Member DrNgor Posted January 31, 2022 Member Share Posted January 31, 2022 (edited) This is a sort of a "museum post" for us fans from the late 90s to reminisce about. Around 1997, Tai Seng stopped charging 50 bucks each for movies broken up into two VHS tapes (apparently because of laser disc transfers) and started making their movies commercially available at places like Tower Video and stuff for "normal" prices (19.95 for important films with letterbox and redone subs, and 14.95 for low-budget action films with bad dubs). They also had clamshell case releases of movies with the burned-on subs for 39.95. In any case, a lot of obscure 90s action movies were released as part of "series" connected by some theme, usually an actor. But sometimes the mash-ups were just really out there. Let's take a look: The Shaolin Classic Series Descendant of Wing Chun (1978) Legend of the Drunken Tiger (1991) Shaolin Avengers (1994) The Angel Series Angel's Mission (1989) Angel of Kickboxer (1989) - alternate title of A Punch to Revenge Angel on Fire (1995) The Asian Connection Series Cheetah on Fire (1992) Thunder Run (1991) Power Connection (1995) The "Yam Can Kill" Series Cypress Tigers (1990) Killer's Romance (1990) Mission Kill (1990) - alternate title of Mission of Condor The Robin Shou Action Series Eastern Heroes (1991) - alternate title of Fury in Red Fatal Chase (1992) Interpol Connection (1992) - alternate title of Hard to Kill The "La Femme Oshima" Series Ultracop 2000 (1992) Guardian Angel (1994) Fatal Target (1994) - alternate title of Deadly Target The Mayhem Madness Series Kickfighter (1989) - alternate title of Final Run Phantom War (1991) Lethal Extortion (1994) The Moon Lee Action Series Killer Angels (1989) Devil Hunters (1989) Beauty Investigators (1992) The Femme Fatale Series Thunder Mission (1992) - alternate title of Raiders of Loesing Treasure Madame City Hunter (1993) Kickboxer's Tears (1993) The Lethal Series Lethal Panther (1991) Lethal Panther 2 (1993) Lethal Girls 2 (1992) - alternate title of The Story of the Gun The China Heat Series China Heat (1992) Hard to Die (1990) - Alternate title of The Dragon Fighter Spider Force (1993) - Alternate title of Sex for Sale (Are there any series that I'm missing?) Edited January 31, 2022 by DrNgor 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member DrNgor Posted January 31, 2022 Author Member Share Posted January 31, 2022 The Shaolin Classic Series 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Member DrNgor Posted January 31, 2022 Author Member Share Posted January 31, 2022 (edited) The "Yam Can Kill" Series Edited January 31, 2022 by DrNgor 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member DrNgor Posted January 31, 2022 Author Member Share Posted January 31, 2022 The Robin Shou Action Pack 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Member DrNgor Posted January 31, 2022 Author Member Share Posted January 31, 2022 (edited) The Mayhem Madness Series Edited January 31, 2022 by DrNgor 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Member DrNgor Posted January 31, 2022 Author Member Share Posted January 31, 2022 (edited) The Lethal Series Edited January 31, 2022 by DrNgor 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Member D1 Ma Posted January 31, 2022 Member Share Posted January 31, 2022 To this day my favorite trailer of the series is La Femme Oshima. I just LOVE the way it's written. I could probably recite it all these years later. Truly, my favorite Asian movie trailer Yam can Kill isn't bad either 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member DrNgor Posted February 1, 2022 Author Member Share Posted February 1, 2022 1 hour ago, D1 Ma said: Yam can Kill isn't bad either I remember my dad walking into the room during the Yam Can Kill trailer. He laughed when they revealed the name of the "series." It helps to have been at least vaguely aware of 90s cooking shows to get the joke. My favorite trailer was the Angel Action Series one. It starts out with a short cuts of bad guys from the three movies and a voice over saying something like..."Pimps...robbers...drug dealers...traffickers...criminals...and stone cold killers..." 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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