Martial Arts 50 Movie Pack Collection

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1. Emile says:

   November 26, 2009 at 9:24 am

   This collection is well worth every penny you’ll spend on it, as long you enjoy this film genre. Personally, these movies evoke more laughter for me than most of the comedies being currently released. Some of the movies don’t really qualify as martial arts movies – in particular, I’m referring to Black Cobra 1, 2, and 3 – three of the worst movies ever made. These movies, starring former NFL player Fred “The Hammer” Williamson would more appropriately be categorized as action movies, although there isn’t a Hell of a lot of action in them. I digress. The point is that there are maybe 3 punches thrown in the entire first movie. It’s definitely not a martial arts movie. Most of the movies in this collection, however, are exactly what you would expect. In particular, there are three movies, Ninja Death 1, 2, and 3 that are so awful that they border on greatness. I’m not a film student, so I couldn’t tell you what the filming technique is called wherein the “actors” fight in slow-motion, and then the film is sped up to make the fights look like they are taking place at a normal speed. The director of these Ninja Death movies sped the fights up too much, and the result is that every battle looks like an episode of the Benny Hill show. I put these kind of crappy movies on at night to fall asleep to (spaghetti westerns and cheesy horror flicks work well also), but Ninja Death kept me awake and laughing. None of the movies in this collection are big budget – they are all old, and the sound and picture quality is poor, but that adds, not detracts, to the experience of watching them. If you “get” these kinds of films, you absolutely can’t go wrong spending the money on this collection.
2. Cairo says:

   November 26, 2009 at 11:06 am

   Some of the titles in MARTIAL ARTS 50 MOVIE PACK are so obscure, very little information could be gotten about them. A couple of selections here are from a long-forgotten American TV series. There’s even a few spaghetti-karate films thrown into the mix. The majority however originate in the Far East: Hong Kong, Japan, Taiwan and the Philippines.

   Lots of choreography went into the making of these movies; undoubtedly, there were a few unintentional injuries along the way, too. The action and pratfalls are non-stop and the plots mere window dressing for the foot-to-head combat scenes. For all martial arts fans these cinematic slugfests are sure-to-please.

   Overall rating was achieved by averaging out viewer polling on 42 of these titles. Based on a film resource website’s 1 to 10 scoring system, the current rating for MARTIAL ARTS is: 4.8.

   The following alphabetized program list includes individual poll scores, original theatrical names (where indicated), country of origin, years of release and primary performers.

   (5.0) The Big Fight (Taiwan/Hong Kong-1972) – Roc Tien/Cheung Chin Chin
   (4.0) Black Cobra (Italy-1987) – Fred Williamson/Eva Grimaldi
   (5.1) Black Cobra 2 (Italy-1988) – Fred Williamson/Nicholas Hammond
   (4.5) Black Cobra 3 (Italy-1988) – Fred Williamson/Forry Smith
   (4.8) Black Fist (1975) – Richard Lawson/Dabney Coleman/Philip Michael Thomas
   (2.7) The Black Godfather (1974) – Rod Perry/Damu King
   (4.4) The Brave Lion (1977) – Wei Tzi Yung
   (3.9) Breakout From Oppression (1978) – Fonda Lynn/Alan Tam
   (2.7) Chase Step By Step (China-1982) – Chee Fung/Wong Gwan Sheong
   (???) City Ninja (1986) – Wai-Man Chan/Chia Che Fu
   (6.6) The Deadly Duo (Hong Kong-1971) – David Chiang/Chuen Chan
   (2.2) Death Machines (1976) – Ronald L. Marchini/Michael Chong
   (5.6) Death Of A Ninja (“Black Magic Wars”) (Japan-1982) – Hiroyuki Sanada/Sonny Chiba (in support)
   (4.0) Fighting Mad (“Death Force”) (USA/Philippines-1978) – Jayne Kennedy/Leon Isaac Kenndey (both minor roles)
   (6.1) Four Robbers (Hong Kong-1987) – Charlie Cho/Feng Ku
   (5.1) Four Shaolin Challengers (Homg Kong-1977) – Charlie Chan/Phillip Ko
   (3.7) The Guy With The Secret Kung Fu (Hong Kong-1981) – Sally Chen/Fei Meng
   (3.9) Hands Of Death (Hong Kong-1987) – Richard Harrison/Roc Tien
   (3.6) The Head Hunter (Hong Kong-1982) – Rosamund Kwan
   (4.6) Heroes of Shaolin Part 1 (Hong Kong-1979) – Sing Chen/Jang Lee Hwang
   (4.6) Heroes of Shaolin Part 2 (Hong Kong-1979) – Sing Chen/Jang Lee Hwang
   (4.3) Image Of Bruce Lee (1978) – Bruce Li/Chang Leih
   (8.1) The Impossible Kid (Philippines-1982) – Weng Weng
   (5.5) Infernal Street (Taiwan/Hong Kong-1973) – Feng Chang/Wan Hsi Chin
   (4.7) Karate Kids USA (“The Little Dragons”) (1980) – Charles Lane/Ann Sothern
   (6.6) Kung Fu Arts (Taiwan-1980) – Carter Wong/Sing Chen
   (7.8) Kung Fu Kids Break Away (Hong Kong-1980) – Au Dai/Cheung Hoi Fan
   (???) The Master (series): “Max” (TV-1984) – Lee Van Cleef/Timothy Van Patten/Sho Kosogi/Demi Moore (bit part)
   (???) The Master (series): “Out-Of-Time Step” (TV-1984) – Charles Collins/Dick Durock
   (2.9) Ninja Champion (Hong Kong-1985) – Bruce Baron/Pierre Tremblay
   (5.1) Ninja Death I (1987) – Alexander Lou/Fei Meng
   (???) Ninja Death II (1987) – Lo Yiu/Fei Ming
   (???) Ninja Death III (1987) – Lo Yui/Fei Ming
   (2.3) Ninja Empire (Hong Kong-1990) – Mike Abbott/Marko Ritchie
   (???) Ninja Heat (1988) – Chan Sheng/Chan Wai Mang
   (3.2) Ninja The Protector (Canada/Hong Kong-1986) – Richard Harrison/Jackie Chan
   (6.0) The Real Bruce Lee (Hong Kong-1973) – Bruce Lee/Bruce Li/Dragon Lee
   (4.9) Return Of The Kung Fu Dragon (Hong Kong-1976) – Sing Chen/Tao Chen
   (6.1) Return Of The Street Fighter (Japan-1974) – Sonny Chiba/Yôko Ichiji
   (6.7) Shadow Ninja (Hong Kong-1983) – Roy Chiao/Wei Tung
   (5.7) Shaolin Deadly Kicks (“Flash Legs”) (Hong Kong-1977) – Tao-liang Tan/Lieh Lo
   (7.3) Shaolin Temple (Hong Kong-1976) – Sheng Fu/Kuan-Chun Chi
   (5.7) Sister Street Fighter (Japan-1974) – Hiroshi Miyauchi/Sanae Ohba
   (3.4) Snake Fist Dynamo (Homg Kong-1984) – Erik Yee/Dick Lee
   (???) The Snake, The Tiger, The Crane (Hong Kong-1975) – Carter Wong/Nan Hsi Yen
   (5.2) Spirits Of Bruce Lee (Hong Kong-1973) – Michael Chan/Poon Lok
   (6.9) The Street Fighter (Japan-1974) – Sonny Chiba/Waichi Yamada
   (???) Tiger Love (1977) – Hu Chin/Lieh Lo/Ya Wang
   (4.0) T.N.T. Jackson (Philippines/USA-1975) – Jeannie Bell/Stan Shaw
   (3.3) The Weapons Of Death (1982) – Eric Lee/Bob Ramos
3. Philena says:

