Foreign reviews of action films, translated into Russian.
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...
Trivia Kel Mitchell has been in a number of films, but none of them really suited him. As for “Dance Fu,” Kel played both the main character and the main...
It's been a while since Tony Chin (or Chin Xiu Tan, if you prefer) made his last film. Speaking of a man with such an impressive filmography, at the same time...
Hollywood actor Sean Faris trained in mixed martial arts in Never Back Down (2008) and starred in the film adaptation of the fighting game The King of Fighters (2010). Now, in this action movie with thriller elements from...
A few years ago, Gareth Evans and Iko Uwais, director and actor respectively, provided a breath of fresh air to the world of combat cinema with the film Merantau, showing Indonesian Silat in action. After a spectacular takeoff...
The idea of a dispassionate parody of the rigid codes of combat in the world of martial arts in The Sword Identity is good, but it is presented too academically for a feature-length film. Debut director Xu Haofeng is the only...
With limited locations, a one-sentence script, ninja assassins and mediocre fight choreography, it looks like Seiji Chiba is at it again. Not counting “Alien Vs Ninja”, the advantage of which was...
Despite its title, Jutlert Sippapaka's Bangkok Kungfu is light on fighting and philosophy. The fights, extremely rare and short, look like excerpts from cartoons or video games. The plot is unclear and...
The film “Warrior” is a true surprise. An effective, mostly truthful look at brotherhood, fatherhood and redemption. Without being cynical or "sluggish", the film finds its "golden mean" within the framework of an almost incredible concept....
If one word describes Gao Xiao Song’s film “My Kingdom” (Da Wu Sheng), a drama about the deadly rivalry between “daushengs”, then the adjective “operatic” would be the best adjective. Wonderful...
In many ways, director Peter Chan's action thriller Wu Xia redefined the martial arts film genre. Chan's intention to create something unique and special is clearly visible, and, by and large, he...
[ATTENTION! THIS REVIEW IS A COMPLETE PLOT SPOILER] :) The film “Jakkalan” was recently given the English title “This Girl Is Bad-Ass”. Gija Yanin it fits perfectly. Unfortunately, her furious...
To my regret, in many reviews left after the Cannes Film Festival for Peter Chan’s film “Wu Xia” aka “Dragon”, the authors either only indirectly mention martial arts, or talk about the genre of the same name...
Writing a review of a "rough" version of a film is tricky because it still has to go through the editing room a few times, but since Michael Jai White's directorial debut premiered at ActionFest...
Despite the fact that the Chinese name (New Shaolin Temple) is a kind of allusion to the remake of the 1982 film in which Jet Li debuted, “Shaolin”...
About 18 months after her acclaimed debut in “High Kick Girl,” Rina Takeda, a 2nd Dan karate holder, starred in her second feature film, “Karate Girl” (KG), which featured...
Having rested after “The Rebel,” Johnny Nguyen and Veronica Ngo came together again in the action movie “Clash” (Clash / Bay Rong). Ngo plays the role of some sort of mercenary who needs to kill a bunch of people...
Although the film stars actors from various Asian countries (Zhao Benshan from the mainland, Kelly Lin, Bunny Chen, Kelly Chu from Taiwan, Eric Tsang and Norman...
The current Thai film industry has regressed back to the days when cheesy melodramas and mindless comedies dominated the box office. The action films that Thailand used to be so famous for have faded into the background. For the most part...
This is a Dennis Lau movie, so you know what we're talking about! Lengthy script, inept direction and a lot of wasted potential. Recommended for viewing by pathologically inquisitive people or hopeless masochists. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJbaJ9-_Cto...
Let's hope for some decent hand-to-hand and bloody action.
The game is cool. I hope the series will be no worse.
Thanks for posting. Hopefully more comments soon.
I don't know about everyone else, but I'm crazy about Xiao Man (I hope I didn't misspell his name...
Let's hope for some decent hand-to-hand and bloody action.
The game is cool. I hope the series will be no worse.
Thanks for posting. Hopefully more comments soon.
I don't know about everyone else, but I'm crazy about Xiao Man (I hope I didn't misspell his name...