On December 9, 2011 (the day I’m writing this) Sir Run Run Shaw, co-founder of the Shaw Brother Studio and media mogul, has decided to finally retire at the ripe old (old!) age of 104. What better way to pay tribute to a man responsible for so many great martial arts films, than looking at one of the best the Shaw studios ever produced? In the very first ENTER THE FIST column one of the things I tried to make clear is that I don’t consider myself an expert on Kung-Fu films. In fact, while I occasionally talk a good
Read More