On February 27, 2024, Well Go USA is releasing the Blu-ray for Kim Sung-Sik’s Dr. Cheon And Lost Talisman (read our review), a 2023 South Korean fantasy thriller that stars Gang Dong-Won (Broker, Peninsula). The film is based on a popular webcomic by Huretsha and Kim Hong-Tae. Despite being the grandson of a famed village shaman, Dr. Cheon doesn’t actually believe in ghosts, yet makes a living performing fake exorcisms on … Continue reading →

Now available from Goodie Emporium is Eureka’s Blu-ray (Region B) collection for 1972’s Yakuza Wolf and Yakuza Wolf 2, a duo of ultra-violent Yakuza thrillers starring the late great Shinichi “Sonny” Chiba (Fighting Fist, Soul of Chiba). In the spaghetti Western inspired I Perform Murder, a mysterious black-clad killer (Chiba) with a personal vendetta against the yakuza manipulates two rival clans in order to draw out his targets, leading to a … Continue reading →

Dimitri Logothetis, director of 2018’s Kickboxer: Retaliation, as well as co-director for 2016’s Kickboxer: Vengeance, will soon begin shooting Kickboxer: Armageddon, the upcoming third entry of the rebooted Kickboxer franchise. Martial arts star Alain Moussi (Kill Order, Street Fighter: Resurrection) will reprise his role as Kurt Sloane from Kickboxer: Vengeance and Kickboxer: Retaliation. In Kickboxer: Armageddon, Moussi is being joined by fellow martial arts star, Scott Adkins (John Wick 4, Ip Man … Continue reading →

Action legend Michelle Yeoh (Everything Everywhere All at Once, Royal Warriors) is set to star in 30West’s The Mother, an upcoming action thriller from filmmaker/actress, Mélanie Laurent (Galveston, Tomorrow, Inglourious Basterds). The film – based on the screenplay by P.G. Cuschieri (Cut Throat City) – follows an immigrant mother (Yeoh) and businesswoman, Ann, who’s attempting to make the best of her new life in America with her family. When her two … Continue reading →

If you’ve seen Ana de Armas’ butt-kicking capabilities in No Time To Die, and the upcoming Ghosted, you know she’s capable of leading her own action film. With that said, De Armas (Knives Out) is teaming up with Live Free or Die Hard director Len Wiseman for Lionsgate’s Ballerina, a female-centric spinoff of the expanding John Wick franchise. Franchise stars including John Wick himself, Keanu Reeves, as well as Ian McShane (John Wick: Chapter … Continue reading →

American Genre Film Archive (AGFA) has released a promotional Trailer for a New 2K restoration of Shaolin Vs. Wu Tang, which will eventually make its way to Blu-ray. This 1983 film isn’t Shaw Brothers production, but it does have essential Shaw talent behind it, such as legendary director Lau Kar Leung (36th Chamber of Shaolin) and headlining martial arts star, Gordon Liu (Executioners from Shaolin). Shaolin Vs. Wu Tang also stars Adam Cheng (Cat … Continue reading →

In July of 2024, 88 Films is releasing the Blu-ray (Region B) for Black Cat 2, a 1992 Hong Kong action film directed by Stephen Shin Gei Yin (Brotherhood) that stars Jade Leung (Satin Steel) and Robin Shou (Cyprus Tigers). Scientists install a micro chip, called Black Cat, inside the brain of a violence prone girl named Catherine in an attempt to refine and control her fits of rage. Their … Continue reading →

On February 15, 2024, House of Ninjas will hit the Netflix streaming platform. The upcoming series features episodes directed by Dave Boyle (Daylight Savings, Man from Reno). House of Ninjas stars Kento Kaku (The Untold Tale of the Three Kingdoms), Yosuke Eguchi (Rurouni Kenshin), Tae Kimura (Your Turn to Kill), Kengo Kôra (Shin Godzilla), Aju Makita (Shoplifters) and Nobuko Miyamoto (Tampopo). Years after retiring from their formidable ninja lives, a … Continue reading →