Actor Marc Ma (Shock Wave 2, Wild City) will be making his debut as a film director in Wolf Hiding, an upcoming thriller that’s being headlined by Nick Cheung (The Trough, Integrity). Plot details are currently non-existent, but considering the actor/directors track history, you can expect the usual crime/triad brotherhood/bloodshed tale of revenge and/or retribution. Appearing alongside Cheung are Ethan Juan (Detective Dee: The Four Heavenly Kings, The Assassin), Darren Wang (Railroad … Continue reading →

Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert (Swiss Army Man), the writer-directors collectively known as “Daniels”, will soon releasing their newest film, Everything Everywhere All at Once (read our review), a sci-fi actioner starring for Michelle Yeoh (Boss Level, Master Z: The Ip Man Legacy, Yes, Madam). The film’s plot – revolving around the multiverse – is being kept a mystery, but Deadline describes the film as being about an exhausted Chinese American woman (Yeoh) … Continue reading →

Arriving on HBO Max on April 7th is Tokyo Vice, an adaptation of Jake Adelstein’s non-fiction 2010 novel. The upcoming series, with a pilot directed by Michael Mann (Heat), stars Ken Watanabe (Rage, Shanghai) and Ansel Elgort (Baby Driver, Westside Story). Tokyo Vice is loosely inspired by American journalist Jake Adelstein’s nonfiction firsthand account of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police beat. The crime drama, filmed on location in Tokyo, captures Adelstein’s (Elgort) daily … Continue reading →

Eureka has released the Limited Edition Blu-ray (Region B) for Kwon Oh-Seung 2021 film, Midnight. This acclaimed South Korean thriller stars Jin Ki-Joo (Little Forest), Wi Ha-jun (Squid Game), Park Hoon (Golden Slumber) and Gil Hae-Yeon (Missing). Official details: Hearing impaired Kyung-mi (Ki-joo Jin) catches the attention of Do-Sik (Wi Ha-jun), a mysterious serial killer that’s been stalking their neighbourhood. Do-Sik targets Kyung-mi, presuming her deafness will make her an easy target, … Continue reading →

On July 5, 2022, 88 Films is releasing the Blu-ray (Region A/B) for 1997’s Hero, one of the newer films that carried the Shaw Brothers label. The film is directed by legendary martial arts choreographer Corey Yuen (Raging Thunder, My Father is a Hero) and stars Takeshi Kaneshiro (Wu Xia, House of Flying Daggers), Yuen Biao (Circus Kids), Yuen Wah (Kung Fu Hustle) and Valerie Chow (Chungking Express). Ma Wing … Continue reading →

On March 15, 2022, Shout! Factory is releasing the Blu-ray for Signal (or Signal: The Movie Cold Case Investigation Unit), a remake of the South Korean drama of the same name. Official details: When officer Kento Saegusa (Kentaro Sakaguchi) picks up a dusty old police radio that’s about to be scrapped, it brings him into contact with Takeshi Oyama (Kazuki Kitamura). The two detectives, one from the past and one from … Continue reading →

Hi-YAH!, Well Go USA’s very own Asian/martial arts streaming channel has just announced their New Release line up for the month of March, which includes a New title added to Hi-YAH! every Friday. 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! Read on for the full list of New and Exclusive titles

We’ll soon be seeing cult martial arts star Michael Jai White (Triple Threat, Accident Man, Never Back Down: No Surrender) in Automatic Entertainment’s Dead Zone, an upcoming action thriller directed by Hank Braxtan and produced by Michael Lurie (Ninja Apocalypse), Jeffrey Giles (Pound of Flesh) and Tarkan Dospil (Chemical Peel). The plot follows an elite team of soldiers who, to stop the collapse of humanity, descend on a radiation-poisoned town … Continue reading →