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Subgenre Sampler

 
Shaolin PrinceShaolin Prince (1982)
Dir. Chia Tang
Feat. Ti Lung
Respected fight choreographer Tang Chia helms one of his few films as director: two princes are separated at birth; one is raised by Shaolin monks…
Force Five (1981)
Dir. Robert Clouse
Feat. Joe Lewis
Ultraviolent action, with Joe Lewis leading a skilled quintet of martial artists to rescue a girl from an island fortress ruled over by a religious…
Game of Death 2Game of Death 2 (1981)
Dir. Ng See Yuan
Feat. Bruce Lee
Posthumous reworking of Bruce Lee's uncompleted final film utilises a lookalike and found footage to pad out the fight sequences already…
My Young AuntieMy Young Auntie (1981)
Dir. Liu Chia Liang
Feat. Kara Hui, Liu Chia Liang
Screwball comedy fits like a glove in this kung fu farce concerning a family inheritance and the sexual tension between a side–kicking Aunt…
Battle Creek BrawlBattle Creek Brawl (Big Brawl, The) (1980)
Dir. Robert Clouse
Feat. Jackie Chan, Jose Ferrer
Jackie Chan goes up against a merciless giant man named Kiss when he finds himself caught up in the middle of a giant small town brawl in Battle…
Encounters of the Spooky KindEncounters of the Spooky Kind (Gui da gui) (1980) Recommended
Dir. Sammo Hung
Feat. Sammo Hung, Biao Yuen
A groundbreaking Hong Kong blend of martial arts action, horror, and slapstick humour, set around Hung's attempts to battle the voodoo and hopping…
Octagon, The Octagon, The (1980)
Dir. Eric Karson
Feat. Chuck Norris, Karen Carlson, Lee Van Cleef
Economical Chuck Norris martial arts adventure focusing on a retired karate champion recruited to take out a group of Central American terrorists he…
Young Master, TheYoung Master, The (Shi di chu ma) (1980)
Dir. Jackie Chan
Feat. Jackie Chan, Biao Yuen
A fine early action–comedy from the phenomenal Jackie Chan, here trying to lure a wayward fellow student back to the 'right' side of martial…
A Force Of OneA Force Of One (1979)
Dir. Paul Aaron
Feat. Chuck Norris, Jennifer O'Neill, Clu Gulager
Passable crime thriller with Chuck Norris near the start of his career playing a karate champion assisting the police to hunt down a…
Bushido Blade, TheBushido Blade, The (1979)
Dir. Shusei Kotani
Feat. Richard Boone, Frank Converse, James Earl Jones
Predating SHOGUN by a year, this martial arts adventure set in mid–19th century Japan, has an American marine (Boone) pledged to recover the…

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