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paul taggart on Eye for an Eye 2: Blind Vengeance (2024) ReviewBlack Storm is fab
Andrew Hernandez on ‘The Raid’ director Gareth Evans is back! Watch the New Trailer for Netflix’ ‘Havoc’ starring Tom HardyIt looks like Gareth and company are staying true to their previous work. Sin…
Kashif Nasar on ‘The Raid’ director Gareth Evans is back! Watch the New Trailer for Netflix’ ‘Havoc’ starring Tom HardyI have been waiting for so long. I'm glad it's finally got a date.
Bruce Jensen on Asian Hawk in 4K Ultra HD! Jackie Chan’s 1991 action masterpiece gets the treatment it deserves from 88 FilmsOne of my favorite Jackie Chan movies but I'm not sure I'll get this. I've ha…
Cuttermaran on ‘The Raid’ director Gareth Evans is back! Watch the New Trailer for Netflix’ ‘Havoc’ starring Tom HardyJude Poyer! I'm watching it!!
Kevin on ‘The Raid’ director Gareth Evans is back! Watch the New Trailer for Netflix’ ‘Havoc’ starring Tom HardyTrailer looks great. Evan know how to do action that for sure. Looks better t…
Typo on When Kung Fu Zombies Attack! Social Media star Steven He to lead ‘Kung Fu Deadly’ with Jason Tobin and Max Huang"Social media star" I won't watch it.
dakuan on 100 Yards (2024) Reviewi've watched it the other day, it had been a while since i last watched an Ha…
David K on In the mood for some all-you-can-eat VFX? Don’t miss the kinetic Trailer for Han Yan’s sci-fi thriller ‘Per Aspera Ad Astra’Does anyone know if it will be released in 3-D? It looks to have been shot fo…
Akari Minami on Koji Suzuki’s ‘Ring’ saga continues with a creepy marketing Trailer for the upcoming Japanese thriller ‘Sadako DX’From the very beginning, the drawings are incredibly powerful, and the candle…
Bovodaro on ‘Aliens’-sploitation? West gives Bishop’s knife game some stiff competition in a New action clip from Well Go USA’s ‘Jade’Hope she sees this bro.
Bovodaro on Lookin’ for Sammo action!? Watch the Trailer for the ‘The Swordsman II’ remake ‘Invincible Swordsman’"Written by Wong Jing " Truly the stamp of highest quality in Chinese film.
JJ Bona on Let’s talk about sex… 88 Films’ Blu-ray for Michael Mak’s 1991 sexy cult Hong Kong comedy ‘Sex and Zen’ has come…lol!
KayKay on Let’s talk about sex… 88 Films’ Blu-ray for Michael Mak’s 1991 sexy cult Hong Kong comedy ‘Sex and Zen’ has come…As is advertising something like a "LIMITED EDITION RIGID SLIPCASE" as a spec…
dakuan on Just Beat it! ‘Outrage’ star Takeshi Kitano returns for more ultra-violence in the New Trailer for ‘Broken Rage’i couldn't even bear to watch it all.
A on ‘Aliens’-sploitation? West gives Bishop’s knife game some stiff competition in a New action clip from Well Go USA’s ‘Jade’Would love to see her in Black Dynamite 2
Ska Martes on Let’s get serious, Jackie! 88 Films is releasing a 4K Ultra HD for Kirk Wong’s 1993 Hong Kong thriller ‘Crime Story’Yeah getting fleeced multiple times comes with the territory when it comes to…
Ska Martes on ‘Aliens’-sploitation? West gives Bishop’s knife game some stiff competition in a New action clip from Well Go USA’s ‘Jade’@Gagalagaille ".....I don't hate all women and all black people...." only som…
Typo on Just Beat it! ‘Outrage’ star Takeshi Kitano returns for more ultra-violence in the New Trailer for ‘Broken Rage’Well... It sucked. Hard. And Kitano really probably didn't give a s... about…
Typo on Let’s get serious, Jackie! 88 Films is releasing a 4K Ultra HD for Kirk Wong’s 1993 Hong Kong thriller ‘Crime Story’And another one!!!! Let's buy this, everybody! Again, like Miracles, Dragon f…
Typo on Does it get any better than this? Xu Haofeng’s acclaimed ‘100 Yards’ arriving on Blu-ray next week from Well Go USAXu Haofeng was one of my biggest discoveries last year. I REALLY liked The fi…
Typo on The original John Woo cut? 88 Films releasing a New Blu-ray for ‘Sunset Warriors’ (aka ‘Heroes Shed No Tears’) in MayThanks, 88 Films. Will I have to buy this movie for a second time? Like Mirac…
Typo on The latest from Tsui Hark! ‘Legends of the Condor Heroes: The Gallants’ arriving on February 21 from Sony PicturesThe latest Chinese trailer was really gorgeous. Sony thought: "Yeah, it's cut…
Typo on Two branches. One tree. Watch the Japanese Trailer for Jackie Chan and Ralph Macchio upcoming ‘Karate Kid’ movieJACKIE CHAN BEN WONG ...AND RALPH MACCHIO Ouch! It must hurt the original kid…
Anonymous on Ultra violent Jackie Chan vibes? Watch an action clip from ‘Demon City’ streaming on Netflix on February 27thBallerina and Nobody 2 are coming out. Also The Accountant 2. Keep crying abo…
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Shaw Brothers Classics: Volume 5 | Blu-ray (Shout!)
