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Watched on Saturday June 7, 2025.

Watched on Saturday June 7, 2025.

Watched on Friday June 6, 2025.

Really loved the frantic nature of Lino being able to demolish anyone and anything in his way to prove his innocence. The “mobbed-up” fight scene at the police station was a highlight for me too. I always wanted to watch a grounded, well shot and edit fight that focused on multiple opponents taking down someone all at once instead of one by one.

A bullet riddled, blood soaked love letter to the sub genre known as “heroic bloodshed”. So many nods to John Woo and Ringo Lam in the action scenes and they truly deliver on all fronts. Gareth has an amazing eye for editing and every angle and frame is stylized to showcase some of the best brawling choreography I’ve seen in a while. Plus, the shootouts are laced with sparks flying everywhere, squibs that seem to be a mix of cgi and practical too. 

The acting is good and the story is just a foundation that’s set for us to get to some dope set pieces, it was a long wait to see Gareth Evan’s latest film and I hope he’s already planning more whether he’s back with Iko or Tom or both…

Much better than Battle of the Realms and it was nice to see Sub Zero as a mentor to Kenshi, very reminiscent of old school kung fu films in that way. Outstanding usage of their powers and man does it have some bloody animated fights that truly are the best in this MK Legends series of movies.

RIP Richard Norton

Watched on Sunday February 23, 2025.

JCVD’s Double Impact where he played long lost twin brudders? Twin Dragons is the light hearted version that still hits harder than Van Damage did.

Truly love it when a kung fu movie I’ve never seen is fun and filled with some well aged fight scenes that only Shaw Bros could produce.

One if the best Shaw Bros kung fu films of all time

Not one of Jet’s best but the final fight scene has been seared into my head since I was a kid. I always love seeing Jet on display with his wushu skills in a modern day setting and he also never screams in this movie despite being shot twice lol.

Silly story but it lead up to some very good action scenes. Gosling was dope as usual and everyone else played their parts wonderfully. Probably the best acting I’ve ever seen out of Aaron Taylor because I think he’s horrible in everything else I’ve seen him in.

I enjoyed it and everything that was supposed to be funny landed perfectly to me.

A fun supernatural HK film with a bit of buddy cop dna sprinkled on top of it. The stunts are decent but I would’ve like more martial arts focused action yet the rituals used to connect and fight spirits against one another are still unique.

The songs were fun and the cgi was good enough to not be too distracting from the already amazing costume designs.

Love how they made the Bad 
Boys vulnerable midlife crisis fighting partners where one discovers a new meaning for life and the other is a gun shy panic attack having former shell of themself. The action is well shot, and the funny lines are spot on for me. I know it would be risky, but if they were killed off in the next film but went out in style, as long as it was directed by this crew, it would be done to the best of their abilities. However, these characters deserve to retire and enjoy themselves. While cliche, a happy ending to one of the best Buddy cop film series of all time would please the fanbase more.

Man all this movie needed was more action, the premise is kinda cool with some Highlander elements but it drags and I’m tired as hell and nothing kept me awake. I had to rewind to see if maybe I missed a fight but I didn’t

When your homie takes the wrong path so you beat his ass in front of his new homies with a new
style of Kong Fu

A bonafide classic of the genre, Jet Li at his very best.

Watched on Sunday January 5, 2025.

Watched on Sunday January 5, 2025.

Watched on Sunday January 5, 2025.

These kaiju battles were like Saturday morning cartoons come to life. Zero gravity, tag team attacks, and even arena transitions lol.

Watched on Monday December 30, 2024.

Watched on Monday December 30, 2024.

This was a solid thriller that knew how to elevate the intensity at the right moments.

Nostalgia like this should not work on me but it always will until I “grow up”

I absolutely loved it!  A refreshing blend of culture and combat that the genre will always value over copycat films that focus on trends rather than film quality.

I really dug this movie, cool setup that had some good practical fx blended in with the cgi. Melissa Barrera is a newly minted Scream Queen and Dan Stevens is like an underground Ryan Gosling that feels like he’s one big movie away from being a major star.

