She has a very particular set of skills. Skills she has acquired over a very long career…
We’ll soon be seeing action legend Michelle Yeoh (Everything Everywhere All at Once, Royal Warriors) in The Surgeon, an upcoming action thriller Continue reading
Operation Hadal | Blu-ray (Well Go USA)
Director Dante Lam (Beast Cops, The Rescue) has consistently delivered hard-hitting action thrillers that push the boundaries of Hong Kong cinema. His latest, Operation Hadal (aka Operation Leviathan), the follow up to Operation Mekong (2016) and Operation Red Sea (2018), continues that tradition when it arrives on Blu ray and DVD on September 29, 2026.
Operation Hadal stars Xuan Huang (Extraordinary Mission), Yosh Yu (Born to Fly), Zhang Hanyu (Manhunt), Karry Wang (The Great Wall), Luxia Jiang (Double World), Chen Li (Never Say Never), Cory Beeston (Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings), Yihong Duan (Wind Blast) and Ivan Kostadinov (Boyka: Undisputed IV).
For Operation Hadal, you can obviously expect more of Lam’s knack for explosions, vehicular chaos, unlimited bullets Continue reading
“Back to the Past” Poster
On October 13, 2026, Well Go USA is releasing Ng Yuen-fai and Jack Lai’s Back to the Past to digital. The sci-fi actioner is the long-awaited “movie” sequel to the television series, A Step into the Past.
Back to the Past is headlined by the series’ original stars, Louis Koo (Death Notice) and Raymond Lam (Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In).
The 2001 television series, based on Huang Yi’s novel The Chronicles of Searching Qin, centered around a 21st-century VIPPU special agent (Koo) who gets entangled in a time traveling experiment.
Back to the Past picks up nineteen years after the end of A Step into the Past. After two Continue reading
“Ghost in the Cell” Poster
There was a time during the 2010’s when Indonesia got tagged with the much bandied about label of action cinemas next big hope. However here in 2026, it’s become increasingly apparent that the hope which has been realised doesn’t belong to action cinema, but rather the Asian horror genre. A genre that Japan and its slew of long black-haired ghosts seemed to dominate in the early 21st century, it’s taken Indonesia for it to be taken in a direction which feels fresh and new. From the Mo Brothers genre blending efforts like Killers, to Timo Tjahjanto’s solo outings mixing horror and martial arts in the form of The Night Comes for Us, to Joko Anwar’s reimagining of Indonesian horror classics with Satan’s Slaves. The combination of deep-rooted superstitions, and a willingness to embrace the gorier side, has seen Indonesia’s horror output deliver some much-needed originality to a genre that’s never gone out of fashion.
The latest dose of horror also comes courtesy of Joko Anwar, who after making his debut with the well-received “everything that can go wrong will go wrong” 2005 comedy Joni’s Promise, gradually made his horror leanings more and more apparent in the succeeding years. Anwar really came on the radar internationally though in the later half of the 2010’s, first with the previously mentioned remake of Satan’s Slaves in 2017, and going on to cement his horror credentials with the likes of 2019’s Impetigore, and a Satan’s Slaves sequel in 2022. For his latest, the humorously titled Ghost in the Cell, Anwar has opted Continue reading
“The Beast” Poster
Renny Harlin (Bodies at Rest), noted Hollywood film director known for his 90’s blockbusters Die Hard 2 and Cliffhanger, is getting ready to die harder with The Beast, an upcoming actioner starring Samuel L. Jackson (xXx: Return of Xander Cage) and Joel Kinnaman (Silent Night).
When a militia of unidentified hostiles coordinates a coup against the U.S., the president uncovers the extent of The Beast’s. highly classified offensive capabilities in order to save his life and America.
Written by Umair Aleem (Kate), The Beast also stars Guy Burnet (Oppenheimer), Eoin Macken (Resident Evil: The Final Chapter) and Colin Morgan (Reflections).
🔥 Footnote: Back in the ’90s, Renny Harlin looked destined to Continue reading
“Street Fighter” Poster
Kitao Sakura, an up-and-coming filmmaker perhaps best known for 2021’s Bad Trip and several episodes of the 2023 Twisted Metal series, is currently putting the finishing touches on Legendary and Paramount Pictures’ live-action adaptation of Capcom’s classic video game Street Fighter, which is set to hit theaters on October 16, 2026.
