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In the Line of Duty IV (Yuen Woo-ping, 1989)

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In the Line of Duty IV (Yuen Woo-ping, 1989)

Black Mask 2: City of Masks (Tsui Hark, 2002)

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Black Mask 2: City of Masks (Tsui Hark, 2002)

Fist of Legend (Gordon Chan, 1994)

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Fist of Legend (Gordon Chan, 1994)

Pretty Good Stuff

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The Odd One Dies

Pretty Good Stuff

Septet: The Story of Hong Kong (Various, 2020)

The 36th Chamber

Septet: The Story of Hong Kong (Various, 2020)

It’s hard to imagine how long I’ve been talking about the film that would eventually become Septet: The Story of Hong Kong. The first time I tweeted about it appears to have been August of 2017, although that tweet is phrased as a reminder, which means I must

The Tiger Cage Trilogy (Yuen Woo-ping, 1988-1991)

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The Tiger Cage Trilogy (Yuen Woo-ping, 1988-1991)

The Tai Chi Master (Yuen Woo-ping, 1993)

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The Tai Chi Master (Yuen Woo-ping, 1993)

Yuen Woo-ping Capsule Reviews

Yuen Woo-ping Capsule Reviews

Drunken Master (1978) — June 13, 2013 Much better subtitled than dubbed (obviously). Even still, the subs translate Jackie Chan’s character’s name as “Freddy Wong,” which kind of obscures one of the most interesting things about the film: that it’s a total subversion of the Wong Fei-hung legend.

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny (Yuen Woo-ping, 2016)

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny (Yuen Woo-ping, 2016)

A straight-to-Netflix multinational English language collaboration that is the sequel to the highest-grossing foreign language film in American history, Sword of Destiny reunites star Michelle Yeoh with the action choreographer from the first film, Yuen Woo-ping. Belonging more rightly to the CGI-driven Chinese wuxias of the 2010s (and the cheaper