After a Shogun’s wife is killed instead of him, he vows to avenge her killers. He roams with the land with his young son and takes on mercenary work whilst working towards accomplishing his goal. Shogun Assassin is a re-edit of a smidgen of Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance and most of Lone …
Continue reading The Video Nasties Reviewed- Section 3- Day 68- Shogun Assassin (1980)
Martial arts instructor Susanne Carter (Jillian Kesner) travels to Asia to find her sister, a journalist, who has gone missing. Could the local mafia be involved? This is a New World Pictures production which is, of course, Roger Corman’s company. And the result is…OK but nothing to really write home about. The film’s original title …
Continue reading The Video Nasties Reviewed- Section 3- Day 51- Naked Fist (1981)
When the head of a sacred religious statue named Ong-Bak is removed and taken away by thieves, a villager named Ting, an expert in the Muay Thai martial arts, journeys to Bangkok to find and bring it back. Ong-Bak is a terrific film. I love how it feels like a Thai film, but one that …
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