Asian Action Cast

Mike, Sam and Nathan discuss Shadow Hunters, a 1972 Toei production directed by Toshio Masuda. Yûjirô Ishihara, Ryôhei Uchida and Mikio Narita play a trio of wandering ronin who hunt down the Shogun's ninja spies for money and revenge.

The Shaw Bros 1982 classic. Set during the boxer rebellion, Spiritual boxers are trying to attain a form which will make them impervious to western weapons. But one master knows its futile and disbands his organization. This leads his superiors to send the other sects to kill him.

Another day, another Takashi Miike live action adaptation of a cult manga series. This time on the AAC we "get out arse's to mars!" and check out the 2016 flick Terra Formars. In the year 2599 a ragtag group of criminals, rogues and misfits (made up of the likes of Kane Kosugi, Takayuki Yamada and Hideaki Ito) board the ship BUGS2 to eradicate the cockroach problem on Mars. Given super DNA powers...

The 2018 sequel to Iceman, the film from 2014 starring Donnie Yen and more 3d effects than necessary. Donnie plays Ho Ying, an imperial guard is frozen and thawed out in modern times. Apparently people in the past had super powers? Or being frozen gave him powers? All I know is Rachel and the dudes watched it coz Simon Yam got stabbed.

Kano, played by Sonny Chiba, is an small town Okinawan cop in Tokyo looking into the murder of a girl from his home town. When the local cops just go through the motions, Kano takes it on himself to find the truth, and he'll break all the rules in his quest for answers. There is also a pig.

Revenge is a dish best served cold and Bruce Khan is ice cold in 2018's Revenger. In a future hellscape, 12 Asian countries agree to send all their worst criminals to the AP-101 prison island to fend for themselves. To get his revenge on the man that murdered his wife and child (Khun) Yool deliberately gets sent to the island and nothing will stop him. A cast of misfits (Mother Mali and daughter J...

Mike and Sam delve into the 1983 wuxia classic. Directed by Tsui Hark and starring Yuen Baio as Ti Ming Qi a soldier that finds himself embroiled in supernatural circumstances after fleeing a battle.

Due to an issue we couldn't work out with our gear we couldn't put up the movie we had planned (we are legends). So the time has come, we are breaking the glass on Kung Fu Zombie, a supernatural action adventure starring Billy Chong from 1982. Its filled with, Vampires, spirit possession and slapstick, way too much slapstick. We are buying new gear next week. So hopefully everything will be back t...

Legendary Takeshi Miike brings us the live action adaptation of the legendary, cult manga Jojo's Bizarre Adventure. Koichi (Ryunosuke Kamiki) is the new kid in the town of Morioh. After a bizarre (naturally) encounter with some bullies, he befriends the stylish, aloof Josuke (Kento Yamazaki). Together they discover their "stands", friendship and the motivations of their enemies. More of a drama/th...

We put on our nostalgia glasses and take a look at 1985 action/comedy My Lucky Stars (starring JACKIE CHAN). Muscles (JACKIE CHAN) is a Hong Kong cop who enlists the help of his childhood friends (Sammo Hung, Richard Ng, Stanley Fung, Eric Tsang)to assist him in taking down the Yakuza. Problem is, his friends are all a bit sketchy with their own criminal tendencies. How does this all star cast (in...

Mike and Nathan talk about 1978's The Avenging Eagle. A Shaw Brother's film starring Ti Lung and Alexander Fu. Ti Lung plays Chik Ming-Sing a man supposedly on the run and Alexander Fu plays Cheuk Yi-fan a wanderer. They meet on the outskirts of a desert and form an uneasy alliance to take down the Iron Boat Gang.

An all star cast comes together in Wong Jings 2013 tale of one village vs The World. The quirky residents of the "Lucky Star" village live in peace, bandits don't dare attack, they're just too weird. But when Warlord Lin (Sammo Hung) and his daughter (Kimmy Tong) come through and get caught up in a takeover plot from Japanese spies and internal traitors, the village has to show their resolve and f...

