After a 10-year hiatus, critically acclaimed director Na Hong-Jin returns to the director’s chair with Hope, an upcoming thriller that has been picked up by Neon for North American and English-language rights.
If you’re not familiar with his name, maybe you’re familiar with his work. In 2008, the South Korean filmmaker shook the world with his debut feature film, The Chaser. In 2010, he showed us that he wasn’t a one-hit wonder with The Yellow Sea. Then Continue reading
Hi-YAH!, Well Go USA’s very own Asian/martial arts streaming channel has just announced their New Releases for the month of May.
If you want to give Hi-YAH! a go, visitors of this site can use the promo code “CITYONFIRE” for a FREE 30 Day trial!
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On July 20, 2026, 88 Films is releasing the 4K Ultra HD for Story of Ricky (aka Riki-Oh), a 1989 action-fantasy from director Nam Nai Choi (Saga of the Phoenix).
Set in the year 2001 where all correctional facilities have been privatised, martial artist Ricky finds himself victim to the corrupt system when he is found guilty Continue reading
On July 27, 2026, 88 Films is releasing the Blu-ray (Region B) for the Shaw Brothers Triple Feature, which includes 1983’s Shaolin Intruders, 1982’s Shaolin Prince and 1980’s Two Champions of Shaolin.
Three Shaw classics are bought together in a brand new boxset as part of the 88 Asia numbered collection #52, #53, #54. It features new artwork Continue reading
On June 29, 2026, 88 Films is releasing the Blu-ray (Region B) for Sex and Zen II, a 1996 cult Hong Kong film from director Cash Chin Man-Kei (1941 Hong Kong on Fire).
Adapted from a (notoriously fruity) classic of Chinese erotica, Sex and Zen II goes even further than the (already pretty eye-popping) original, featuring mechanical Continue reading
“Hard Redemption” Theatrical Poster
Hapkido instructor-turned-filmmaker, Jino Kang (Weapon of Choice), is back with Hard Redemption, his latest low-budget martial arts actioner co-starring the legendary Lou Ferrigno (The Incredible Hulk, Pumping Iron).
In the film, Kang – who also co-directs, co-writes, and co-produces – stars as an ex-con turned schoolteacher who teams up with a security guard (Ferrigno) to take down a vicious gang that seizes control of a local school.
Hard Redemption also stars Jessie Pettit (Band on the Run), James Aaron Oh (Protection Detail), Mikaila Maei (Refuge) and David Kurzhal (Bloodstorm, The Last Kumite), who is perhaps better known as Viking Samurai.
We reviewed Continue reading
“Masters of the Universe” Poster
Travis Knight, the director of 2018’s Bumblebee, will soon be unleashing Masters of the Universe, a live-action adaptation of the franchise created by Mattel.
In the film, a young man on Earth discovers a fabulous secret legacy as the prince of an alien planet, and must recover a magic sword and return home to protect his kingdom.
Masters of the Universe is written by Chris Butler (Kubo and the Two Strings), Aaron and Eric Nee (Band of Robbers), and Dave Callaham (Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings).
The film stars Nicholas Galitzine (Red, White & Royal Blue) as He-Man; Idris Elba (A House of Dynamite) as Man-At-Arms; Jared Leto (Tron: Ares) as Skeletor; Alison Brie (Together) as Evil-Lyn; Camila Continue reading
Badges of Fury | Blu-ray & DVD (Well Go USA)
Today’s Deal on Fire is the Blu-ray for Wong Tsz-ming’s Badges of Fury, a 2013 action-comedy starring Jet Li (Blades of the Guardians, Flying Swords of Dragon Gate) and Zhang Wen (Ocean Heaven).
When a series of eerie murders erupt across Hong Kong, two trouble making cops are assigned to the case. Young maverick Wang (Zhang Wen) is a reckless risk-taker, and grizzled vet Huang (Jet Li) is fed up with cleaning up his rookie’s messes. After discovering all the victims were former boyfriends of aspiring starlet Liu, the detectives (one now posing as her lover) are caught in a deadly game to lure the killer out.
Badges of Fury also stars Michelle Chen (12 Golden Ducks), Collin Continue reading
Action star Jason Statham (The Meg, Redemption, The Expendables) is reuniting with A Working Man and The Beekeeper director David Ayer (End of Watch) for John Doe, an upcoming thriller written by Zak Penn, who is mostly known for penning 2012’s The Avengers and 2018’s Ready Player One.
John Doe tells the story “of a man with no memory, no past, and no name — and only one face he can’t forget: Eliza. As fragments of his identity return, he discovers he was trained for a mission still in motion and is being hunted by the very people who sent Continue reading
“Salmokji: Whispering Water” Poster
Director: Lee Sang-min
Cast: Kim Hye-yoon, Kim Young-sung, Oh Dong-min, Yoon Jae-chan, Jang Da-ah, Kim Jun-han
Running Time: 95 min.
