Bloodsport 1988  R, 92 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
Director: Newt Arnold
Cast: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Donald Gibb, Leah Ayres, Norman Burton, Forest Whitaker, Bolo Yeung, Roy Chiao, Philip Chan, Lily Leung, Wilson Lee, Pierre Rafini, Ken Siu, Kimo Lai Kwok Ki, Bernard Mariano, Bill Yuen Ping Kuen
In this early Jean-Claude Van Damme entry, he takes on the role of American Ninja Frank Dux who became the first Westerner to win the major international martial arts competition that tests one to the limit. Lots of action and violence.
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Game of Death 2 1981  R, 85 min.
Genre: Foreign / Action
aka: Tower of Death
The New Game of Death
Director: Ng See Yuen
Cast: Bruce Lee, Kim Tai Chung, Lee Hoi San, Miranda Austin, Roy Chiao, Casanova Wong, Roy Horan, Hwang Jang Lee
Eight years after Bruce Lee's death, archival footage of his amazing martial arts feats are featured (at least in the first half of the film) with a double (Kim Tai Chung) being used in most of the scenes. Billy (Bruce Lee/Kim Tai Chung) is killed while attending a friend's funeral, and his brother tracks down those responsible.
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 Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom 1984  PG, 118 min.
Genre: Adventure / Action / Thriller
Director: Steven Spielberg
Cast: Harrison Ford, Kate Capshaw, Jonathan Ke Quan, Philip Stone, Amrish Puri, Dan Aykroyd, Roshan Seth, Roy Chiao, David Yip, Ric Young, Philip Tan, Michael Yama, Akio Mitamura
Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford) is back, and this time he is in India to retrieve a magical stone. The sequence of stunts that takes Indiana from a bar in Shanghai to an Indian village provides great movie fare. Happily, the rest of the film continues in the same excellent vein.
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The Protector 1985  R, 95 min.
Genre: Action
Director: James Glickenhaus
Cast: Jackie Chan, Danny Aiello, Kim Bass, Roy Chiao, Sandy Alexander, Victor Arnold, Jesse Cameron-Glickenhaus, Al Cerullo, Richard(2) Clarke, Patrick James Clarke
A drug lord is operating in Hong Kong, and Billy Wong (Jackie Chan) and Danny Garoni (Danny Aiello) are on his trail. This movie uses kung-fu acrobatics often, but it also employs tongue-in-cheek humor to the benefit of the overall story.
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A Touch of Zen 1969 N/R, 190 min.
Genre: Foreign / Action
Director: King Hu
Cast: Hsu Feng, Pai Ying, Tien Peng, Chun Shih, Chang Ping-Yu, Roy Chiao, Han Yin-Chieh, Miao Tien, Qiao Hong, Han Hsue
Scholarly Ku (Chun Shih) lives with his nagging mother near an abandoned fort that is said to be haunted. He meets the beautiful Yang (Hsu Feng) who is on the run from authorities who have murdered her family. He joins Yang and her friends in fighting the evil forces. Lots of kung fu action that was also the inspiration for the popular "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon."
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| 1. Bloodsport (1988)
2. Game of Death 2 (1981)
aka: Tower of Death
aka: The New Game of Death
3. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
4. The Protector (1985)
5. A Touch of Zen (1969)
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