Martial Arts

Watched this movie from 2023 with Jackie Chan and John Cena recently on Netflix. I found it a run of the mill action movie. Not bad but also not great. It lacked a bit of dramatic tension but the typical Jackie Chan slap stick humor works well in combination with John Cena. This was the…

Enter the Dragon was Bruce Lee’s 4th movie and his first and last Hollywood picture. It was to be his big break through in the West but unfortunately he died before it premiered. Compared to his earlier movies this one has more of real story and also co stars John Saxon and Jim Kelly playing…

Way of the Dragon is the third Bruce Lee movie and the one that prepared the road towards Enter the Dragon. It was released in 1972 and it was the debut of Chuck Norris on the screen. Compared to the previous 2 movies this one is a step towards traditional US action movies in terms…

Kung Fu Killer is a 2015 Hong Kong martial arts movie starring Donnie Yen. Yen plays Hahou Mo, a police martial arts instructor that is imprisoned after killing a man by accident in a fight. When a mysterious killer starts to pick off top martial artists Yen’s character volunteers to help the police to find…

The second movie starring Bruce Lee. This is a classical story in the martial arts movie genre with a Chinese hero fighting for the honour of the Chinese agains foreign oppression and aggression. A superior Chinese martial artist is murdered after being poisoned by the Japanese. All typical Bruce Lee movie elements appear again with…

I recently watched ‘The Big Boss’ again with my son. This movie from 1971 start Bruce Lee in his first major film role as the leading star. It is vintage Bruce Lee, including extreme close ups of his face, grimacing, the tasting of blood before he really unleashes his devils, the howling sounds he makes…

This is a movie from 2012 starring Jason Statham. It could also have been called Save as Statham plays Luke Wright, ex cop, now living as a tramp because the Russian maffia threaten to kill everyone he talks with for more than 5 minutes. Finally ready to give up and throw himself in front of…