When a film is successful it’s quite common to rush a sequel into production – strike while the iron is hot – but with China O’Brien II this was not the case, in this instance, Golden Harvest was counting on director Robert Clouse and star Cynthia Rothrock to deliver not only a good action film…
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Magic Crystal (1986) – Review
A lot of weird movies came out of the 80s but a martial arts action comedy featuring Cynthia Rothrock and a glowing green space rock has to be one of the weirder entries. Today we will be looking at the Magic Crystal, a film that take us on journey from Hong Kong to Greece and…
Once Upon a Time in China (1991-1997) – Review
There have been many films based on the Chinese folk hero Wong Fei-hung, a real-life Chinese martial arts master and folk hero of Cantonese ethnicity, yet the series of movies by Tsui Hark starring the incomparable Jet Li has become the benchmark when it comes to making historical martial arts films and it remains one…
Ninja III: The Domination (1984) – Review
You can pick up a lot of interesting pieces of information by watching movies – you can learn about great moments in history or about how important it is not to run upstairs when a serial killer is chasing you – but it was with the viewing of 1984’s Cannon film classic Ninja III: The…