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Hard Boiled (1992)
辣手神探
★ 7.8 13 ratings
John Woo actor: Chow Yun-Fat / Tony Leung Chiu-wai …
other title: Fervura Máxima / À toute épreuve …
A cop who loses his partner in a shoot-out with gun smugglers goes on a mission to catch them. In order to get closer to the leaders of the ring he joins forces with an undercover cop who's working as a gangster hitman. They use all means of excessive force to find them.
Watched
April 18, 2026
Realism is overrated. Insane action all the way!

Rewatched for the umpteenth time a day after the 34th anniversary of its release (16 April 1992).
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The Blade (1995)
刀
★ 7.3 6 ratings
Tsui Hark actor: Vincent Zhao Wenzhuo / Xiong Xinxin …
other title: The Blade - Das zerbrochene Schwert / 刀
A young man adopted by a renowned swordsmith, discovers that his real father was killed by a powerful bandit called Lung. Leaving to seek revenge, he runs foul of a group of vicious desert scum, losing his right arm in the process. After being nursed back to health, he eventually learns to compensate for his loss and returns to confront the man who murdered his father.
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The Illegal Immigrant (1985)
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Mabel Cheung Yuen-Ting actor: Ching Yong-Cho / Wu Fu-Sheng …
other title: Eine Woche Heiratsfrist / 非法移民
The lead, arrested and processed after a police raid on a Canal St. clothing workshop. He has no status in HK, where he'd swam, or the US, where he arrived as a stowaway, to avoid metal detectors which would pick up the bullets still in his body.
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Have Sword, Will Travel (1969)
保鏢
Chang Cheh actor: David Chiang Da-Wei / Ti Lung …
other title: Le invincibili spade delle tigri volanti / Die Todespagode des gelben Tigers …
Ying Ke-Feng, head of Peerless Manor, is an expert swordsman whose escort business transports 200,000 taels of silver to the capital each year. This year, however, he is afflicted with an infirmity that renders him unable to use his sword.
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Slaughter in San Francisco (1974)
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Lo Wei actor: Don Wong Tao / Chuck Norris …
other title: Massacro a San Francisco / Yellow Faced Tiger (aka Slaughter In San Francisco) …
A Chinese-American cop, skilled in martial arts, battles the most powerful criminal gang in San Francisco that is responsible for the death of his partner.
Watched
March 24, 2026
Poor dialogue but good pacing & plenty of fights. But too much Chuck Norris body hair!

Watched in #MondayActionMovie watch party on Mastodon
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A Chinese Ghost Story (1987)
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★ 8.1 24 ratings
Tony Ching Siu-Tung actor: Leslie Cheung / Joey Wong …
other title: Uma História Chinesa de Fantasmas / Una historia china de fantasmas …
A naïve young tax collector for the imperial government winds up spending the night in a haunted temple. There he falls in love with a beautiful woman who, unfortunately, is dead. With the aid of a powerful Daoist Swordsman, he must defeat undead hordes, overcome a sinister Tree Demoness, and descend to the pits of hell, to fight for the spirit he loves.
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Once Upon a Time in China (1991)
黃飛鴻
★ 8.2 8 ratings
Tsui Hark actor: Jet Li / Yuen Biao …
other title: Era uma vez na China / Il était une fois en Chine …
Set in late 19th century Canton, this martial arts film depicts the stance taken by the legendary martial arts hero Wong Fei-Hung against foreign forces' plundering of China.
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Eastern Condors (1987)
東方秃鷹
Sammo Hung Kam-Bo actor: Sammo Hung Kam-Bo / Yuen Biao …
other title: Operation Eastern Condors / Comando infernal …
A motley group of Chinese prisoners held in the US is sent on a covert mission with the promise of a pardon: to go deep into Vietnam and destroy a secret depot of missiles that the US left behind during the pull-out.
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Half a Loaf of Kung Fu (1978)
招半式闖江湖
Chen Chi-Hwa actor: Jackie Chan / James Tien Chun …
other title: Karate Bomber / Le Protecteur …
A young daydreamer assumes the identity of a dead martial arts hero and quickly finds himself caught up in a plot by several clans to steal famous martial arts artifacts being transported by an escort company.
