100 Greatest Martial Arts Classics Collection |
Starring: Various Directed: Various Release Date: | Run Time: 8,585 Minutes Format: DVD Distributor: Mill Creek Entertainment |
Film Synopsis |
Over 140 Hours of Kung-Fu Combat!
Knock yourself out with 100 high-flyin and punch-packin Kung-Fu films! This thrilling collection of jaw-droppin flicks brings together a colossal assortment of martial arts madness. From the ultimate Shaolin masters to the legends of Kung-Fu, theses cult classics are hard to find and sure to delight with high-kickin humor and adrenaline pumpin action!
Audio/Video |
Audio Overall the sound is just OK. It’s basically VHS to DVD and it varies between movies. Most of the The films fit in the 2 star range. A hand full would be lower and a Hand full of films will be a Tad Higher. As an average of all the films viewed it gets a 2 star. What comes with a 2 star film in audio is hiss, pops, degraded sound, not a full sound, 2 channel. With that said, its listenable and most importantly is that it doesn’t annoy me when viewing the film. Rating: |
Picture Quality Just like The Sound rating, films vary with some lower and higher than rating I give, but the average would be what I have given to the PQ. Most films are decent looking and watchable. VHS to DVD transfer, you will get some pixelation blurry faces in further distant shots, overly dark scenes, faded color and dust and scratches. Others things I have notice in some films that does annoy me is that the films are cropped side to side so I encountered about 3 scenes from all 50 films I have scene when I person is talking and isn’t on-screen but was supposed to be. Overall most of the films a watchable and doesn’t bother me, about 2 films from the 50 for me were worse and kind of unwatchable but the majority is good to view, not great, not Blu-Ray but the best a VHS to DVD can be. ……..Some films may not be VHS to DVD. Photo: Sample Rating: |
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Extras |
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Unboxing – by SRF Ninja |
My Thoughts |
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Hello Reader! What We Have Here is a Failure to View EM All. Yes Yes! I’m doing a Review on this big O’l Box set with only half of the films looked. Why you say? Its Freaking 100 movies.
100 Greatest Martial Arts Classics is a Huge set of Mixed Film ranging from Fun watches to not so great, which for me was to be expected. As of Now with 50 films watched the rating for me is a little more that I thought it would be.
Now Lets get it straight, The Tittle says Greatest and Classic but not really. Let me explain, No Shaw Brother Films, That’s All. But hey that can’t be helped, you need the rights to sell those films. Don’t let that make you turn your head to this Set, There are some classics though in a small amount and a majority in between and some that are just not good.
Over all the box set is worth it due to the fact that I enjoyed Most films and only disliked a few. I still have 50 to go so I might find some more films I never seen before that I enjoy which is something I’m looking forward to. I wont tell you here in these paragraphs what I like and dislike, you can check below for the entire list of 100 films with 50 of them rated. I will over time rate the films and update this review.
- The Picture Quality and Sound Quality:
With 100 movies on 25 disc, 4 films per disc, the age of the film, the rarity of the film, the destruction or missing Original material all play a factor. All the films a ran across are not all that great in PQ and Sound. Most of the films do not have any original material to remaster so we can only get what is out their and that is VHS, Most of the films are VHS to DVD. Most ranging in the watchable to good-looking and some are just bad. Good thing so far is that no subtitles so you don’t have the hard to read texts….every things dubbed which is a plus. Only a select few of the films have a DVD release (I can count on one hand) and I do have a few of those. You can check the photos below for Comparison between the 2 versions to give you an overall expectation to what you are going to be getting.
- My Take:
For the price I’m seeing now on Amazon at $22.99, the box set is worth buying and boosting you collection. It’s definitely worth having at that low price and you will find films you have never see before and enjoy them. The box set has tons of recognizable actors and you may have a few of the films all ready, I had 7 films from the box-set on DVD. I found a select few films I highly Enjoyed like stranger from Shaolin.
My rating as of now is a 3 out of 5 for this box set due to the amount of movies I enjoyed. I wont take out for PQ due to that you really can’t remaster VHS to DVD masters and No Original Masters are around as most older films are destroyed.
Martial art watcher/Collector…Pick it up and Find some rare gems.
- Photos: Comparison to My Stand Alone DVDs to The films in this Box Set.
7 steps of Kung Fu
From The screen caps, The film from the box set fills the screen more but is cut on the right just by a fraction and not noticeable unless you lay the photos on top of each other. The film is also brighter which you lose some details in darker areas as you can see from the guys face, its blown out and the colors are more white loosing that flesh tone.
From this screen cap, The Film from the Box set is less in quality due to the over brightness compared to the Stand alone. The stand alone has better color as in flesh tones, but the film from the box set fills the TV Screen more.
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Deadly Duo aka 2 Great Cavaliers
Both films are crop differently. The Film from the box set is cropped side to side and the standalone DVD is cropped top and bottom. With this film there is a big difference in PQ, the stand alone is sharper and colors pop. The version from the box set is dull and if you look at the chicks hair you can barely notice that there is a red thing in it as you do see it in the stand alone version.
Diffidently watch this film on the stand alone DVD as its wide-screen, colors pop and is sharper.
I can tell a difference in the Sound of the films, the box set version is thinner sounding and on the stand alone its a deeper sound but a little muffled sounding.
Also overlayed the two photos so you can tell the difference in how it will fill the TV screen the big difference in colors.
Overall I would say if there is a standalone version of the film I would get that version over this Box set. Their are only a hand full of the films here in the box set that are sold separately.
