Vampires are back on the stage - Twilight fans beware!

It was a bad omen to watch two bad movies one after another - I was just getting myself coming out of the shock from the abomination named "Choy lee Fut" and yet another example of the same lineage came on screen. 

Two words - suck this...

Sammo Hung, Yuen Wah, Kane Kosugi, Sammy Hung, Dennis To - who of them does not belong in the picture?

I was thinking how to begin this article, because of its nature - a shiny shell, with really tasteless core, as if to put a brand new pants to an already brown coloured arse... It won't cover the smell and stains - it will just make them even easier to spot from a distance. 

At first I was really excited when I saw the trailer (damn you marketing tricks!) and I had a hope of seeing something different - Sammo Hung & Yuen Wah teaming again, Sammi Hung (one of Sammo's sons), Kane Kosugi (son of Sho Kosugi) and fast-paced battles on screen - that's what I saw from the brief videoclip. 

The real picture was far, far, far from being any good... 

And I'm still trying to erase this movie from my mind and eyes - plenty of my brain cells are now dead due to this movie experience and I think I reduced my IQ a bit... 
But let me start with the name first - Choy Lee Fut...

There is no speed nor light - it's dark as elephant's ass and slower than sloth...

One look at my cinema affections... Or something like it...

As I was browsing in different blogs, searching for something interesting, I came across a nicely done article in Operation Kino blog - a blog which is written by highly sklilful people, dedicated to the world of cinematic experiences and delivering quality materials for all fans. 

So, there I found one article, which was shaped as Q&A subject with some truly imaginative cinema questions. I've already gave my comments and answers (the Bulgarian readers my found them in the second part of this article), however I wanted to prepare a different set of answers related only towards the world of martial arts movies. 

And there it is - my ultimate view over my favorite genre - behold its mighty stance!

Righting Wrongs - Yuen Biao at its finest...

Due to my enormous lazy mode I was unable to keep my blog with some new articles, so I do apologize for this delay. More to come - as I know myself pretty well :) Anyway, after a bit of thinking (as my little brain is limited) I decide to share my opinion on one of the finest martial arts movie example from the 80's starring Yuen Biao, Cynthia Rothrock, Melvin Wong and Fan Siu Wong (Ip Man 1 & 2, Legend is born: Ip Man), under the direction of Corey Yuen, who shows an eye for a detailed fights and not too complicated plots.

A little retrospection of the year - excitement & dissapointment in 2010.

I'm changing the language section this time and I'll start with the article in English, because it appears that my non-Bulgarian readers are more. Well to be fair to them, I'll write the first part in a language more appropriate to understand my random thoughts about the martial art world in retrospective. 

I can't mention all the movies I watched over the year, so I'll limit my titles to the ones, which I found above average from all. I start with grandpa Jackie, who still awaits for his success as a dramatical actor in USA (he proved that he can be quite a versatile person by starring in Heart of the Dragon, Crime Story, New Police Story and Shinjuku Incident in a roles, which does not fit in the term "martial arts actor"), therefore he now chooses roles much more carefully. 

"Karate Kid" is not a masterpiece itself, however I found it more entertaining than the original - ignore Will Smith's son and consentrate on the Man - Jackie Chan, which I think has made one of the best roles in american production since Rush Hour. Apart from the martial arts sequences (which are quite fine in their own merit), it was interesting for me to watch Jackie perform as mentally depressed person with heavy burden on his shoulders, living like a hermit not letting anyone to his world... 

It was not as the drama performance of Jet Li in Ocean Heaven (a bit more about this movie further down), but very truthfull and honest. As a movie it was above average - decent script (almost taken all from the original), decent fights and nice accent on the drama. Will wait on Jackie's performance in Armour of God 3, to see how he get on his feet under the directing reigns of Stanley Tong :) Time will tell if this third installment will be successfull, however I think that it's coming a bit late...