Vengeance Video GOLD

[niro]

Does anyone know anything about this dvd label called Vengeance Video in UK?

I surprisingly saw quite a few kung fu movies from the classic period that they have released, but i read a comment somewhere that their dvds is just like watching the VHS

[HAZ]

I think that the label is owned by Toby Russel, but I'm not sure. They have some great DVD's. Its a budget label & the quality can vary, but they've put out stuff that you couldn't get anywhere else. I'd say if you see their dvd's for cheap, pick them up!

[niro]

ah thanks

yea play.com is selling lot of their titles for £3, lots of nice ones too but unfortunately they are all english dub only

[HAZ]

There are a few which are subbed & widescreen. Check HKflix for descriptions. I think I have 4 or 5 that were subbed.

[niro]

There are a few which are subbed & widescreen. Check HKflix for descriptions. I think I have 4 or 5 that were subbed.

o kool thanks =)

[Tigerstyles]

i have alot of VV titles but which am i missing out on what titles are VV Gold? in your opinions...

gonna get them in before they all go OOP

cheers

[HAZ]

I got the Gold Connection & liked it. I don't ever pick up Bruce Li movies, but this one was pretty cool. It was letterboxed & subbed.

[JustinB]

Some of my favorite Vengeance DVDs are:

Kung Fu in the Brave Shadow

The Woman Avenger

Souls of the Sword

The Crane Fighter

Invincible Armour

Duel of the 7 Tigers

8 Strikes of the Wildcat

My Blade, My Life

[HAZ]

I've always wondered how many VV dvd's were subbed. I know My Blade My Life was, and so was Gold Connection & Demon Strikes. Were there others?

[Whirlwind]

The Magnificent Three has subs & it`s a fun film too.

I like these:

Seven Steps of Kung Fu

Daggers 8

Shaolin Temple 4

A Life of Ninja

[ironfistedmonk]

Dragon on the Shaolin Tower is wide and a nice print, plus it's a decent film too.

[Tigerstyles]

thanks.. keep em coming

[ironfistedmonk]

These are the titles I recommend regardless of the quality of print, I'm just basing this on the movies themselves

10 Shaolin Disciples

2 Wondrous Tigers

7 Commandments of Kung Fu

7 Steps of Kung Fu

8 Escorts

A Life of Ninja

Big Rascal

Blooded Treasury Fight

Buddhas Palm and Dragon Fist

The Challenger

Crane Fighter

Daggers 8

Death Duel of Mantis

Dragon on the Shaolin Tower

Drunken Arts and Crippled Fist

Duel of the 7 Tigers

Dynamite Trio

Eagle Fist

Gambling for Head

Gold Connection

Invincible Armour

Iron Monkey

Kung Fu Genius

Kung Fu in the Brave Shadow

Magnificent Chivalry

Mantis Fist and Tiger Claws of Shaolin

Master & the Kid

Method Man

My Blade My Life

One Armed Swordsmen

Rebellious Reign

Secret of Shaolin Kung Fu

Secret Rivals 3

Shaolin & Wu Tang

Shaolin King Boxer

Shaolin Temple 4

Shaolin Zen Master

Sleeping Fist

Snake & Crane Secret

Snake in the Eagles Shadow 2

Tiger Over Wall

Woman Avenger

Loads of gud uns

[HAZ]

Hi Iron Fisted Monk,

Would you be able to provide some info on print quality & features. It would be cool to get a VV resource going. Some stuff is not properly listed on line.

Thanks

h

[ironfistedmonk]

If I get a chance to go through them this weekend Haz I'll pop some more info up mate

[niro]

Yea this would be a great resource as its hard to find any good information on Vengeance Video titles...they have great line of titles that are only cost few quid these days but I would only want to spend cash on good quality releases with subtitles

[TheManInWhite]

My VV titles are:

The Challenger

Daggers 8

Demon Strike

Eight Strikes of the Wildcat

Queen Boxer

Rebellious Reign

Woman Avenger

Only Demon Strike is English subbed. Man, I gotta get more before they're totally OOP.

[Graeme Noble]

They vary.

Their release of Master Strikes for example is a clean print with good widescreen ratio.

However their release of Tiger Over the Wall is dreadfull, it is cropped to fullscreen from an original widescreen print, and the subtitles go off the screen!

[ironfistedmonk]

I'm still working on the vengeance video info, I'm less than a quarter way through and it's gonna be a BIG post! Probably have to work on it over the X-mas holidays before it's ready.

[Kwok Choi]

http://hmv.com/hmvweb/advancedSearch.do?ctx=12;5;74;-1;2&searchType=12&label=DVDCOM

5 pages approx 98 titles.

[niro]

http://hmv.com/hmvweb/advancedSearch.do?ctx=12;5;74;-1;2&searchType=12&label=DVDCOM

5 pages approx 98 titles.

ya if you put those titles in play.com you can get them for only £3 instead of £5

[Kwok Choi]

Thanks niro and as you already know it was mainly for the benefit of the list/titles rather than the prices but still be aware that at play.com,most of these titles are temporarily out of stock at £3 yet used ones are being advertised at £4.50 - £ 5.00 almost the equivalent of HMV's price new.

[cooksandkungfoodle]

the majority of these dvd are out of stock in hmv too

mayebe try amazon.co.uk

picked up loads of vengeance dvds for 2.50 inc postage

good luck!!!

also look in my list in the trading part of the website i have about 20 spares of vengeance dvds i want rid of..trading only.

[ironfistedmonk]

Ok here’s the Vengeance titles I own with a bit of info on them, I know nothing about aspect ratios and stuff so if it’s not full screen then I’ve listed it as wide. I’ve seen some dog rough prints of films too so if I say a print looks OK it might look shite to some of you used to the Celestial remasters. The opinions in the following post are not representative of everybody so take that into consideration XD This is a big post so get ready……………

2 Wondrous Tigers – Full screen Mandarin with re-mastered English subs, picture quality is OK. It has original (?) trailers for Tiger Over Wall, Soul of the Sword, Duel of the Tough, Warrior of Kung Fu, Passage of the Dragon, Funny Kung Fu, Thunderblade and Lightning Foot, Crippled Kung Fu Boxer and there is also a stills gallery. This is one of my favourite indie shapes movies, John Chang alongside Philip Ko, some nice fighting femme’s and a chance to see Tiger Yang as the villain.

5 Kung Fu Daredevil Heroes – Full screen English dubbed, picture quality is OK, no extra features. This is a star studded film with your typical Ming/Ching storyline, the line up includes Lo Lieh, Meng Fei, Yueh Hua, Kam Kong, Beardy, Yu Tien Lung and Philip Ko. The movie itself is alright with some decent action but nothing spectacular.

