Rob's (mostly) Asian movie blog.
Last Updated on August 16, 2021 by rob
At a cabin in the woods, Kang (Gam Woo-sung) is witness to the blood-soaked corpses of two murder victims, one of which is his girlfriend Su-yeong (Kang Gyeong-heon). While chasing the killer Kang is badly injured and nearly killed when he stumbles into the path of a passing car. Waking up in … Read the rest
Last Updated on October 2, 2020 by rob
In Shanghai, eight year old orphan Sanmao (Wan Lung-chi) joins a team of beggars, becomes the unwilling recruit of a Fagin-style criminal and is adopted by a wealthy lady who cleans him up, renames him Tom and tries to control him like one of her pets. But at a party in his … Read the rest
Last Updated on April 20, 2021 by rob
In the Old West an elegantly attired contract killer known as Mr Silver (Peter Lee Lawrence) is hired by the owners of local banks to find and eliminate the masked outlaws who’ve been robbing stagecoaches and who on their last raid ruthlessly murdered all the passengers.
Well-plotted and pacy Euro-Western featuring some … Read the rest
Last Updated on October 2, 2020 by rob
In this sequel to Temple of the Red Lotus eloping lovers Kwei Wu (Jimmy Wang Yu) and Lien Chu (Chin Ping) are fooled into attempting the rescue of four ‘maids’ (in reality members of the evil Red Lotus Clan) from a Buddhist temple the Clan have tricked out with all manner of … Read the rest
Last Updated on September 30, 2020 by rob
On his way to Jin Castle to meet his fiancee Lianzhu (Chin Ping) and avenge the murder of his family young swordsman Kuei Wu (Jimmy Wang-Yu) is witness to a robbery that implicates the head of his betrothed’s family, Dragon Jin. But on arrival Kuei’s suspicions about his new in-laws prove mutual. … Read the rest
Last Updated on October 6, 2020 by rob
Tony (Issei Ogata) a man comfortable in his own insular nature is shaken by the intrusion into his life of a beautiful young workmate named Eiko (Rie Miyazawa). He woos and marries her but when Tony perceives Eiko’s obsession with buying expensive clothes to be out of control he asks her to … Read the rest
Last Updated on November 14, 2020 by rob
A cop named Mike (David Hemmings) and an undercover agent named Fabio (Fabio Testi) work together to infiltrate a vicious heroin smuggling ring so they can identify and arrest the mastermind behind it. But when Fabio’s attempt to ingratiate himself with the gang’s boss (Joshua Sinclair) – by walking into police headquarters … Read the rest
Last Updated on October 6, 2020 by rob
In the immediate aftermath of a miraculous landing by a crippled aircraft in New York’s Hudson river its captain Chesley ‘Sully’ Sullenberger (Tom Hanks) finds himself acclaimed as a hero for saving the lives of all onboard. But an official investigation questions his decision to make a water landing when all their … Read the rest
Last Updated on October 2, 2020 by rob
When pretty Kaiyun Yang (Cheng Pei-pei) uses a whip to break up a fight in the village guesthouse she works at her exceptional prowess attracts the interest of swordsman Wang Jianxin (Hua Yueh), formidable Kung Fu master Hong Dapeng (Ku Feng), some thugs known as The Serial Trio and a gang called … Read the rest
