Blu ray cover for Once a Thief. It shows Chow Yun-fat, Leslie Cheung, and Cherie Chung in a red car, and all wearing sunglasses.

Once a Thief (1991)
John Woo (director)

Ahhh... the movie American critics said was too silly and lacked any sense of logic. Like they never saw a Lunar New Year movie.
Playful and charming, with a couple of fantastic action scenes.
📽 #SaturdayActionMovie #JohnWoo #HongKongCinema #FilmSky

Poster for The Weird Man. It shows some kung-fu fighters, Taoist banners, and a wild haired priest.

The Weird Man (1983)
Chang Cheh (writer/ director)

Chang Cheh's highly peculiar take on a segment of Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
If you were looking for a movie about a heroic and righteous decapitated priest, here ya go!
📽 #SaturdayActionMovie #ShawBrothers #Wuxia #HongKongCinema #KungFu

Blu ray cover for The East is Red. It shows Brigitte Lin and Joey Wong against a red sunset sky, over a ship on the sea.

The East is Red [Swordsman 3] (1993)
Ching Siu-tung and Raymond Lee (directors)

Back in '93, everyone into these films had Brigitte Lin fever, and people wanted to see it when they came to my house.
Probably saw it 2 dozen times that year.
📽 #SaturdayActionMovie #HongKongCinema #FilmSky #Wuxia

Poster for Fantastic Magic Baby. The image shows the titular character holding a spear. Behind him are other heroes from Journey to the West and a fire-breathing monster.

Fantastic Magic Baby (1975)
Chang Cheh (co-writer/ director)

Starting off with this movie, adapting the Red Boy story from Journey to the West.
Music by Frankie Chan and action by Lau Kar-leung.
📽 #SaturdayActionMovie #ShawBrothers #KungFu #ChangCheh #HongKongCinema #FilmSky

Blu ray cover for The Hitman. The art shows painted images of the cast and a rifle.

The Hitman: Blood Smells Like Roses (1991)
Teruo Ishii (writer/ director)

A man hunts down Yakuza after his fiancée was killed in the crossfire of family rivalry.
From the director of Horrors of Malformed Men, Blind Woman's Curse, and many others.
📽 #SaturdayActionMovie #VCinema #TeruoIshii

Poster for Iron Bodyguard. The painted art shows Chen Kuan-tai's face and a hand holding a sword. There's smaller art showing a martial arts fight.

Iron Bodyguard (1973)
Chang Cheh
Pao Hsueh-Li (directors)

Wang Wu (Chen Kuan-tai) is trying to do good and stick up for people... that gets him on the Empress Dowager's bad list!
Been a long time since I've seen this.
📽 #SaturdayActionMovie #ShawBrothers #KungFu #ChangCheh #HongKongCinema

Blu ray cover for the film Swordsman 2. It shows the poster, a colorful collage of actor photos and action scenes.

Swordsman II (1992)
Ching Siu-tung (director)

A hyperactive wuxia packed with undercranked action, wirework, and comedy.
The plot isn't as focused as the first film.
I first saw it theatrically in the '90s. Been a while since I've seen it.
📽 #SaturdayActionMovie #HongKongCinema #KungFu #Wuxia

Poster for the film Ace High. The image is an illustration showing Bud Spencer, Terence Hill, Eli Wallach, and Brock Peters.

Ace High (1968)
Giuseppe Colizzi (writer/ director)

Bud Spencer and Terence Hill.
This is their second movie as a duo and the middle part of a trilogy. It picks up soon after the end of God Forgives... I Don't.
📽 #SaturdayActionMovie #BudSpencer #TerenceHill #ItalianWestern #Filmsky

Poster for the film King Eagle. The images show Ti Lung and Li Ching. Also seen are groups of sword weilding combatants.

King Eagle (1971)
Chang Cheh (director)

Ti Lung accidentally gets mixed up in a murder plot among the Tien YI Tong society's chiefs. Then he falls for the 7th Chief (Li Ching).
📽 #SaturdayActionMovie #ShawBrothers #Wuxia #KungFu #ChangCheh #Filmsky

Blu ray cover for the film Swordsman. The image is of a watercolor painting of a line of figures, done to look like they're barely visible. Photos of the stars are placed around the poster.

Swordsman (1990)
King Hu, Tsui Hark, Ching Siu-tung, Raymond Lee (directors)

When Shout acquired the Golden Princess library, this was one of the top films I was excited about getting.
It's my favorite of the three in this series.
📽 #SaturdayActionMovie #HongKongCinema #FilmSky #TsuiHark

Poster for the film Shaolin Martial Arts. It shows Fu Sheng and Chi Kuan-chun striking martial arts stances. Along the bottom are people fighting.