RELEASE DATE: January 14, 2025 On January 14, 2025, Shout! Factory will be releasing Shaw Brothers Classics: Volume 5, an 11-film Blu-ray (Region A) collection that will include 1967’s The Silent Swordsman, 1967’s Rape of the Sword, 1968’s The Fastest Sword, 1969’s Twin Blades of Doom, 1969’s Twelve Deadly Coins, 1969’s Vengeance Is a Golden Blade, 1970’s The Iron Buddha, 1970’s A Taste of Cold Steel, 1971’s The Jade Faced … Continue reading
Hokuriku Proxy War | Blu-ray (Radiance)
RELEASE DATE: February 25, 2025 On February 25, 2025, Radiance Films is releasing the Blu-ray (Region A/B) for Hokuriku Proxy War, a 1977 thriller from director Kinji Fukasaku (Battle Royale, The Green Slime, New Battles Without Honor and Humanity). Loose-cannon gangster Kawada rebels when his two-timing boss forms an alliance with a major crime syndicate. The syndicate’s main rivals see Kawada as their perfect proxy, but his furious temper quickly … Continue reading
Deal on Fire! China O’Brien I & II | Blu-ray | Only $29.99 – Expires soon!
Today’s Deal on Fire is Eureka’s 4K Ultra HD for 1990’s China O’Brien and 1991’s China O’Brien, two Golden Harvest cult martial arts classics starring the one, the only Cynthia Rothrock (Manhattan Chase, Blonde Fury). The inimitable martial arts superstar Cynthia Rothrock stars in two of the most gloriously entertaining films of her career! In China O’Brien, city cop and formidable martial artist Lori “China” O’Brien (Rothrock) is forced to resign … Continue reading
Love and Crime | Blu-ray (88 Films)
RELEASE DATE: January 21, 2025 On January 21, 2025, 88 Films is releasing the Blu-ray (Region A) for Love and Crime, a 1969 Japanese cult thriller from director Teruo Ishii (Blind Woman’s Curse). Japan’s legendary “King of Cult” Teruo Ishii (Horrors of Malformed Men, Shogun’s Joy of Torture) delivers four dramatized tales of real-life crimes of passion involving women across the ages in this grotesque anthology featuring the stories of … Continue reading
Top Film Franchise For Fans Looking To Relive The Mission: Impossible Buzz
Image Source: CC0 License Nothing quite beats settling down to a movie franchise you know you’ll love, and Mission: Impossible provides the perfect weekend binge for many film lovers. While not every installment has been worthy of high praise, these films deliver all of the things that fans love most – death-defying stunts, sleek car races, and gadgets galore. Yet, as it stands, Paramount seems pretty set that the franchise … Continue reading
Shaw Brothers, Lau Kar-Leung, Gordon Liu and a dash of John Woo: Here’s what’s on Hi-YAH for the month of November
Hi-YAH!, Well Go USA’s very own Asian/martial arts streaming channel has just announced their New Releases for the month of November 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
‘Paradox’ and ‘Ip Man 4’ star Wu Yue kicks ass in the Trailer for Well Go USA’s ‘Tai Chi Master’ on Digital on November 12
On November 12, 2024, Well Go USA Entertainment is releasing The Tai Chi Master on Digital. Directed by Siyu Cheng (The Grandmaster of Kung Fu) and Zhenzhao Lin (Detective Dee’s Hell Road), this martial arts fantasy stars Wu Yue (Paradox, Sakra, Ip Man 4, The Brink), Yan Liu (Master Z: The Ip Man Legacy) and Mingcan Zhang (Restart the Earth). Read the official plot below: In the strife of the … Continue reading
Deal on Fire! One Armed-Boxer | Blu-ray | Only $17.99 – Expires soon!
