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KFMG Podcast S01 Episode 02: Mike Fury
“I had a lot of emails and tweets from people saying, ‘[the book Life of Action] has really helped me in my training… it has really motivated me and I want to move myself to the next level’. That’s...
View ArticleProfile: Hwang In-shik
Date of birth: 13 September, 1940 (Sunchon, North Korea) Other names: Whong In-sik, Whang In-sik, Wong In-sik, Whang Ing-sik, Hwang In-shik, Whong Inn-sik, Wang In-sik, Whang In-shik. Occuption:...
View ArticleWhen Taekwondo Strikes (1973)
Passionate pugilism from the talented team behind Hapkido, which shows director Huang Feng and his star choreographer Sammo Hung tackle another Korean discipline, taekwondo. The action in these early...
View ArticleBangkok Adrenaline (2009)
Super low budget action comedy about four Bangkok backpackers of various annoyances who decide to kidnap and hold a millionaire’s daughter to ransom to pay back some gambling debts. The film struggles...
View ArticleStoner (1974)
Former Australian model and James Bond star George Lazenby had already signed a three picture deal with Golden Harvest to star alongside Hong Kong’s biggest action hero, Bruce Lee, when his future...
View ArticleYakuza Apocalypse (2015)
Where do you start in describing this rollicking, satirical, often brutal and downright weird movie? What begins as a Goodfellas-style Yakuza film about one man’s journey to the top of the criminal...
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KFMG Podcast S01 Episode 03: Meredith Lewis
“I know the genre is very macho, but that doesn’t bother me, because the fellas need their stories too. Also I think a really good movie has themes that are universal.” For episode three of the Kung Fu...
View Article1911 (2011)
Stirring historical drama to mark the centenary of the Xinhai Revolution, which caused the collapse of China’s dynastic rule and the appointment of Sun Yat-sen as the country’s first provisional...
View ArticleJason Bourne (2016)
Triumphant return of the silent but deadly amnesiac super-spy Jason Bourne. This fifth installment in the franchise reunites the insightful duo of actor Matt Damon and director Paul Greengrass and...
View ArticleDragon Blade (2015)
A sweeping desert-based historical epic from China which conjures up vague allusions to those sweeping desert-based historical epics from America made in the 1950s and 60s. Nowadays, of course, the...
View ArticleWinners and Sinners (1983)
A thoroughly silly, crowd-pleasing action comedy from Sammo Hung. This was Golden Harvest’s answer to Cinema City’s popular Bond spoof Aces Go Places, with Sammo embellishing on the bumbling...
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KFMG Podcast S01 Episode 04: Leo Au Yeung
“Martial arts is important. But teaching how to be a better person, this is more important.” We have Ip Man fight choreographer and kung fu expert Leo Au Yeung on the show today. Leo is a Hong...
View ArticleBulletproof Monk (2003)
As a wry look at how eastern philosophy has influenced western subculture, this feature film debut from music director Paul Hunter works quite well. It comes unstuck, however, because of its silly...
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KFMG Podcast S01 Episode 05: UK martial arts movie special
“The fan base for martial arts films is very loyal… my selfish thing is that I want to see more films, so I need to make sure people are making them and bringing them through.” Soo Cole, co-founder and...
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The King of Fists and Dollars (1979)
Stock, but enjoyable, studio-based chopsocky. “How dare you break in here, you’ll be leaving horizontally,” shouts one of Danny Lee’s henchmen. Lee plays the King of Dollars; a moneyed landowner whose...
View ArticleSpy (2015)
Action comedy from Bridesmaids director Paul Feig, who has become something of a torchbearer in championing a new breed of female-led comedy films in Hollywood. He subverts Melissa McCarthy’s...
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The Dragon’s Snake Fist (1981)
A wig-tastic rival schools chopsocky from the Godfrey Ho school of crazy. Two masters duke it out on a beach, the conclusion of which sees Master Chu – a Crane style practitioner – getting his leg...
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The Nine Demons (1984)
Delirious kung fu take on the Faust story from Chang Cheh, reuniting with his Venoms crew for one of his most bonkers productions. Ricky Cheng plays the avenging Zou Qi who sells his soul to the devil...
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KFMG Podcast S01 Episode 06: Richard Geddes
“Sometimes I get frustrated with people’s reluctance to try something they don’t understand, because they might grow because of it.” We are discussing Asian cinema with film expert Richard Geddes on...
View ArticleThe Bodyguard (2016)
Gran Torino, Sammo Hung style. The legendary kung fu star returns to direct his first film in almost 20 years. He also takes the lead with an authentic, understated performance in an otherwise confused...
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