Directed by Robert Clouse, the man who helmed the classic Bruce Lee film Enter the Dragon, this film promised all the high-octane martial arts action you could hope for, but did it deliver on that premise? Not quite, instead of a cool badass martial arts flick, we got an embarrassing misfire that failed to capitalize…
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China O’Brien II (1990) – Review
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…
China O’Brien (1990) – Review
Cynthia Rothrock is a name synonymous with martial arts and action cinema and in the 80s she had carved a nice niche in a predominantly male-dominated genre, but after making quite a name for herself in Hong Kong the people at Golden Harvest decided to raise her profile in North America by teaming her up…
Gymkata (1985) – Review
The blending of gymnastics and martial arts for an action movie certainly seems like a natural idea, Jackie Chan practically made a career out of it, but in 1985 director Robert Clouse adapted a short story by Dan Tyler Moore called “The Terrible Game” and the result was a terrible movie. But how can such…
Deadly Eyes (1982) – Review
The eighties were a great time to be a lover of horror movies and when I was a kid going down to the local video store was a weekly treat that more often than not resulted in at least one horror film, and as I was not old enough to see them in the theatre…