Today’s Deal on Fire is the Blu-ray for 1971’s One Armed-Boxer (aka The Chinese Professionals), directed by and starring Jimmy Wang Yu (One-Armed Swordsman, Master of the Flying Guillotine). When former Shaw Brothers executive Raymond Chow founded rival studio Golden Harvest in 1970, he quickly teamed up with “Jimmy” Wang Yu – Hong Kong’s first kung fu superstar and formerly Shaw’s biggest box office draw. Bringing over his peerless talent for … Continue reading
Golden Harvest Vol. 2: Shining Stars | Blu-ray (Shout!)
RELEASE DATE: December 17, 2024 On December 17, 2024, Shout! Factory will be releasing the Blu-ray Collection for Golden Harvest Vol. 2: Shining Stars, which will include 1973’s Beach of the War Gods, 1973’s When Taekwondo Strikes, 1974’s The Skyhawk, 1974’s Slaughter in San Francisco, 1976’s Shaolin Boxers, 1986’s Legacy of Rage, 1992’s The Master, and 1998’s Hitman. And if you’re wondering why two non-Golden Harvest films (Legacy of Rage … Continue reading
Enter Ke Huy Quan, the action star! Quan takes on Lionsgate’s ‘Fairytale In New York’ from ‘Sisu’ director Jalmari Helander
Ke Huy Quan’s (Everything Everywhere All at Once) highly-anticipated action-comedy Love Hurts won’t be released until February 7, 2025, but Lionsgate is already prepping him for Fairytale In New York, his 2nd action headliner that comes from writer-director Jalmari Helander (Big Game), who is perhaps best known for the celebrated 2022 Finnish action film, Sisu. Set to be produced by FlynnPictureCo.’s Beau Flynn, Fairytale In New York takes place on Christmas … Continue reading
Let’s get one thing straight… females have always been kickin’ ass! Angela Mao’s ‘Broken Oath’ is now available
Now in stock at Goodie Emporium is Eureka’s Blu-ray (Region A/B) for Broken Oath, a 1977 Golden Harvest classic from Cheng Chang-Ho (Double Crossers) that stars Angela Mao (Dance of Death), the first lady of kung fu cinema! A Hong Kong take on Japan’s Lady Snowblood, Broken Oath is an action-packed tale of righteous vengeance! Orphaned and angry, Lotus (Mao) is raised by Buddhist nuns before she is exiled for … Continue reading
So who are you going to kill next, Mr. Ninja? Newest Trailer ‘Under Ninja’ starring Kento Yamazaki and Minami Hamabe
Writer/director Yuichi Fukuda, who is perhaps best known for 2017’s Gintama, is back at helm for Under Ninja, an upcoming actioner that stars Kento Yamazaki (Alice in Borderland) and Minami Hamabe (Godzilla Minus One). The film is an adaptation of the manga (and anime series) of the same name by Kengo Hanazawa. If the film is anything like its source material, here’s what you can expect of its plot: A high … Continue reading
Rampo Noir | Blu-ray (Arrow)
RELEASE DATE: January 6, 2025 On January 6, 2025, Arrow will release a Blu-ray for 2005’s Rampo Noir. Four filmmakers from completely different backgrounds bring their radically personal takes to the stories of Japan’s celebrated master of the macabre, Edogawa Rampo (Horrors of Malformed Men, Blind Beast). In “Mars’s Canal”, by music video director and visual artist Suguru Takeuchi, a lone man encounters the other side of his psyche beyond … Continue reading
Cure | 4K Ultra HD (Eureka)
RELEASE DATE: January 27, 2025 On January 27, 2025, Eureka is releasing a 4K Ultra HD for Cure, a 1997 thriller from director Kiyoshi Kurosawa, who would go on to make several further modern masterpieces in Pulse, Creepy and Tokyo Sonata. Released to critical acclaim in both the East and the West, this nerve-shredding thriller charts the hunt for a depraved serial killer in a bleak and decaying Tokyo. A series of murders have … Continue reading
That woman deserves her revenge and we deserve 4K Ultra HD! ‘Kill Bill’ saga soon to be announced from Lionsgate
This year, Lionsgate Films will finally release 2003’s Kill Bill: Volume 1 & 2004’s Kill Bill: Volume 2 on the rising 4K Ultra HD format. There’s some speculation if the long-awaited Whole Bloody Affair (Tarantino’s edit of both Vol. 1 and Vol. 2 as one film, complete with new footage not seen in the U.S. release) will be part of the release roster, but according to HD Movie Source, we’re expecting the … Continue reading
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