Now available from Vinegar Syndrome is the 4K Ultra HD for Sun Chung’s 1982 horror/kung fu film, Human Lanterns (aka Human Skin Lanterns).

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This special limited edition 2-disc 4K UHD/Blu-ray set comes with a spot gloss hard slipcase + slipcover combo (designed by Wes Benscoter), includes a 40-page perfect bound book and is limited to 8,000 units. Continue reading →

Now available from Vinegar Syndrome is the Blu-ray for Chih-Hung Kuei’s 1976 Shaw Brothers thriller, Killers on Wheels.

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This spot gloss slipcase edition (designed by Haunt Love) is strictly limited to 5,000 units and includes a 40-page perfect bound book. This release Continue reading →

“Seek” Poster

Shane Kosugi (9 Deaths of the Ninja, Pray for Death) makes his directorial debut with Seek, an upcoming martial arts actioner that stars Kansuke Asano (Barashi Fight), as well as Shane’s brother, Kane Kosugi (Tekken 2: Kazuya’s Revenge, Zero Tolerance).

In Seek, Kyohei Aizawa (Asano), an assassin for a covert non-governmental espionage group in Japan called “SEEK”, is grieving over the loss of his girlfriend from a tragic plane accident. The leader of “SEEK”, Ryo Mikumo (Nahara), contacts him for an emergency mission; save a fellow agent, recover a new highly explosive liquid called “RDX@”, stop a ruthless Yakuza leader, Sojiro Kotsuki (Kane Kosugi), and his gang before they take over Japan. Although the Ninjas were thought to have disappeared…the new breed of assassins live on helping to protect Continue reading →

A Netflix sequel to Quentin Tarantino’s 2019 film Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood – titled The Continuing Adventures of Cliff Booth – is currently in post-production with David Fincher (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button) directing a script written by Tarantino.

Frequent Fincher/Tarantino collaborator Brad Pitt (Fight Club, Inglorious Basterds) is reprising his role as Cliff Booth, the tough-guy Hollywood Continue reading →

“Relentless” Poster

Hot off the heels of Bren Foster’s impressive 2024 film debut, Life After Fighting – which he also directed, wrote, produced and choreographed – Foster is now putting finishing touches on his starring/directorial effort, Relentless.

In the film, a former soldier/fighter (Foster) is forced back into the brutal underground arena when he’s faced with the fight of his life – not against an opponent, but against time itself. Driven by love and the desperate need to protect his family’s future, he steps into a world where every hit could be his last. As the line between sacrifice and self- destruction blurs, his journey becomes a raw and emotional battle for redemption, legacy, and the enduring power of love (via FilmInk).

As with Life After Fighting, Foster not only stars, but is also fight choreographer, producer Continue reading →

“Black Creek: Retribution” Teaser Poster

Cult martial arts action screen icon Cynthia Rothrock (The Blonde Fury, No Retreat No Surrender II, Righting Wrongs) is returning to the wild west in Black Creek: Retribution, the sequel to her 2024 western/martial arts action movie, Black Creek.

This time around, Luke LaFontaine (Mexicali) is stepping in to direct, taking over from Shannon Lanier (Black Creek). LaFontaine is a former stuntman and second unit director with credits on action films like Jesse V. Johnson’s Savage Dog and The Mercenary, and he recently directed Bren Foster (Life After Fighting) in this year’s Mexicali, a standout entry in the direct to video action market.

Set in 1891 Arizona, Black Creek: Retribution follows a gritty frontier sheriff (Rothrock) waging a bloody war against a murderous cult leader 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 →

Ready for another Best of the Best? We sure are. With the franchise’s plug ‘n play global fanbase and the current wave of nostalgia driven revivals like Karate Kid and Cobra Kai, it feels like only a matter of time before some profit minded producer brings this beloved martial arts series back to the screen for a new generation.

Way back in 2015, while promoting his “comeback” movie Underdog Kids, Phillip Rhee (Furious) revealed that he would be rebooting his Continue reading →

A new project, titled Dream Story, which centers on legendary martial arts star Yasuaki Kurata (Empty Hands, God of War, Twinkle Twinkle Lucky Stars) is arriving to Japanese theaters on July 17th.

The film will include a special appearance by the great Sammo Hung (Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In), who re-creates his famous fight with Kurata Continue reading →