Opinion: Are Martial Arts Movies Taken Less Seriously Than Other Film Genres?

Leon Nicholson takes a look at the martial arts genre and the reasons why these movies seem to be much maligned. Don’t get me wrong, there are plenty of martial arts movie fans out there; people who love and breathe the genre. These are the individuals who, more than likely, were brought up on a staple diet of Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan, Jimmy Wang Yu and became lovers of everything Shaw Bros. and Golden Harvest – all this during the ‘Golden... Read More