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Tag: Asian action cinema

This Week In Sleaze 69: The Assassin

The martial world can be a dirty, grimy place of gory violence, and that can warrant a Category III classification. It did, in the case of the 1993 Wuxia film The Assassin. With Sleazy K and The Great Lord Joshua Regal. Read More

Podcast On Fire 335: Miracles

Jackie Chan does Frank Capra and Jackie Chan, producing the most lavish film of his career in the process. With Kenny B and one half of The Lager Logs and the idea man that kickstarted Podcast On Fire: Stewart Sutherland. Read More

Podcast On Fire 333: We’re Going To Eat You

It’s a meat and kung fu frenzy as Tsui Hark goes cannibal action comedy on us in We’re Going To Eat You. With Kenny B and Michael Scott of the Action For Everyone podcast. Read More

Podcast On Fire 332: The Dragon Tamers & Princess Chang Ping

After unleashing a violent basher on us in the form of The Young Dragons, John Woo is assigned to Korea to make further, sometimes naked kung-fu as The Dragon Tamers. Also, you know they say John Woo’s films are like bullet opera, like ballet? Well how about an actual opera? Examining 1976’s Princess Chang Ping, with Kenny B and Paul Fox of the East Screen West Screen podcast. Read More

The Director’s Series 37: Johnny Wang – City Warriors & Bloody Brotherhood

Johnny Wang’s characters turn into sadistic animals so it’s easy to know who to hate and who to root for. Also, Andy Lau joins the violent, cinematic universe of Johnny Wang’s and promptly earns him a little bit more money at the box office. Slicing and dicing coming up. With Kenny B and Tom K-W. Read More

Podcast On Fire 329: Magic Crystal (with special guest Richard Norton)

Wong Jing makes his Wong Jing film, which means he steals from all other films but he lets his action director be the star of the show as well, in Magic Crystal from 1986. Also, actor Richard Norton goes down Magic Crystal memory lane in an extended conversation mid-episode. With Kenny B and Paul Fox of the East Screen West Screen podcast. Read More

Podcast On Fire 328: Fun And Fury & With Or Without You

After having no real action requirements placed on him in Fruit Punch and Wicked City, Leon Lai has to go to action-work in Frankie Chan’s Fun And Fury. Also, Leon and Jacky Cheung fight over the affection of Rosamund Kwan as cop and triad respectively in With Or Without You. With Kenny B and Phil G. Read More