Author Archives: JJ Bona

Big Game Trailer for Robert Rodriguez’ ‘Alita: Battle Angel’

Longtime James Cameron fans who have watched his post-Titanic career with curiosity know that the director has long mulled over a live-action adaptation of Kishiro Yukito’s manga Alita: Battle Angel, but it was another case where Cameron was waiting for technology to catch up with his vision – that is – until it was announced that Robert Rodriguez (Machete) would be helming the project with Cameron producing. Rodriguez is currently putting finishing touches on Alita: … Continue reading

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Big Game Trailer for David Leitch’s ‘Hobbs & Shaw’

On August 2nd, 2019, Dwayne Johnson (The Rundown), Jason Statham (The Meg) and Idris Elba (The Wire) will explode on the screen for Hobbs & Shaw (aka Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw), a spinoff from the popular Fast & Furious franchise. Directed by David Leitch (Atomic Blonde, and co-director of John Wick), Hobbs & Shaw takes place two years after the events of The Fate of the Furious. U.S. Diplomatic Security Agent Luke Hobbs (Johnson) … Continue reading

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Jesse V. Johnson to helm Scott Adkins series ‘Ascenders’

A new action series starring martial arts star Scott Adkins (Accident Man, Incoming) is currently being shopped to buyers. The series, titled Ascenders, is to be directed by Adkins’ frequent collaborator Jesse V. Johnson (Savage Dog, The Debt Collector) and developed by Ehud Bleiberg (Close Range) and Gregg Bishop (Dance of the Dead). Read on for the full the details (via Stanley White): Ascenders is a ten-hour supernatural action-thriller epic series. The series is designed with worldwide … Continue reading

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Park Chan-wook’s ‘JSA’ is getting a Hollywood remake

Park Chan-wook’s 2000 thriller Joint Security Area (or JSA), is getting an English-language remake, which will be directed and written by David Franzoni, who is perhaps best known for penning the 2000 Ridley Scott film, Gladiator. The remake, also titled JSA, will center on the love affair between a U.S. Marine and a female Spanish infantry lawyer who is sent by The Hague to investigate a shoot-out between Marines and Mexican … Continue reading

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Michael Jai White, Gina Gershon and Josh Herdman unite for MMA-themed ‘Cagefighter’

Martial arts action star Michael Jai White (Blood and Bone), Josh Herdman (Harry Potter franchise), and Gina Gershon (Face/Off) are set to star in Cagefighter, an MMA-themed drama from writer-director Jesse Quinones (Calloused Hands). In Cagefighter, an MMA champion Reiss (Herdman) unexpectedly loses a heavily promoted match. A downward spiral sends him to the brink of losing his wife (Michelle Ryan) and his best friend (Jason Maza). Deemed erratic and out of … Continue reading

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New Trailer for Wang Qianyuan and Bao Bei’er’s ‘The Big Shot’

Ryoo Seung-wan’s box office hit Veteran has a Chinese language makeover from director Wu Bai. In the remake, titled The Big Shot, Wang Qianyuan (Brotherhood of Blades) plays the lead role originally performed by Hwang Jeong-min (The Wailing) and Bao Bei’er (Journey to the West: The Demons Strike Back) steps in for Yu Ah-in (Burning). The original Veteran followed a seasoned police detective (Hwang) who immediately has a face-off with a young tyrannical heir (Yoo Ah-in) to an … Continue reading

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Deal on Fire! The Medallion | Blu-ray | Only $8.99 – Expires soon!

Today’s Deal on Fire is the Blu-ray for The Medallion (read our review), a 2003 Jackie Chan (The Foreigner, Bleeding Steel) fantasy-actioner directed by Hong Kong filmmaker Gordon Chan (God of War, Thunderbolt). In The Medallion (aka Highbinders), Chan plays Eddie, a Hong Kong detective who works with a lovely Interpol agent (Claire Forlani, Mall Rats) and the bumbling agent Watson (Lee Evans, The Fifth Element) to try to rescue a boy … Continue reading

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Terra Formars | Blu-ray (Arrow Video)

