Posts Tagged ‘martial-arts’

Finishing the Game (2007)

Monday, July 7th, 2008
Genres: Comedy
Countries: USA
Actors: Fan, Roger | Kang, Sung | Franco, James | Burnett, McCaleb | Nguyen, Dustin | Hammer, M.C. | Kraish, Mousa | Sandvig, Jake | Bottoms, Sam | Diamond, Josh | Angelus, Nick Rey | Ansley, Breon | Barry, James Isaac | Born, Lyrics | Calderon, Wilmer
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Bruce Lee’s shocking death left legions of stunned fans and a legacy of 12 minutes from his unfinished Game Of Death. Undeterred, studio executives launched a search for his replacement chronicled here through the eyes of five aspiring thespians who find out what the real game is.

Long Kiss Goodnight, The (1996)

Thursday, July 3rd, 2008
Genres: Action | Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Jackson, Samuel L. | Bierko, Craig | Tom Amandes | Cox, Brian | Malahide, Patrick | Morse, David | McKenna, Joseph | Warry-Smith, Dan | Linn, Rex | North, Alan | Hodge, Edwin | MacDonald, Bill | Moore, Frank | Spradlin, G.D. | McPherson, Graham
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Samantha Caine, suburban homemaker, is the ideal mom to her 8 year old daughter Caitlin. She lives in Honesdale, PA, has a job teaching school and makes the best Rice Krispie treats in town. But when she receives a bump on her head, she begins to remember small parts of her previous life as a lethal, top-secret agent. Her old chums in the Chapter are now out to kill her so she enlists the help of a cheap detective named Mitch. As Samantha remembers more and more of her previous life, she becomes deadlier and more resourceful. Both Mitch and Charly proceed to do the killing thing, the bleeding thing and the shooting thing.

Lionheart (1990)

Thursday, July 3rd, 2008
Genres: Action | Drama | Sport
Countries: USA
Actors: Van Damme, Jean-Claude | Page, Harrison | Thompson, Brian | Goric, Voyo | Qissi, Michel | McDaniel, George | Karson, Eric | Adams, Ash | Amos, William T. | Rucker, Dennis | Blanks, Billy | Miltsakakis, Stefanos | Hopson, Lew | Massa, Sebastian | Etienne, Roger
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Lyon Gaultier’s brother gets murdered after welshing drug associates in Los Angeles. Lyon is in North Africa serving the last six months of a hitch in the French Foreign Legion when he gets word of the incident, and he unsuccessfully petitions his cold-blooded superiors for leave to tend to family matters. Desperate, Lyon knocks several legionnaires out and stows away on a steamer headed for America. Once Lyon gets near New York harbor, Lyon jumps ship and tries to come up with a way to get enough money to head for California. Lyon comes into contact with street-fight promoter Joshua, an alcoholic ex-street-fighter who links Lyon up with Cynthia, an organizer of no-holds-barred bare-knuckle fights that secretly entertain the wealthy across the country. The minute Lyon makes it to Los Angeles, Lyon finds that his brother’s killers are in police custody. Lyon is soon fighting various contenders — ranging from a Scotsman in a kilt to a long-haired surfer — earning money to help keep bill collectors away from the door of his widowed sister-in-law Helene and his niece Nicole, who comes to love him. Although Lyon only wants to bash opponents long enough to gain enough money to assist Helene and Nicole, Cynthia is reluctant to let go of her new meal ticket. Helene blames Lyon for not helping his brother sooner, But Lyon keeps fighting and secretly sends her money in the guise of an insurance policy that she didn’t know about. Cynthia decides to import a killer-fighter named Attila to polish Lyon off. Not only does she bet against Lyon, she also schemes to turn him over to the Foreign Legion after Atilla beats him. But Lyon has other plans. And there is also a pair of men from the Legion who have been assigned to find Lyon and bring him in.

Karate Kid, The (1984)

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008
Genres: Drama | Family | Sport
Countries: USA
Actors: Macchio, Ralph | Morita, Pat | Kove, Martin | Zabka, William | Thomas, Ron | Garrison, Rob | McQueen, Chad | O'Dell, Tony | Juarbe, Israel | Bassett, William | Scott, Larry B. | Avalon, Frank Burt | Fishman, Jeff | Daly, Ken | Fridley, Tom
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Daniel is new in town, and is getting picked on by the local bullies, who all are adept in karate. Determined to stick up for himself, Daniel begins to teach himself karate, only to discover that the caretaker at his apartment seems to be a grand master in karate. Agreeing to teach Daniel, Mr. Miyagi shows Daniel that there is more to karate than violence, and perhaps the best way to solve the problem he has with the bullies is in the All Valley Karate Championship.