5 Pattern Dragon Claws – Wide and English dubbed and it has the original trailer, the picture quality is OK. I hate Korean Kung Fu films, they are just so cheap and usually have the worst dubs imaginable. The dub on this is not so bad but the film is poor, some of the action is good and saves it from being a stinker but I feel the Koreans couldn’t pace the fights as well as the HK and Taiwan guys. Hwang Jang Lee is bad ass as always in this but Dragon Lee mugs his way through the film as usual

7 Commandments of Kung Fu – Full screen English dubbed and it has the original trailer, picture quality is OK. I like this film, it’s a kung fu remake of the spaghetti western Day of Anger. Lee Yi Min rarely makes a bad movie and when you come up against the ultimate fox in Chang Yi you can’t go wrong IMO, you even get 2 villains for the price of one with the under-rated Lung Fei going up against Chang Yi too.

7 Steps of Kung Fu – Wide and English dubbed with the original trailer and a coming soon gallery, good picture quality. I don’t need to big this one up too much, it’s one of the greatest shapes films of all time and was my first introduction to Chen Tien Chi as he goes up against the 5 hands gang. Ricky is awesome in this as is Chia Kai and Chang Shan with some brilliant shapes action, Tommy Lee and Lung Fei round out the great cast. I think this is the German wide version with the cut scenes featuring the Lama’s and Tommy Lee’s death re-inserted but I can’t be sure without watching the whole film again. Awesome kung in this.

The 8 Escorts – Full screen English dubbed, OK picture quality and it comes with a short interview with Tan Tao Liang. I like this one too, a valuable treasure is in transit and there are tons of people out to rob it, but who are the good guys and who the bad? Another star studded cast including Tan Tao Liang, Hsu Feng, Chan Wai Man, Ling Yun, Wang Chung, Tsai Hung, Danny Lee, Lily Li, Wang Ching, Wu Ma, Goo Chang and Mau Ging Shun.

8 Strikes of the Wildcat – Wide and English dubbed with a fairly good picture, it has a bonus fight scene (from Horse Boxing Killer) and a coming soon/available now gallery. This film is OK and I know some fans really like it, the action is fairly good and it’s the only starring role for Chi Dan Dan up against the “rodent posse” headed by Tsai Hung.

10 Shaolin Disciples aka Shaolin Incredible 10 – Full screen English dubbed, the picture quality is average and it comes with a deleted scene and original (?) trailers for Buddhist Fist and Tiger Claws, Funny Kung Fu, Tiger Over Wall, Crippled Kung Fu Boxer, 18 Shaolin Riders, Warrior of Kung Fu, Duel of the Tough and Thunderblade and Lightning Foot. This is the best Korean old skool film I’ve seen, the comedy is kept to a minimum and there is some fantastic action, Elton Chong looks great as is Mike Wong playing the evil white hair fox, Han Ying is billed on the cover but I don’t remember him in it. There are a ton of battling babes amongst the supporting cast and they all fight well, good film but terrible dub lol.

10 Tigers of Shaolin – Full screen English dubbed, fairly good picture quality and it includes the original trailer. This is basically the 10 Tigers out to foil the towns gangsters featuring tons of fights and tons of great screen fighters including Bruce Liang, Wong Yuen San, Hon Kwok Choi, Jason Pai Piao, Larry Lee, Michelle Lai, San Kuai, Cheng Lei, Charlie Chan, Chiang Tao and Lau Hok Nin. This is another film I like, there are so many fights what’s not to like.

18 Jade Claws of Shaolin aka 18 Jade Arhats and loads of other names with 18 and Jade in the title lol – Wide and English dubbed, decent picture and with trailers for Warriors of Kung Fu, Tiger Over Wall, Duel of the Tough, Gold Connection, The Thunderkick, Crippled Kung Fu Boxer, South Shaolin master, Furious Ultimatum, Dragons Snake Fist and Thunderblade and Lightning Foot. There’s something about Polly Shang Kuan films, I just can’t make myself like them overly much and this is no exception. The plot is about the hunt for a killer and the cast is another good one, Lo Lieh, Chang Yi, Lung Fei, Chuen Yuen, Tung Li and Philip Ko alongside Polly. It’s not a bad movie and I know it’s got it’s fans but it’s only average IMO.

18 Shaolin Riders aka 18 Swirling Riders – Wide, English dubbed and a good picture. It has the original trailer and also trailers for Funny Kung Fu, Passage of the Dragon, South Shaolin Master, Duel of the Tough, Rapid Sword ( I really want to see this), Warriors of Kung Fu and Thunderblade and Lightning Foot. The story is something about antiques, robbery and murder investigated by the Swirling Riders but I must be thick because I have seen this film twice and I still can’t follow it properly! Yet another massive cast of stars including Chen Sing, Judy Lee, Lo Lieh, Wong Tao, Wen Chiang Lung, Yee Yuen and Chan Wai Lau. Too confusing for me I’m afraid.

36 Deadly Styles – Wide and English dubbed with no extras, the picture quality is OK. A bit of a mess of a film with a main story featuring Hwag Jang Lee as the chief villain with his 3 henchmen Bolo, Chan Lau and Lau Kwok Shing hunting down our hero Cheung Lik. There is a side story shoe horning in Jack Long and the Ghost Face Killer and something about the book of 36 deadly styles which is just there to cash in on the popularity of those characters and has nothing to do with the main plot. This film is most famous for the terrible array of wigs sported by the villains, it’s a really poorly made film but I love it, Chueng Lik is great at the shapes.

Abbot White aka Shaolin Legend – Full screen and English dubbed, the only extras are a coming soon and available now gallery, the picture quality is below average. I’ve not seen this in awhile and don’t remember too much about it, Abbot White learns some supernatural style which make him evil and he goes about killing people with his amazing detachable arm technique! Probably worth seeing for that alone although the dub is really bad!

A Heroes Tears – Full screen with one of those newer American English dubs which I am not a fan of and also the Mandarin language version, original poster and trailers for Invincible Armour, 18 Shaolin Riders and Iron Neck Li, the picture quality is good. This is a great swordplay starring Ling Yun, Tsung Hwa, Doris Lung (playing a blind girl again!), Lily Li and a leading guy whose name I don’t know who is a decent screen fighter. I can’t remember too much of the plot but it sees 2 rival swordsmen up against each other, Tsung Hwa is the villain hiring his rival Ling Yun for some unsavoury jobs, the two clash blah blah, nothing too original but I remember liking this one a lot.

A Life of Ninja – This is a decent widescreen print with burnt in subs which has the English dub and a Mandarin version, it comes with the original trailer. This is a great modern day set Ninja movie with Chen Kuan Tai and Yasuaki Kurata as opposing Ninja masters. Lee Tso Nam directs this one and it also stars Elsa Yeung, Chen Hung Lieh, Pang Gang and Sun Jung Chi.

A Tooth for a Tooth – Full screen with the English dub and a Mandarin version, OK picture. It has the original trailer and also trailers for The Big Family, Gold Connection, Tiger Over Wall, Thunderblae and Lightning Foot and Crippled Kung Fu Boxer. My memory is sketchy on this one, Cheung Lik is the hero who robs some gangsters and steals a valuable contract from them and they want it back. It’s a decent basher with James Nam, Eddie Ko, Yeung Wai and Wilson Tong.

