On 2010-01-29 John K. Cole, Walden, Vermont wrote: This reference book has proved invaluable, however it does have it´s limitations. For instance on many entries all there is is the name of the film with little or no other useful information such as year of production, cast or synopsis. He downgrades all
films that use wirework, which I happen to enjoy as a standard aspect of many martial arts movies, but which he uniformly dislikes.
I was able to use this book, however, to find out the true names of falsely titled bootleg versions of movies, which I greatly enjoyed.
Overall a very useful reference. How about an updated version?. And summed up by saying very useful with limitations. Currently The Encyclopedia of Martial Arts Movies has an overall rating of 8 over 10.
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The Scarecrow Press, Inc. claimed The Encyclopedia covers the genre from 1920 to 1994. The genre, however, can be very confusing: films often have several titles, and many of the stars have more than one pseudonym. In an effort to clarify some of the confusion, the authors have included all the information available to them on almost 3,300 films. Each entry includes a listing of the production company, the cast and crew, distributors, running times, reviews with star ratings whenever possible, and alternate film titles. A list of film series and one of the stars´ pseudonyms, in addition to a 7,900 name index, are also included. Illustrated.
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