By Paul Bramhall
In 2018 director Jeong Beom-sik had a stroke of genius for a found footage horror movie – film it in a real location that’s said to be haunted, effectively blurring the lines between cinema and reality. The result was Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum, a real abandoned psychiatric hospital, which would ultimately end up being demolished the same year. Skip forward to 2026, and for his feature length directorial debut Lee Sang-min has taken a leaf from the Beom-sik playbook, opting for a location that can’t be wiped off the map quite so easily. Salmokji: Whispering Water takes its name from, you guessed it, the Salmokji reservoir in South Chungcheong Province. Already known as a location haunted by ‘water ghosts’ (spirits of the dead restricted to bodies of water) and filmed on location, the setting provides the perfect backdrop for a dose of late-night horror.
Local audiences certainly agree, surpassing 1 million admissions (as of the time of writing), and spurring a surge of midnight pilgrimages to the reservoir by horror fanatics, the sudden surge in popularity seeing the small road that leads to the reservoir bumper to bumper with traffic. Of course it takes more than just utilising an actual real location to make a decent horror Continue reading
Martial arts star Donnie Yen (The Prosecutor, Chasing the Dragon) will reprise his role as Caine – the blind assassin from 2023’s John Wick: Chapter 4 – in a standalone John Wick spin-off movie titled Caine, which will take place after the events after Chapter 4.
In addition to starring, Yen will also be directing Caine. “The John Wick films have set an immensely high standard for action filmmaking and I greatly appreciate Continue reading
On July 6, 2027, Arrow is releasing the Blu-ray (Region A/B) Double Feature for 1973’s Sex & Fury and Female Yakuza Tale. Following their genre-defining “female delinquent” classic Girl Boss Guerrilla, director Norifumi Suzuki and action star Reiko Ike would join forces once again for the shocking Sex & Fury. Pulpy and bathed in lurid violence of the highest order, the film would beget the sequel, Female Yakuza Tale directed by none other than the king of ero-guro, Teruo Ishii (Horrors of Malformed Men).
In Sex & Fury, deadly swordswoman Ocho Inoshika (Ike) is looking for the men who killed her father and finds herself infiltrating a sordid den of sexually deviant yakuza, involving a British secret agent (Christina Lindberg, Thriller: A Cruel Picture) and a twisted Continue reading
xXx: Return of Xander Cage | Blu-ray (Paramount)
Today’s Deal on Fire is the Blu-ray for xXx: Return of Xander Cage (read our review), a 2017 action film directed by D.J. Caruso (The Salton Sea) and starring Vin Diesel (The Fast and the Furious) and Donnie Yen (Ip Man 4: The Finale).
The third explosive chapter of the blockbuster franchise that redefined the spy thriller finds extreme athlete turned government operative Xander Cage (Vin Diesel) coming out of self-imposed exile and on a collision course with deadly alpha warrior Xiang and his team in a race to recover a sinister and seemingly unstoppable weapon known as Pandora’s Box. Recruiting an all-new group of thrill-seeking cohorts, Xander finds himself enmeshed in a deadly conspiracy that points to collusion at the highest levels of world governments.
The film also stars Continue reading
“The Super Inframan” Poster
Director: Hua Shan
Cast: Danny Lee, Wang Hsieh, Bruce Le (Huang Kin Long), Yuan Man-Tzu, Terry Lau Wai-Yue, Dana, Lin Wen-Wei, Chiang Yang, Lu Sheng, Fanny Leung
Running Time: 88 min.
By Z Ravas
As someone who grew up collecting an inordinate amount of comic books, it’s seemed strange to me that I’ve spent the last several years completely disinterested in what’s happening in the superhero movie space; but a viewing of last year’s Hi-Five (perhaps the most purely entertaining new film that I saw in 2025) made me realize I’m not tired of the superhero genre, per se, just Hollywood’s lately very dull conception of it. Case in point: sitting down to rewatch The Super Inframan, the Shaw Brothers’ attempt at a tokusatsu-style superhero movie, confirmed for me all over again that this is one of my favorite efforts from the venerable studio.
In 1975, the Shaw Brothers would have been at the peak of their commercial powers, which must be why they felt they could afford to take such a risk with Super Inframan—both a superhero movie before big screen comic book adaptations were all the rage (a full three years before Superman: The Movie!) and a Hong Kong martial arts film that owed a creative debt to Japanese creations like Ultraman and Kamen Rider. (To that end, the movie features music from Ultraman spinoff Ultraseven and costumes from Japan’s Ekisu Productions, known for their work on Kamen Rider). Even wilder, the studio handed directing duties to Hua Shan, who had served Continue reading
For over a decade, Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker have kept the door open for Rush Hour 4 — and even without a set production date, the fourth film is starting to feel like a sure thing, but not without some speed bumps.
Rush Hour 4 is still in motion, with President Donald Trump reportedly giving things a push by encouraging the Ellisons to move forward, something that ultimately helped secure the green light from Warner Bros, who hold the rights.
On top of it, Brett Ratner – the director of the previous Rush Hour films, as well as the recent pro-Trump Melania documentary – is back in the director’s seat Continue reading
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