Big Boss of Shanghai – Full screen with English and Mandarin language, fairly decent print. It has the coming soon/available now gallery, a photo gallery and a bonus fight scene (it looks like it’s from Hero of Shanghai but I’m not sure). This is Chen Kuan Tai’s version of his first major role in Chang Cheh’s Boxer From Shantung. Chen and Jimmy Lee are 2 friends who move to Shanghai to earn there fortune and rise up the ranks of the underworld but ultimately clash after Chen Sing’s wiley scheming. Good film.

The Big Family – Full screen with English and Mandarin version although the first 5 minutes of the film has no English dub so comes with subs, the picture quality is average, it has trailers for Dragons Snake Fist and Furious Ultimatum. This has shades of a Mafia story told Chinese style with the good family up against a ruthless gang. I quite like this but it has more drama elements than most old skool so may not be to everyone’s tastes. You get to see Mr Han Man Shih Kien up against Luk Chuen in a decent final showdown, Cheung Lik and Bolo are in this as well.

Big Rascal aka Dragon Force – Full screen English dubbed, picture is OK and there is a bonus training scene (I think it’s from Crazy Horse Intelligent Monkey). Chi Kuan Chun directs another gangster story, he rises through the ranks until he is double crossed, it’s not an original story but it’s done well, this is a good film. He comes up against the under rated Ma Chin Ku and Pang Gang for the final showdown which is quite good.

Blade of Doom aka Lone Ninja Warrior aka Faster Blade Poisonous Darts aka Everlasting Duel aka ….. I’m getting bored now…too many aka’s… - Full screen with new American dub, OK picture, no extras. A very convoluted swordplay which I am not a fan of, it does have a good cast with Tien Peng and bro Tien Ho (playing Black Eagle again), Chen Sing and Chi Kuan Chun. The action is actually pretty good thanks to Alan Hsu but the story is just too stupid for me to like this one much. Adam Cheng is on the cover art but is not even in the film lol

Blood Treasury Fight aka Blooded Treasury Fight – Full screen English dubbed (with great use of the Battlestar Galactica music lol), it comes with a trailer gallery of Goldig titles. This is a fan favourite and is a decent movie, some big name stars in this as everyone searches for the titular treasure leading to a big showdown in a mill. Tan Tao Liang, David Chiang, Chan Wai Man, Wang Chung, Tsai Hung, Fan Mei Shang, Chang Yi Tao and Wang Ching all star.

The Bravest Fist – Wide and English dubbed, has a coming soon gallery and the Chan Wai Man ring fight as a special feature. This is your average basher starring bad boy Chan Wai Man, loads of thugs causing trouble in town, hero takes em down, simple as. Yukio Someno, Fong Yeh, Shut Chung Tin, Dean Shek and Chiang Tao also star, this only runs for 74 minutes, this maybe a cut version.

Bruce Lee Fist of Unicorn – Full screen English dub, below average picture quality, especially considering there have been 2 more letterbox releases from Soulblade since this which look a lot better. Special features are a Bruce Lee’s last days featurette, the original trailer and some press party footage. Unicorn Chan is not a very good lead and the exploitative nature behind the film is pretty bad. Another average thugs in town basher.

Bruce Lee True Story – this is the incorrect title, it’s actually Bruce Lee’s Deadly Kung Fu with Bruce Li, Carter Wong , Hwang Jang Lee, Roy Horan and Robert Kerver. It’s a “modern” day movie set in the USA about rival MA schools, one of which only seems to teach thugs! Bruce Li is by far the best Lee imitator and this is a pretty good film. Full screen and English dubbed, picture is OK and it has the nunchuk scene which was cut from the movie as a special feature along with a Bruce Li interview, a Jeet Kune Do demonstration and a Bruce Lee stories featurette.

Buddhas Palm & Dragon Fist aka Roving Heroes aka Two Heroes Shooting Stars – It’s wide with both English and German languages, picture quality is good and the original trailer is on there. Another superb shapes fest, Chi Kuan Chun and Lee Yi Min are class mates out to take down the bad guys in town whilst trying to out do each other. Excellent Action and a rare chance to see Suen Shu Pao as the main villain alongside another shapes stalwart Wong Chi Sang.

The Challenger – Full screen English dub with a decent picture, there is a bonus fight from Red Phoenix on it too. I don’t need to say much about this other than it need a wide re-master big time, absolutely love this one.

Champ vs Champ – Full screen English dubbed, Ok picture and with the original trailer. More Korean shenanigans with Dragon Lee, this one isn’t too bad apart from Dragon Lee who ruins nearly every film he’s in, Han Ying puts in an appearance and he is one hell of a screen fighter, plus there are some nice battling babes in it. It’s still shite compared to HK/Taiwan but for a Korean old skool it’s OK. Check out the dragon breath technique lol

Clutch of Power – Full screen with English and Mandarin language options, picture is average and there are trailers for Soul of the Sword, Tiger Over Wall, Kung Fu in the Brave Shadow, 18 Shaolin Riders plus original poster and stills. I can’t remember any of the plot, it’s a bit involved though. Great cast with Beardy, Chen Sing, Philip Ko, Champ Wang, Meng Fei and Doris Lung (blind again lol) amongst others. Some nice hand work in the end fight, check out the Champs silver palm as Meng Fei says it with flowers.

The Crane Fighter – Full screen English dub, average picture and no extras. The lovely Judy Lee and Ting Hwa Chung team up with director Raymond Lui to face off against Kam Kong and his Manchu lackeys. There’s just something about a hot wench kicking ass that does it for me and this film is no exception, Judy is one of my favourite ladies and this is one of her best films if not the best.

Crazy Guy With Super Kung Fu – widescreen English dub with an OK picture quality, it has the original trailer and a coming soon gallery. This is an average shapes film which was a bit of a disappointment to me considering the cast, too much poor comedy for my tastes including Dean Shek at his worst, even the Mark Long cameo was lack luster.

Daggers 8 – Full screen English dubbed with an interview with Wilson Tong, the picture quality is decent. An indie shapes classic from Wilson Tong starring the late Meng Yuan Man, a kung fu fanatic who’s teachers all keep getting bumped off by a dagger wielding assassin. How this got a PG rating is beyond me, amazing shapes action in one of my fave films, also stars Lily Li and the amazing Alan Hsu.

Death Duel of Mantis – Full screen English dubbed, picture is OK and there are no extras. Ting Hwa Chung gets mixed up with the wrong crowd and ends up being used by a vicious villain, when he realises he teams up with a kung fu fighting noodle seller (Mau Ging Shun) and his lovely daughter (Kam Yin Fei) to take out the villain. I really like this one, there is some fantastic action and Ting Hwa Chung really gets to show his stuff here up against uber villain Lung Fei and his lackeys Ching Ching and Ma Cheung. Proper old skool.

