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Guyver: Dark Hero (1994)
Guyver 2: Dark Hero
director: Steve Wang actor: David Hayter / Kathy Christopherson
other title: 强殖装甲：暗黑英雄 / Guyver 2: Dark Hero …
Sean Barker became the unwilling host to an alien bio-armor known as the Guyver. A year ago he destroyed the Kronos Corporation, an organization of mutants who want the Guyver. Now he is trying to find why the Guyver unit forces him to fight and kill evil.
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The Guyver (1991)
The Guyver
director: Steve Wang / Screaming Mad George actor: Jack Armstrong / Mark Hamill …
other title: O Guyver / Mutronics - Invasion der Supermutanten …
FBI agent Max Reed witnesses Dr. Tetsu Segawa - a researcher for the mysterious Chronos Corporation - being murdered. Dr. Segawa had stolen an alien device known as "The Guyver" from Chronos. College student Sean Barker, whose girlfriend's father was Dr. Segawa, finds the Guyver's hiding spot while watching the forensic team investigating the crime scene.
Aug. 31, 2026 watched
Some really impressive practical FX. "But what about plot, dialog, acting etc?" Yep, those sure were some impressive FX.

Watched in #Monsterdon watch party on Mastodon.
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The Tea House (1974) WikiData IMDb TMDB
成記茶樓
director: Kuei Chih-hung actor: Chen Kuan-Tai / Wong Yu …
other title: 成記茶樓 / The Teahouse
Chen Kuan-Tai is Big Brother Cheng, a former refugee who runs a local teahouse in Hong Kong. Respected by his peers, Big Brother Cheng runs the teahouse — and unofficially the neighborhood — with a firm righteous hand. However, when the triads come calling, Big Brother Cheng finds out respect and common decency may not be enough. The triads use underage kids to terrorize the teahouse, and since the law won't do anything, Big Brother Cheng may have to step in and take care of it himself!
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The King of the Kickboxers (1990) WikiData IMDb TMDB
The King of the Kickboxers
director: Lo Yuen-Ming actor: Loren Avedon / Billy Blanks …
other title: Il re dei kickboxers / O Rei dos Kickboxers …
Jake, a New York policeman poses as an actor to expose the making of martial-arts death movies in Thailand.
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The Avenging Eagle (1978) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
冷血十三鷹
director: Sun Chung actor: Ti Lung / Alexander Fu Sheng …
other title: 冷血十三鹰 / 冷血十三鷹 …
Eagle Chief Yoh Xi-hung raises orphans to be his personal killers. One such is Chik Ming-sing who now wants to put his killer life behind him. When the Eagle Clan come after him, a stranger called Cheuk comes to his assistance It turns out that Cheuk is the son of a family who were robbed and murdered by the Eagles. Now they will team up to destroy the evil clan.
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Black Belt Jones (1974) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Black Belt Jones
director: Robert Clouse actor: Jim Kelly / Gloria Hendry …
other title: Johnny lo svelto / Freie Fahrt ins Jenseits …
Jones is a secret agent who has gone into semi-retirement, concentrating instead on teaching the martial arts to inner city youths. The karate school is run by a kindly old coot named Pops. His gambling debts, however, bring the local thug, Pinky, down on him. To make matters worse, Pinky is then hired by some white thugs who want to get a hold of the property Pops' school occupies so they can build a shopping mall. When things get heavy, Black Belt Jones leaps into action. Only he's not alone. Pops' daughter, Sidney, shows up to lend a hand, proving herself every bit as agile and powerful a martial artist as Jones.
Aug. 9, 2026 watched
Loved the fashions and especially the car wash final battle!

Watched in #KungFuSat watch party on Mastodon.
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The Legend (1993)
方世玉
7.8 (6 ratings) director: Corey Yuen actor: Jet Li / Josephine Siao Fong-Fong …
other title: The Legend of Fong Sai-yuk / Fong Sai Yuk - A Saga de um Herói …
The secret Red Lotus Flower Society is committed to the overthrow of the evil Manchu Emperor and his minions. One of his Governors is sent on a mission to retrieve a list of members of that secret society. Meanwhile, Canton kung fu practitioner Fong Sai-Yuk falls in love with the beautiful daughter of a rich merchant.
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A Prayer Before Dawn (2018) WikiData IMDb TMDB
A Prayer Before Dawn
director: Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire actor: Joe Cole / Vithaya Pansringarm …
other title: Una preghiera prima dell'alba / Prece ao Nascer do Dia …
The amazing true story of Billy Moore, an English boxer incarcerated in Thailand’s most notorious prison. Thrown into a world of drugs and violence, he finds his best chance to escape is to fight his way out in prison Muay Thai tournaments.
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Swift Sword (1980) IMDb TMDB Douban
情俠追風劍
director: Ho Meng-Hua actor: Wong Yu / Nau Nau …
other title: 情俠追風劍
Starring a menagerie of established Shaw Brothers' talent like kung-fu comedienne, Wang Yu, female kung-fu fighter Hui Ying-hung (the lady Michelle Yeoh tries to emulate) and perennial bad guy Lo Lieh, it's a movie about cross people and crossed swords where our heroes discover that gold is not as precious as friendship.
July 12, 2026 watched
I've dealt with some confusing plots in kung fu films, but way too often in this I found myself thinking "who the hell are these people and what the hell is going on???"