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Winners & Sinners (1983)
奇謀妙計五福星
Sammo Hung Kam-Bo actor: Sammo Hung Kam-Bo / Richard Ng Yiu-Hon …
other title: Winners & Sinners: Five Lucky Stars / Winners and Sinners …
Five friends are released from prison and do their best to stay out trouble. While trying to mind their own business (and run their 5-Star Cleaning Service), they are caught up in a war between rival Triad gangs fighting for control of the counterfeit currency market.
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Righting Wrongs (1986)
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Corey Yuen actor: Yuen Biao / Cynthia Rothrock …
other title: Tage des Terrors / Une flic de choc …
Jason Chan, a Hong Kong lawyer, is angry at the way the law protects criminals and decides to take the law into his own hands, dishing out vigilante justice when a key witness and his entire family are murdered. But hotshot cop Cindy Si is soon on Chan's case, and the situation unravels into a fight that only a few will survive.
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Peking Opera Blues (1986)
刀馬旦
★ 8.1 7 ratings
Tsui Hark actor: Brigitte Lin / Sally Yip Sin-Man …
other title: Peking Action Blues / Peking opera blues
In 1913 Beijing, three fierce women—disguised rebel Tsao Wan, jewel-seeking Sheung Hung, and opera heiress Pat Neil—embark on a daring quest filled with intrigue and betrayal, challenging societal norms amidst political turmoil and the vibrant world of Peking Opera.
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Lady Reporter (1989)
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Mang Hoi actor: Cynthia Rothrock / Elizabeth Lee Mei-Fung …
other title: Born to Fight / Une Flic de Choc 2 …
Cindy, an American FBI agent, travels to Hong Kong to investigate a newspaper editor, Ronny Dak, who is suspected of printing counterfeit money using the newspaper’s presses. The American teams up with a rival reporter and her friend Yu, an undercover law enforcer. Cindy’s investigation takes a sharp turn, however, when Yu’s father, the prosecuting lawyer in the counterfeiting case, is kidnapped.
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The Dragon and the Tiger Kids (1979)
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Tony Lou Chun-Ku / Tony Wong Yuk-Long actor: Meng Yuen-Man / Mang Hoi …
other title: Kung Fu - Sturmstaffel der Hölle / The Hell's Wind Staff …
Two young kung fu experts are terrorized by an evil warlord whose weapon is known as the Hell's Wind Staff. With the aid of an old rival of the warlord, they train in the Dragon Hands and the Rowing Oar to face off against the deadly Hell's Wind Staff.
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Golden Swallow (1968)
金燕子
Chang Cheh actor: Jimmy Wang Yu / Cheng Pei-Pei …
other title: A Andorinha Dourada / Das tödliche Duo …
Golden Swallow revolves around the further adventures of its title character. This time around, she is forced into violence when a figure from her mysterious past goes on a killing rampage while leaving evidence that holds her responsible. Golden Swallow also makes room for a love triangle involving a mad, but righteous, swordsman named Silver Roc and a gentle warrior named Golden Whip. The three team up to conquer the evil forces of the martial world, but their joint venture only lasts so long, due to the two men's egos. Ultimately, a duel to the death is planned between them, leaving Golden Swallow caught between two men, both of whom she admires.
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Come Drink with Me (1966)
大醉俠
★ 7.2 9 ratings
King Hu actor: Cheng Pei-Pei / Elliot Ngok Wah …
other title: Le implacabili lame di rondine d'oro / O Grande Mestre Beberrão …
Golden Sparrow is a fighter-for-hire who has been contracted by the local government to retrieve the governor's kidnapped son. Holding him is a group of rebels who are demanding that their leader be released from prison in return for the captured son. After a brief encounter with the gang at a local restaurant, Golden Sparrow is joined by an inebriated wanderer Drunken Cat who aids her in her mission.
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The Mysterious Heroes (1978)
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Shao-Peng Chen actor: Polly Shang-Kuan Ling-Feng / Chin Kang …
other title: 南龙北凤西山虎
Mysterious Heroes centers around Lau Tien, master of the deadly 13-Sword Style. Thrown into prison by a group of jealous enemies, the 13-Sword Style is rarely spoken of, let alone seen, until 20 years later, when a second swordsman going by the name of Lau Tien proves to be the world's second 13-Sword expert. Action-packed martial arts chaos ensues when the enemies of the original Lau Tien vow to destroy his successor.