NO RETREAT, NO SURRENDER 2
Vietcong, some bogus kung fu monks, and of course a Russian commander with his pit full of hungry crocodiles — all good megalomaniacs should have one!
ADVENTURES OF JANE
Britain’s legendary wartime pinup stars as Britain’s legendary wartime pinup in the story of why you should never accept diamonds from an old man. Or watch this movie.
WOLF DEVIL WOMAN
There are three actresses whose presence in a movie exponentially increases its likelihood of being head-scratchingly bizarre. They are the high priestesses of Taiwanese weird fu.
THE BODYGUARD
No matter where Chiba hits an opponent, the guy spits blood. He could punch a Yakuza in the knee, and a bubble of thick, bright red blood would dribble over his lips.
HUNTERWALI
The most important thing that I need to communicate to you about Hunterwali is that, for the uninitiated, it will likely come across as the most yelling-est movie ever.
CHINA O’BRIEN
By the time Clouse directed China O’Brien he hadn’t worked for five years, probably because his previous project was the gymnastic-action disaster Gymkata.
TIGER CLAWS
I don’t doubt that Jalal Merhi is a great guy — after all, the same people seem to like working with him over and over — but that doesn’t make his output any easier viewing.
#1 by DamonD on February 3, 2011 - 4:29 am
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Which does actually remind me of a question that’s occasionally drifted in and out of my head over the years, to no follow-up.
As a complete novice…what is (are?) considered to be the best of Rothrock’s films? From a performance and/or action scenes point of view?
#2 by Blake on February 3, 2011 - 7:01 am
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Well, some people like her acting in Lady Dragon 2, which has her taking revenge of the people who raped her.
Her favorite film, as told to me by Rothrock herself, is LADY REPORTER (aka BLONDE FURY).
Most of her fans will point out YES, MADAM! and RIGHTING WRONGS as her absolute best films.
#3 by KeithA on February 3, 2011 - 10:59 am
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I agree entirely with most of what Blake said — “Righting Wrongs” and “Yes Madam” are her best films, and while “Blonde Fury/Lady Reporter” suffers from a bit too much terrible comedy, the fights in it are unbelievable great, esp. the insane dangling cargo net fight — and anything that features in her prime Rothrock vs in his prime Billy Chow is going to deliver the goods. She doesn’t have a big role in “Millionaire’s Express,” but she makes her scenes count, and that’s just a fun movie all the way around.
However, ANYONE who tells you to watch “Lady Dragon 2” is not your friend. Why they’d claim her acting in that is worth watching is beyond me, and the whole movie in general is just atrocious.
#4 by Blake on February 3, 2011 - 11:32 am
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I didn’t say *I” thought “Lady Dragon 2” was good, I just said that some people have praised it for her acting.
“Blonde Fury” is also worth it for her fight against the Thai Boxer that has her performing a pre-Matrix, non-wire-assisted run across a wall in high heels. Plus it’s one of Jeff Falcon’s and Vincent Lyn’s best showcases.
I wasn’t a huge fan of “The Inspector Wear’s Skirts”. However, Rothrock is good in it, but sorely underused (just two short action scenes bookending the film).
Now, the WORST fighting I’ve ever seen from Rothrock is from “Sci-Fighters”, although I haven’t seen the entire film (just fight scenes from it on YouTube).
#5 by KeithA on February 3, 2011 - 1:04 pm
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Oh, I wasn’t accusing you; I was trying to warn you!
I own Sci-Fighters, and I have no idea why. However, it does have Don the Dragon Wilson wearing a cut-rate superhero bodystocking and foil mask, so I guess it has its merits.
#6 by Blake on February 3, 2011 - 1:15 pm
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I’ve actually seen “Lady Dragon 2” myself. It’s been a long time, so most of my memories of the film are: a) wondering if it’s really that hard to beat Billy Drago in hand-to-hand combat and b) Cynthia Rothrock looking at a mirror calling Billy Drago a f****r, even though he’s not in the room.
Dang it, Keith! Now you have me wishing that the local Mom n’ Pop video store still stocked the DVD to Sci-Fighters.
#7 by KeithA on February 3, 2011 - 3:02 pm
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Do you have Netflix? It’s on there as “X-treme Fighter”
#8 by DamonD on February 4, 2011 - 3:35 am
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Cheers, I appreciate the replies.