Demon Strike – Wide, Mandarin with burnt in subs and with a bonus fight with Hwang Jang Lee (I can’t remember which film its from, probably Martial Monks of Shaolin). Good film, even with the lasers! Hwang with lasers, you got no chance have ya! Unless your beardy and Jason Pai Piao.

Descendant of Wing Chun – Wide English dubbed, good picture. Has an interview with Melvin Wong, a Wing Chun Demo, some Wing Chun info and the original trailer. Decent shapes film with some big name stars, Fung Hark On, Lee Hoi San, Tsui Siu Keung and Melvin Wong. I need to see this one again it’s been too long since I last saw it, not much Wing Chun in it though!

Disciple of Shaolin Master aka Adventure For Imperial Treasure – Full screen English dub, average picture with trailers for Invincible Armour, Dragon on Fire, Iron Neck Li and tai Chi Shadow Boxing. Wong Tao knows where the treasure is and the bad guys know he knows, and he knows they know he knows…..Solid shapes film, with Wong Tao you know your gonna get some good stuff. Lung Fei is the fox after the treasure with his gang of Ching lackeys Ma Cheung and Weng Hsiao Hu. Tong Lung shows our boy Don some moves and he takes em down.

Double Double Crosser – Full screen English and Mandarin versions, picture and sound are below average and it has the original trailer. I’m not a fan of Jimmy Wang Yu and I don’t like this film that much, even Chang Yi and Judy Lee can’t save it. Town thugs, Jimmy’s a bad ass assassin, you get the picture.

Dragon Lee vs Five Brothers – Full screen English dub, picture is below average and it has trailers for Gold Connection, Warrior of Kung Fu, Tiger Over Wall and South Shaolin Master. Absolutely terrible Korean kung with Dragon Lee, the only bright spot in the film is the chance to see Yuen Qiu (the grumpy old land lady in Kung Fu Hustle) in an old skool seting, and even then it’s only a feint flicker of light, only for the hardcore!

Dragon Lives Again – Full screen English dub, picture is average, it has trailers for Tiger Over Wall, 18 Shaolin Riders, South Shaolin Master, Men on the Hour and Soul of the Sword. WTF were they smoking when they made this movie! Bruce is dead and in purgatory along with James Bond, Dracula, The Godfather and Emmanuelle in one of the wackiest films I’ve ever had the displeasure of sitting through. Not recommended to anyone, never ever watch this movie, ever, the nunchuk hard on was a genius scene though.

Dragon on Fire aka Enter Three Dragons – Wide screen English dubbed with a good picture, It has the original trailer, original poster and lobby cards and trailers for Iron Neck Li, Tai Chi Shadow Boxing and Hard Bastard. I have no idea what this film is about, there’s some good guys who look a little like Bruce Lee and some who look nothing like Bruce Lee and some bad guys who look like Bolo and Philip Ko plus lots of nice fights.

Dragon on the Shaolin Tower – Wide screen English dubbed, good picture with the original trailer and trailers for Arhats in Fury and South Shaolin Master. Good film which is actually set in Taiwan which is rare for an old skooler, the Japs hijack an annual kung fu tournament to assert their superiority but the locals are having none of it, Tung Li and Lung Tien Hsiang stand up to them damn Japs.

The Dragon The Hero aka Dragon on Fire – Widescreen with English and Mandarin versions and burnt in subs, the picture quality is good. Not the greatest film I’ve ever seen, some nice fights and rock paper scissors action going on, Philip Ko is always good as is John Liu and Tino Wong, Dragon Lee spoils it though (can you tell I don’t like this guy yet) and Chan Lau is only half the man he was after this movie, never work with children or animals.

The Dragon The Odds aka Crazy Boy and Popeye! – Full screen English dubbed, average picture quality, has the original trailer and a coming soon gallery. Not seen this for a while and I’m in no rush to watch it again, some inane comedy with the terrible Chan Gwok Kuen and Yuen Bao, even the villain is lacking, its Mr Hoi from Hard Boiled!

Dragons Infernal Showdown – Full screen English dubbed, average picture quality, it has the original trailer and also trailers for Buddhist Fist and Tiger Claws, Crippled Kung Fu, Duel of the Tough, Funny Kung Fu, Gold Connection, Passage of the Dragon, South Shaolin Master, Tiger Over Wall, Furious Ultimatum and Dragon Snake Fist. For a Dragon Lee films this one isn’t too bad.

Drunken Arts and Crippled Fist – Wide screen English dubbed with a decent picture and it has the original trailer. Solid shapes film with Lee Yi Min “I’m an expert” who has to learn the crippled fist from Drunken Master Yuen Siu Tien to beat Venoms man Lung Tien Hsiang.

Drunken Master Strikes Back aka Peculiar Boxing Tricks and the Master – Wide screen English dubbed, decent picture but no extras. Disappointing shapes film with Yuen Siu Tien, Chiang Tao, Ting Hwa Chung, Ching Ching and the very annoying Hui Bat Liu. 2 mischievous kung fu fans cross the towns thugs (does that sound familiar?) and have to learn some new skills to take him down.

Duel of the 7 Tigers aka Shadow of the Tiger – Wide (ish!) and English dubbed, good picture and it has the original trailer. Nuff styles take on the vicious Japanese bushido of Philip Ko, Good cast of MA stars in this one, Yeung Pan Pan, Han Ying Chieh, Chan Siu Pang, Casanova Wong, Cliff Lok, Pomson Shi, Charlie Chan and ahem cough cough San Kuai ( I hate this guy lol). China vs Japan.

Duel of the Tough – Full screen English dubbed, decent picture, it has trailers for Tiger Over Wall, Soul of the Sword, Warrior of Kung Fu, Passage of the Dragon, Funny Kung Fu, Thunderblade and Lightning Foot and Cripples Kung Fu Boxer. Absolutely dire Korean old skool, the only bright spot is when Han Ying pops up for one fight near the end, that guy is amazing.

Duel of the Ultimate Weapons – Wide English dubbed, average picture quality and it has the original trailer. Another poor Korean kung, Hwang Jang Lee is pretty bad ass but the film is rubbish.

The Dynamite Trio aka Long Step Mantis – Full screen English dubbed, the picture quality is pretty average and it has the original trailer. This is a very good film, it has some great shapes action from Jacky Chen Shao Lung and we get to see Ghost Face Killer Mark Long as the heroic lead as he takes on bad boy Lung Fei, this needs to be seen wide.

The Eagle Fist – Full screen English dubbed, average picture quality and it has a trailer featurette. Bog standard shapes comedy with the ever dependable Chi Kuan Chun learning new styles to take down arch criminal the Red Dart with a bit of a twist on the master pupil relationship. Solid film directed by and starring Cheng Kei Ying.

Enter the Game of Death – Wide English dubbed, average picture quality with the original trailer. Piss poor Bruceploitation with the worst of the Bruce Imitators the horrible Bruce Le, I wouldn’t waste an hour and half of my life on this film TBH.