Shaolin Martial Arts (1974)
Chang Cheh (co-writer/ director)

Third in the Shaolin Cycle.
It's got Fu Sheng, Chi Kuan-chun, and Gordon Liu.
Lau Kar-leung worked on the action.
As with the other films in the cycle, it's great!
📽 #SaturdayActionMovie #ShawBrothers #KungFu #ChangCheh #Filmsky

Blu ray cover for Knock Off. It shows a circular image on a black background of Jean-Claude Van Damme holding and aiming a handgun.

Knock.Off (1998)
Tsui Hark (Director)

I saw this theatrically every day opening week.
Tsui Hark, making Van Damme look the best he's ever looked.
The cinematography is bananas. The camera is doing all kinds of mad tricks.
Solid gold entertainment.
📽 #SaturdayActionMovie #TsuiHark #Filmsky

Blu ray cover for Furious Swords, the Heroic Cinema of Chang Cheh. The art shows characters from the four movies on the set.

Poster for Men From the Monastery. It shows three kung fu heroes with an art background of fire.

Men From the Monastery (1974)
Chang Cheh (co-writer/ director)

Second in the Shaolin Cycle and companion to Heroes Two.
Another movie I love to bits!
Interesting structure - the first segments show backstory to events prior to Heroes Two.
📽 #SaturdayActionMovie #ShawBrothers #KungFu #ChangCheh

Blu ray cover for Female Prisoner Scorpion Death Threat. The art shows a woman in a motorcycle helmet, barbed wire, various people, a big bladed weapon, and a woman on a cross.

Female Prisoner Scorpion: Death Threat (1991)
Toshiharu Ikeda (writer/ director)

Long-gap sequel from the director of Evil Dead Trap and Mermaid Legend.
First-time viewing.
📽 #SaturdayActionMovie #VCinema

Blu ray cover for Secret Service of the Imperial Court. The art shows Leung Kar-yan holding a sword while a white-haired man looks on. Some people are running in the background.

Secret Service of the Imperial Court (1984)
Lu Chun-ku (co-writer/ director)

The final film in Shaw Brothers Classics vol 8.
It's got Leung Kar-yan, Ku Feng, Lo Mang, Lo Lieh.
📽 #SaturdayActionMovie #ShawBrothers #Wuxia #KungFu #HongKongCinema

Blu ray cover for The Big Heat. The image shows four men, three are black and white, stylized art. One, actor Waise Lee, is a photo. Alsonseen arebtwo men jumping from an overpass.

The Big Heat (1988)
Johnnie To and Andrew Kam

Brutal action thriller that was once criminally underseen. And now we have a 4k UHD release.
A starring role for Waise Lee!
It's also got Joey Wong, Phillip Kwok, and Chu Kong.
📽 #SaturdayActionMovie #HongKongCinema #FilmSky

Promotional image for The Shadow Strays. It shows the cast in a curved line-up that retreats into the background. Some are holding blades, some guns. Around them is a bright red splash that suggests blood.

The Shadow Strays (2024)
Timo Tjahjanto (writer/ director)

Finally getting around to watching this one.
Big fan of his prior movies.
📽 #SaturdayActionMovie #Filmsky

Blu ray cover for Return of the Bastard Swordsman. The image is of two white robed martial artists in front of a chart of a person's face.

Return of the Bastard Swordsman (1984)
Lu Chun-ku (director)

Whole buncha bad guys are looking to strike back at Wudang. To combat the Silkworm skill, they have the Phantom skill - and can make someone's heart fly out of their mouth!
Uh-oh!
📽 #SaturdayActionMovie #ShawBrothers #Wuxia #KungFu

Blu ray cover for On the Run. The image shows Yuen Biao and Pat Ha, looking like they've been through an ordeal.

On the Run (1988)
Alfred Cheung Kin-ting (director)

You like a bleak and violent Hong Kong neo-noir? Well...
One of Yuen Biao's best performances, and the cast is loaded - Lo Lieh, Philip Ko, Yuen Wah, and many others.
Essential!
📽 #SaturdayActionMovie #HongKongCinema #FilmSky

Poster image for the film Manchu Boxer. The painted art shows cast members posing for martial arts combat.

