Showing posts with label Shaws. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Shaws. Show all posts

Sunday, March 1, 2026

Sunday, February 1, 2026

770. The Brave Archer Ends! 1977

               Yep, it is part 2 of The Brave Archer.  I am on the fence about reviewing more of this series.

Sunday, January 25, 2026

763. The first half of The Brave Archer (1977)

                  This is a first- I only reviewed the first half of this Shaws movie.  I believe it was a good decision.

Sunday, January 11, 2026

749. The Mortal Combat of Crippled Avengers (1978, review)!

                   Frikkin new computer- give me my beloved Arial font! Ahem.  What a great movie this is!

Sunday, November 16, 2025

693. Holy Flame of the Martial World, Batman!

                 I have watched this a few times now, and it is more enjoyable this time than the last.

Sunday, November 2, 2025

679. Super Ninja in the Deadly Trap review! 1981

                     Here's an independent kung fu movie that was easily available from GoodTimes Home Video for years in the 80s and 90s.  

Sunday, October 26, 2025

672. Avenging Rescuers of Shaolin! 1979

                       I have talked about this movie here before, and in the pages of Xenorama.  I love it.

Sunday, September 28, 2025

644. Disciples of the 36th Chamber is ...meh

                  You know I don't generally speak ill of Shaw Brothers' movies.  Sure, there are some I don't like, but not many.

Sunday, August 24, 2025

609. Super Five Element Ninja (1982) review!

                 Easily one of the top two ninja movies of all time!  We have reviewed the other one as well.

Sunday, August 10, 2025

595. Marco Polo and the Four Assassins! 1975

                There sure isn't a lot to add to this review about this great movie.  Just watch both this episode and the movie!

Sunday, July 13, 2025

567. Meet The NEW One Armed Swordsman!

                     I am not surprised the Shaws tried to create a new one-armed swordsman, and this is a good attempt.

Saturday, July 12, 2025

The New One-Armed Swordsman (1971)

 

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: The New One-Armed Swordsman is a 1971 Hong Kong wuxia film directed by Chang Cheh and produced by the Shaw Brothers Studio, starring David Chiang. Chiang replaced Jimmy Wang, the star of the two preceding films in the series, The One-Armed Swordsman and Return of the One-Armed Swordsman. More from me now:  This is a fun movie, if not quite as epic as the original. The fights are a bit better, since the movies were headed that way.  It is mostly swords, with one exception!

Sunday, June 29, 2025

553. Return to the 36th Chamber... if you dare!

                This is a rather underrated sequel, overshadowed by the the first movie.  Sure, it isn't that great, but it is very enjoyable.

Thursday, June 26, 2025

Return to the 36th Chamber (1980)

 

From Wiki- Return to the 36th Chamber (少林搭棚大師, Shao Lin ta peng hsiao tzu, Return of the Master Killer or Master Killer II) is a 1980 Shaw Brothers Studio Hong Kong martial arts comedy film starring Gordon Liu. It was directed by Lau Kar-leung and written by Ni Kuang. The film is the second in a loosely connected trilogy, following The 36th Chamber of Shaolin (1978) and preceding Disciples of the 36th Chamber (1985). In the first and third films in the series, Liu portrays the Shaolin monk San Te, but in Return, he portrays an imposter monk.[1]  I reviewed this some 15 years ago here.  I have watched it a time or two since then and still enjoy it. Back to me:  

Sunday, June 22, 2025

546. The King Boxer of DEATH!

          Here is the first international smash hit kung fu movie!  It isn't my favorite, but it is pretty darn good.

Sunday, May 11, 2025

Saturday, May 10, 2025

The Deadly Angels (1977)

 

Some movie trailers are better than the actual movie.  This is one of them.  GoodTimes had the trailer on one of their compilations, and it looks like a kung fu Charlie's Angels.  It sort of is, but alas, it is also far sleazier than the show.