This 2006 Wilson Yip directed Donnie Yen cream fest has everything you ever wanted. Long fringe emo hair? Check! More denim, zips and buckles than a cowboy/camping rodeo? Check! Tune in to this weeks episode to get the low down on the Dragon Tiger Gate and whether it's any good! (hint, some of it was not good.)
This 1991 Ben Lam action explosion directed by Wong Lung Wei is full of high octane fight scenes, flexing pecs and tragically killed seafood. Ease your troubles and join the Asian Action Cast as we traverse the gang land town of golden age Hong Kong with the ANGRY RANGER! (go go Angry Ranger!)
This 1975 Shaw Bro. RunMe Shaw production pulls out all the horror stops showcasing the most deadly weapon in martial arts, the Flying Guillotine! So deadly, in fact, that multiple films were made about it simultaneously! This is the Kuan Tai Chen vehicle, with paranoid emperors, plucky heroes and hot babes!
Due to emergency we broke the glass on Disciples Of The 36th Chamber. A movie that Nathan and Christian watched a few months back. Disciples. The movie mainly features Hsiao Ho playing a young and stupid Fong Sai Yuk. Gordon Liu does make a few appearances but this 1985 flick is pretty centred on Fong Sai Yuk and his wacky hijinks.
Join us as we discuss the 1980 Karl Maka directed action farce. Starring Sammo and Dean Shek. Dean is tasked by the local sheriff into capturing the legendary Flower Kid. A late of mistaken identity and criminal one upmanship ensues. Also bondage.
Jackie Chan's 1991 globetrotting action comedy. Mostly filmed on location, Jackie plays world renowned thief and adventurer Condor (but everyone just calls him Jakie) on the hunt for Nazi gold in the Sahara.
The full crew watch Eric Tsang's 1982 comedy/crime/action film. starring Samuel Hui Karm Makka and Sylvia Chang. The film is filled with slapstick and great car chases.
The crew are fooled into watching Shadow, a 2018 period melodrama directed by Yimou Zhang masquerading as an action film in the trailer. To be fair there is one pretty good fight scene tho.
The crew watch Tsiu Hark's 1979 feature directorial debut. The story centers on a castle in which butterflies have grown a taste for human flesh. Part horror, part action, part intrigue. its hard for a lepidopterist out there. Also sorry for the sound quality, we fixed it as best as we could.
Sam, Scott and Rachael go over the best and worst films of the year. There are also some bad impressions. Its going up a bit early due to technical difficulties, we hope to have another podcast up before the end of the year. Thanks for all the support!
We discuss the 1993 fever dream that is The Sword of Many Loves. Directed by Poon Man-kit and staring 90's HK heartthrob Leon Lai. The movie is equal parts horny, stupid and fighty. Also for some reason we had technical issues with the new gear so I apologise for the harsh editing.
Tony Jaa, Tiger Hu Chen and Iko Uwais are up against Scott Adkins, Michael Jai White and Michael Bisping. In a deadly cat and mouse game of revenge. Its a three on three action movie extravaganza.
It's time once again to spook it up, Halloween style, with 2013's Juno Mak Jiangshi creepfest "Rigor Mortis". Chin Siu-Ho plays.....himself (!) as a down on his luck actor looking to end it all in the worlds end of apartment buildings. After a spiritual cleansing from Uncle Yin (Anthony Chan) the movie takes a creepy turn as he interacts with the residents of the apartment and their ghostly , vampiric happenings. Also, Richard Ng swears up a storm. Less action/comedy and more atmosphere/mood don...
Mike, Sam and Nathan discuss Shadow Hunters, a 1972 Toei production directed by Toshio Masuda. Yûjirô Ishihara, Ryôhei Uchida and Mikio Narita play a trio of wandering ronin who hunt down the Shogun's ninja spies for money and revenge.
The Shaw Bros 1982 classic. Set during the boxer rebellion, Spiritual boxers are trying to attain a form which will make them impervious to western weapons. But one master knows its futile and disbands his organization. This leads his superiors to send the other sects to kill him.
Another day, another Takashi Miike live action adaptation of a cult manga series. This time on the AAC we "get out arse's to mars!" and check out the 2016 flick Terra Formars. In the year 2599 a ragtag group of criminals, rogues and misfits (made up of the likes of Kane Kosugi, Takayuki Yamada and Hideaki Ito) board the ship BUGS2 to eradicate the cockroach problem on Mars. Given super DNA powers to help them fight, it's Bugs vs Man in a war for Mars!
The 2018 sequel to Iceman, the film from 2014 starring Donnie Yen and more 3d effects than necessary. Donnie plays Ho Ying, an imperial guard is frozen and thawed out in modern times. Apparently people in the past had super powers? Or being frozen gave him powers? All I know is Rachel and the dudes watched it coz Simon Yam got stabbed.