On this edition of the AAC, we take a look at the 1981 film ROARING FIRE (aka Hoero! Tekken). After his father passes away and reveals the true nature of his upbrining, Texas cowboy Joji (Hiroyuki 'Duke' Sanda) travels to Japan to find out more about his background. Along the way he gets caught up in a jewel heist. With monkeys, secret nazis, s&m villains, wrestlers, ninjas, ventriloquism and slig...

We have re-uploaded this episode in the aftermath of the sad news of Kato Kazuhiko's passing. The Blood flows and limbs fly when Goemon, Lupin's friend, seeks honour bound vengeance for the death of his Yakuza boss. This episode features Sam, Mike, Nathan and the periodic screams of Mike's children. We apologise for the interruptions.

Vampires! Voodoo! Spirits! Lasers? This edition of the AAC takes a look at the 1980 Sammo Hung vehicle Encounters Of The Spooky Kind. Directed by and starring Sammo as Courageous Cheung: a well meaning (but tad dopey) husband caught in a mystical battle for the love of his wife. Possession, voodoo, a haunted house and sword fights abound plus a small dose of animal death (!) and an ending so viole...

Ninjitsu vs Kung Fu! The Shaw Brothers 1982 Five Element Ninjas is chock-a-block full of fists, flips, swords and one of the more wince inducing injuries we've seen for a while. Starring Cheng Tien Chi, Lo Mang, Lung Tung-Sheng and the ever cool/sinister Michael Chan as the evil video game boss.

Jackie Chan reprises his role as Chan Ka Kui, Hong Kong's most irrepressible cop. After getting busted down for his actions in the first police story Chan Ka Kui finds his particular set of super cop skills in need when a gang starts planting bombs all over Hong Kong.

Jing Wong and Chow Yun Fat make their glorious return to the AAC in this 1994 action comedy. Ko Chun (Chow) is out to settle the score with Chao Siu Chi (Wu) after the brutal murder of his wife. Helped by a motley crew, and with the cards seemingly stacked against him will Ko Chun succeed? Throughout this podcast we refer to it as the second GoG film. It is not the second film. blame bad DVD cover...

Asian Action cast favourite Donnie Yen stars/hogs the limelight in the 1993 story of Chinese folk hero Wong Kei-ying and his son Wong Fei-hung (wushu athlete and real life bad arse cop! Angie Tsang) and their encounters with the Robin Hood-esque Iron Monkey (Yu Rongguang). Wireworks galore, out of this world food prep and fire pole fighting Count us in, even Sam (reluctantly) gives Donnie his prop...

Michelle Yeoh and Cynthia Rothrock team up in the 1985 genre defining 'Girls With Guns' classic Yes, Madam. Directed by Corey Yuen and with cameos and stunts galore Yes, Madam gives the AAC crew headspins from the action and tongue twisters from trying (and failing) to pronounce "Rothrock".

The terrific trio ponder the Indonesian 2018 brawler The Night Comes For Us. Starring Joe Taslim and Iko Uwais, the one-two punch from The Raid, and a lot of blood.

The Asian Action Cast rings in 2019 by going back to 1966 with the Shaw Brothers classic 'Come Drink With Me'. Cheng Pei-Pei is the elusive and feared 'Golden Swallow' out for revenge against the Jade Faced Tiger/Sleek Faced Tyrant (Chan Hung-lit). Given a helping hand from Drunk Cat (Yueh Hua) can Golden Swallow withstand an army of swords, coins and jugs? Plus we take a look at a list of the top...

We take a look back at the films we watched in 2018! What made us laugh, cry, and strengthen a continuing grudge against a well known actor? Plus an informal poll on the most fit, craziest stunts and guest moth appearances! Sorry for the clip show.

The Asian Action Cast dip their toes into the waters of Japanese monster movies (Kaiju). Japan is threatened by the giant 'Mono' and it's only saviour is the experimental 'Settup X', but who will be the guinea pig to test it, and what will happen? Starring Kota Ibushi and his ever expanding pantsu, cameos galore and a training montage, you know this is gonna be fun.

Sam, Mike and Rachael discuss this year's Young and Dangerous reunion, aka the Olden Job. The Aging Actioncast is not responsible for any bad puns. There are some cameos in the film that got us excited, and special effects that made us cringe. A Hong Kong Ocean's Eleven led by the magnificent mane of Ekin Cheng.