Blade (The) - Chiu Man Cheuk, Chan Ho, Hung Yan Yan
5/5

Tsui Hark's most chaotic piece, and one of the most intense movies I've ever seen along with Legend of the Wolf. Everything is so fast, and Chiu Man Cheuk is great and realistic. Multiple action sequences, which all have their own flavors too. Training sequences are interesting because he's learning out of a burnt book, with one arm, and a broken junk sword that he uses for the rest of the movie! His fight against Hung Yan Yan almost gave me a seizure, it was so furious.



Blacksheep Affair - Chiu Man Cheuk
2/5

Not action packed as it's touted. Cheuk fights a Japanese guy twice and takes on some Russians (who speak English) and looks good, but when fighting the Japanese guy, it's rotten. Cheuk still looks good, as expected, but this other guy can't do anything. His punches are weak. Well filmed, but the choreography is lousy, with the other guy having a double at times too. Didn't entertain me much.



Bodyguard from Beijing - Jet Li, Ngai Sing
2/5

One of Jet's newest movies (1998). Not entertaining to me. He does some minor fistwork against a few guys in the beginning for 15 seconds maybe, but nothing happens until a shootout at the end, and then he has a rediculous fight against Ngai Sing over who gets to use the faucet in the kitchen. Tons of wirework. There are some times, though, when they look pretty good, like when Sing tosses his leg around, because the guy is a great kicker, no doubt, but it's just plain stupid how much wirework they had to be put into for this. I can't blame them, though, because it's the action director who did it. But it is intense, I can give it that.



Body Weapon - Chiu Man Cheuk, Sam Wong, Stephen Au
3/5

Chiu Man Cheuk has some of his best fights ever in this against Sam Wong, which is great because they're both highly talented. They fight twice, the second one using bad slomo, but Chiu's fight against Au ain't bad either. Great choreography where it exists, and though the fights are short, they're well filmed, something missing from the movies Chiu is in. A not-so-great finale though where it gets a little sloppy. The plot is about sex, which makes it overall pretty boring if you're not interested in that, hence a 3/5 and not 4/5. But the skills of Wong and Chiu are well used.



Buddha Assassinator - Hwang Jang Lee, Meng Hoi
3/5

A good, old movie about the fight between the Lohan Style and Buddhist Fist. Lee uses Lohan, Hoi uses Buddhist Fist. Nothing too interesting until the second half when you get to see the styles in use. The action is slow, 2 beat format, but the moves are recognizable after you watch the training sequences, which is entertaining in it's own manner and I don't know how you couldn't enjoy that. So, it's good.



Buddhist Fist (The) - Yuen Shun I, Tsui Siu Ming
5/5

An excellent showcase of Buddhist Fist vs Lohan Palm. Fast action, extremely intricate choreography, and tons of long fights. The final fight is worth every minute too. It's over 7 minutes long and they call out the moves as they do them. Both are very acrobatic, with their styles fitting their physicalities. Highly recommended.



Bury Me High - Tsui Siu Ming, Chin Kar Lok, Yuen Wah, Moon Lee, Sibelle Hu
5/5

Awesome movie about feng shui and its uses, plus some great fights created by Siu Ming himself. Siu Ming is a lot like Sammo these days, with a large build but can amaze you with how he moves around. Yuen Wah has probably the longest fight scene he's ever been in at the end against Kar Lok. So refreshing. I was delighted to review it. Moon Lee shoots some people and kicks Yuen Wah a little with Kar Lok at the end. The 4 fights are all super impressive.



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