Everlasting Chivalry – Full screen English and Mandarin language, average picture quality with a trailer gallery. I can’t remember much about the story, Meng Fei is a fancy dan swordsman who teams up with Suen Yuet and his annoying missus to unravel some martial world scheming. It’s a decent swordplay.

Faster Blade Poisonous Darts (yes it’s that title again!) aka Great Massacre aka Shaolin Hero aka Avenging Eagle – Full screen English dubbed and it has the alternative Korean ending. Some nice swordplay action spoilt by a terrible story, a chubby looking Meng Fei is the lead up against various martial world characters alongside Philip Ko and Beardy.

Fatal Flying Guillotine – Wide English dubbed, OK picture quality, no extras. Everyones favourite kung fu weapons return in the hands of dastardly Chen Sing with some Ching intrigue and Shaolin plotting. Not one of my favourite films but lots of fans like it, I don’t like Carter Wong very much. I think this version may be cut though.

Fearless Dragons aka Two on the Road – Wide English dubbed, good picture with original trailer. Watch Philip Ko and Beardy take on The Mayor with their Crazy Horse and Dragon style. The comedy doesn’t sit well with me but the action is top class all the way.

Fighting Ace – Full screen English dubbed, average picture quality with a stills gallery and original trailers for Tiger Over Wall, Soul of the Sword, Duel of the Tough, Warrior of Kung Fu, Passage of the Dragon, Funny Kung Fu, Thunderblade and Lightning Foot, Crippled Kung Fu Boxer. Decent shapes comedy with John Liu, Wang Tai Liang, Kwan Young Moon and Doris Lung. John Liu uses his hands more in this movie than I’ve ever seen him use, the main villain is played by Ching Ching and he is a bit weak IMO.

Fist of the Golden Monkey – Full screen English dubbed, the picture us decent and there are trailers for Dragons Snake Fist and Furious Ultimatum. Another shocking Korean kung (can you tell I don’t like em yet!?) with Elton Chong out to beat a gang of villains, even Han Ying can’t save it.

Funny Kung Fu – Wide English dubbed, good picture with original trailer and trailers for Crippled Kung Fu Boxer, Soul of the Sword, Thunderblade and Lightning Foot, Rapid Sword, Dragon on Shaolin Tower, South Shaolin master and Buddhist Fist and Tiger Claws. Considering the cast in this film it’s a really poor effort, Carter Wong, Chu Tit Wo, Jason Pai Piao and Michelle Lai all star but it’s not big, it’s not clever and it’s certainly not funny.

Gambling For Head – Full screen English dubbed with trailers for Buddhist Fist and Tiger Claws, 18 Shaolin Riders, Soul of the Sword, Hard Bastard, Invincible Armour and South Shaolin Master, the picture quality is average. Great little revenge film starring James Nam out to get the gangsters who took his brothers life in a gambling match. Some good basher action from Bruce Liang and some interesting weapons in the final fight.

Gold Connection aka Iron Dragon Strikes Back – Wide (ish) and Mandarin language with subtitles, OK picture quality with the German trailer. Great modern day set movie with Bruce Li and his mates who find a stash of triad gold and end up fighting for their lives as the triad try and get it back, the end fight with Philip Ko and Bruce Li is great.

Hard Bastard – Full screen English dubbed with the original trailer, the picture is OK. With a title like that it’s gotta star Hwang Jang Lee, 2 rival gangs go head to head, more Korean rubbish.

Hero of the Time – Full screen English dubbed, picture is average and it has a bonus fight with Tan Tao Liang which I think is from Duel with the Devils. I can’t remember a thing about this movie, the cast is good with Tan Tao Liang, Tsung Hwa, Lung Fei and Chen Sing.

Horse Boxing Killer aka Cute Foster Sister – Full screen English dubbed with a coming soon gallery, the picture is OK. Lack lustre shapes comedy starring Yuen Siu Tien, Champ Wang, Lung Fei, Wang Tai Liang and the fighting female lead Hilda Liu. Nothing in this to make it recommended viewing.

Incredible Shaolin Thunderkick – Full screen English dubbed with original trailer, picture quality is below average. The only thing worse than an Elton Chong Korean kung fu film is a Benny Tsui Korean kung fu film like this, the waterboy takes on the local gang, Han Ying plays a goodie for a change as his master. The guy playing the white hair fox fights well in this but it’s another shite film.

Invincible Armour – Wide English dubbed with the original trailer, the picture quality is really good. One of the all time classics, it’s wide but I don’t think it’s the proper wide ratio. Awesome movie.

Iron Monkey – Wide English dubbed, average picture with a deleted scene as a bonus feature. Another indie classic and one of the best Ming rebel films I’ve seen, Chen Kuan Tai learns the monkey style from his bro to avenge his family, great cast with Kam Kong, Wilson Tong, Shut Chung Tin, Chi Kuan Chun, Chan Wai Lau and Beardy.

Iron Monkey Strikes Back aka Duel at Tiger Village – Wide English dubbed no menu, it’s a direct port of the Eastern Heroes VHS, the picture quality is average. Nothing to do with the original Iron Monkey film, this is a fairly average find the traitors movie with Chen Kuan Tai, Judy Lee, Chen Sing and Shut Chung Tin. This has to be seen for Chen Sing’s comeuppance.

Iron Neck Li – Full screen English dubbed, below average picture, it is the same release as the US Eastern Heroes DVD with bonus fights from some of the other releases from that label. This is an interesting film, Chi Kuan Chun is the Emperors bodyguard as he tours Taiwan undercover to learn more about the people there.

Kung Fu in the Brave Shadow aka Imperial Sword – Full screen English dubbed, OK picture quality with the original trailer. Great film with a superb cast including white hair fox Chang Yi, Tien Peng, Judy Lee and Lung Fei, the bad dudes are after a sword and the good dudes try to stop them.

Kung Fu Genius – Wide English dubbed, good picture but no extras. Cliff Lok is the genius with all the styles taking on Wilson Tong and Lee Hoi San, and Hsiao Hou puts in an appearance too. Good action from Wilson in this one but Cheng Hong Yip is annoying as hell.

Kung Fu Means Fists, Strikes and Swords aka Strike and Sword – Full screen Mandarin with burnt in subs, below average picture with trailers for Tiger Over Wall, Soul of the Sword, Duel of the Tough, Warrior of Kung Fu, Passage of the Dragon, Funny Kung Fu, Thunderblade and Lightning Foot, Crippled Kung Fu Boxer and the lobby cards and poster. Huge cast of stars about some locals out to foil a gang of bandits kidnapping the local women. Henry Yu Yung, Cheung Lik, Hon Kwok Choi, Jimmy Liu, Tsai Hung, Huang Ha, Fung Hark On, Lau Kwok Shing, Chien Yuet San and loads more are in this, the end fight feels like it goes on for ages too, decent movie.

Kung Fu vs Yoga – Wide English dubbed, OK picture with trailers for 18 Shaolin Riders and Soul of the Sword. Totally inane comedy storyline about Chin Yuet Sang and his “friend” who have to complete tasks so Chien can win the heart of Michelle Lai. This has to be seen for the Yoga master who does some eye wateringly bendy manoeuvres and the skills of Alan Hsu and Chien Yuet Sang.

