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As the body count rises, the line between Fumika and Kudo begins to blur. Japan has been quietly making some of the best action movies in the world for years now, and often on budgets that are a tiny fraction of Hollywood blockbusters Kensuke Sonomura is one of the best fight and stunt choreographers in the[...]

You wouldn't know any of this because until Deadline reported on the Chinese New Year opening day box office earnings, no Western media had written about it at all. The original novel of The Legend of the Condor Heroes has an official English translation from a UK and US publisher, all four volumes of it, and[...]

Jade, starring martial artist and stunt performer Shaina West in her first starring role with Mickey Rourke, is out on VOD on February 18th

The fantasy subgenre of a secret world of slick professional killers for hire living in the shadows began in Hong Kong action movies, including the original version of The Killer John Wick took that and ran with it. The screenplay is by Academy Award winner Brian Helgeland (L.A Confidential, Mystic River) and the screenwriting team of[...]

Jolt is yet another pulp female action thriller that has its tongue in its cheek and its boot in someone’s face. Its high concept is a heroine with

One thing I miss about Hong Kong action movies is their sheer craziness They used to be the most creative and unpredictable in the world The best Hong Kong action movies used to leave us in awe for their sheer bat-shit craziness At last, one has come along after a long drought. Well Go USA Line Walker[...]