Lau Kar-leung

As an introduction to Jackie Chan’s oeuvre, newcomers should look no further than The Legend of Drunken Master. It’s often quite funny and features some outrageous fight stunts. Does it drop the ball with regard to plot and story? Yes, in some ways it does. That being said, Jackie Chan vehicles rarely exist to tell deep, complex thematically mature tales. However perfunctory its story is, Drunken Master is obligatory viewing for the martial arts fan.

Not long ago, Sound on Sight’s editor Ricky D emailed myself and fellow contributor Michael Ryan for the purpose of compiling some of our individual favourite martial arts pictures to celebrate The Raid‘s theatrical release across North American this Easter weekend. I would never consider myself to be a scholar of the genre, but it …

Heroes of the East Directed by Lau Kar-leung Written by Kuang Ni Hong Kong, 1978 Marriage. There is really nothing like it. The love which binds two people together so strongly can emanate from any number of things, such as common interests, even in the smallest of things. It is interesting how some marriages and …

Shaolin Mantis Directed by Lau Kar-leung Screenplay by On Szeto Hong Kong, 1978 In the world of kung fu, so far as the movies go at least, there is a laundry list of various fighting styles   which have adapted or directly imitated characteristics of certain animals and insects. Snakes, tigers, crabs, these creatures as well …