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Winnie The Pooh: Blood And Honey 2 Image: Jagged Edge Productions If the original Winnie The Pooh: Blood And Honey, as the exact same movie, had been made in Italy during the ‘70s, it’s just the sort of film Quentin Tarantino would be hailing as a lost masterpiece today. Frankly,...

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If the original Winnie The Pooh: Blood And Honey, as the exact same movie, had been made in Italy during the ‘70s, it’s just the sort of film Quentin Tarantino would be hailing as a lost masterpiece today.

Some martial arts actors have built their careers on playing villains, often stealing the show with their formidable fighting skills. Wang Lung Wei, Lu Feng, Lo Lieh, Collin Chou, Benny Urquidez, Lateef Crowder dos Santos, Darren Shahlavi, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Bolo Yeung, Yayan Ruhian, and Hwang Jang-lee are exemplary martial arts movie villains. These actors have left a lasting impact on the industry, with their villainous performances standing the test of time and making them some of the greatest martial arts movie villains.

Martial arts movie stars often play heroes, but there are also many great martial arts villain actors. One of the most important rules of martial arts movie-making is that the villain has to be as strong and as menacing as possible. Usually, that entails making the villain an extremely formidable fighter, in order to create the highest possible stakes for the hero or heroes to overcome.

Some martial...

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The Movie: "Doa: Dead or Alive"

Where You Can Stream It: Tubi, Vudu, Redbox, Freevee, Plex

The Pitch: Based on the hit fighting game franchise, "Doa: Dead or Alive" tells the story of a group of fighters from all over the world who convene to win $10 million dollars or, potentially, die trying.

The cast is vast, but taking center stage are the professional wrestling Tina (Jaime Pressly), her overbearing father Bass (Kevin Nash), the ninja princess Kasumi (Devon Aoki), the sultry super thief Christie (Holly Valance), the girl next door Helena (Sarah Carter), and the mysterious Donovan (Eric Roberts), who runs the fighting tournament and eventually downloads everyone's fighting skills into nanobots controlled by super sunglasses. Along the way they fight,...

Underneath all that flashy Shaw Brothers production standards, this was essentially a rushed and cashed in “B” grade road adventure drama from Ho Meng Hua. Released at the same time as Jimmy Wang Yu’s “Master of the Flying Guillotine” this was pretty much a knockoff of his own hit “The Flying Guillotine” (1975) starring Chen Kuan Tai. Nonetheless, it crashed at the box office during its short run while Jimmy’s guillotine clone won the hearts of many fans and attracted a cult following.

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An oppressive Lord Qin Quan (Ku Feng) is slowing dying of a poisonous boil named “100 Birds Worshiping the Phoenix” which grows on his back. Upon hearing that a retired herbalist has a cure in the form of a longevity vine, he sends out his trustworthy bodyguard, troop leader Si Ma Jun (Lo Lieh) as well...

The Shaw Brothers Studio and Ho Meng Hua unleashed their deadly decapitating flying machine film “The Flying Guillotine” in 1975 and it was a hit. However released in 1978 due to several actors dropping out and rewritten during production, their problematic official follow-up almost died a horrible death. Meanwhile, Jimmy Wang Yu was quick to let loose his action packed but outrageous flying guillotine related version “One Armed Boxer Vs the Flying Guillotine” which was in fact a sequel to his “One Armed Boxer” (1971). Acknowledged in the West as “Master of the Flying Guillotine” it went on to become a cult favorite with fans.

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Again set in the Qing Dynasty, besides having his own guillotine team in the palace, Emperor Yung Cheng also sends out his trusted flying guillotine wielding assassin Fung Sheng Wu Ji (Kam Kang) to kill off any remaining rebels.

