Monthly Archives: March 2019

One More Shot | DVD (MVD)

RELEASE DATE: June 11, 2019 On June 11th, 2019, MVD will be releasing the DVD for One More Shot, a 1984 South African action movie (with martial arts) written and directed by cult filmmaker Ronnie Isaacs (Cobra Force). Read the official details below: One More Shot stars Hector Rabotapi, Dominic Tyawa, Joe Foed, Stan Froom, Peter Stoneley, Joe Mustapha, Sharon Clarke, Ashlin Mccarthy, and Munro Smith. A criminal known as Ten-Ten is released from … Continue reading

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Valentine | Blu-ray & DVD (Shout! Factory)

RELEASE DATE: May 14, 2019 On May 14th, 2019, Shout Factory will release the Blu-ray & DVD for Valentine: The Dark Avenger, a 2019 Indonesia martial arts action film, based on Sarjono Sutrisno, Aswin NC Siregar, and Ian Waryanto’s character Valentine, from Skylar Comics. Read the official details below: The movie is directed by Ubay Fox and Agus Pestol. Cast includes Estelle Linden, Arie Dagienkz, Matthew Settle (Criminal Minds: Beyond … Continue reading

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Trailer for Kong Ergou’s ‘Once Upon a Time in Northeast China’

China will soon see the release of Love Song to the Days Forgone (previously known as Once Upon a Time in Northeast China), a crime thriller directed by Kong Ergou, who is mostly known for producing John Woo’s epic The Crossing saga, and The Three-Body Problem: I. The film stars Zhang Jingchu (Sky on Fire, The Adventurers), Xia Yu (Birth of the Dragon, Mojin: The Lost Legend), Hu Jun (Bodyguards and Assassins, Firestorm) and Wu Yue … Continue reading

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Is that a Threat? – An Interview with Jesse V. Johnson

There’s an old adage that goes ‘too many cooks spoil the broth’, and Jesse V. Johnson’s latest action extravaganza, Triple Threat, comes loaded to the brim with cooks, and ones that can fight at that. Thankfully though, Johnson runs a tight kitchen, and against the odds the British stuntman turned director has delivered a dish that gives a plethora of martial arts talent their own individual moments to shine – … Continue reading

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Unity of Heroes | Blu-ray (Well Go USA)

RELEASE DATE: May 28, 2019 On May 28, 2019, Well Go USA is releasing the Blu-ray for Lin Zhen-Hao’s The Unity of Heroes (read our review), starring martial arts star Vincent Zhao (True Legend), who will once again be playing real-life folk hero Wong Fei-hung. Throughout the years, Wong Fei-hung has been portrayed by various stars, most notably Kwan Tak-hing (Story of Wong Fei-hung), Jackie Chan (Drunken Master), Jet Li (Once Upon A Time in … Continue reading

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Trailer for ‘Quan Dao: A Journey of a Boxer’ starring ‘Ip Man 3’ star Danny Chan

Danny Chan Kwok-kwan (Keep Calm and Be a Superstar), the actor mostly known for portraying Bruce Lee in Legend of Bruce Lee, Ip Man 3 and the upcoming Ip Man 4 (not to mention the Bruce Lee-inspired goalie in Stephen Chow’s Shaolin Soccer), is back in Willam So’s Quan Dao: A Journey of a Boxer. Quan Dao: A Journey of a Boxer also stars Ka Nin Ngo (Ip Man 2), Awayne Liu (Unbeatable), Ashina Kwok … Continue reading

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Project Gutenberg (2018) Review

"Project Gutenberg" Chinese Theatrical Poster

Director: Felix Chong Cast: Chow Yun-fat, Aaron Kwok, Zhang Jung-Chu, Joyce Feng, Catherine Chow, Alex Fong, Liu Kai-chi, Yao-Qing Wang, Alien Sun, Carl Ng, Leung Kin-Ping Running Time: 130 min. By Paul Bramhall When a trailer gets released for a movie, it has one job – to make people want to come and see it. Most trailers do that through editing together some of the key moments in order to grab the … Continue reading

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Big Brother | Blu-ray & DVD (Well Go USA)