Manchu Boxer (1974)
Wu Ma (director)

Very good kung fu movie that's more story-heavy than simply propelled by fights.
The action director is Sammo Hung.
The extended cut is included in the Sammo Hung Triple Threat release.
📽 #SaturdayActionMovie #KungFu #HongKongCinema #SammoHung #Filmsky

Blu ray cover for New Tales of the Flying Fox. The art shows two weapons, one a straight sword and the other is a crescent blade. There are to men's faces in profile, ine one each side of the weapons. Below is a flying swordsman.

New Tales of the Flying Fox (1984)
Lau Sze-yuk (director)

Another adaptation of Jin Yong's novel, The Young Flying Fox.
This one is written by Wong Jing.
It stars Felix Wong, Alex Man, and Leung Kar-yan.
It's a heck of a lot of fun.
📽 #SaturdayActionMovie #ShawBrothers #Wuxia #HongKongCinema

Poster for the film New York Chinatown. The painted art shows a man with a machine gun on a New York street at night, bodies are dead on the ground behind him.

Vinegar Syndrome's Made in Hong Kong volume two box. The art is a painted depiction of many actors from the three movies in the set.

New York Chinatown (1982)
Stanley Siu wing (director)

Alan Tang and Melvin Wong in an early '80s triad action drama.
Don Wilson, in his first role, as a corrupt cop.
This is the only one in this box that's new to me.
📽 #SaturdayActionMovie #HongKongCinema #FilmSky

Poster for the film War. It shows the two lead actors, back to back, guns in hand, surrounded by fire.

War (2019)
Siddharth Anand (co-writer/ director)

Revisiting this wonderful homoerotic action romp full of forward momentum and enough turns to keep you surprised and entertained.
📽 #SaturdayActionMovie #IndianCinema #Filmsky

Blu ray cover for the film The Enchantress. The art shows a swordsman facing off against a pale-faced phantom with flowing white robes.

The Enchantress (1983)
Chor Yuen (director)

A swordsman gets involved in an investigation of mysterious deaths.
It's got Max Mok in the lead.
You know Lo Lieh is showing up.
Yuen Wah and Yuen Bun worked on the action.
📽 #SaturdayActionMovie #ShawBrothers #Wuxia #HongKongCinema #KungFu #Filmsky

Poster for the film They Call Him OG. It shows a man standing next to a car, firing a gun. It is night and raining.

They Call Him OG (2025)
Sujeeth (writer/ director)

From what little I know, this is a prequel of sorts for the same fictional setting as Saaho.
📽 #SaturdayActionMovie #Filmsky

Blu ray cover for Ghosts Galore. It shows Chin Siu-ho and Chiang Kam, along with illustrations of people in ceremonial dress, doing kung fu, and magic.

Ghosts Galore (1983)
Hsu Hsia (director)

Uh-oh, a black magic wizard (Lo Lieh) is up to no good! Goofballs Chin Siu-ho and Chiang Kam are gonna have to stop him.
Hwang Jang-lee shows up as another magician.
📽 #SaturdayActionMovie #ShawBrothers #KungFu #HongKongCinema #FilmSky

Poster for Saaho. It shows the film's cast, many of them are holding guns.

Saaho (2019)
Sujeeth (writer/ director)

Saw this a number of years ago and have been wanting to rewatch.
It's impossibly packed with wild action and great songs.
📽 #SaturdayActionMovie #IndianCinema #Filmsky

Blu ray cover for Cat vs Rat. It shows a red cartoon ray squaring off with a blu cartoon cat. Behind this, is a collage of cast images.

Cat vs Rat (1982)
Lau Kar-leung (director)

Kung Fu comedy loosely based, in part, on the novel Seven Heroes and Five Gallants.
If seeing Fu Sheng and Adam Cheng act like ridiculous children sounds good, here ya go!
It's fun.
📽 #SaturdayActionMovie #ShawBrothers #Wuxia #HongKongCinema #FilmSky

Poster for Battle Wizard. It shows a collage of characters sword fighting and striking poses.

Battle Wizard (1977)
Pao Hsueh-Li (director)

Ni Kuang is doing another adaptation! This time, it's Jin Yong's Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils.
Eighty minutes of wuxia fantasy perfection.
📽 #SaturdayActionMovie #ShawBrothers #Wuxia #HongKongCinema #FilmSky

Blu ray cover for Treasure Hunters. It shows the four main stars in caricature with photos of their real faces done big on small bodies.

The Treasure Hunters (1981)
Lau Kar-wing (director)

Kung Fu comedy written by Wong Jing.
It's got Fu Sheng and Gordon Liu. And it's a real good time!
Director Lau Kar-wing is also action choreographer.
📽 #SaturdayActionMovie #ShawBrothers #KungFu #Filmsky #HongKongCinema