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Foreign reviews of action films, translated into Russian.

Review of the film "Wu Dang" 1
EvilDollaR

Review of the film "Wu Dang"

I decided to watch the film “Udan” with an open mind. Not being a fan of the fantasy elements of martial arts films, and having a film made by the director who brought us The Twin Effect 2...

Review of the film Kill 'Em All 30
EvilDollaR

Review of the film Kill 'Em All

There are plenty of bad films, and the “mood” of the viewer contributes to the enjoyment of watching them. I must have been in the right frame of mind when I started Kill 'Em All, because this low-budget action movie...

Review of the film The Man with the Iron Fists 6
EvilDollaR

Review of the film The Man with the Iron Fists

Rapper RZA has long been known as a fan of "old school" kung fu action films, with many of his songs peppered with samples from classic films of yesteryear. After working in 2003 with Quentin Tarantino on...

Mini-review of the Thai action movie Fighting Fish 4
EvilDollaR

Mini-review of the Thai action movie Fighting Fish

“Fighting Fish” (Du Duan Dib) is a film about how a close friendship develops between a foreigner and a Muay Thai fighter. This is quite an expected Thai action film...

Review of the independent action movie “Flashdrive” 4
EvilDollaR

Review of the independent action movie “Flashdrive”

Franklin Correa, director of the independent film "The Prey", returns with a new indie action film "Flash", which is not without a number of realistic fights. Local journalist Ashley Romano (Janet Miranda) seeks to discover the truth surrounding...

Review of the action comedy Here Comes the Boom 0
EvilDollaR

Review of the action comedy Here Comes the Boom

Scott Voss (Kevin James) is a nerdy biology teacher at Massachusetts' Wilkinson High School, plagued by low morale and lack of finances. The sluggish slacker is partly to blame, as he serves terrible...

Review of the film Bangkok Revenge with John Foo 8
EvilDollaR

Review of the film Bangkok Revenge with John Foo

“Fight,” nurse Chanticha (Aphradi Phavuthanon) tells a seriously wounded boy in the hospital. "You have to fight." 1990 Boy Manit (Rattawish Saksirikoon) has just witnessed corrupt policemen murder...

Review of the action movie "Universal Soldier 4" 32
EvilDollaR

Review of the action movie "Universal Soldier 4"

You may not be aware, but the Universal Soldier franchise has been given a new impetus over the past few years, with director John Hyams convincing stars Jean-Claude Van Damme and Dolph Lundgren to return...

Review of the film Dead Sushi with Rina Takeda 4
EvilDollaR

Review of the film Dead Sushi with Rina Takeda

Who would doubt that “Dead Sushi”, in which the main character is really Japanese food, is the fruit of the crazy imagination of director Noboru Iguchi, who, one might say, became a cult after such films...

Brawler movie review 0
EvilDollaR

Brawler movie review

The independent film "Brawler" (Brawler / Fighter), a mixture of "Warrior" and "Fight Club", combines elements of intense drama and some good MMA fights. The Fontaine brothers, Charlie (Nathan Grubbs) and Bobby (Mark...

Review of the short action film All-in 0
EvilDollaR

Review of the short action film All-in

"All-in" is an atmospheric short film whose concept is simple: a Knight goes to the Castle to save a Lady from an evil Overlord. In this case, the events take place in our time, and the knight...

Review of the Malay action movie 8 Jam (8 hours) 7
EvilDollaR

Review of the Malay action movie 8 Jam (8 hours)

I watched the trailer for this movie about a month ago. The hand-to-hand combat and stunts that were emphasized in the trailer really impressed me. However, I had a bad feeling that this...

Review of Blu-ray disc Mandrill (Mandrill) 19
EvilDollaR

Review of Blu-ray disc Mandrill (Mandrill)

Marco Zaror, the Chilean action star, is more of an athlete and definitely doesn't fit the mold of a hero fighter of his caliber. Most celebrities in the martial arts world are short people with...

Review of the film Flying Swords of Dragon Gate with Jet Li 8
EvilDollaR

Review of the film Flying Swords of Dragon Gate with Jet Li

Wuxia films, or martial arts films, belong to a separate genre of Chinese cinema. The most memorable ones don't necessarily have to be filled with non-stop combat, but rather the ones in...

Review of the film Champions (Duo Biao) 14
EvilDollaR

Review of the film Champions (Duo Biao)

If you thought that in “Ip Man 2” and in “Fearless” with Jet Li there was a little overkill with patriotism, then when watching the 2008 film “Champions” (Duo Biao)...

Review of the film “In the Name of the King 2: Two Worlds” 2
EvilDollaR

Review of the film “In the Name of the King 2: Two Worlds”

When I learned that Dolph Lundgren was teaming up with controversial Z-movie director Uwe Boll, I was stunned. After the success of The Expendables, as well as relatively successful work in DTV films, I was...

Review of Wilson Yip's film Magic To Win 0
EvilDollaR

Review of Wilson Yip's film Magic To Win

I quickly became a Wilson Yip fan. Over the course of five years, he directed such films as “Stars of Destiny,” “Hot Spot,” “Ip Man” and “Ip Man 2.” Whereas “Dragon Gate and...

Review of the film Haywire with Gina Carano 2
EvilDollaR

Review of the film Haywire with Gina Carano

As Steven Soderbergh himself says, one night, after he was removed from the director's chair of one of the major feature films (it was “Moneyball”), he stayed up late and switched to the TV channel...

Review of the Thai-Korean action film The Kick 12
EvilDollaR

Review of the Thai-Korean action film The Kick

Conceived, written and financed 75% by South Koreans, “The Kick” is a spectacular and high-energy showcase of Taekwondo that just so happens to be set in Thailand. It was directed by local maestro Prachya...

Review of the film 7aam Arivu (The Seventh Sense) 8
EvilDollaR

Review of the film 7aam Arivu (The Seventh Sense)

Director Arunasalam Murugadoss's latest adventure film, 7aam Arivu / The Seventh Sense, is occasionally enjoyable, but not enough to consider it a complete success. I can say with satisfaction that...

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