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Tony Jaa stars in the prequel to Ong-bak

‘Ong-Bak 2’ and ‘3’ – The Prequels on Hulu

!Featured, Action, historical, Hulu, International Cinema, martial arts 09/28/2021 Sean Axmaker

Tony Jaa returns in these martial arts revenge thrillers set in 15th Century Thailand. He is still the most impressive special effect in the movie.

Jackie Chan in 'The Forbidden Kingdom,' which co-stars Jet Li.

‘The Forbidden Kingdom’ – Family-friendly martial arts fantasy on Peacock

!Featured, Action, Blu-ray, DVD, family friendly, fantasy, Kid Stuff, martial arts, Peacock, Streaming Movies, SVOD 09/27/2021 Sean Axmaker

Jackie Chan and Jet Li team up for the first and only time in this action comedy, an American take on the classic Chinese folktale “The Monkey King.”

Wong Kar-Wai’s ‘The Grandmaster’ on Starz

!Featured, Academy Award nominee, Action, biographical, Blu-ray, DVD, International Cinema, Last chance, martial arts, Starz, SVOD 09/20/2021 Sean Axmaker

Tony Leung stars as martial arts master Ip Man in this lush, romantic take on the martial arts action genre.

Jackie Chan stars in the World War II action comedy from China

Jackie Chan leads the ‘Railroad Tigers’ on Peacock

!Featured, Action, Blu-ray, DVD, International Cinema, martial arts, Peacock, SVOD, war 08/07/2021 Sean Axmaker

Jackie Chan stars in Railroad Tigers (China, 2016) as the leader of a scruffy band of rural railroad porters who stage raids on Japanese trains running through occupied China in World War II. They drop into moving trains, steal food for the villagers, and leave their mark by drawing flying tigers on the bodies of […]

Uma Thurman is The Bride in Quentin Tarantino's 'Kill Bill.'

Quentin Tarantino’s ‘Kill Bill: Volumes 1 and 2’

!Featured, Action, Blu-ray, Cult Movies, DVD, Last chance, martial arts, Streaming Movies, SVOD 07/25/2021 Sean Axmaker

Uma Thurman stars as “The Bride” in this pulp tale told over two movies that mix seventies martial arts revenge dramas and American B-movie action thrillers with Tarantino’s distinctive style.

Tony Jaa, stars in the Thailand martial arts sensation directed by Prachya Pinkaew

Tony Jaa is ‘Ong-Bak: The Thai Warrior’ on Amazon Prime and free on Hoopla

!Featured, Action, Amazon Prime Video, Blu-ray, Cult Movies, DVD, Free, Hoopla, International Cinema, martial arts 07/20/2021 Sean Axmaker

The stocky Thai stuntman turned action hero has an impressive physique, a steel snap to his delivery, and a gymnastic prowess to his style, and it’s all on display in this endearingly naïve martial arts adventure.

Last chance: ‘Enter the Dragon’ – Bruce Lee is supreme on Netflix

!Featured, Action, Blu-ray, Classic, Cult Movies, DVD, Last chance, martial arts, Netflix, SVOD 06/21/2021 Sean Axmaker

Enter the Dragon (1973) – After years of supporting roles in Hollywood, American citizen Bruce Lee became a star in Hong Kong with a handful of hard-edged martial arts thrillers. He returned to conquer his adopted homeland with this American/Hong Kong co-production, a glorified B-movie mix of kung-fu fighting (choreographed by Lee himself) and James […]

Shu Qi in Hou Hsiou-Hsien's rapturous wuxia 'The Assassin'

Hou Hsiou-Hsien’s ‘The Assassin’ on Amazon Prime and Hulu

!Featured, Action, Amazon Prime Video, Blu-ray, Cannes winner, DVD, historical, Hulu, International Cinema, martial arts, SVOD 05/12/2021 Sean Axmaker 1 Comment

The Assassin (China, 2015) is a martial arts drama as cinematic poem. Chinese filmmaker Hou Hsiou-Hsien won the Best Director Award at Cannes for his direction, which reimagines the genre from a spectacle of action and choreography and acrobatic skill to a vision of stillness and tension. The first film from Hou in eight years, […]

Jackie Chan goes west in ‘Shanghai Noon’ on Amazon Prime

!Featured, Action, Amazon Prime Video, Blu-ray, Comedy, DVD, martial arts, Streaming Movies, SVOD, western 03/25/2021 Sean Axmaker

Jackie Chan became an international action star without the help of Hollywood when he brought blockbuster movie values to his brand of martial arts action and comedy in a series of Hong Kong hit action spectacles in the 1980s and 1990s. By the time Hollywood made a second attempt to launch him in American movies, […]

Hugh Jackman is ‘The Wolverine’ on Disney+

!Featured, Action, based on a comic book, Blu-ray, Disney+, DVD, martial arts, Streaming Movies, superheroes, SVOD 01/13/2021 Sean Axmaker

The Wolverine (2013) is both a sequel and a reboot of the solo spin-off from the X-Men movies. Hugh Jackman is back with the abs and the adamantium claws as Logan, the ferocious fan favorite of the team, and the screenwriters draw from the ninja storylines of earlier Wolverine comic books: the dark, brooding loner […]