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Taiwanese actor and filmmaker Jimmy Wang Yu, one of the biggest stars of martial arts cinema, died in a Taipei hospital on Tuesday (April 6). He was 79. Born in Shanghai, Wang moved to Hong Kong and made his name as an action star at Shaw Brothers Studio in the 1960s. Hits like One-Armed Swordsman and The Chinese Boxer made...

SYNOPSIS: A martial artist loses an arm in combat but recovers to take revenge on the fighters that did it. Living up to the second part of their name, Eureka Entertainment’s latest addition to their ‘Classics’ line is One Armed Boxer from 1972 and what a treat it is, especially if grindhouse kung-fu movies with sound cues from the James Bond movies and the theme tune from Shaft peppered throughout are your thing. Because if they’re not then One Armed Boxer will have no appeal whats...

Martial Arts Movies Even More Gory Than Mortal Kombat Martial Arts Movies Even More Gory Than Mortal Kombat By Bryn Gelbart/May 3, 2021 9:17 pm EDT Like many video game adaptations, including the long-in-the-works "Uncharted" movie, "Mortal Kombat" is a game series that was deeply influenced by movies and eventually got to come full circle to the screen. In fact, "MK" has been given more than a single chance to turn a hit game series into a blockbuster feature film. The franchise has had thr...