RELEASE DATE: April 2, 2019 On April 2nd, 2019, Arrow Video is releasing the Blu-ray for Terra Formars (read our review), a 2016 sci-fi actioner from cult Japanese director Takashi Miike (As the Gods Will, Blade of the Immortal). Read of the official release details below: In the mid-21st century, humankind has been forced to look to colonising other planets as a means of combating overcrowding on Earth – their … Continue reading

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Chow Yun-fat teams up with ‘Extraordinary Mission’ director

While we’re anxiously waiting for the stateside release of Project Gutenberg (our U.S. distributors are slackin’), international superstar Chow Yun-fat (Cold War II, Hard Boiled) is currently shooting his next project: Glorious Years. Plot details are thin, but according to AFS, the upcoming “drama” marks the sophomore effort of Fletcher Poon, who co-directed 2017’s Extraordinary Mission with Alan Mak (Infernal Affairs). Poon will once again collaborate with Felix Chong (The Lost Bladesman), who penned the storyline. Anita … Continue reading

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New English-subtitled Trailer for revenge thriller ‘Older Sister’

If recent films like The Villainess or Atomic Blonde didn’t satisfy your craving for a female-centric action flick, then say hello to Older Sister (aka No Mercy), a revenge thriller from first-time director Im Kyung-Taek. Since her parents died, In-Ae (Lee Si-Young of The Divine Move) and her younger sister Eun-Hye (Park Se-Wan) have lived together by themselves. The two sisters rely on each other, but, one day, Eun-Hye disappears. Older sister In-Ae struggles … Continue reading

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Year of the Dragon | Blu-ray (Warner Archive)

Year of the Dragon | Blu-ray (Warner Archives)

RELEASE DATE: February 19, 2019 On February 19th, 2019, Warner Archive will be releasing the long-awaited U.S. Blu-ray for 1985’s Year of the Dragon, from Academy Award-winning director Michael Cimino (The Deer Hunter), based on the novel by Robert Daley (Prince of the City) and coscripted by Oliver Stone (Scarface). In this criminally underrated thriller, Mickey Rourke (Double Team) portrays White, a war veteran who has a Vietnam-sized chip on his shoulder when dealing … Continue reading

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Deal on Fire! The Man with the Iron Fists 2 | Blu-ray | Only $9.86 – Expires soon!

Today’s Deal on Fire is the Blu-ray for The Man with the Iron Fists 2, a 2015 martial arts film directed by Roel Reine (Hard Target 2) and starring RZA (The Man with the Iron Fists). When Thaddeus (RZA) is found wounded near the village, miner Kung (Dustin Nguyen) and his wife Ni (Eugenia Kang) offer him refuge. As he heals, he becomes entrenched in a conflict that pits the townsfolk against … Continue reading

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Shoplifters | DVD (Magnolia Pictures)

RELEASE DATE: February 12, 2019 On February 12th, 2019, Magnolia Pictures is giving Shoplifters a DVD and VOD release (currently no mention of a Blu-ray edition). This Palme d’Or Award-winning film is directed by Hirokazu Koreeda (Third Murder). A family of small-time crooks take in a child they find on the street. Although the family is poor, barely making enough money to survive through petty crime, they seem to live happily together until an unforeseen incident … Continue reading

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‘Raid’ stars Joe Taslim and Yayan Ruhian now pull a ‘Hit ‘n Run’

Indonesian action star Joe Taslim (The Night Comes for Us, The Raid, the upcoming Korean-produced The Swordsman, as well as the Cinemax series, Warrior) is currently putting finishing touches on Ody C. Harahap’s action-comedy Hit ‘n Run, which will also reunite Taslim with his Raid co-star Yayan Ruhian (Yakuza Apocalypse). As FCS (via TJP) notes, Hit ‘n Run hails from Screenplay Films and signals Taslim’s big screen debut playing Tegar, “a heroic police officer who has to collaborate with … Continue reading

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The Bouncer | DVD (Blue Fox)

RELEASE DATE: February 12, 2019 On February 12th, 2019, Blue Fox Entertainment is releasing the DVD for The Bouncer (the our review) in both its original French language and English dubbed version (why they didn’t multi-track it as one DVD is beyond us) – or you can watch the film now via VOD. Jean-Claude Van Damme (Kill ’em All) returns in the Taken-esque The Bouncer (aka Lukas), an action thriller directed by Julien Leclercq (The Assault). Van Damme (Black Water) … Continue reading

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