The Asian Actioncast

A podcast about Asian action films and jokes about the perils of Hong Kong stuntmen!

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This week's reviewed film is a desert fantasia which we confused with Tatooine, aka Blades of the Guardians (2026) directed by Yuen Woo-Ping. With more plots and characters than you can slice with a sword with, get ready!
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This week's film is the cult splatterfest Riki Oh (1991), Hong Kong's first Cat III action film! Get a gutful of exploding bodies in this faithful adaptation of the manga as young Fan Siu Wong punches his way through jail!👊💢💢💢🩸
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This week we're talking Sammo Hung's take on the Wong Fei Hung franchise, the last in the series starring Jet Li. Once Upon a Time in China and America (1997) is a real Western movie, both in a cowboy sense and the cinematography too. 🤠
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This week's uncovered treasure is Burning Ambition (1989), starring and directed by Frankie Chan. Stunt men and martial artists really earn their pay here, but in return they get plenty of screen time and even speaking lines! https://t.co/VOXBIreLXm

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This week's movie is Johnnie To's Exiled (2006), where best friends have become enemies and guns for hire. Featuring beautiful flipping doors, artistic curtains and the best framed shot of Roy Cheung in Macau ever.
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Everyone's seen Bruce Lee's The Way of The Dragon (1972), right? So you'll be able to follow our non-stop jokes. Originally recorded as a tribute to the late Chuck Norris!
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This week it's the 2025 End of Year wrapup and tournament! There can only be one winner, out of all the 21 movies we covered this year! (keywords: Lo Lieh supremacy, Corey Yuen takeover, Eddie Cheung yum cha, Chow Yun Fat and explosions)
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This week we dislocate arms with Throw Down (2004), Johnnie To's ode to Kurosawa and judo! Beautifully shot and set in an alternate universe where everyone knows judo & street fights happen at a moment's notice. Also best usage of Gillette sponsorship! 😂
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This week we hit you in your weak spot with 1977's The Invincible Armour. Where's the weak spot? You'll never guess 🤣 John Liu has amazing kung fu, but there are some Hong Kong stuntmen who easily upstaged the main actor! Hello Yuen Biao and Corey Yuen!
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Black Magic 2 is our next Halloween special! 🎃🐈‍⬛ Same cast and director, similar gore and nudity but makes even less sense! Now with a cool kitty cat! Lo Lieh (playing the black magician this time) is the best thing in this movie once again. https://t.co/2IfNlzNVVZ

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The first of our Spooktober specials is Shaw Brothers' Black Magic (1975)!😱💀🪄🎃 Cop an eyeful of greedy people who want it all and get karmic payback!👻 Special shout out to Lo Lieh! Nudity, worms & practical special effects - you've been warned!😆😱🪦
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The words "machine gun baby cart" could only mean one thing, right? We take a look at the last of the Lone Wolf and Cub movies, entitled "White Heaven in Hell" in English. Let's walk the Demon's Path, or ski or toboggan on it, or whatever
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Hey buddy! This week we talk about at Game of Death (1978), the famous Bruce Lee footage sandwiched with Sunday matinee vibes. Truly a strange film of the time.
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The epic Cantonese trailer!
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Let's be friends! This week's film is a hidden gem of collaboration between China, Hong Kong & Japan entitled Ninjas and Dragons (1984)🥷🐉
For low budget film, it's unexpectedly well shot & choreographed, although a few concepts definitely of that era 😅
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Here's the HKMDB entry since the English title is kinda non distinct
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Who says money can't buy you kung fu skills?
The Prodigal Son is 1981 Hong Kong classic, serving you up some of the silliest slapstick and brutal beatings into one tasty bowl of bbq pork rice 🍚🥢 Starring Yuen Biao, Lam Ching Ying and Sammo Hung!
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Life lessons from Anthony Wong, burnouts, and learning how to parallel park! 🚗🚓
This week we take a look at 2012's Motorway, directed by Soi Cheang. Great action, direction and a cool soundtrack, it's easily one of our favourite car movies ever.
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Be careful with that cigarette, you'll cause a fire!
This week we talk Hard Boiled, John Woo's 1992 exploding magnum opus starring Chow Yun Fat, which comes out this week as a 4K transfer on Shout!
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