The Magnificent – Full screen English dubbed, average picture, it comes with the original trailer and a coming soon gallery. Average Ching/Ming storyline with a good cast, worth seeing for Casanova Wong’s kicks, it also stars Chen Sing, Doris Lung, Carter Wong and Dragon Lee. I think the Crash release was wide, I’d recommend getting hold of that version over this one.

Magnificent Chivalry – Mandarin with English subtitles which annoyingly appear inside a black box over the picture. It has trailers for Duel of the Tough, Thunderblade and Lightning Foot and a Goldig Promo. This is a good Jimmy Wang Yu swordplay, very down and dirty looking not one of them Martial World movies. Jimmy infiltrates a group of bandits and takes em down, Tien Yeh does a great job as the bandit chief.

The Magnificent Kick – Full screen English dubbed, picture is average at best, comes with a stills gallery and trailers for Soul of the Sword, Duel of the Tough, Warrior of Kung Fu, Passage of the Dragon, Funny Kung Fu, Rapid Sword, Thunderblade and Lightning Foot and Crippled Kung Fu Boxer. Wong Fei Hungs students played by Jason Pai Piao and Alan Chan Gwok Kuen team up with Cecilia Wong and her rebels to take on Han Ying Chieh and his Manchu lackeys. Kwan Tak Hing puts in an appearance as Wong Fei Hung as well, some nice fights in this average shapes comedy.

The Magnificent Three – Full screen Mandarin language with subtitles, average picture quality, it comes with trailers for Passage of the Dragon, Crippled Kung Fu Boxer, Tiger Over Wall, South Shaolin Master, Gold Connection, Duel of the Tough, Furious Ultimatum and Dragons Snake Fist. This is a really fun movie with some nice action, Yasuaki Kurata, Bronson Lee and Poon Kin Gwan are the 3 title characters who love to fight and are imprisoned on a Caribbean island, they end up helping out a guy take down his Mafia relative and all his goons, good film.

The Magnificent Wonderman aka Wonderman From Shaolin – Ful screen English dubbed, picture is OK. It comes with a synopsis, filmographies for stars Casanova Wong, Kim Jung Ran, Hyeon Kil Su, Choi Min Kyu, Han Ying and Elton Chong as well as director Kim Seon Kyeong, it’s got the original trailer and a bonus fight scene from The Mighty Four. I didn’t like this film all that much but by Korean standards its not too bad, Casanova Wong lets fly some nice kicks.

Mantis Fists and Tiger Claws of Shaolin – Full screen with English and Mandarin audio, picture is average and it comes with trailers for South Shaolin Master, Tiger Over Wall, Yaos Young Warriors and Arhats in Fury plus a posters gallery. This film has to be seen to be believed, John Chang takes on the local gang plus a mysterious serial killer. Check out Dean Shek playing it straight as the main villain and the awesome showdown where all is revealed, this has a great B movie feel about it and you guys have got to see it.

Mantis Under Falcon Claws – Wide English dubbed, picture is average and it has the original trailer. All I can remember about this film was the stupid comedy which ruins it completely, Peter Chen and Chia Kai are in this alongside the Korean crew but I couldn’t tell you anything about their roles as the film was so forgettable.

The Massive aka Murder of Murders – Full screen English dubbed, average picture, it comes with a bonus fight scene with Chi Kuan Chun but I can’t remember which film it’s from. A decent whodunit with an all star cast as the search is on for a vicious robber known as the Jade Dragonfly, it’s directed by Wu Ma and stars Chi Kuan Chun, Lo Lieh, Kam Kong, Yee Yuen, Philip Ko, Ting Hwa Chung, Yueh Hua and Miao Tien, solid film.

The Master and the Kid aka One Man Army – Wide English dubbed, good picture quality, it has a bonus fight scene from The Dream Sword. Yueh Hua does babycart as he searches for his relatives killers, this is a good movie with some good characters, Philip Ko stands out as the assassin with the hidden blades and has a great fight with Yueh Hua . It also stars Wen Chiang Long, Chen Sing, Weng Hsiao Hou and has a cameo from Beardy.

Method Man aka Fearless Young Boxer aka Avenging Boxer – Wide (ish) Englsih dubbed average picture quality and it comes with a bonus fight from South Shaolin vs North Shaolin. Lots of annoying comedy but this one is saved by some grate kung, Casanova Wong is the bad guy who kills the heroes dad (Lung Fei) in a duel, the youngster joins an acrobatic troupe and learns the skills to avenge his father. There are some greats in this one, Peter Chen, Chia Kai, Su Chen Ping, Chan Wai Lau, Ma Chin Ku, Wong Wing Sang, the end fight is one of the greats as Peter Chen and Hwa Ling use every trick in the book to defeat Casanova.

The Mighty Four aka Lone Shaolin Avenger aka Bruce Against the Odds – Full screen English dubbed, picture is average, it has the original trailer. Totally nonsensical film with really crappy action, even Casanova can’t save this one it’s such a mess. Yeung Wai (the Spearman from Warriors Two) is on this too.

Monkey Kung Fu aka Monkey Fist Floating Snake – Full screen English dubbed, picture quality is below average, it has a photo gallery, bonus fight scene with Jacky Chen Shao Lung from an unknown film and a coming soon/available now gallery. Average shapes comedy with Chen Muk Chuen learning Monkey to take on Chang Yi’s snake, the interesting thing about this film is the villain goes away to learn a new style before taking on Sun Jung Chi and Chen.

My Blade My Life – Full screen Mandarin with removable subs, average picture and it comes with trailers for Crippled Kung Fu Boxer, Tiger Over Wall, Thunderblade and Lightning Foot, Gold Connection, The Thunder Kick. One of my favourite swordplays and definitely my favourite Pearl Cheung film sees her out to avenge her families death at the hands of the martial world, the usual martial world scheming and double crossing ensues. Ling Yun, Nora Miao, Lung Fei, Tsung Hwa and Cliff Lok are also in this, I think the Flashlegs version is better, the picture quality definitely is but I think it runs longer too.

The One Armed Swordsmen – Full screen English dubbed, picture is OK, has a bonus fight scene from Strife For Mastery. Decent film with too many one armed blokes to mention! The original one armed bad ass Jimmy Wang Yu teams up with his replacement David Chiang to find yet more one armed badness, Lo Lieh and Chang Yi round out the cast.

Passage of the Dragon aka Twins – Full screen English dubbed, decent picture quality, it has the original trailer and trailers for Duel of the Tough, 18 Shaolin Riders, Warriors of Kung Fu, South Shaolin Master, Buddhist Fist and Tiger Claws, Thunderblade and Lightning Foot, Rapid Sword, Soul of the Sword, Crippled Kung Fu Boxer and Funny Kung Fu. Too much comedy spoil this one as there is some great action. Jacky Liu teams up with Michelle Lai to take on bad guy Ang Saan, Jason Pai Piao, Hon Kwok Choi and Simon Yam (Yes that Simon Yam doing kung fu) are also in it.