When former Shaw Brothers executive Raymond Chow founded rival studio Golden Harvest in 1970, he quickly teamed up with “Jimmy” Wang Yu – Hong Kong’s first kung fu superstar and formerly Shaw’s biggest box office draw. Bringing over his peerless talent for taking on all foes with one hand tied behind his back, Wang wrote, directed, and played the title role in one of his most unmissable kickass classics. From the legendary star of “One-Armed Swordsman” and “The Chinese Boxer” comes… “One-Armed Boxer!”

Yu Tian Long (Wang) is the best fighter to come out of his local martial arts school, but when he crosses the ruthless leader of a local crime syndicate, the big boss’ brutal bevy of deadly killers makes mincemeat out of the school and everyone inside. Now the only survivor of the massacre, and short of one appendage, Yu is gifted a powerful elixir that promises to...

On April 5th, 2022, the martial arts world lost one of its very first cinematic heroes. Jimmy Wang Yu passed away peacefully at the Taipei Zhenxing Hospital at the age of 80 after a six-year battle with declining health. Upon hearing the news, Jackie Chan posted on his blog, “The contributions you’ve made to kung fu movies, and the support and wisdom you’ve given to the younger generations will always be remembered in the industry.”

By younger generations, Jackie was referring to himself. Wang helped Jackie get a foothold in Kung Fu movies. In 1976, Wang faced Chan in one of Chan’s earliest Kung Fu films, Killer Meteors. Wang co-directed the film with Hong Kong movie mogul Lo Wei, and after Chan and Wei clashed, Wang helped young Jackie get things sorted out.

Wang starred in nearly 90 films most of which were Wuxia films, the genre of chivalrous martial arts masters.

Jimmy Wang Yu, a Taiwanese actor who was once one of the biggest stars of martial arts cinema, died Tuesday in a Taipei hospital from an undisclosed illness he battled for six years. He was 79 and his death was announced on Instagram by his daughter, Linda Wang.

Born in Shanghai, China, Wang moved to Hong Kong and made his name as an action star at Shaw Brothers Studio during the 1960s. His best-known film was One-Armed Swordsman, which, as the title suggests, was about swordplay, a hallmark of his combat skills. The film would become the first Hong Kong film to make HK1million at the local box office.

The action films made Wang one of the biggest stars in Asia, and popular in the U.S. underground grindhouses that specialized in low-budget films.

One-Armed Swordsman saw two sequels, Return of the One-Armed Swordsman in 1969, in which Wang reprised his role,...

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Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode

Master of the Flying Guillotine (1976)

Groundhog Day (1993)

Kung Fu Mama a.k.a. Queen of Fist (1973)

Ali: Fear Eats The Soul (1974)

Portrait Of A Lady On Fire (2019)

In The Mood For Love (2000)

Hunger (2008)

The Sweet Hereafter (1997)

Fargo (1996)

Night of the Lepus (1971)

Dolemite Is My Name (2019)

Soylent Green (1973)

Silent Running (1972)

Canyon Passage (1946)

McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971)

The Professionals (1966)

Ride Lonesome (1959)

Carrie (1952)

The Heartbreak Kid (1972)

Hello Down There (1969)

The Brass Bottle (1964)

The Trouble With Angels (1966)

Pollyanna (1960)

Tiger Bay (1959)

The Parent Trap (1961)

Endless Night (1972)

The Family Way (1966)

Take A Girl Like You (1970)

Freddy Got Fingered...

All the world loves Jackie Chan, whose cinematic action pictures bridge the gap between silent-era virtuosity and slick modernity. As light comedy entertainment these first two Police Story smash ‘n’ bash epics of eye-popping jeopardy are suitable as ‘family entertainment’ as well. Jackie is a marvelous hero, while Maggie Cheung is an old fashioned girl who doesn’t mind being threatened, kidnapped and occasionally having her scalp split open. You will believe that men can tumble from high roosts onto concrete, and smash through acres of glass countertops without receiving a scratch necessarily going straight to emergency surgery. Criterion has created beautiful new masters, with original soundtracks and extras to make every foolish Jackie Chan fan try some ridiculously dangerous stunt for themselves!