RELEASE DATE: May 21, 2019 On May 21st, 2019, be on the lookout for Well Go USA’s Blu-ray/DVD release for Donnie Yen’s Big Brother (read our review), an action/comedy directed by Kam Kar-wai (Color of the Game). In the film, Yen plays a high school teacher who is caught up by his dark past in the underworld and is forced to use his fighting skills to find and rescue one of his students who has been kidnapped. … Continue reading

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HKFilmart 2019: International Film and TV Market News

Here’s a look at some of the titles that were presented at the HKFilmart 2019, which took place on March 18th-21st at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. Minamata: HanWay Films is promoting Andrew Levitas’s Minamata, an upcoming thriller starring Johnny Depp. In the film, Depp plays celebrated WWII photographer W. Eugene Smith, who ventures to the sleepy Japanese town of Minamata, which was the scene of one of the world’s greatest … Continue reading

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‘Old Boy’ director Park Chan-wook and ‘Bone Tomahawk’ writer Craig Zahler team up for ‘Brigands of Rattlecreek’

Visionary director Park Chan-wook (Old Boy, Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance, The Handmaiden) will be directing The Brigands of Rattlecreek (aka The Brigands of Rattleborge), an ultra-violent Western written by up-and-coming filmmaker S. Craig Zahler (Bone Tomahawk, Brawl in Cell Block 99 and the upcoming Dragged Across the Concrete). The Brigands of Rattlecreek, which has been picked up by Amazon Studios, follows a sheriff and a doctor who seek revenge against a group of bandits who … Continue reading

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Triple Threat (2019) Review

"Triple Threat" Chinese Theatrical Poster

Director: Jesse V. Johnson Cast: Tony Jaa, Iko Uwais, Tiger Hu Chen, Scott Adkins, Michael Jai White, Michael Bisping, Celina Jade, Jeeja Yanin, Ron Smoorenburg, Michael Wong, Dominique Vandenberg, Sile Zhang, Jennifer Qi Jun Yang Running Time: 96 min.  By Paul Bramhall There’s something undeniably daunting when you look at the cast list of Triple Threat. For many fans of martial arts cinema, it’s one that looks too good to be … Continue reading

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Deal on Fire! Woochi: The Demon Slayer | Blu-ray | Only $7.98 – Expires soon!

Today’s Deal on Fire is the Blu-ray Woochi: The Demon Slayer (aka Jeon Woochi: The Taoist Wizard), directed by Dong-Hoon Choi (The Thieves). Jeon Woo-chi (Gang Dong-Won of A Violent Prosecutor), an undisciplined, womanizing wizard unjustly accused of the death of his master, is trapped inside an ancient scroll until he is set free in 2009 by the wizards that imprisoned him to help fight against evil goblins that have taken over … Continue reading

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Boogie Boy | Blu-ray (MVD Rewind)

RELEASE DATE: May 14, 2019 MVD Rewind has announced the Blu-ray for Boogie Boy, a Mark Dacascos thriller from director Craig Hamann (writer of Showdown in Manila) and producer Roger Avary, who is perhaps best known for 1993’s Killing Zoe, 2002’s The Rules of Attraction, and his co-writing credit for 1994’s Pulp Fiction. The film hits retail outlets on May 14th, 2019. Check out the official details below from MVD: This title has been out of print … Continue reading

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Witness, The (2018) Review

"The Witness" Korean Theatrical Poster

Director: Jo Kyu-Jang Cast: Lee Sung-Min, Kim Sang-Ho, Jin Kyung, Kwak Si-Yang, Park Bom, Kim Sung-Kyun, Bae Jung-Hwa, Shin Seung-Hwan, Jung Yoo-Min, Yeon Je-Wook Running Time: 111 min. By Paul Bramhall It’s fair to say that violence is as an integral a part of Korean cinema as kimchi is to its cuisine. Sure, you don’t need it with every dish, but when it’s there, it makes for a distinctly Korean … Continue reading

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Triple Threat | Blu-ray & DVD (Well Go USA)

RELEASE DATE: May 14, 2019 Well Go USA Entertainment is getting ready to unleash their deadliest weapon yet: Triple Threat (read our review), an upcoming action film by Jessie V. Johnson (Savage Dog, The Debt Collector) that’s best described as a martial arts-themed Expendables. Triple Threat is getting a Blu-ray/DVD release on May 14th (pre-order here), which will feature Interviews with the Cast, Trailers and English SDH subtitles. The anticipated movie features an ensemble cast of international action stars that includes Tony … Continue reading

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