On January 19, 2021, Arrow Films will be releasing a Special Edition Blu-ray for Park Chan-wook’s 2000 South Korean thriller JSA: Joint Security Area. Read the official details below: Before Oldboy, before The Handmaiden, visionary filmmaker Park Chan-wook helmed this gripping tale of deceit, misunderstanding and the senselessness of war. Gunfire breaks out in the demilitarized zone between North and South Korea, leaving two North Korean soldiers dead while a … Continue reading →

On March 30, 2021, Kino Lorber is releasing the Blu-ray for Lust, Caution, a 2007 thriller from two-time Oscar-winner Ang Lee, the acclaimed director of Sense and Sensibility, The Ice Storm, Brokeback Mountain, Life of Pi and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. Lust, Caution stars Tony Leung (Europe Raiders, In the Mood for Love) with Wei Tang (The Long Day’s Journey Into Night, Wuxia), Joan Chen (The Purple Storm, The Last … Continue reading →

Early next year, ITN Distribution is releasing the Egyptian-made, Expendables-esque Desert Strike (aka Pharaoh’s War or Hamlet Pheroun) to U.S. audiences. Desert Strike features Mike Tyson (Ip Man 3), Game of Thrones star/pro strongman Hafthor Bjornssen (Kickboxer: Retaliation) and Egyptian pro bodybuilder Big Ramy, appearing alongside local stars Amr Saad, recording artist Rouby and Mohamed Lotfy. An ex-military man, Rick (Tyson), with a mysterious past leads and protects a group of Egyptian refugees … Continue reading →

If you enjoyed the recently released Dragon of the Law and Tiger Cop: Toilet Paper Hero and still want more of that “old school Hong Kong action” nostalgia, then you don’t want to miss Battle of Brothers, a new Shaw Brothers-esque action short from the independent creatives at Sydney Australia’s Silver Harvest films. Battle of Brothers is written and directed by David Vuong, produced by Therese Chen (who also handles cinematography … 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 December, which includes a New film added to Hi-YAH! every Friday! Some of the highlights includes two HK crime classics, Johnnie To’s PTU and Ringo Lam’s Full Alert – and a whole lot of Donnie Yen! Continue reading for the full list

Sony Entertainment has reportedly enlisted Oscar Isaac (Star Wars: The Last Jedi, A Most Violent Year) to star in Jordan Vogt-Roberts’ (Kong: Skull Island) live-action adaptation of Hideo Kojima’s Metal Gear Solid. In the film, Isaac will take on the role of the iconic video game character Solid Snake, a highly skilled special operations soldier whose speciality is destroying models of the bipedal nuclear weapon-armed mecha known as Metal Gear. The script … Continue reading →

On December 18, 2020, CMC Pictures is finally releasing The Rescue (aka Emergency Rescue) to U.S. theaters. This big budget thriller is directed by noted Hong Kong action director Dante Lam (Operation Red Sea). In the film, a rescue unit within the Chinese Coast Guard are forced to overcome their personal differences to resolve a crisis. The Rescue (read our review) reunites Lam with his To the Fore, Unbeatable and Operation Mekong star, Eddie Peng (Call of … Continue reading →

Actor/filmmaker Deng Chao – who is perhaps best known for his roles in Shadow, The Mermaid and Assembly – will direct and star in Ping-Pong of China, an upcoming sports drama that will also star Wu Jing (Wolf Warrior 2, SPL II: A Time for Consequences). According to AFS, the movie will center on the Chinese national ping-pong team’s victory in 1995. Here’s hoping Ping-Pong of China will be as fun … Continue reading →

Director/actor/comedian Gekidan Hitori (A Bolt from the Blue) is set to direct and write Asakusa Kid, an upcoming biopic that follows the early years of the legendary, multi-talented Japanese celebrity Takeshi Kitano (Outrage Coda, Battle Royale, Hana-Bi). Asakusa Kid will star Yagira Yuya (Gintama) as Kitano. Also starring is Oizumi Yo (I Am a Hero), who will play Fukami Senzaburo, a comedian who is also known as Kitano’s mentor. The film will … Continue reading →

Another live-action adaptation of Liu Cixin’s (writer of The Wandering Earth) sci-fi novel, titled Ball Lightning, is currently in-the-works from actor/writer/director Chen Sicheng, who is perhaps best known for the Detective Chinatown franchise. The novel follows the experiences of a first-person protagonist, Chen, whose family was killed by a ball lightning while he was in high school. Both traumatized and inspired by that experience, he makes the investigation of ball lightning his … Continue reading →