   November 26, 2009 at 12:59 pm

   I was looking through the list of movies surprised to see that all 20 movies that I bought in a 20 pack are in this 50 pack. And now I punching myself in the head this very momentttt because I REALLY WISH I WOULD HAVE JUST PAYED LIKE 20 DOLLARS OR WHATEVER IT WAS EXTRA BECUASE THERE WERE ONLY LIKE 3 GOOD MOVIES IN THE 20 PACK, BUT THERE IS LIKE 10 GOOD ONES IN THIS FREAKING 50 PACK.

   Let me go over what I am talking about.
   20 pack has ninja death 1, 50 pack actually has the sequels part 2 and 3.
   50 pack has guy with secret kungfu with meng fei, 20 pack doesn’t.

   50 pack has a chow yunfat and a jackie chan movie, 20 pack doesn’t.

   Now I’m 99% sure that the jackie and chow movies suck balls, but that is why you go exploring. In the 20 pack I found one of the greatest kungfu movies ever, shadow ninja, which is of course in the 50 pack, what the real name of it is I don’t know, but I do know that I would buy it at like best buy for up to 25 dollars because it is rare and AWESOME. So that is a major reason to buy this collection, and if somebody finds out if chow and jackie are actually in this collection and what the movies are like THEN PLEASE POST THAT AT THE LEAST.

   Now the main reason I wanted to post a review on her is because I saw Shaolin Heroes on there and have not seen this movie in SOOOOOOOOOOO many years it is likely I will throw away my 20 pack and get this thing because I saw it as a kid and had no idea that there are 2 parts to this. I can’t remember if I saw one or two but I do remember seeing a pretty good kungfu movie. CHen sing I remember as the good guy, so that stood out for me, but the thing that really sttod out for me was Lieh Lo(pei mei) and Hwang Jang Lee(druinken master) as the bad guys. I wish america had an equivilent to these two guys, but I just don’t find hannibalector that scary. The only possible way that they could have made this movie better is if they added Johhny Wang(Lung Fei) as a third bad guy. Now this movie I remember has a little more of a storyline than normal kungfu, but if I could sit through the slow moments as a kid, I know that I can now.

   Also the dvd quality of these are all pretty good, all full-screened I think, but probably around 2-3 will be almost unwatchable like chase step by step, but it is still watchable if you wanna see a semi-original kungfu movie, but still VERY good.

   So whoever has this please take the time to review all of the movies that you think are worth watching. Because heroes of Shaolin is a LONG forgotten kungfu movie that definitely needs to be discovered as does shadow ninja with shen yi-kwan(jet’s opponent in OUATIC 1), and ninja death 1 2 and 3 with alexander lo rei and Lu feng(the centipede). And I know that everyone wants to see the Karate Kids starring the great Charles Lane. Now if you are not familiar with Charles Lane, then you are in for a big surprise. Charles Lane is a grandmas–yeah I know just kidding…

   SO DO NOT BUY THE 20 PACK GET THIS AND THEN YOU WON’T HAVE TO SPEND LIKE A YEAR TO GET NINJA DEATH 2 AND 3 LIKE i DID!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!