Police Story / Police Story 2

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The Criterion Collection 971, 972

1985 & 1988 / Color / 2:35 widescreen / 100 and 122 min. / Ging chat goo si / Ging chaat goo si juk jaap /available through The Criterion...

Guest reviewer Lee Broughton offers an assessment of one of the Shaw Brothers’ quirkier and more idiosyncratic historical martial arts efforts: an action-packed Meng Hua Ho wuxia flick from 1976 that concerns an irredeemable killer sent on a mission to save the life of a despicable and hated tyrant. Outstanding fight choreography, unusual weaponry and unpredictable plot twists help make this frenetically paced show a winner.

The Dragon Missile

Region B Blu-ray

88 Films

1976 / Color / 2.35 / 82 min. / Fei long zhan / Street Date, 26 Mar 2018 / £12.99

Starring: Lo Lieh, Tony Liu, Nancy Yen, Feng Ku, Terry Liu, Chih-Ching Yang, Sha-Fei Ouyang.

Cinematography: Wai-Kei Cho

Film Editor: Hsing-Lung Chiang

Art Director: Chan-King Sam

Original Music: Fu-Ling Wang

Written by Kuang Ni

Produced by Runme Shaw

Directed by Meng Hua Ho

Guest Review by Lee Broughton

When his own physicians fail to provide him with any relief for the pain caused by the gigantic festering boil on his back,...

What wuxia fan can forget the first time they saw the red cap land on an unsuspecting victim’s head, drop a net, latch razor sharp blades around his neck and pop off said head like a Ken doll with the tug of a chain? Not many, and thus was born one of cinema’s most memorably bonkers weapons ever. Equal part ludicrous and glorious, writer-director-star Jimmy Wang Yu’s 1976 Master of the Flying Guillotine may be a late entry in Hong Kong’s martial arts glory years, but its shadow looms large nonetheless.

Shot in Taiwan, MotFG is the sequel to Wang’s One...

A Taiwanese wuxia masterpiece from director King Hu: three hours of suspense, visual beauty and amazing action scenes. A beautiful mystery woman captivates an artist-scholar. He who happily becomes her strategist in a battle to hold off an army... partly with ghost illusions. A Touch of Zen Blu-ray The Criterion Collection 825 1971 / Color / 2:35 widescreen / 180 min. / Xia nü / available through The Criterion Collection / Street Date July 19, 2016 / 39.95 Starring Hsu Feng, Shih Chun, Bai Ying, Xue Han, Zhang Bing-yu, Cao Jian, Jia Lu-shi. Cinematography Hua Hul-ying Film Editor King Hu Original Music Wu Da-jiang Based on a story from Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio by Pu Song-ling Presented by Sha-Yung-fong Written and Directed by King Hu

Reviewed by Glenn Erickson

What I know about Asian cinema can be carried inside a thimble, and the very few pictures I've reviewed, such as the intriguing The Cave of Silken Web are...

To celebrate the Australian release of The Admiral: Roaring Currents, the South Korean blockbuster that attracted over 17 million admissions during its theatrical run and became the all-time highest grossing film at the local box office, Twitch and Madman are giving you the chance to win an awesome Asian period epics prize pack!1st Prize (one winner): All of the following (on Blu-rays or DVDs for titles that are available in both formats): From South Korea:- The Admiral: Roaring Currents- Shadowless Sword- War of the Arrows From Japan:- Rurouni Kenshin trilogy- Lone Wolf & Cub 7-disc Ultimate Collection- The Samurai Trilogy From China / Hong Kong: - Master of the Flying Guillotine - Wu Dang- The Myth- The Monkey King- Reign of Assassins2nd Prize (Five winners): One copy of The Admiral:...

