He fights a very talented kickboxing woman 4 times (the last one isn't so great since it's fencing) and uses both wu shu and kickboxing on her, with real technique apparent. He and Chow go at it really well, and Ngai Sing is a slimy Japanese weirdo who kicks like a madman, as I expected from him. The final fight is all Fan's. A real treat, if you can find it that is...
Dirty Tiger, Crazy Frog - Lau Ka Wing, Sammo Hung
4/5
A very funny movie with Sammo being the dummy and Wing constantly outsmarting him, and some very well done fight scenes. It's old (1978 appx.), and the fighting is on the verge of 2 beat, but it's still good. Wing is acrobatic, as is Sammo, and they have numerous fights, although they're sometimes short. They fight Wang In Sik, who uses the crab style. One notable fight is with Wing against another guy in a furniture-crowded house which is cinematically perfect really. Really caught my attention. A great movie if you like Sammo or Wing, or just martial arts.
Dragon Fight - Jet Li, Dick Wei
5/5
One of Jet's better non-special effects movies. Actually there are no effects in this. Realist fights with Jet using economical moves against worthy opponents in San Francisco, and Dick Wei squaring off against him at the end, which is long and good looking. There is more after that too. A great movie for Jet fans.
The best movie with the 3 brothers since Project A. They all perform well, and even fight eachother at one point. Good ending, with Sammo taking on a crowd, then Wah for a few seconds (Wah's character dies abruptly without much of a fight), Biao against a crowd and then Billy Chow, and Jackie against a crowd and then Urquidez. His re-match with The Jet is impressive and doesn't disappoint. It's long too. Great movie. Get the VCD or DVD.
Drunken Master 2 - Jackie Chan, Lau Ka Leung, Kenneth Lo, Ti Lung
5/5
Jackie's last all MA performance doesn't disappoint in the least. His fights are all long, and his drunken boxing is practically trademarked by him. Leung is good too, but only fights twice, once against Jackie in the beginning, which is actually 3 fights in one (very VERY impressive Shaw Brothers style), and then in the Tea House, which is an insane crowded match with the 2 of them taking out hundreds of men. At the end, Jackie goes all out and fights a white guy with a chain, a crowd, the guy who played Liu Kang in Mortal Kombat THE GAME (not Robin Shou), and then Ken Lo, twice. Ken Lo is awesome. When Jackie gets drunk, he gets pretty crazy. Very entertaining.