Watched in #KungFuSat watch party on Mastodon
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Wings of Dread (2026) IMDb TMDB
万米危机
director: Ashton Chen / Qin Pengfei actor: Ashton Chen / Iko Uwais …
other title: 万米危机
Air police officer Gu Chaoyang encounters a hijacking crisis on his flight back to China. With his extremely high professional ethics, he fights desperately to stop the hijacker, and a life-and-death struggle that takes place at an altitude of ten thousand meters begins.
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Tiger Claws (1991) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Tiger Claws
director: Kelly Makin actor: Cynthia Rothrock / Jalal Merhi …
other title: Copgirl - Artigli di tigre / Tigerkralle …
A mysterious martial artist is killing martial arts masters with his unique style, Tiger Claw. Two police detectives, who are also martial arts experts, use unorthodox methods to track down the serial killer.
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The Chinese Mack (1974) IMDb TMDB
絕招
director: Ta-Chuan Hsu actor: Michael Chan / Lee Fung-Lan …
other title: 絕招
Real-life Triad leader and Hong Kong action star Chan Wai-Man headlines The Chinese Mack, a fight-filled martial arts slug-fest from the golden year of 1974! In the scenic countryside, an expert kung fu student is taught the deadly art of the “death blows.” With his schooling finished, he heads to the big city to earn his fortune. But when he’s seduced by the sins of the flesh, he’ll have to battle his way out of the darkness.
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Kung Fury (2015)
Kung Fury
8.0 (8 ratings) director: David Sandberg actor: David Sandberg / Jorma Taccone …
other title: 功之怒 / 功夫之怒 …
During an unfortunate series of events, a friend of Kung Fury is assassinated by the most dangerous kung fu master criminal of all time, Adolf Hitler, a.k.a Kung Führer. Kung Fury decides to travel back in time to Nazi Germany in order to kill Hitler and end the Nazi empire once and for all.
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Kung Fu Stuntmen (2021)
龍虎武師
director: Wei Junzi actor: Tsui Hark / Yuen Woo-Ping …
other title: 龍虎武師
A new documentary film revisits the golden age of kung fu stuntmen and action directors in Hong Kong during the 1960s-'80s, exploring their pain and struggles. The documentary is a tribute to kung fu stuntmen. “They risked their lives for stunts,” said kung fu choreographer Yuen Bin. In their heyday, these stuntmen and choreographers presented the best, most creative and most complicated kung fu fight sequences anywhere in the world, creating stunts that looked seemingly impossible.
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Kid with the Golden Arm (1979)
金臂童
director: Chang Cheh actor: Sun Chien / Phillip Kwok Chui …
other title: Die fünf Kampfmaschinen der Shaolin / The Kid With The Golden Arms …
Jin bei tong opens with a group of escort guards preparing to move a shipment of gold from the local government to an area stricken by famine... one of the very few Venom films where all six Venom actors are present within a single film.
May 31, 2026 watched
Awesome nicknames? ✅
Awesome outfits? ✅
Awesome kungfu? ✅
Awesome treachery? ✅
Awesome plot, characters etc? Ehhh, not so much.

Watched in #KungFuSat watch party on Mastodon.
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Iron Monkey (1993)
黃飛鴻之鐵馬騮
director: Yuen Woo-Ping actor: Yu Rongguang / Donnie Yen …
other title: O Macaco de Ferro / El mono de hierro (Iron Monkey) …
In this Hong Kong variation of Robin Hood, corrupt officials of a Chinese village are robbed by a masked bandit known as "Iron Monkey", named after a benevolent deity. When all else fails, the Governor forces a traveling physician into finding the bandit.