Picture Capture Method – DVD Screen Cap (computer) True Visual.
P.S – The films will look different on your TV as your TV/DVD player will try to upgrade/upconvert and LED will play a factor as well. When watching on an HD TV you will get better quality than what you see in a screen capture as it’s just taking a Screen capture of the true source with no interference of software trying to sharpening/ and or what ever your TV/Player will try to do
Film Ratings |
Some Films have name changes, some films are incorrect as a mix up do to the same title were used for different films. I tried my best with the films I viewed and added to the Notes section below.
# | Film Title: | Rating: | Notes: |
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1 | Big Boss 2 | ||
2 | The Big Fight | ||
3 | Black Cobra | ||
4 | Black Cobra 2 | ||
5 | Black Cobra 3 | ||
6 | Black Fist | ||
7 | The Black Godfather | ||
8 | Blind Warrior | 2 | |
9 | The Brave Lion | 2 | |
10 | Bravest Fist | ||
11 | Breakout from Oppression | ||
12 | Bruce: King of Kung Fu | ||
13 | Bruce vs. Iron Hand | ||
14 | The Cavalier | 3 | |
15 | The Challenger | ||
16 | Chase Step by Step | ||
17 | City Ninja | ||
18 | Crane Fighter | 3 | |
19 | Crazy Couple | 3 | |
20 | Crazy Horse, Intelligent Monkey | 3 | |
21 | Day of the Panther | ||
22 | Deadly Duo aka 2 great cavaliers | 4 | Not the Shaw Brother Film. It lists wrong stars in this film as booklet thinks this is the shaw Brother Film – It’s Not |
23 | Drunken Tai Chi | 3.5 | |
24 | Dynamite Shaolin Heroes | 3.5 | |
25 | Enter the Game of Death | 2 | |
26 | 18 Fatal Strikes | 4 | |
27 | 18 Shaolin Riders | 2.5 | |
28 | Fighting Mad | ||
29 | Fist From Shaolin | 4 | Has a remastered version in widescreen in UK – Cant tell you differences as I don’t have that copy |
30 | 5 Kung Fu Daredevil Heroes | ||
31 | Five Pattern Dragon Claws | 2.5 | |
32 | Four Robbers | ||
33 | Four Shaolin Challengers | ||
34 | Great Hunter | ||
35 | The Guy from Harlem | ||
36 | The Guy with the Secret Kung Fu | ||
37 | Hands of Death | ||
38 | The Head Hunter | ||
39 | Heroes of Shaolin Part 1 | ||
40 | Heroes of Shaolin Part 2 | ||
41 | Heroes Tears | 2 | |
42 | Image of Bruce Lee | ||
43 | The Impossible Kid | ||
44 | Infernal Street | ||
45 | Jive Turkey | ||
46 | Karate Kids USA | ||
47 | Kingfisher the Killer | 2.5 | |
48 | Kung Fu Arts | ||
49 | Kung Fu Genius | ||
50 | Kung Fu Kids Break Away | ||
51 | Kung Fu Warrior | ||
52 | The Magnificent | 3 | |
53 | Mantis Under Falcon s Claws | 2 | |
54 | Marvelous Stunts of Kung Fu | 1 | |
55 | The Master: Max | 1.5 | |
56 | The Master: Out of Time Step | 1 | |
57 | Mighty 4 | 2.5 | |
58 | Mission for the Dragon | ||
59 | Ninja Avenger | ||
60 | Ninja Champion | 1.5 | |
61 | Ninja Death I | 2.5 | |
62 | Ninja Death II | 1.5 | |
63 | Ninja Death III | 1 | |
64 | Nine Deaths of the Ninja | 1.5 | |
65 | Ninja Empire | ||
66 | Ninja Fists Of Fire | 1.5 | |
67 | Ninja Heat | ||
68 | Ninja: The Protector | ||
69 | Phantom Kung Fu | 2.5 | |
70 | Rage of Wind | 2.5 | |
71 | The Real Bruce Lee | ||
72 | Rebel Of Shaolin | ||
73 | Return of the Kung Fu Dragon | 4 | |
74 | Return of the Red Tiger | 1.5 | |
75 | Return of the Street Fighter | 4 | |
76 | Ring of Death | 4 | |
77 | Scorpion | 1 | |
78 | 7 Steps Of Kung Fu | 4.5 | |
79 | Shadow Ninja | ||
80 | Shaolin Brothers | ||
81 | Shaolin Deadly Kicks | ||
82 | Shaolin Death Squad | 2.5 | |
83 | Shaolin Invincible Guys aka Shaolin Deadly Hands | 4 | Renamed, Original Title is Shaolin Deadly Hands |
84 | Shaolin Kung Fu | 2 | |
85 | Shaolin Super Dragon | 3 | |
86 | Shaolin Temple | ||
87 | Showdown at the Equator | ||
88 | Snake Fist Dynamo | 1.5 | |
89 | The Snake, The Tiger, The Crane | ||
90 | Spirits of Bruce Lee | ||
91 | Stranger from Shaolin | 4.5 | |
92 | The Street Fighter | 4.5 | |
93 | Tai Chi Shadow Boxing | 2.5 | |
94 | Tiger At The Top | 2.5 | |
95 | Tiger Love | ||
96 | TNT Jackson | ||
97 | Triple Impact | ||
98 | Weapons of Death | 2 | |
99 | Woman Avenger | ||
100 | Wu Tang Magic Kick | 3 |
Average – 2.6
Rating – 5 Star System |
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