“Martial Arts” Reviews

Most would dismiss “Versus” as mindless action or sickening gore, and that may very well be the case. Actually, that is the case.

One great martial arts fight after another as well as a good message about tolerance and respecting your spouse’s culture.

Donnie Yen’s directorial efforts are so self-assured, so blatant, and so… bad.

Contains some of Jackie’s most insane stunts and martial artistry as well as plenty of cheese and schlock.

This two-hour distillation of the 30-episode TV series is an incoherent mess.

This visually striking martial arts fantasy is ultimately about the consequences of putting individual desires before all else.

The Prodigal Son’s martial arts displays are hampered by wild mood swings between goofiness and stomach-churning violence.

There’s something tragic and disturbingly violent that keeps this from being just another chopsocky flick.

Not one of Jet Li’s crown jewels, though it’s certainly a far cry better than the pathetic Romeo Must Die.

I think there was a period of 20 – 30 minutes where my mind shut down, most likely due to some sort of built-in self-defense mechanism.

There’s a certain shameless morbidity to Game of Death.

Let the masses have their Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. I’ll take Duel to the Death any day.

This film throws so much at you it’s nearly impossible to take in.

For early 80’s Chan, stick with stuff like Project A or Police Story.

There’s so much going on in this film at any one given time that it’s easy to miss some things.

Definitely lacking when compared to Jackie Chan’s later stuff.

Contains less of what makes a Jackie Chan film a Jackie Chan film.

For the most part, the fights are brutal and gory. But it’s good for the kitsch factor.

As far as mindless action flicks go, I’d probably prefer this to some musclebound action hero spouting cheesy dialog.

Jackie Chan’s finest moment?! It could very well be.