Love this iteration of ninja turtles, great animated fight scenes and a style that blends painting and what looks to be claymation all in one

Mister Rodger’s Neighborhood meets A Nightmare on Elm St.

Some really fun and bloody fight scenes with an amazing performance from Jackman as an emotionally tortured Wolverine. You know what pure going to get with Reynolds as DP whether you like it or not, he always gets a laugh out of me as the merc. I really wish the cameos had not been spoiled on opening weekend, because they were the best part for me.

I think this is my favorite film of the year
The Shadow Strays is an incredible achievement in action cinema that will not be sured this year or the next.

The looney tune stuff was funny but the movie didn’t do much as else for me

I will have to rewatch this one soon; I did not pay attention unless someone was shot. I believe it includes a scene that would even make Robocop smile.

If you need to cry please watch this, the importance of a father and being present and involved in your daughter’s life is crucial.

I really enjoyed the consistent increase in intensity during the first hour.  I enjoyed the grounded fight scenes, and despite the fact that there were few of them, I understood the genre and not what the trailers were attempting to portray.

Every fight scene in this epic film is a perfect combination of flair and brutality. Congratulations to martial arts action fans everywhere; we have a new classic on our hands.

I cried at the end but I laughed throughout the entire thing. Sandler’s approach to comedy may not be everyone’s cup of tea but his love and respect for the art form, his peers, and the audience is what has kept him as one of the top comedic actors of the last 30 years.

White meat, dark meat, all will be carved

A Shaw Bros classic, this isn’t one I watch a lot but it’s nice to revisit and see how far the genre has become since this was released.

What does elbows and assholes mean?

If you don’t like this movie…I’ll send a location to a death match, meet me there, and you better bring a 30 pack of Pepsi max or suffering will be dreadful

There’s a lot I like about the movie from the fx, the wardrobe, and settings. The bloody kills are cool and the births of the Neo morphs are amazingly disgusting. But is it a good movie? Eh, kinda. Also if you haven’t seen the short film that has Shaw repairing David then check that out cause I still believe they did Noomi’s character wrong and it would’ve been better if she spent 10 years hiding from him on that than being killed off screen.

Really liked the exorcism stuff but it is an extremely bare bones movie with little to no character development

Watched on Saturday August 3, 2024.

Still a 5 star comic book movie for me, Reynolds has perfected Deadpool and the action is right up my alley with a flippy-dippy moveset with blood and gore. The jokes still had me laughing and the suit is just outstanding.

Uh what?

I laughed way more than my daughter did

It’s in the title

• Fearless
• Fist of Legend
• Unleashed
• Once Upon a Time in China II
• Tai-Chi Master
• Once Upon a Time in China
• Hero
• The Forbidden Kingdom
• Shaolin Temple
• Martial Arts of Shaolin

...plus 6 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

These films have shaped me as a person whether it’s through a sense of humor, morals, or if you just want to know what random lines a blurt out at random…

• The Raid
• Black Dynamite
• Beverly Hills Cop
• The Terminator
• The Thing
• Bloodsport
• Mortal Kombat
• Tropic Thunder
• Crippled Avengers
• Heroes of the East

The 80s & 90s were two decades of extravagant classics from Stallone, Arnie, Willis, Van Damage, The Pony Tailed Segal, and Snipes. During the 2000s, those guys and the genre started slowing down but these ladies and gentlemen decided to create their own legendary careers and films.

• The Transporter
• Ong Bak
• The Protector
• Transporter 2
• Undisputed II: Last Man Standing
• Fatal
• Ong Bak 2
• Chocolate
• Blood and Bone
• Raging Phoenix

...plus 18 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

What a great way to start off your career

• Night of the Living Dead
• The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
• The Evil Dead
• Boyz n the Hood
• Reservoir Dogs
• Fruitvale Station
• Get Out

• SPL: Kill Zone
• Flash Point
• Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen
• Dragon
• Kung Fu Jungle
• In the Line of Duty 4
• Tiger Cage II
• Special ID
• Hero