Asian Action Cast

Your number one source for Asian Action films and jokes about the perils of Hong Kong stuntmen!

Tv & Film Film Reviews

Update frequency: every 13 days
Average duration: 71 minutes
Episodes: 215
Years Active: 2017 - 2025

Chinese Zodiac CZ12

Jackie Chan goes all Armour of God on us twenty-six years later in Chinese Zodiac, also known as CZ12. Jackie's now with some younger pals to make him feel cooler on his European vacation. Not just c…

01:08:48 | Sat 01 Apr 2023

RRR

Rise! Roar!! Revolt!!! The AAC takes a look a S.S. Rajamouli's epic fantasy blockbuster, *loosely* based on historical Indian revolutionaries. Terminator cop Raju (Ram Charan) and humble Gond tribal …

01:06:00 | Sat 18 Mar 2023

Legacy of Rage

The Asian Action Cast presents: Brandon Lee's greatest (and only) Hong Kong martial arts movie of all time, Legacy of Rage! This 1986 tragic-heroic-violence-romanti-buddy-prison flick showcases the s…

01:24:35 | Sun 05 Mar 2023

Revengeful Swordswoman

The Asian Action Cast dives into Artis Chow’s 1978 Taiwanese Martial Arts odyssey REVENGEFUL SWORDSWOMAN. It is as literal as it is accurate a title, there is indeed a woman Ling Chia, played by spun…

00:55:30 | Sat 18 Feb 2023

Royal Warriors

Oscar nominated Michelle Yeoh has proved she can do it all. And in 1986's Royal Warriors, she does her own stunts, fights and even turns down Michael Wong's advances! Hiroyuki Sanada is a great partn…

01:04:22 | Sat 11 Feb 2023

Wira

The Asian Action Cast casually strolls into Wira - Adrian Teh's 2019 Malaysian action-drama which shows how crime, corruption and safe sex can tear families and communities apart. The only cure for s…

01:02:33 | Sat 28 Jan 2023

The Big 4

One of the biggest fun, most bombastic martial arts action extravaganza's in recent memory explodes its way into our brains. Asian Action Cast takes on Timo Tjahjanto's 2022 Netflix foreign language …

01:03:00 | Sat 14 Jan 2023

End of Year Wrap Up

The Asian Action Cast wraps up another year of the best (and worst) of Asian and Hong Kong action cinema. All movies reviewed go into a tournament, and only one movie can be crowned number one. Which…

01:25:15 | Sat 10 Dec 2022

The Supreme Swordsman

Welcome to the 100 Swords Mansion, where Qin Wu-Xin (Jason Pai Piao) stores his huge wardrobe and the swords of the 99 swordsmen slain. The 100th sword currently belongs to the Black Magic clan, but …

01:05:03 | Sat 26 Nov 2022

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00:00:22 | Tue 15 Nov 2022

Skinny Tiger Fatty Dragon

Sammo Hung and Karl Maka star as pair of incompetent cops in this 1990 comedy where nobody escapes a beating. Gangsters, women, cops and robbers all get a slapping from the long arm of the law. Your …

01:11:36 | Sun 13 Nov 2022

The Seventh Curse

If you know the writer Ni Kuang then you know his prolific works on the Wisely and Dr. Yuen series have long been adapted into Hong Kong action adventure films. The Seventh Curse is the 1986 star stu…

01:12:40 | Sun 30 Oct 2022

Mr Vampire II

Mr Vampire II is Ricky Lau’s 1986 follow up to the incredibly successful Mr Vampire capitalising on the massive Jiangshi chinese horror movement in the 80’s. Bringing in some incredible names like Yu…

00:40:51 | Sat 15 Oct 2022

Bio-Zombie

It's time for Hong Kong Zombie fun as we watch the 1998 horror/comedy Bio-Zombie. Jordan Chan and Sam Lee are the bumbling, wannabe gangsters that lead our trope ridden flick set in (of course) a sma…

00:53:43 | Sat 01 Oct 2022

The Killer

John Woo's 1989 heroic bloodshed masterpiece, The Killer, sits at the pinnacle of the genre. Danny Lee's grizzled cop Li vs. Chow Yun-Fat's equally grizzed assassin Ah Jong exemplify the deeply uniqu…

01:10:41 | Sat 17 Sep 2022

Carter

Netflix’s 2022 international Korean spy-with-amnesia thriller CARTER is a non-stop chase sequence escort mission. Jung Byung-gil helms the fighty flick as a showcase for Joo Won’s physical abilities …

00:59:04 | Sun 04 Sep 2022

Moon Warriors/戰神

Did someone say 1992 all star Wuxia? Moon Warriors (aka God Of War) is your ticket! Andy Lau, Anita Mui, Maggie Cheung and AAC favourite Kenny Bee are all under one Sammo Hung directed roof. Unrequi…

01:15:51 | Sat 20 Aug 2022

Don 2: Return of the King

The Bollywood phenom Sharukh Khan oozes charisma in director Farhan Akhtar’s 2011 blockbuster, Don 2. King Khan plays the titular Don 2, an aggressively sensual crime lord and master thief who is equ…

01:16:49 | Mon 08 Aug 2022

Buddha's Palm

Shaw Brothers’ 1982 effects extravaganza Buddha’s Palm is a laser sword through the eyeballs straight to the brain. Star Wars and Kung Fu is like Peanut Butter and Chocolate and boy what a decadent t…

01:25:51 | Sun 24 Jul 2022

Wu Xia/Dragon

Donnie Yen’s 2011 reinvention of the one-armed swordsman, Wu Xia, does indeed have a sword and someone with one arm; it also dazzles with the unbridled charisma of a late, great Jimmy Wang Yu. Crisp…

01:16:56 | Sat 09 Jul 2022

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