The Legend of the Swordsman (1992)
When two warring factions in Ancient Japan, the mainlanders and the highlanders, go to war, Ling (Li, Once Upon a Time in China) and his school of martial artists head to the mountains. While there, he...
1990s / Action / Fantasy / Martial Arts
by Vincent Leo · Published December 20, 1998 · Last modified February 4, 2019
When two warring factions in Ancient Japan, the mainlanders and the highlanders, go to war, Ling (Li, Once Upon a Time in China) and his school of martial artists head to the mountains. While there, he...
1990s / Action / Drama / Martial Arts
by Vincent Leo · Published October 1, 1998 · Last modified March 30, 2019
In ancient China, a desert-dweller named Ou-Yang (Leslie Cheung) gets in the middle of a circle of stories involving various swordsmen. Huang (Tony Leung) is a swordsman who drinks some magic wine in order to forget...
1990s / Action / Adventure / Martial Arts
by Vincent Leo · Published July 20, 1998 · Last modified January 30, 2019
Martial arts expert Fong Sai Yuk (Jet Li, Once Upon a Time in China) is back, this time trying to stop a mutiny within the ranks of the Red Flower Society. He also gets caught in...
1990s / Action / Martial Arts / Thriller
by Vincent Leo · Published July 11, 1998 · Last modified February 11, 2019
LAPD Detectives Riggs (Gibson, Conspiracy Theory) and Murtaugh (Glover, The Rainmaker) are back on the streets, this time trying to bring down a Chinese Triad who are involved in importing Chinese slaves, and using them to counterfeit money...
1990s / Action / Comedy / Martial Arts
by Vincent Leo · Published May 10, 1998 · Last modified April 2, 2019
A trio of scientists studying strange meteorites are abducted by a crew of commandos, but the commando squad is sabotaged by someone higher up and only Jackie (Chan) survives – but he can’t even remember...
1990s / Action / Adventure / Comedy / Martial Arts
by Vincent Leo · Published May 3, 1998 · Last modified January 30, 2019
The evil Emperor suffers from unpopularity among his people, who have formed the Red Flower Society, an underground organization vowing to overthrow the malevolent regime. A list is circulating which contains the names of...
1990s / Action / Comedy / Martial Arts
by Vincent Leo · Published February 6, 1998 · Last modified February 3, 2019
Continuing the slapstick saga of the clown prince of China (Chow, Fight Back to School), still performing his shenanigans while maintaining his position as the emperor’s right-hand man. Definitely a step down comedically from the...
1990s / Action / Comedy / Martial Arts
by Vincent Leo · Published January 19, 1998 · Last modified February 3, 2019
City Hunter is an action film based on the popular Japanese comic book of the same name. The plotline centers around a womanizing private investigator named Ryu Saeba (Chan, Police Story 2), who is hired to...
1990s / Action / Comedy / Martial Arts
by Vincent Leo · Published January 17, 1998 · Last modified February 16, 2019
A TV chef (Chan, Thunderbolt) gets embroiled in a plot by dangerous underworld types to get a videotape of a secret drug deal and murder when he accidentally bumps into a reporter who threatens to blow...
1990s / Action / Comedy / Martial Arts
by Vincent Leo · Published January 5, 1998 · Last modified February 3, 2019
While I haven’t always been a fan of Stephen Chow’s (The Tricky Master, Shaolin Soccer) rather broad and uneven sense of humor, nor am I a Wong Jing (City Hunter, High Risk) nut, Royal Tramp is one exception...
Reviews from film writer Vince Leo, covering all eras and genres of films from classics to the latest releases.
Film reviews from Vince Leo, from classics to new releases, since 1996.