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The Valiant Ones (King Hu, 1975)

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The Valiant Ones (King Hu, 1975)

The Shaolin Cinematic Universe

The Odd One Dies

The Shaolin Cinematic Universe

This was originally commissioned by the Vulgar Cinema website in July 2014, and was published in December 2015. Then, after that site disappeared, it was revised and republished at Frame.land in May 2019. Now that site too appears to be defunct, so I'm posting it once again

High Risk (Wong Jing, 1995)

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High Risk (Wong Jing, 1995)

Heart of Dragon (Sammo Hung, 1985)

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Heart of Dragon (Sammo Hung, 1985)

Saviour of the Soul I & II (Corey Yuen, David Lai, & Jeffrey Lau, 1991 & 1992)

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Saviour of the Soul I & II (Corey Yuen, David Lai, & Jeffrey Lau, 1991 & 1992)

Righting Wrongs (Corey Yuen, 1986)

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Righting Wrongs (Corey Yuen, 1986)

My Father is a Hero (Corey Yuen, 1995)

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My Father is a Hero (Corey Yuen, 1995)

Hero (Corey Yuen, 1997)

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Hero (Corey Yuen, 1997)

So Close (Corey Yuen, 2002)

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So Close (Corey Yuen, 2002)

Dragons Forever (Sammo Hung, 1988)

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Dragons Forever (Sammo Hung, 1988)

The Legend of Fong Sai-yuk II (Corey Yuen, 1993)

The Legend of Fong Sai-yuk II (Corey Yuen, 1993)

The second part of the story, released four months after the first, brings back most of the cast and shifts the setting from Canton to the headquarters of the Red Flower Society. Jet Li’s Fong is apprenticed to the leader of the group, whose ostensible aim is the restoration

The Legend of Fong Sai-Yuk (Corey Yuen, 1993)

The Legend of Fong Sai-Yuk (Corey Yuen, 1993)

7 Grandmasters (Joseph Kuo, 1977)

7 Grandmasters (Joseph Kuo, 1977)

With the start of the new year I’m finally digging into Eureka’s Joseph Kuo boxset. The only other Kuo film I’ve seen thus far is a dubbed version of The Mystery of Chess Boxing. Right away here the limitations of Kuo’s independent production in Taiwan, as

Corey Yuen Capsule Reviews

Corey Yuen Capsule Reviews

Ninja in the Dragon’s Den (1982) — December 30, 2013 Conan Lee fights a guy on stilts. Conan publicly humiliates a Taoist magician. Then a ninja shows up, trying to kill Conan’s old friend. Conan fights the ninja (Sanada Hiroyuki, the Japanese guy from Royal Warriors) in a room

Yes, Madam! (Corey Yuen, 1985)

Yes, Madam! (Corey Yuen, 1985)

Of the members of the Seven Little Fortunes Peking Opera troupe to become major figures in the Hong Kong film industry in the last 20 years before the colony’s handover to China, Corey Yuen is the least well known. Unlike Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung, and Yuen Biao, he stayed

She Shoots Straight (Corey Yuen, 1990)

She Shoots Straight (Corey Yuen, 1990)

Neither “She Shoots Straight” nor the its alternate title (“Lethal Lady”) capture the film very well. It’s a film about family, specifically the kind of family where everyone is a cop. This family just happens to have a lot of daughters and only one son. Joyce Godenzi stars as