Martial Arts > V Martial Arts > 30 GBP and more > DVD

Ninja films made as they should be

Advantages: A mature serious approach to the genre
Disadvantages: compared to some martial arts films now, looksa little dated

...serious element of realism. Whilst Enter the Ninja concentrates largely on Franco Nero's character, Sho Kosugi has a great part in the film as a disillusioned bad guy. The film is a more serious look into the world of ninjas and actually attempts to put a decent plot into the movie Who's in it? ☺☺☺☺☺☺ Franco Nero~ Cole Susan George~ Mary Ann Flanders Sho Kosugi~ Hasegawa Alex Courtney~ Frank Landers Christopher ...
...Susan George: Eastenders, Tales of the Unexpected, Venom, The Jigsaw Man Franco Nero: Force 10 from Navarone, Die Hard 2, Django, Camelot Sho Kosugi: Iron Eagle, Pray for Death, Revenge of the Ninja, Rage of Honour Christopher George: El Dorado, Chisum Mission Impossible, Wonder Woman, Love Boat So what the heck is it all about? ☺☺☺☺☺☺☺☺☺a 86;☺☺☺☺ The film starts ...

tayloa22 15.11.2007 · Read full review
Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful
Review of Enter The Ninja (DVD)

Only Fewl Fight Men With Monkey!

Advantages: great actions scenes; funny
Disadvantages: unrealistic

On the rare occasion that I get home at the crack of dawn, I find myself living the cliche 'too tired to go to bed'. With your mind refusing work or sleep, and somehow keeping you in a limbo of half wakefulness, there are only a couple of things you can do in my humble abode. First one is flipping to pirated playboy and watching Julie Ashton in one of her weird home made porn flicks. The other and definitely more preferred thing to do is to have ...
...find out what happens at the end. Set 100-200 years ago in China, the Iron Monkey is the Honk Kong version of Robin Hood, and unlike all other Robins, this guy does not speak with an English accent. He speaks Chinese. He is a Chinese d00d dressed up like a Japanese Ninja who stalks a very poor town at night, stealing from the rich and feeding the hungry. The fight scenes are highly unrealistic and humorous, yet they are much too much fun to watch. ...

Skyth 16.03.2004 · Read full review
Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful
Review of The Iron Monkey (DVD)

TWINKLE TWINKLE MY LUCKY STARS (1985)

Advantages: The choreographed fights scenes won't let you down
Disadvantages: Too many cast to concentrate or relate to. Too much libidos

...the same cast. ‘Twinkle Twinkle Lucky Stars (TTLS)’ is an action comedy, just like the two previous instalments. The mighty Sammo Hung directed the film as well as starring in it. The cast I remember seeing in ‘Winners and Sinners’ were Jackie Chan, Yuen Biao, Stanley Fung, John Sham and Richard Ng. Eric Tsang was supposingly introduced in ‘My Lucky Stars’ and ‘Twinkles’ introduced a young and handsome character called ‘Pagodo’ (Michael Miu). With ...
...assume that there would be outstanding fighting scenes without a double. This was true. If ‘Winners and Sinners’ is believed to be the funniest out of the instalments, then TTLS, in my opinion, is definitely more action orientated. Sammo Hung was able to choreograph several breathtaking fight scenes, which enable the trio to demonstrate their potential. This time, Hung was also able to introduce new talents within the fight, such as Andy Lau. My ...

Moogiekupo 17.06.2007 · Read full review
Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful
Review of Twinkle Twinkle Lucky Stars (DVD)

Jackie chan fighting

Advantages: a large fight scene with 40 on 5, and Ching Officials againest Jackie, more outragous stunts.
Disadvantages: No trio action

...the area, while at the same time he is being hunted down by the pirates who he defeated in the first project A movie, the story does not end there though, there is a sinster plot to the chinese Ching government being involved in hunting down rebels in hong kong, ...

shintai88 05.08.2007 · Read full review
Ciao members have rated this review on average: helpful
Review of Project A - Part 2 (Subtitled and Dubbed) (Wide Screen) (DVD)

THE STORMRIDERS (1998)

Advantages: Great fantasy, wuxia genre. Nice looking men! Comic book turned movie.
Disadvantages: Too many characters, which meant slightly under-developed.

...start, I do apology for the character names. It sounds ridiculous in English, but when translated into Chinese, it is only two syllables and it does sound like a normal name! The story begins with the evil 'Lord Conquer' (Sonny Chiba), who was the leader of the 'Conqueror's Clan.' This man was obsessed by power and was desperate to be the best fighter in the land. In order to accomplish such claim, he must wait 10 years to duel with his rival, 'Saint ...
...hired the 'Prophet Mud Buddha' (Lai Yiu Cheung) to enlighten him of his future. The prediction revealed that he must seek two young boys named 'Wind' (Ekin Cheng) and 'Cloud' (Aaron Kwok). Lord Conquer must train them up to be great fighters in order to fulfil the prophecy. However, the rest of the prophecy can only be revealed in ten years time - it has to be one step at a time. Unless Lord Conquer can open a complex ancient puzzle box which will ...

Moogiekupo 29.08.2006 · Read full review
Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful
Review of The Stormriders (Subtitled and Dubbed) (Wide Screen) (DVD)