Kano, played by Sonny Chiba, is an small town Okinawan cop in Tokyo looking into the murder of a girl from his home town. When the local cops just go through the motions, Kano takes it on himself to find the truth, and he'll break all the rules in his quest for answers. There is also a pig.
Revenge is a dish best served cold and Bruce Khan is ice cold in 2018's Revenger. In a future hellscape, 12 Asian countries agree to send all their worst criminals to the AP-101 prison island to fend for themselves. To get his revenge on the man that murdered his wife and child (Khun) Yool deliberately gets sent to the island and nothing will stop him. A cast of misfits (Mother Mali and daughter Jin, village boss Bau and more) help/hinder Yool in his quest for glorious payback and Bruce Khan shi...
Mike and Sam delve into the 1983 wuxia classic. Directed by Tsui Hark and starring Yuen Baio as Ti Ming Qi a soldier that finds himself embroiled in supernatural circumstances after fleeing a battle.
Due to an issue we couldn't work out with our gear we couldn't put up the movie we had planned (we are legends). So the time has come, we are breaking the glass on Kung Fu Zombie, a supernatural action adventure starring Billy Chong from 1982. Its filled with, Vampires, spirit possession and slapstick, way too much slapstick. We are buying new gear next week. So hopefully everything will be back to normal soon.
Legendary Takeshi Miike brings us the live action adaptation of the legendary, cult manga Jojo's Bizarre Adventure. Koichi (Ryunosuke Kamiki) is the new kid in the town of Morioh. After a bizarre (naturally) encounter with some bullies, he befriends the stylish, aloof Josuke (Kento Yamazaki). Together they discover their "stands", friendship and the motivations of their enemies. More of a drama/thriller than all out crazy action, does Jojo's cut the mustard? Our apologies for the occasional effe...
We put on our nostalgia glasses and take a look at 1985 action/comedy My Lucky Stars (starring JACKIE CHAN). Muscles (JACKIE CHAN) is a Hong Kong cop who enlists the help of his childhood friends (Sammo Hung, Richard Ng, Stanley Fung, Eric Tsang)to assist him in taking down the Yakuza. Problem is, his friends are all a bit sketchy with their own criminal tendencies. How does this all star cast (including JACKIE CHAN) hold up nowadays? Is the action still good? Did we mention that Jackie Chan is ...
Mike and Nathan talk about 1978's The Avenging Eagle. A Shaw Brother's film starring Ti Lung and Alexander Fu. Ti Lung plays Chik Ming-Sing a man supposedly on the run and Alexander Fu plays Cheuk Yi-fan a wanderer. They meet on the outskirts of a desert and form an uneasy alliance to take down the Iron Boat Gang.
An all star cast comes together in Wong Jings 2013 tale of one village vs The World. The quirky residents of the "Lucky Star" village live in peace, bandits don't dare attack, they're just too weird. But when Warlord Lin (Sammo Hung) and his daughter (Kimmy Tong) come through and get caught up in a takeover plot from Japanese spies and internal traitors, the village has to show their resolve and fight.
On this edition of the AAC, we take a look at the 1981 film ROARING FIRE (aka Hoero! Tekken). After his father passes away and reveals the true nature of his upbrining, Texas cowboy Joji (Hiroyuki 'Duke' Sanda) travels to Japan to find out more about his background. Along the way he gets caught up in a jewel heist. With monkeys, secret nazis, s&m villains, wrestlers, ninjas, ventriloquism and slight of hand magic (by the legendary Sonny Chiba) you know this is gonna be a good time.
We have re-uploaded this episode in the aftermath of the sad news of Kato Kazuhiko's passing. The Blood flows and limbs fly when Goemon, Lupin's friend, seeks honour bound vengeance for the death of his Yakuza boss. This episode features Sam, Mike, Nathan and the periodic screams of Mike's children. We apologise for the interruptions.
Vampires! Voodoo! Spirits! Lasers? This edition of the AAC takes a look at the 1980 Sammo Hung vehicle Encounters Of The Spooky Kind. Directed by and starring Sammo as Courageous Cheung: a well meaning (but tad dopey) husband caught in a mystical battle for the love of his wife. Possession, voodoo, a haunted house and sword fights abound plus a small dose of animal death (!) and an ending so violent and abrupt, you have to laugh/cry out in horror.
Ninjitsu vs Kung Fu! The Shaw Brothers 1982 Five Element Ninjas is chock-a-block full of fists, flips, swords and one of the more wince inducing injuries we've seen for a while. Starring Cheng Tien Chi, Lo Mang, Lung Tung-Sheng and the ever cool/sinister Michael Chan as the evil video game boss.
Jackie Chan reprises his role as Chan Ka Kui, Hong Kong's most irrepressible cop. After getting busted down for his actions in the first police story Chan Ka Kui finds his particular set of super cop skills in need when a gang starts planting bombs all over Hong Kong.