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Hey, New York! You lot are in for a treat this coming weekend with Subway Cinema's Old School Kung Fu Fest hitting the Anthology Film Archives April 18 - 20! Pedicab Driver! 36th Chamber of Shaolin! Canton Viper! Challenge Of The Masters! Dirty Ho! Heroes Of The East! Legendary Weapons Of China! Master of The Flying Guillotine! And an as-yet-unnamed secret screening, all up on the big screen! Check the official website for all the details and to order tickets and check out the official trailer below!...

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December is Tarantino Month here at Sos, and in the weeks leading up to the Christmas release of Django Unchained, we’ll be tackling the man’s entire career. Love him or hate him, the American film director, screenwriter, producer, and actor has created some of the most iconic and memorable movie moments since he burst into the scene in 1992 with the Sundance hit Reservoir Dogs. Site contributors Tressa Eckermann, Edgar Chaput and Editor-in-Chief Ricky D have decided to put together a list of his greatest moments as both a screenwriter and director.

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11: Four Rooms: $1000 in a second

In 1994, four of the most celebrated directors in the independent film community pooled their talents for a four-segment anthology film titled Four Rooms. It is one of the worst films ever made. Tarantino’s segment “The Man From Hollywood” is based on an old Alfred Hitchcock TV episode, where a...

Jimmy Wang Yu, born Wang Zhengquan on (March 28, 1943), is an Actor, film director, producer and screenwriter. Many will know Wang Yu from movies such as The One-Armed Swordsman, Master of the Flying Guillotine, The Chinese Boxer, Island of Fire and many, many more.

There have been serious problems in Wang’s life, In 1981, he faced a murder charge in Taiwan, but the charge was dropped due to lack of evidence. Wang’s involvement in public brawls also made headlines from time to time

Selected Filmography

1965:Temple of Red Lotus

1967:The One-Armed Swordsman

1968:Golden Swallow

1970:The Chinese Boxer

1971:One Armed Boxer

1973:a Man Called Tiger

1973:Beach of the War Gods

1973:King of Boxers

1976:Master of the Flying Guillotine

1985:Shanghai 13

1990:Island of Fire

Acting background

Before joining the Hong Kong-based Shaw Brothers Studio in 1963, Wang served in the National Revolutionary Army and was also a swimming champion in Hong...

It has been a long and winding road for Peter Chan produced action film The Guillotines to make it to the big screen. The project - which started as a remake of 1976 film Master Of The Flying Guillotine before morphing into something else - made its way through multiple directors and a last minute production shut down before finally coming together but, having settled on director Andrew Lau in the end, the first proper teaser has now arrived. And, yes, you get to see the titular weapon in action, albeit briefly.During the Manchurian-ruled Qing Dynasty, Emperor Yong Zheng established a secret assassination squad known as the Guillotines to eliminate all who opposed him. Once heavily favored by the Emperor, the Guillotines are deemed expendable...

This is a run down of my Top 40 kung fu movies of the 1970′s. There were so many great films in this era, that i just hope i do this list some justice. The movies chosen are just my personal choice, i understand others might have different views.

Any of the movies that make the Top 40 list must have something special to make it in the first place. So i hope you enjoy my Top 40 Kung Fu movies.

20.Invincible Armour (1977)

Starring: Hwang Jang Lee, John Liu, Philip Ko, Lee Hoi San, Yuen Biao

The Emperor’s Minister of State Cheng, an authoritarian ruler, arranges for Hu Lung, one of his old students to distract General Chow while he assassinates the leader of the Ming rebels. Chow hunts for Hu Lung, but must avoid the authorities since he is a suspect in the murder. He eventually finds Chow, but is thwarted by Hu Lung’s master,...

The Kick

Written by Jong-suk Lee, based on a story by Prachya Pinkaew

Directed by Prachya Pinkaew

Thailand/South Korea 2011 Fantasia imdb

Traditionally, films that pit one country’s martial arts against the martial arts from other countries are blood-soaked chauvinistic affairs like One Armed Boxer and its sequel Master of the Flying Guillotine. Both great films, they up the ante on the Kung Fu bragging rights by having the hero Tien Lung (Jimmy Wang Yu) beat the champions of Japan, Korea, Thailand, India and Tibet with literally one arm tied behind his back – or chopped off, depending on how you look at it.