Phantom Kung Fu aka Mantis in the Monkeys Shadow – Full screen English dubbed, OK picture quality, it has a coming soon gallery and an interview with Wong Tao. Very disappointing film considering the cast and it has an awful dub too, Chang Yi is a weasely lord hunting down the rebels, starring Wong Tai, Ma Cheung, Jimmy Lee, Tommy Lee and Wang Tai Liang.

Queen Boxer aka The Avenger – Full screen English dubbed with trailers for 18 Swirling Riders, Tai Chi Shadow Boxing and Hard Bastard. This is a terrible print of a decent basher, Judy Lee is the sister of Ma Yung Chen in this follow up to the Shaw Bros classic Boxer From Shantung. The end fight looks great but it’s spoiled by such a bad print, I really need to get a better copy.

Raiders of Buddhist Kung Fu – Full screen English dubbed, OK picture quality with the original trailer and a coming soon gallery. A steaming pile of a kung fu film, I really struggled to sit through this one and I only managed that to see Gordon Liu in the end fight, all I can remember of the film is Gordon is the bad guy and it’s crap!

Rebellious Reign – Stretched to look wide, English and Mandarin language with the original trailer. Excellent film following the attempts of Ming rebels to topple the Ching court and it’s bickering Princes, a story that has been done many times before with some great action. Starring Jimmy Lee, Tsui Siu Ming, Kwan Yung Moon, Alan Hsu, Chan Wai Lau and Chu Ko.

Renegade Master aka Shaolin Iron Finger – Widescreen English and German language, good looking print with cast biographies for Carter Wong, James Tien and Kam Kong. Carter Wong heads the rebels out to take down the traitorous James Tien, decent film with a nice cameo from Chen Tien Chi.

Rivals of the Silver Fox – Full screen English dubbed, OK picture quality with the original trailer and a coming soon gallery. Another Korean KF film I can’t remember a thing about, Chan Siu Pang directed and starred in it alongside Casanova Wong and Philip Ko, lots of bronzemen if you like that kind of stuff.

Secret of Shaolin Kung Fu aka Butterfly 18 aka Invincible Shaolin Kung Fu – Full screen English dubbed, picture is average, no extras. Lee Yi Min is working in a restaurant but unbeknown to him is actually the leader of the beggar clan, when he finds out he has to take on their arch enemy the Golden Fox played by Sun Jung Chi. Some good shapes but again too much comedy, worth seeing for the skills of Sun Jung Chi but damn that Hui Bat Liu is an annoying actor.

Secret Rivals 3 aka Northern Kicks Southern Fist aka New South Hands and North Kick Blows – Full screen English dubbed with average picture quality, it has a bonus fight from Fighting Ace. The Northern Leg fights the Southern Fist as John Liu and Alexander Lo Rei square off before taking on Robert Tai, average film with a chance to see Robert Tai as the main villain.

Shaolin & Wu Tang – Full screen English dubbed with burnt in subs on the print, no extras. Great film but not a great release, the print isn’t the best which ruins what is a fine film. It’s pretty much a Shaw Bros film with Adam Cheng and Gordon Liu representing Wu Tang and Shaolin before taking on the Johnny Wang for the final showdown.

Shaolin Drunk Monkey – Full screen English dubbed, OK picture with the original trailer. Mike Wong is a beggar, Elton Chong is an idiot, Han Ying is a bad guy, typical poor Korean KF. Han Ying shows his stuff in this one, worth seeing for that alone, good end fight.

Shaolin Ex Monk – Full screen English dubbed, average picture quality with the original trailer and a coming soon gallery. Decent shapes as John Liu hunts down a renegade monk, Alan Hsu, Jack Long, Blacky Ko and Cecilia Wong also star.

Shaolin Invincible Guys – Full screen English dubbed, below average picture and a coming soon gallery. Scallywag Raymond Lui teams up with Chi Kuan Chun and they end up working for the local boss, typical KF shapes action.

Shaolin Invincible Sticks – Full screen English dubbed, average picture quality and no extras. One of the few Lee Tso Nam films I don’t really like all that much, Chang Yi is bad ass as the fox out to be the number one pole fighter but there are too many annoying characters for me.

Shaolin Iron Claws – Full screen English dubbed, OK picture quality with the original trailer. Typical Manchu plotting storyline starring Wong Tao and Lee Yi Min, with Chang Yi as the evil fox. Decent film, Wong Tao and Lee Yi Min rarely make a bad movie

Shaolin King Boxer aka Iron Fists – Full screen English dubbed, average picture quality and it has the original trailer. Top notch shapes as lawman Chen Kuan Tai and bounty hunter Meng Fei track down a criminal gang who killed Chen’s family and are planning a big robbery. Lau Kar Wing, Beardy and Wilson Tong round out a great cast, very good indie.

Shaolin Kung Fu Master – Wide English dubbed, decent picture quality, it has a bonus fight from I think Marvelous Stunts of Kung Fu. Average shapes as evil fox Chang Yi and his lackeys hunt for the lost Ching gold, also stars Champ Wang, Wong Tao, Tsung Hwa, Chi Kuan Chun, Lung Fei and Tsai Hung. This one goes on a bit too long IMO, just when you think the movie is gonna finish it goes on for another 20 odd minutes!

Shaolin Temple 4 – aka Shaolin Temple Strikes Back aka Shaolin Kung Fu – Full screen English dubbed, OK picture quality with a bonus Shaolin monk demo. Awesome shapes action as a Ming prince is hidden by the monks of Shaolin with the Ching out for his blood. Chang Shan is on top form as the evil Manchu lord, Mark Long also stars as one of the monks, the end fight is a classic.

Shaolin vs Tai Chi – Wide screen with burnt in subtitles, good picture quality, it has a bonus fight from a Mike Wong movie I don’t recognise. I can’t remember anything at all about this one apart from the end fight being pretty good, Han Ying is such a bad ass.

Shaolin Youth Posse aka Little Hero of Shaolin Temple – Full screen English and Mandarin language versions, average picture quality. It has a deleted scene and trailers for Duel of the Tough, Gold Connection, Thunderblade and Lightning Foot, Cripples Kung Fu Boxer, Funny Kung Fu, Return of the Chinese Boxer, South Shaolin Master, The Thunderkick, Passage of the Dragon, Tiger Over Wall, and Warrior of Kung Fu. Absolutely dire film about a price hiding in Shaolin and the Emperors attempts to assassinate him. Loads of little kids doing stupid pranks throughout most of the movie ruin it, damn kids! Chen Tien Chi has a cameo and there are a few decent stuntmen playing the assassins but this film has nothing to recommend it IMO.