Stars appearing in Street Fighter include Andrew Koji (Snake Eyes) as Ryu; Noah Centineo (The Recruit) as Ken; Roman Reigns aka Joe Anoa’i (Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw) as Akuma; Jason Momoa (Aquaman) as Blanka; and musician Orville Peck as Vega.
The film also stars Callina Liang (Presence) as Chun-Li; Comedian Andrew Schulz Continue reading
“The Lock In” Poster
Nathan Geering, a multi-award-winning British indie filmmaker, stuntman and fight choreographer, is bringing his first feature length movie, The Lock In, to audiences following its official selection for the Urban Action Showcase in New York.
The upcoming actioner combines old school kung fu shapes with modern day action, blending Eastern and Western action film making techniques.
The Lock In follows a man who finds himself trapped inside a pub when a mysterious bartender and a gang determined to kill him turn the place into a deadly battleground. Things take an even darker turn when his date arrives, only to discover that the pub has locked its doors for a deadly event known as “The Lock In”. What was supposed to be a romantic evening quickly becomes Continue reading
Casino Raiders | Blu-ray (Eureka)
Today’s Deal on Fire is the Blu-ray (Region B) for Casino Raiders, an early entry in the Hong Kong gambling film cycle of the ‘80s and ‘90s that injects the genre with a dose of bloody mayhem courtesy of directors Jimmy Heung and Wong Jing.
Con-artist/gambler Crab (Andy Lau) gets out of prison and joins his childhood friend and partner Sam (Alan Tam) to work for a casino magnate to expose a group of Japanese card-players who have cheated their way to a fortune. The pair find themselves in the cross-hairs of the Yakuza, leading to a series of escalating acts of violence that test the bonds of loyalty to their limit. When their luck runs out, they make one final gamble: a game of poker with the highest of stakes.
Filled with surprises Continue reading
“Go For Broke 2” Poster
Hong Kong legend Sammo Hung (Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In) returns to the big screen in Go For Broke 2 (aka Rebirth 2), an upcoming thriller from writer, director and star, Marc Ma Yuhe (Wolf Hiding, Shock Wave 2). The film is the thematic sequel to Ma’s 2024 hit, Go For Broke (aka Rebirth).
After their children fall victim to abuse, Xila and Su Cheng join forces to uncover the truth behind the crimes. As they expose a dark web of corruption and conspiracy, the two risk everything in their pursuit of justice and revenge, confronting their painful pasts along the way.
Sammo Hung is part of a cast that includes Isabella Leong (Isabella), Wen Junhui (The Shadow’s Edge), Bai Ke (The Mermaid), Alan Aruna (Legends of the Condor Heroes: The Gallants), Wang Longzheng (High Forces), Zhong Ze Continue reading
“Thai Fighters” Poster
Fair warning, I am absolutely overrating Thai Fighters by a fair margin simply because, well, it’s been so damn long since we’ve seen a Thai martial arts movie! Not counting Tony Jaa’s endeavors in the Chinese market such as Striking Rescue, the last time I can really remember sitting down for a bonafide Muay Thai action flick would have to be 2014’s Vengeance of an Assassin, which not-so-coincidentally was the final film directed by Tony Jaa’s mentor, Panna Rittikrai, before his untimely passing at the age of fifty-three. The whole genre of Thai action seemed to more or less grow entirely dormant after Rittikrai left us much too soon. (The only example I think I might have missed in the intervening years was 2017’s Broken Sword Hero).
So while Thai Fighters is not a particularly great film, it did feel incredibly welcoming to be back in the milieu of the goofy Thai action-comedy, you know, the kind where actors mug for the camera and the questionable humor is occasionally broken up by slow-mo shots of somebody’s elbow connecting with a stuntman’s cranium. The plot, which might be more accurately called ‘a flimsy series of circumstances,’ revolves around the stubborn conflict between the Northern and Southern sides of a rural village in Thailand. I don’t think you’ll be shocked to learn that both North and South will eventually have to put aside their petty differences and team up when a dangerous gangster targets their humble outpost.
