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Review in Brief: The Night Comes for Us (2018)
I never thought I’d say this about any martial arts movie, but THE NIGHT COMES FOR US makes THE RAID films look tame. It’s not just the lead who’s a mostly unstoppable killing machine but his friends as well. The … Continue reading
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Tagged Iko Uwais, Joe Taslim, Martial Arts, The Night Comes for Us, The Raid, The Raid 2, Thriller, Timo Tjahjanto
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Review in Brief: Manhunt (2017/18)
Surprise, surprise, John Woo’s latest is very John Woo. MANHUNT’s action may take a while to really ramp up, but once it does you’ve got more people flying through the air, sliding along surfaces and rapidly expending and replacing guns … Continue reading
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Tagged Action, Hanyu Zhang, John Woo, Manhunt, Martial Arts, Masaharu Fukuyama, Netflix, World Cinema
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Review in Brief: Blade of the Immortal (2017)
BLADE OF THE IMMORTAL is one-man filmmaking army Takashi Miike’s 100th feature and arguably his largest scale project to date. I doubt the man who makes Ridley Scott look sluggish even broke a sweat (only a film a year, Ridders? … Continue reading
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Tagged Blade of the Immortal, Hana Sugisaki, Highlander, Martial Arts, Ridley Scott, Takashi Miike, Takuya Kimura, Thriller, World Cinema
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Review in Brief: The Villainess (2017)
Creative fight choreography and full-on violence is one thing, but what really blew me away about THE VILLAINESS was the cinematography. I can’t even begin to imagine how they achieved some of these impossible shots. For once a POV action … Continue reading
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Tagged Kim Ok-bin, Martial Arts, The Raid, The Villainess, Thriller, World Cinema
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Review: The Raid (2011)
THE RAID, or: the Fine Art of Ultraviolence, as it really should be subtitled (subtitled REDEMPTION in the USA, which is sort-of a spoiler) was the finest martial arts film for a decade when it was rolled out over 2011-12 … Continue reading
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Tagged Gareth Evans, Iko Uwais, Martial Arts, Matt Flannery, Ray Sahetapy, The Raid, The Raid 2, Thriller, Yayan Ruhian
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Review: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny (2016)
In 2000 audiences and critics across the world were blown away by CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON. The product of international co-operation between studios and directed by Ang Lee, an auteur celebrated both in his native Taiwan and China and in … Continue reading
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Tagged Ang Lee, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bioware, China Film Group, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny, Donnie Yen, Dragon Age, Film, Jackie Chan, Jason Scott Lee, Jet Li, Martial Arts, Mass Effect, Michelle Yeoh, Movies, Natasha Liu Bordizzo, Netflix, Oscars, Quentin Tarantino, Seven Samurai, Sylvester Stallone, Yuen Woo-Ping
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Jakarta Calling…
Today saw the debut of the teaser trailer for THE RAID 2: BERANDAL. If you never saw Gareth Evans’ first slice of martial arty Indonesian awesomeness, then why the hell not? It was stunning. The trailer doesn’t reveal much, it’s … Continue reading →