Shaolin Zen Master aka Shaolin Kung Fu Mystagogue – Wide screen English dubbed, average picture quality, it has a stills gallery and trailers for 18 Swirling Riders and Souls of the Sword. Yet another movie with a Prince hiding out at Shaolin, this one sees the lovely Hsu Feng team up with Carter Wong to take on Chang Yi and his “bloody birds”. There is a great cast including Liu Ping, Kong Ban, Lung Fei, Sit Hon, Philip Ko, Chan Siu Pang, Kam Kong, Lee Chiu and Ma Cheung. Solid film this one.

Sleeping Fist – Wide (ish) English dubbed, good picture but no extras. The Thundering Mantis crew at it again as lawman Beardy teams up with the Drunken Master and the Kid to take down Eddie Ko and his gang, decent shapes and I actually prefer this to Thundering Mantis.

Snake and Crane Secret – Wide English dubbed, average picture, there’s a bit of ghosting on it, it also has the original trailer. I like this one, Tan Tao Liang and Meng Fei learn the snake and crane styles to defeat the evil lord after the secret kung fu manual played by the under rated Yu Tien Lung. Tung Li, Elsa Yeung and Dean Shek playing it straight as one of the villains lackeys also star.

Snake Fist of a Buddhist Dragon – Full screen English dubbed, decent picture quality, it has the original trailer and a coming soon gallery. Absolute hack job of a movie, some scenes shot with what looks like a Korean cast with fight scenes from various Hong Kong/Taiwanese movies stolen and stuck in there. It opens with a scene stolen from Passage of the Dragon, the next stolen scene is from Tai Chi Shadow Boxing, then there’s Dynamite Trio and finally the end fight from Cunning Kids, thieving barstewards.

Snake in the Eagles Shadow 2 aka Snaky Knight Fights Against Mantis – Full screen with re-mastered English subtitles, OK picture with trailers for Crippled Kung Fu Boxer, Thunder Kick, South Shaolin Master, Passage of the Dragon, Gold Connection, Tiger Over Wall, Dragons Snake Fist, Furious Ultimatum. Nothing whatsoever to do with the original SITES, your typical revenge plot against an evil kung fu master with some great action throughout but laced with silly comedy moments. Wong Tao, Carter Wong, Lung Fei, Doris Lung, Chen Sing, Alan Hsu and a few other famous faces star, good stuff.

Souls of the Sword – Full screen with re-mastered English subtitles, below average picture quality and it has the trailer for Rapid Sword. Someones after a sword, someones after revenge blah blah. Good cast and some decent swordplay, stars Champ Wang, Yueh Hua, Philip Ko, Beardy and Jacky Chen Shao Lung who also did the action

South Shaolin vs North Shaolin – Wide screen English dubbed, OK picture quality with the original trailer. Casanova Wong learns his kung from Shaolin to take down the Mantis master Han Ying. Too much comedy shenanigans at Shaolin spoil this one, worth seeing for Han facing off against Casa, have I mentioned how bad ass Han Ying is yet?!

Super Dragon – Full screen English dubbed, average picture quality and no extras. An escort and some robbers, nothing original storyline wise. There’s a great cast but the film is nothing special. John Chang, Polly Shang Kuan, Cliff Lok, Tsai Hung, Yueh Hua, Philip Ko, Lo Lieh and Mark Long are all in it.

Tai Chi Shadow Boxing – Full screen English dubbed, picture is OK and it has the original trailer. One of those shapes comedies with no big headline stars but some great action. Jacky Chen Shao Long and Jacky Chek (Heung Wan Pang?) are 2 scallywags forced into learning the tai chi shadow style to take down the Lama Kam Kong and bad guy legend Yee Yuen by a crazy old master. Styles everywhere from Jacky Chen, I like the tea house fight scene between the 2 heroes and a snake styling female assassin.

Thunderblade and Lightning Foot aka Knife of Devils Roaring and Souls Missing – Full screen with English and Cantonese dubs, below average picture quality and it has the original trailer and one for Crippled Kung Fu Boxer. The Thunder blade swordsman is killing clan members left and right and the good guys are out to stop him once they can work out who he is. Good cast again but an average film IMO, Tan Tao Liang, Lo Lieh, Doris Lung, Tung Li and Liu Ping are the main stars.

Tiger Over Wall – Full screen Mandarin language with burnt in English subs, average picture quality with the original trailer and a stills gallery. I really need to get this one wide, one of my favourite shapes films with an amazing fighting cast and one of the most ridiculous premises for a story ever. It’s the people fighting back against a corrupt police force set in motion by a rich white guys dog going missing! Hwang Jang Lee, Philip Ko, Cheung Nik, Double Phoenix, Lu Chun Ku and the lovely Candy Wen all star.

Triumph by Two Kung Fu Arts – Wide screen English dubbed, below average picture quality, no extras. Boring film with some sloppy action, Chan Wai Man seeks revenge for his father against the Ching. Kam Kong is the main villain, crap film IMO.

Warrior of Kung Fu – Full screen English dubbed, average picture quality, it has a stills gallery and trailers for Tiger Over Wall, Souls of the Sword, Duel of the Tough, Warrior of Kung Fu, Passage of the Dragon, Funny Kung Fu, Thunderblade and Lightning foot and Crippled Kung Fu Boxer. Casanova Wong is a blind man out to avenge his fathers murder, crappy Korean Kung but some people rate this one quite highly for some reason!

Ways of Kung Fu – Full screen English dubbed, picture quality is average, no extras. Chi Kuan Chun takes back Shaolin from the evil Lama’s with help from Beardy and Yu Tien Lung. Solid shapes film from Lee Chiu, who did the action alongside Alan Hsu, good stuff.

Woman Avenger – Full screen English dubbed, average picture, it has a coming soon gallery and a short interview with director Lee Tso Nam. Absolutely brilliant indie shapes movie, Hsia Kwan Li and her husband are attacked by bandits, hubby is killed and the lovely lady is brutally raped. Saved by a passing nun she learns the skills to beat down them bad guys. Pang Gang, Wong Chi Sang, Mau Ging Shun, Chang Chi Ping, all nasty geezas all get beatings from our leading lady. This one is highly recommended.

Writing Kung Fu – Wide English dubbed, below average picture quality with trailers for Gold Connection, Dragons Snake Fist, Furious Ultimatum and Dragons Infernal Showdown. Strange feeling kung starring John Chang as a down trodden teacher who learns to fight to defeat the flute playing killer who is terrorising the town played by Bolo. Worth a watch

Zombie Rivals aka Gravedigger aka Undertaker in Sohwa Province – Full screen English dubbed, average picture quality with the original trailer and a coming soon gallery. More Korean kung fu comedy, enough already!!!!! Elton Chong and Mike Wong star in the main story, some white guys in garish outfits and headbands with the word NINJA on them are in some other inserted scenes! Great disguise guys! I’m sure these guys popped up in Evil Destroyer too or that may have been some other shady inserted stuff in that movie.

Hope thats some help!

[niro]

WoW great post man, much appreciated

was just wondering for the films where you wrote they come with english dub and mandarin versions, does that mean they also have subtitles for the mandarin version?

And in my opinion this should be put into a new post and stickied