I had a feeling from the trailer for Thai Fighters that this was going to be one of those movies where most of the action is crammed into the last fifteen minutes, which mercifully isn’t the case, but I won’t lie and say there’s a ton of action in this thing. Still, the presence Continue reading
Arriving on December 6, 2026 from Toy Robot Video (a new sub-label of Arrow Video) is the Blu-ray for Unstoppable (read our review), starring Ma Dong-seok, aka Don Lee (Champion, Train to Busan).
In this action-thriller, a legendary gangster (Ma Dong-seok) enjoys a quiet retirement. But when his wife (Song Ji-Hyo of New World) is kidnapped, he Continue reading
Arriving on December 6, 2026 from Toy Robot Video (a new sub-label of Arrow Video) is the 4K Ultra HD for Passenger 57, a 1992 actioner from director Kevin Hooks (Strictly Business).
Former police officer and airline security specialist John Cutter (Wesley Snipes, Demolition Man), finally returning to the job after his wife’s death, finds Continue reading
“Fish, Fists and Ambergris” Poster
I’m always grateful for those moments when watching a movie leaves me that little bit smarter after the closing credits roll than I was before them. In the case of Vietnam’s Fish, Fists and Ambergris it takes the form of an expanded vocabulary, with the newly acquired knowledge that ambergris refers to “the solid, waxy, and flammable byproduct created in the digestive system of sperm whales” (thanks Google). Also commonly known as floating gold, it’s certainly a word I’ll be attempting to throw into as many conversations as possible moving forward. When it comes to the production it appears in, it relates to the history of a small coastal town on the southern Vietnamese coast.
We learn that 200 years ago a whale rescued a shipping vessel that was in distress, carrying it on its back to shore, where the whale perished. The survivors would go on to set up a fishing village, with a temple at its centre built to pay respects to the whale that saved their lives. Using the ambergris, they sculpted it into a statue of the whale that sits at the alter, with the village soon gaining a reputation for housing such a unique treasure. To protect the temple from the marauding pirates that regularly attempt to pillage the statue, the villages most skilled fighters stay on guard as residents of the temple, a lineage that’s been passed down to present day.
At least, almost present day, as the plot actually plays out in the year 2000, with the descendants of the temple’s protectors played by Quang Tuan (The Corpse) and Tram Minh Hoang (Trum So), meeting them as the upcoming festival to celebrate the villages founding is just a few days away. They’re joined by Ma Ran Do (Hijacked) playing the younger brother Continue reading
On November 23, 2026, Eureka is releasing a Limited Edition 4K Ultra HD for Wheels on Meals (aka Spartan X). Directed by Sammo Hung in 1984, Wheels on Meals is one of the greatest films to emerge from Hong Kong in the 1980s: perhaps the definitive martial arts comedy and a star vehicle for the most exciting triple-act in action movie history: the “Three Dragons,” Jackie Chan (Police Story), Yuen Biao (Winners and Sinners) and the inimitable Sammo Hung himself (Encounter of the Spooky Kind).
Fast-food chefs Thomas (Chan) and David (Biao) find themselves cooking up trouble when private detective Moby (Hung) involves them in the case of a missing heiress. The three friends need all of their daring and physical dexterity when they end up Continue reading
“Furious” Japanese Poster
Finally heading to Japanese theaters on January 29, 2027, is The Furious, which has been given a new, more marketable title: The Furious: Battle Royale. The retitling could be a nod to Kinji Fukasaku’s iconic 2000 Japanese cult classic Battle Royale, or it could simply be referring to the term itself, meaning a competition or fight involving multiple combatants who battle until only one person or team remains.
Now a cult classic in its own right, The Furious stars Xie Miao (Eye for an Eye: The Blind Swordsman) and Joe Taslim (The Raid).
After the daughter of Wang Wei (Miao) is kidnapped by a criminal network and he receives no help from the corrupt police, Wei sets out on a rampage to find her himself. His only ally is Navin (Taslim) – a relentless journalist whose wife has mysteriously disappeared. Fueled Continue reading
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