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- Andrew Hernandez on Tai me up! 88 Films 4K UHD release for Jet Li, Michelle Yeoh and Yuen Woo-ping’s ‘Tai Chi Master’ arriving in OctoberI find it interesting that Jet Li was going to star in Crime Story before his…
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Cung Le and Veronica Ngo join forces for ‘The Target’
Veronica Ngo Thanh Van – multi-talented star of the The Rebel, Clash and the upcoming Furie – is teaming up with former MMA fighter-turned-action star Cung Le (Europe Raiders, Savage Dog) for a Vietnamese martial arts thriller titled The Target (aka Mục Tiêu Chết). Unfortunately, Ngo will only be producing, and will not appear in The Target. Additionally, Wing Chun practitioner Peter Pham and Jackie Chan Stunt Team member Vi-Dan Tran (The Foreigner) are also part of the production. According to MAAC, … Continue reading
Korea’s ‘The Villainess’ is getting a U.S. TV series remake
Skybound Entertainment (The Walking Dead) and Korea’s Contents Panda are adapting the 2017 Korean actioner The Villainess into an English-language TV series. Jeong Byeong-gil (Confession of Murder), who directed the original film, is on board to helm the series’ pilot. According to Deadline, the series, also titled The Villainess, follows Anes, who was kidnapped from her home in Korea and raised as a deadly assassin in Los Angeles. Just when Anes believes she has … Continue reading
Deal on Fire! Extraordinary Mission | Blu-ray | Only $9.99 – Expires soon!
Today’s Deal on Fire is the Blu-ray for Alan Mak and Anthony Pun’s Extraordinary Mission (read our review). Mak and Pun – the directing duo behind the Infernal Affairs sequels, the Overheard saga, and Donnie Yen’s The Lost Bladesman – are back with an action thriller that follows an undercover police officer who attempts to take down a drug trafficking syndicate from the inside. Extraordinary Mission stars Huang Xuan (The Great Wall), Duan Yihong (Battle of Memories), Lang Yueting (Office) and Zu … Continue reading
Buffalo Boys | DVD (Samuel Goldwyn Films)
RELEASE DATE: March 5, 2019 On March 5th, 2019, Samuel Goldwyn Films is releasing the DVD for Buffalo Boys, an actioner set during the Dutch occupation of Indonesia. When all seems lost in a small town overrun by colonialist violence, two revenge-seeking brothers arrive, meting out bloody justice that leaps effortlessly between brutal Western gunslinging and stylized Eastern swordplay. Directed by Mike Wiluan – producer of Macabre, Headshot and Beyond Skyline – Buffalo Boys stars Ario Bayu (Macabre), … Continue reading
Hwang Jeong-min to star in Korean remake of ‘Saving Mr. Wu’
As Paul Bramhall says in his 2017 article: Just like Hollywood believed that a western audience would rather watch a western (re: Caucasian) cast, so countries like Japan, Korea, and India have followed the same thinking, that local audiences would also be more likely to watch local stars than check out the foreign original. AFS reports that Hwang Jeong-min, the star of The Wailing, The Battleship Island and A Violent Prosecutor, will be … Continue reading
Sean Lau, Nick Cheung and Karena Lam have serious ‘Integrity’ in the film’s New Poster
Filmmakers Alan Mak and Felix Chong – the duo behind Infernal Affairs and The Lost Bladesman – have a new crime film in post-production titled Integrity (read our review), which will be the first installment in a planned trilogy. Integrity stars Lau Ching Wan (Call of Heroes), Nick Cheung (Helios), Karena Lam (Bounty Hunters), Anita Yuen (Thunderbolt) and Alex Fong (Kung Fu Jungle), via AFS. The story follows a leading anti-corruption agent who is forced to team up with his ex-wife to salvage … Continue reading
Deal on Fire! The Assassin’s Blade | Blu-ray | Only $7.49 – Expires soon!
Today’s Deal on Fire is the Blu-ray for Jingle Ma’s The Assassin’s Blade (aka The Butterfly Lovers), starring Wu Chun (14 Blades), Charlene Choi (The Twins Effect), Hu Ge (1911). In The Assassin’s Blade, Zhu Yanzhi (Choi), disguised as a man, seeks to learn martial arts with an elite clan. Once she begins her intense training, Zhu finds herself at odds with her trainer and superior, Liang (Chun). The Assassin’s Blade also stars Fan Siu-Wong (The Story of … Continue reading
Rampant | Blu-ray & DVD (Well Go USA)
RELEASE DATE: February 26, 2019 On February 26, 2019, Well Go USA is releasing the Blu-ray & DVD for Rampant (read our review), a period thriller from director Kim Sung-Hoon (Confidential Assignment). A darkness looms over ancient Korea: murderous creatures known as Night Demons have overrun the country. Returning from a long imprisonment abroad, Prince Ganglim discovers that it will take the strength of his entire kingdom to stop the bloody rampage spreading … Continue reading
Showdown | Blu-ray (MVD Rewind)
RELEASE DATE: February 26, 2019 On February 26, 2019, MVD Rewind will be releasing the Special Edition Blu-ray for Showdown, a 1993 martial arts flick directed by Robert Radler (Best of the Best). Check out the official details below: Ken Marks (Kenn Scott, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze) finds a dangerous enemy on his first day at his new school; an enemy who makes his living as the … Continue reading
HBO Asia to air two New kung fu films early next Year
Following HBO Asia’s successful 2016 release of Master of the Shadowless Kick: Wong Kei-Ying and Master of the Drunken Fist: Beggar So, the network, along with China Movie Channel, will be releasing Master of the White Crane Fist: Wong Yan-Lam and Master of the Nine Dragon Fist: Wong Ching-Ho on February 20th and 21st, 2019, respectively. Guo Jianyong directed Master of the White Crane Fist: Wong Yan-Lam, which tells how kung fu master Wong disguises himself and cracks … Continue reading
Spielberg developing Kurosawa’s ‘Rashomon’ as a TV series
Steven Spielberg is developing a TV series version of Akira Kurosawa’s 1950 classic, Rashomon. The 88-minute film will be reimagined and remade as a ten-episode TV series (via EO). Kurosawa’s original, which was based on the 1922 short story In a Grove, by Ryunosuke Akutagawa, revolved around the rape of a bride and the murder of her samurai husband, which are recalled from the perspectives of a bandit, the bride, the … Continue reading
Deal on Fire! Kill Zone 2 | Blu-ray | Only $9.29 – Expires soon!
Today’s Deal on Fire is the Blu-ray for Cheang Pou-soi’s Kill Zone 2 (aka SPL II: A Time for Consequences). When an undercover cop gets too close to revealing the mastermind of a drug syndicate, his cover is blown. Double-crossed, he’s thrown into a Thai prison, where a guard discovers the inmate – claiming he’s a cop – is a bone marrow match for his dying daughter… and his warden may have an even deadlier … Continue reading
New action-packed Int’l Trailer for Korean thriller ‘Take Point’
South Korean heavies Ha Jung-Woo (Tunnel, Along With the Gods: The Two Worlds) and Lee Sun-Kyun (A Hard Day, Advocate: A Missing Body) are pairing up for Take Point (read our review), a military actioner from director Kim Byung-Woo (The Terror Live). On the day of the U.S. presidential election in 2024, Ahab and his team of elite mercenaries embark on a secret CIA mission to abduct North Korea’s Armed Forces Minister in an underground bunker … Continue reading
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