The Kick is a much more gentle film, turning the battle between Korea’s Tae Kwan Do and Thailand’s Muay Thai into a family comedy and adding Thai star Jeeja Yanin to the winning Korean side to salve any hurt Thai feelings. (Almost deliberately, halfway...

5.Corey Yuen

Other names: 元奎

Yuan Kui

Yuan2 Kui1

Cory Yuen

Don Yuen

Yuen Fooi

Nationality: Hong Kong

Workplace: France, Hong Kong, USA

Cory Yuen as been choreographing movies since 1973, is first movie was Chinese Hercules, starring Bolo Yeung. He was a member of the Peking Opera Schools and one of the Seven Little Fortunes. In July 1981, Yuen made his Hong Kong directorial debut in 1982 film Ninja in the Dragon’s Den, along with Hiroyuki Sanada, Conan Lee and Hwang Jang Lee. In June 1985, Yuen made his American directorial debut in 1986 film No Retreat, No Surrender, which marked the film debut of Belgium martial artist actor Jean-Claude Van Damme.

n 1993, he began an alliance and good friendship with action star Jet Li. He directed several of Li’s films, beginning with Fong Sai-yuk and Fong Sai-yuk II, and continuing through The Bodyguard from Beijing, The New Legend of Shaolin and My Father Is a Hero,...

RZA - yes, from the Wu-Tang Clan - is starting up his own film career, and a new trailer has been released for his debut feature The Man with the Iron Fists. Embedded below!

RZA had collaborated before with Quentin Tarantino with the music for Kill Bill, and apparently has his own enthusiasm for martial arts homage. The Man with the Iron Fists is just that, and revolves around some sort of ass kicking blacksmith in China who forges himself into a weapon to fight some bad guys who presumably did something really bad.

I love over-the-top martial arts. Films such as Master of the Flying Guillotine and the ever gruesome Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky are highly entertaining. That said, I'm not entirely sold here. There is a good amount of positive buzz going around the internet based on this trailer; but I have to wonder how much of...

A project that began life as a remake of Wong Cheuk-hon's 1976 wuxia film Master Of The Flying Guillotine before morphing in to something slightly different, there has been a great deal of drama behind the scenes of the Peter Chan produced The Guillotines. But with Andrew Lau now firmly in the director's chair and the production rolling along we now get out first taste of what may have resulted from the shuffling of directors and writers on the long in development film with the arrival of the first sales art from the picture. And, yes, it includes our first look at the titular weapon.During the Manchurian-ruled Qing Dynasty, Emperor Yong Zheng established a secret assassination squad known as the Guillotines to eliminate all...

On Tuesday October 4th at 7:30 at the Hollywood Theatre, Kung Fu

Theater presents a 35mm print of the ultra-weird martial arts

masterpiece Master Of The Flying Guillotine.

Master Of The Flying Guillotine (1975) A blind assassin armed with a

vicious flying guillotine is out to kill the legendary one-armed boxer

(martial arts superstar Jimmy Wang Yu). Along the way, he interrupts

a bizarre kung fu tournament and heads start to roll. It’s up to the

one-armed boxer now, with his skull shattering punch and his ability

to walk on walls. Eagle claw masters, a monkey style fight, and a

Swami fighter with ten foot arms are just stepping stones to the

massive showdown with the flying guillotine. This movie truly has to

be seen to be believed.

Tickets are $7. All information, including the trailer, here:

“Master of Flying Guillotine” at Hollywood Theatre

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Mark your calendars. Monster Squad is coming back to the big screen for two days. On Saturday October 8 and Sunday October 9 at 2:00pm, Family Pictures presents a 35mm print of The Monster Squad at the Hollywood Theatre.

