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"Ip Man 2" is a reminder of the pleasure of classic martial-arts films in which skilled athletes performed many of their own stunts. In its direct and sincere approach, it's a rebuke to the frenzied editing that reduces so many recent action movies into incomprehensible confusion. I'm not saying deceiving camera angles and crafty stunt work aren't involved in the fight scenes here, but basically we see fighters in real time and space. That enormously increases the impact.

It’s the second birthday of the Post ’s weekly Hong Kong martial arts film feature . To mark the occasion, we look back at some of the movies and stars we’ve enjoyed writing about over the past year. An elegant and elegiac take on the kung fu genre, Wong Kar Wai ’s delicate masterpiece combines martial arts history and romance...

MP1st talks to Sloclap about upcoming PS4, PS5 game Sifu! The studio discusses film inspirations, aging, difficulty, martial arts influences and more.

Hung is making his comeback after a four-year hiatus due to a knee surgery.

We take a look back at the little-seen, but pretty awesome Cynthia Rothrock classic China O'Brien, from 1990!

Besides the film screenings, a few of the titles will also feature post-screening discussions with filmmakers.

Unstreamable is a column that finds films and TV shows you can't watch on major streaming services in the United States.* In this week's Halloween-themed column, we're taking another look at some of our favorite scary Unstreamable films. SSSSSSSUSA, 1973, 99 minutes, Dir. Bernard L. KowalskiIn the two years we've been doing Unstreamable, somehow Sssssss has become one of my favorite not-streaming discoveries. Is it because of the plot? The acting? No, and no. It's...

The classic martial arts film Once Upon a Time in China (1991), directed by Tsui Hark, made a star of China-born martial artist Jet Li Lianjie. Playing the role of real-life Cantonese hero Wong Fei-hung, Li’s performance earned him comparisons to Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan. But while audiences were impressed by the film’s lengthy finale, where Wong fights his...

Eureka Entertainment to release THE MILLIONAIRES’ EXPRESS, Sammo Hung’s action-comedy-western adventure, in its UK debut as a Limited-Edition Blu-ray as part of the Eureka Classics range from Monday, July 26th, and we’ve got three copies to give away! The Far East meets the Old West in this iconic action-packed adventure from the inimitable Sammo Hung. Hung plays a loveable rogue who teams up with an incorruptible Sheriff (Yuen Biao; Project A, Wheels on Meals) to save their home town fr...

Action star Sammo Hung will take the helm of the production of Seven Little Fortunes, a feature film re-telling Hungs childhood story where he and a generation of Hong Kong action movie icons such as Jackie Chan were coached by their mentor, Peking opera master Yu Jim-yuen. – Photo: SHAARI CHEMAT / The Star Action star Sammo Hung will take the helm of the production of Seven Little Fortunes, a feature film re-telling Hungs childhood story where he and a generation of Hong Kon...