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Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen

June 8, 2012 1 comment

Seven years after the apparent death of Chen Zhen, who was shot after discovering who was responsible for his teacher’s death (Huo Yuanjia) in Japanese-occupied Shanghai. A mysterious stranger arrives from overseas and befriends a local mafia boss. That man is a disguised Chen Zhen, who intends to infiltrate the mob when they form an alliance with the Japanese. Disguising himself as a caped fighter by night, Chen intends to take out everyone involved as well as get his hands on an assassination list prepared by the Japanese. The movie is set in 1925, most of the cars are from late 1940s to early 1950s. Stars Donnie Yen and Qi Shu. Trailer below, watch it on PutLocker, SockShare (English dubbed), HDPlay or WatchFreeInHD.

Categories: Action, Foreign, Martial Arts

The Great Magician

March 21, 2012 Comments off

Set in the 1920s in Northern China, during the period in which feuds between warlords are taking place, one such lord Lei Daniu (Sean Lau Ching-wan), also known as “Bully”, uses butler Liu Kunshan’s (Wu Gang) magic trickery to recruit soldiers to his ranks. Yet what he really hopes to do is win over the affections of his forced seventh concubine Liu Yin (Zhou Xun). When the mysterious Zhang Xian (Tony Leung Chiu-wai) arrives in town with his magic shows, Bully hires him to help impress the disinterested Yin, not knowing that he has just opened up a can of worms. Stars Tony Leung, Zhou Xun and Lau Ching Wan, and directed by Derek Yee. Watch the trailer, below, and watch the movie on HDPlay one or two, PutLocker, or WatchFreeinHD one or two.

Throne Of Blood

November 27, 2011 Comments off

A ruthlessly ambitious lord, egged on by his wife, works to fulfill a prophecy that he would become Emperor. 

Kurosawa‘s  Throne Of Blood is a transposition of Shakespeare’s ’Macbeth’ to medieval Japan. After a great military victory, Lords Washizu and Miki are lost in the dense Cobweb Forest, where they meet a mysterious old woman who predicts great things for Washizu and even greater things for Miki’s descendants.

Once out of the forest, Washizu and Miki are immediately promoted by the Emperor. Washizu, encouraged by his ambitious wife, plots to make even more of the prophecy come true, even if it means killing the Emperor…

Watch on Tudou, MegaVideo Part 1 and Part 2,  VeeHD or PutLocker Part 1 and Part 2.