Dead Pool, The (1988)

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008
Genres: Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Eastwood, Clint | Neeson, Liam | Kim, Evan C. | Hunt, David | Currie, Michael | Goodwin, Michael | Gillett, Darwin | Charnota, Anthony | Beale, Christopher P. | Vick, John Allen | Richmond, Jeff | Van Horn, Patrick | Carrey, Jim | Love, Nicholas | Heart, John X.
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After Harry’s arrest of a gambling kingpin results in a conviction for murder, a group of thugs shoot up Harry’s car and try to kill him. Harry overpowers them and is paired with a new partner, Insp. Al Quan (Evan Kim). Within days of this assignment Harry and Al find themselves working on a mysterious death of a rock star, who was on location filming a movie directed by Peter Swan (Liam Neeson). After one of Swan’s crew is killed in a Chinatown robbery that is foiled by Al & Harry, Al discovers a list of celebrities on the dead man that includes the dead rock star and one Inspector Harry Callahan. They soon discover that this is part of a strange game called the Dead Pool, and it isn’t long before other people on the list turn up dead…and someone starts making attempts on Harry’s life…

Enough (2002)

Tuesday, June 24th, 2008
Genres: Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Lopez, Jennifer | Campbell, Bill | Allen, Tessa | Lewis, Juliette | Futterman, Dan | Wyle, Noah | Ward, Fred | Carroll, Janet | Cobbs, Bill | Maher, Christopher | Young, Bruce A. | French, Bruce | Madera, Ruben | Martin, Dan | Kober, Jeff
Directors: Apted, Michael
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An abused woman (Lopez) discovers that the dream man (Campbell) she married isn’t who she thought he was. She and her daughter try to escape (aided by her previous boyfriend, played by Futterman), but he pursues her relentlessly. Fearing also for the safety of her daughter, she decides that there’s only one way out of the marriage: kill him. ‘Fred Ward (I)’ (qv) has a guest-starring role.

Rush Hour 3 (2007)

Tuesday, June 24th, 2008
Genres: Action | Comedy | Crime | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Chan, Jackie | Tucker, Chris | Jones, Vinnie | Sanada, Hiroyuki | Lenoir, NoƩmie | von Sydow, Max | Attal, Yvan | Ming, Sun Ming | Rhee, Simon | Ma, Tzi | Polanski, Roman | Richaud, Jean-Michel | Julie Depardieu | Kudoh, Youki | Sanchez, Roselyn
Directors: Ratner, Brett
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After an attempted assassination on Ambassador Han, Lee and Carter head to Paris to protect a French woman with knowledge of the Triads’ secret leaders.

Raising Arizona (1987)

Monday, June 9th, 2008
Genres: Action | Comedy | Crime
Countries: USA
Actors: Cage, Nicolas | Hunter, Holly | Wilson, Trey | Goodman, John | Forsythe, William | McMurray, Sam | McDormand, Frances | Cobb, Randall 'Tex' | Kuhn, T.J. | Kitei, Lynne Dumin | Benedek, Peter | Smith, Charles 'Lew' | Keith, Warren | Kendrick, Henry | Dawson, Sidney
Directors: Coen, Ethan
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Colourful and unconventional slapstick comedy. Ex-con Hi and ex-cop Ed meet, marry and long for a child in the wilds of Arizona. When Ed discovers she’s barren the God-given solution is presented: to snatch a baby from a set of quins. Thus begins a series of kidnappings, capers and rum goings-on that revolve around the helpless yet universally-loveable child. Hi’s convict friends, his boss, and even the Lone Biker Of The Apocalypse become involved in the ever-twisting plot in the quest to own the baby.

Flash Point (2007)

Thursday, June 5th, 2008
Genres: Action
Countries: Hong Kong
Actors: Yen, Donnie | Koo, Louis | Chou, Collin | Lui, Ray | Cheng, Kent | Xing, Yu | Lam, Ben | Wai, Austin | Ai, Wai | Wong, Chi Wai | Leung, Aaron | Tanigaki, Kenji | Kang, Yu | Green, Damian | Howe, Damon
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Ma Jun, a cop known for dispensing justice during arrests, teams with Hua Sheng, who’s undercover, to try to bring down three merciless Vietnamese brothers running a smuggling ring in the months before the mainland’s takeover of Hong Kong. The eldest, Xian Wei Cha (called Zah), is arrested in an operation that exposes Sheng and almost gets him killed. His girlfriend, Qiu Di, who’s been unaware of Sheng’s profession, wants to see him quit. Jun pursues the gang tirelessly, sometimes ignoring police protocols. Zah’s trial approaches, witnesses are in danger, and a showdown is inevitable.

Bubba Ho-tep (2002)

Wednesday, June 4th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Horror | Mystery
Countries: USA
Actors: Campbell, Bruce | Davis, Ossie | Joyce, Ella | Marnhout, Heidi | Ivy, Bob | Jefferson, Edith | Pennell, Larry | Bannister, Reggie | Roebuck, Daniel | Schweiger, Daniel | Young, Harrison | Flammer, Linda | Okada, Cean | Morand, Solange | Placencia, Karen
Directors: Coscarelli, Don
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Based on the Bram Stoker Award nominee short story by cult author Joe R. Lansdale, Bubba Ho-tep tells the “true” story of what really did become of Elvis Presley. We find Elvis (Bruce Campbell) as an elderly resident in an East Texas rest home, who switched identities with an Elvis impersonator years before his “death”, then missed his chance to switch back. Elvis teams up with Jack (Ossie Davis), a fellow nursing home resident who thinks that he is actually President John F. Kennedy, and the two valiant old codgers sally forth to battle an evil Egyptian entity who has chosen their long-term care facility as his happy hunting grounds.