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…
Tag: Robert Clouse
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…