“An enjoyable summer blockbuster action movie” When I was first heard about Die Hard 4, I was initially sceptical about it. I was worried that its star, Bruce Willis, was only doing it for the money; and that the Die Hard series was going to fall victim to the ‘cookie-cutter’ action vehicle that the original […]

Will Smith stars as Chris Gardner in this moving and powerful look at the American Tycoon’s life in the early 1980s. The movie is about Gardner’s tough upbringing, trying to sell expensive medical equipment whilst trying to survive with his long-suffering wife Linda (played by Thandie Newton) and in the meantime bringing up their five-year-old […]

To some Tony Jaa is the next big action star, to others just a glorified stuntman. To me, he represents the new face of action. Already movies like Luc Besson’s “District 13”, and Donnie Yen’s “SPL” have shown that people are noticing Tony Jaa’s unique brand of brutal action sequences. Indeed, the new James Bond […]

Directed by Ng See Yeun and starring Taekwondo martial art master Hwang Jang Lee, “Invincible Armour” is set in rural ancient China during the Ming Dynasty where a corrupt high-ranking Ming general (Lee) frames Chow Lu Fong (John Liu) for the murder of a noted dignitary.

In the media there was a lot of speculation that Jet Li may have quit ‘kung fu’ action movies, indeed ‘Fearless’ was marketed as being Jet Li’s final Martial Art epic. But was that really the case? On IMDB, Jet Li is set to star along side Transporter star Jason Statham in Phillip G. Atwell’s […]

wastedlife showcases 100 of the best martial art movie fight sequences. I’m not sure if they are meant to be in order, but the breadth of history and knowledge displayed is welcomed as you journey down memory lane remembering some of the more well known fight sequences in movie history. Link: wasted life’s 100 Fight […]

Following on from the bitter disappointment of yet another failed attempt at breaking Hollywood with the movie “The Protector”; Jackie Chan’s Police Story (or Ging chaat goo si) is widely considered to be the best action movie that Chan ever made. Although heavily dated, the movie is a tour de force and I personally believe […]

As a young orphan, Shao Lung was raised in a Shaolin Temple after his grandmother abandons him there, fearing that an evil General will kill him after killing Lung’s father. Lung spends countless years perfecting his kung fu in order to gain revenge against the cruel General. As he reaches adulthood, Shao Lung decides he […]

Samuel L Jackson stars as FBI Agent Nelville Flynn who is transporting a witness for the prosecution, Sean Jones (played by Nathan Phillips), from Hawaii to Los Angeles after Jones witnesses the brutal murder of a special prosecutor by vicious crime kingpin Eddie Kim. In short, Eddie Kim pays off an airport baggage handler to […]