Jim Kelly

Mergulhando em um século de filmes de gênero que os utilizaram, caricaturaram, exploraram, minimizaram e finalmente os abraçaram, essa é a história não contada dos negros estadunidenses em Hollywood e sua conexão com o gênero de terror.

Feature Length sit down with Charles Band and Roger Corman.

This homage to martial arts legend Jim Kelly is based on a hugely successful YouTube video. Reggie's got a dead end job, a cruel boss, and no real prospects. Until he uncovers a pair of magic nun-chucks that gives him karate superpowers and set Reggie up for a battle with the evil Kung Fu Master.

Written, directed, and produced by David Walker, MACKED, HAMMERED, SLAUGHTERED, & SHAFTED is an insightful examination of the blaxploitation film movement of the 1970s. Featuring interviews with key actors and filmmakers, the documentary explores the origins of blaxploitation, and the controversial history of Hollywood's most misunderstood genre.

With archive film clips and interviews, this brief look at a frequently overlooked historical period of filmmaking acts as an introduction rather than a complete record. It features interviews with some of the genre's biggest stars, like Fred Williamson, Pam Grier, and Richard Roundtree. Director Melvin Van Peebles discusses the historical importance of his landmark film Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song. For a contemporary perspective, the excitable Quentin Tarantino offers his spirited commentary and author/critic bell hooks provides some scholarly social analysis.

Bruce Lee: Em Suas Próprias Palavras apresenta o homem que, sozinho, criou um novo gênero de filme, além de ser o primeiro praticante de artes marciais do século XX

Welcome to the world of the martial arts. A voyage for the times of the martial arts cinema, from the beginning in China in the 6th Century A.C. by a Buddhist monk, Bodhidharma, until the actual time and the influence in the world, with interviews to actors and historians, and a review to the most important movies of all times and to the most famous action movies actors. A magnificent jewel of this genre what nobody wouldn't lose.

A compilation of some of the best Black Action films of the 70s! Hosted by Mr. Dolemite himself... RUDY RAY MOORE!

Dina Bonnevie played a Filipina working with a US-based chemical company which sent a team to the Philippines to check a branch here. Eddie Garcia played the Chief of Police assigned to protect the chemical company's visiting group which fell victim to a terrorist gang headed by Vernon Wells. Eddie was only too obsessed to save the chemical company group because Dina happened to be his girlfriend, who, against Eddie's wishes, had gone to the U.S.A. for greener pastures.

Deep inside the nation's top chemical weapons facility, a brilliant terrorist takes a Congresswoman hostage. The Navy can't stop him. The Air Force can't reach him. The Coast Guard can't kill him. Only one man can do the job: special agent Ryan Cooper. He's in a race against time to save the world, facing his greatest challenge yet!

Death by Misadventure: The Mysterious Life of Bruce Lee exposes the truth behind Lee's death and the cover-up that ensued.

Neste extraordinário tributo ao homem que deu nome às artes marciais, descubra os mistérios de sua morte repentina. Desde sua modesta vida nos subúrbios de Hong-Kong, passando por anos de muita luta até finalmente atingir a escalada ao sucesso. Imagens raras de seus testes para o ator e de quando Lee era ainda criança, e atuou ao lado de seu pai. Ouça os depoimentos de seus amigos e alunos, entre eles: Steve McQueen, James Coburn, Stirling Siliphant e muitos outros. De seu trabalho na série de televisão "O Besouro Verde" até seu último filme "Jogo da Morte", conheça todos os segredos do homem por trás da lenda.

A pair of tough cops go after the mob who jinxed the martial arts tournament and injured their buddy.

When a diamond is stolen in Hong Kong, the company insuring the diamond sends a former CIA agent to Hong Kong to retrieve it. Meanwhile, one of the thieves begins to have a change of heart because his girlfriend wants him to leave his criminal organization.

The Pig has a plan to eradicate some people with a freeze bomb that instantly freezes people to death. It is up to Detective Ash to stop him and protect the woman with the secret to the ice bomb embedded in a microdot under the skin of her forehead.

A double amputee known as Mr. No Legs oversees a drug syndicate while cavorting around in his double shotgun-equipped wheelchair. When one of the syndicate's drug dealers accidentally kills his own girlfriend—whose brother is a cop—after she announces plans to leave him, the game is on to bury the evidence, protect the syndicate and evade the long arm of the law.

When the daughter of the royal family is held hostage, an agent for "D.R.A.G.O.N." will stop at nothing to destroy the evil organisation which abducted her.

Martial-arts expert tries to rescue an ambassador's daughter who was kidnapped in Thailand.

Cavalgue com os mais duros homens do velho oeste, em um passeio pelo inferno... Com um chefe que é um osso duro de roer (Jim Brown), um jogador esperto (Fred Williamson) e um cruel e frio caçador de recompensas (Lee Van Cleef). Acrescente ainda a este grupo, um mestre das artes marciais (Jim Kelly), uma prostituta desesperada (Catherine Spaak) e vários pistoleiros loucos e gananciosos. Misture tudo isso e solte na fronteira mexicana, e veja todos correrem atrás de uma fortuna em dinheiro vivo, teremos um épico de ação que, conseguiu reunir todos os grandes astros num western urbano e clássico inigualável. Lendários de Hollywood como: Dana Andrews, Barry Sullivan e Harry Carey Jr. co-estrelam esta aventura fantástica, considerada pela crítica como o último grande western da década! Mais uma brilhante performance de Van Cleef, o grande mestre de filmes do gênero ao lado de Jim Brown, Fred Williamson e Catherine Spaak.

An ancient Asian statue with the power to grant health and long life via secret acupuncture points is being pursued by a wealthy criminal, but his plans are put in peril when a slovenly detective is tasked with protecting the relic.

A record producer, a PR man, and a black belt in karate foil a white supremacist plot to poison the water supply.

Jones is a secret agent who has gone into semi-retirement, concentrating instead on teaching the martial arts to inner city youths. The karate school is run by a kindly old coot named Pops ,played by Scatman Crothers. His gambling debts, however, bring the local thug, Pinky, down on him. To make matters worse, Pinky is then hired by some white thugs who want to get a hold of the property Pops' school occupies so they can build a shopping mall. When things get heavy, Black Belt Jones leaps into action. Only he's not alone. Pops' daughter, Sidney, shows up to lend a hand, proving herself every bit as agile and powerful a martial artist as Jones.

O chefão chinês Han realiza um torneio de artes marciais em sua ilha-fortaleza, mas o evento serve apenas de desculpa para o recrutamento de novos distribuidores de ópio.

Promotional film on the making of 'Enter the Dragon.'

A slick, smooth-talking, womanizing young black DJ falls hard for an enigmatic woman he's just met. Things take a turn for the worse, though, when she is found dead in his apartment. It turns out that she was killed by the local mob, which is trying to frame him for the crime. With the police after him, he calls on some of his old acquaintances to help clear his name and avenge the woman's death.