The Monster Squad (1987)

Dracula recruits Frankenstein’s monster, the Mummy, the Wolfman, and the Gillman in an attempt to take over the world. A group of misfit kids uncovers the devious plan, and attempts to put together a counter-strike!

Tickets are $5. Family Pictures is a monthly series of family films

on Saturday and Sunday afternoons. Classic kid’s movies on the big

screen. All information, including the trailer, can be found here:

Monster Squad at the Hollywood Theatre

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Peter Chan produced martial arts picture The Guillotines is now on to its third director before shooting a single frame.In development since 2009 with Beast Stalker director Dante Lam originally attached to direct, The Guillotines began life as a remake of the classic cult title Master Of The Flying Guillotine before producers pushed it into directions significantly different enough that producer Chan no longer refers to it as a remake and changed the title to reflect this.After two years of development it appeared that the film would shoot in the spring this year with Bodyguards And Assassins director Teddy Chen directing but in late April Chan pulled the plug. The official reason given was script issues but speculation was rife that Chan and Chen...

Directed by: Yuen Woo-ping

Written by: To Chi-long

Cast: Vincent Zhao, Zhou Xun, Jay Chou, Michelle Yeoh, Andy On, David Carradine, Guo Xiaodong, Feng Xiaogang, Cung Le, Gordon Liu, Leung Kar Yan, Jacky Heung

It's fairly common to see a humble warrior rise to greatness in film - especially within kung fu movies - but it's not quite as common when the rising warrior is also completely and utterly out of his mind.

Su Can (Vincent Zhao) has it all together when things are going reasonably well. He's just led an army through a crushing victory as its general, and is on his way to being promoted to governor. Humble to a fault, he instead passes the promotion onto his brooding foster-brother, and returns home to study his beloved Wu Shu and spend time with his wife and son.

He might have made a better choice; it turns out that his foster brother,...

The Peter Chan produced Chinese action film The Guillotines appears to be in danger. Already long delayed the picture has now been suspended completely, just weeks before active production was slated to finally begin.Originally announced as a remake of classic kung fu film Master of the Flying Guillotine with Fire of Conscience and Beast Stalker director Dante Lam slated to direct. That iteration of the project was originally announced in May of 2009 with no movement on it for quite some time after, no doubt due in part to the massive success of Lam's subsequent projects and his increased desirability within the industry.The project popped up again recently, still with Peter Chan attached to produce but now with Bodyguards And Assassins director Teddy Chen...

NetherRealm Studios Image from “Mortal Kombat”

“Refinement” is not a word one associates with Mortal Kombat, the grisly fighting game that became a cult classic and mainstream controversy in the mid-’90s—but it’s hard to find another way to speak about the latest (and greatest) entry in the series. Still, refinement just isn’t the right word.

Mortal Kombat, which was released for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 this week, takes the name of the very first game in...

Better late than never, right? Junk Food Dinner #45 is here at last!

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Chris Blackwell's Palm Pictures and Arthouse Films have acquired remake rights to the 1975 classic martial arts picture Master of the Flying Guillotine. Guillotine starred Jimmy Wang Yu as a one-armed boxer and martial arts expert who is targeted by a blind Shaolin master of the flying guillotine. The film concludes with a fight-to-the-death finale with martial arts experts from around the world showcasing their different styles and techniques. "We are very excited about the remake of the legendary Guillotine," said David Koh, head of acquisitions and production at Palm Pictures and Arthouse Films. "It remains one of my favorite martial arts films. The Guillotine remake will be an update of the classic with a hip-hop soundtrack and an urban edge." The deal was negotiated by Koh, Arthouse Films general manager Jose Martinez Jr. and Mark Ragone, head of business affairs, film and video at Palm Pictures, along with Wong Hoi and attorney Jonathan Lonner on behalf of First Distributors (H.K.) Ltd.