The closer to this post series exploring the contents of Arrow Video's jaw-dropping blu-ray box set Shawscope Vol. 2 has saved the wildest for last. The quartet of films covered here shows the surprises that Shaw Brothers has tucked away in their voluminous filmography…

Part two of Schlockmania's overview for the films in Arrow Video's amazing blu-ray box Shawscope Vol. 2 explores a quintet of films that will appeal to fans of old-school kung fu - 4 from Chang Cheh and the Venom Mob, one from Lau Kar Leung

Here is the first part in a three-post series devoted to exploring the films in this set. This installment serves up no less that four films masterminded by the great Lau Kar-Leung, including some all-timer favorites with martial arts film fans in The 36th Chamber Of Shaolin and Mad Monkey Kung Fu. Rounding out this quintet is a look at Five Superfighters, a comedy kung fu extravaganza that makes up what it lacks in budget or name stars with a jaw-dropping work ethic expressed via an array of intricately choreographed fight and training sequences.

A few weeks back, Sonny Chiba's classic Street Fighter trilogy was covered so it's only natural to follow up with it's spin-off series, Sister Street Fighter. This was a vehicle for Chiba protege Etsuko Shihomi…

This box set shows how diverse the genre could be, delivering good cops-vs.-crooks programmers as well as a couple of films that mix cop procedural with dark explorations of the criminal mindset and - best of all - a pointed expose of how failings in the justice system could be exploited by the wealthy and unprincipled at the expense of the common man.