Author Archives: JJ Bona

Deal on Fire! The Deadly Duo | Blu-ray | Only $9.82 – Expires soon!

Today’s Deal on Fire is the Blu-ray for 1971’s The Deadly Duo, directed by Chang Cheh (Five Element Ninjas), It’s the Sung Dynasty versus the Chin invaders as David Chiang (New One-Armed Swordsman) and Ti Lung (The Pirate) truly hit their stride with this crowd-pleasing kung fu epic. When a handsome prince is taken captive and guarded by a martial arts master, it’s up to two powerful patriots to fight … Continue reading

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Jet Li, Donnie Yen, Wu Jing, Sammo Hung & Tony Jaa are ‘GSD’

Back in September, rumors were running wild that Jet Li (League of Gods), Donnie Yen (Kung Fu Jungle) and Wu Jing (Wolf Warrior II) would be getting together for a project. It looks like those rumors were true, plus more (plus less)… The project is a short film titled GSD, or Gong Shou Dao, which is derived from and influenced by Taiji, kung fu, and martial arts. The meaning represented in Chinese characters roughly translate into … Continue reading

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‘Headshot’ star Sunny Pang shines bright in ‘Diamond Dogs’

Gavin Lim, director of the acclaimed-short film Subtitle, is getting ready to unleash his full feature debut with Diamond Dogs, a martial arts thriller starring Headshot star, Sunny Pang. A stage three cancer diagnosis leaves deaf and mute Johnny with little to lose when he is lured into a deadly underground social experiment. Funded by the uber rich, it pits fighters against one another in a test of animalistic aggression and adrenaline. … Continue reading

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CJ Entertainment to adapt French book ‘The Vanished’

CJ Entertainment, South Korea’s leading entertainment conglomerate, announced today that the company will produce a feature film adaption of best-selling French nonfiction book The Vanished for the U.S. market. The Vanished deal comes on the heels of CJ Entertainment revealing its plan last month to produce and release a minimum of 20 local films overseas in more than 10 languages annually by 2020. The deal also marks the second French novel … Continue reading

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‘Oldboy’ star Choi Min-Sik gets his ‘Heart Blackened’

On November 10, 2017, CJ Entertainment will be releasing Heart Blackened to theaters. The film is a South Korean thriller directed by Jung Ji-Woo (Fourth Place). A man (Choi Min-Sik of Oldboy and Admiral: Roaring Currents) who has everything risks it all in order to protect his daughter, who becomes a suspect in his fiancée’s murder. Heart Blackened also stars Park Shin-Hye (The Beauty Inside), Ryoo Joon-Yeol (A Taxi Driver) and Lee Honey (Fabricated City). … Continue reading

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‘Ip Man 3’ star Max Zhang is Jeff Lau’s ‘Heavyweight Assassin’

Veteran Hong Kong director/writer Jeff Lau (Treasure Hunt) is currently putting finishing touches on Assassins and the Missing Gold (aka Heavyweight Assassin), a martial arts film starring Max Zhang (SPL 2), Ada Choi (Fist of Legend), Andy On (Outcast) and Hung Yan Yan (Double Team), who is also handling the film’s action choreography. Assassins and the Missing Gold is about a group of assassins attempting to track down a stash of hidden gold, according to … Continue reading

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Black Eagle | Blu-ray & DVD (MVD Rewind)

RELEASE DATE: February 27, 2018 The MVD Rewind Collection have announced an upcoming 2-Disc Blu-ray/DVD release for Black Eagle, a 1988 actioner starring Sho Kosugi (9 Deaths of the Ninja) and Jean-Claude Van Damme (Kill ’em All). The film is directed by cult director Eric Karson, who helmed Chuck Norris’ The Octagon and Olivier Gruner’s Angel Town. One of the US Air Force’s most modern tactical aircrafts, a F-100 with … Continue reading

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Schwarzenegger’s ‘Killing Gunther’ hits Blu-ray in December

After decades of muscle-bound mayhem, Arnold Schwarzenegger still continues to pump out the goods in a consistent manner. Although he may not be the box office sensation he once was in the 80s and 90s, he’s still giving the fans what they desire most: Action. After a couple of serious outings (Aftermath, Maggie)  – and fresh off his recent announcement to reunite with James Cameron for a future Terminator movie – Schwarzenegger gets back to blowin’ … Continue reading

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Kara Hui returns in ‘The Bold, the Corrupt, and the Beautiful’

Kara Hui (Mrs K), the martial arts icon famous for appearing in Shaw Brothers films like My Young Auntie and Eight Diagram Pole Fighter, is back with a film that may be the answer to Park Chan-wook’s The Handmaiden. In The Bold, the Corrupt, and the Beautiful, Madame Tang (Hui) colludes and mediates between the government and the private businesses for the benefits of her all-female family. One case does not go according to plan, … Continue reading

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Deal on Fire! Skiptrace | Blu-ray | Only $9.69 – Expires soon!

Today’s Deal on Fire is the Blu-ray for Jackie Chan’s Skiptrace, an action comedy directed by Renny Harlin (Die Hard 2). For years, by-the-book Hong Kong detective Benny Chan (Chan) has tried to avenge his partner’s murder at the hands of a drug lord. When Benny learns that freewheeling American gambler Connor Watts (Johnny Knoxville) has the evidence he needs, he teams with Connor to get justice. Now all Benny and Connor … Continue reading

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Mayhem | Blu-ray & DVD (Image)

Mayhem | Blu-ray & DVD (Image)

RELEASE DATE: December 26, 2017 On December 26, 2017, Image Entertainment will be releasing the Blu-ray & DVD for Mayhem, a thriller that may serve as the perfect companion piece to the recent The Belko Experiment, a Battle Royale-esque tale where blood-soaked survival makes its way into an office environment. Joe Lynch, the director of the underrated action flick, Everly, returns with the story of a virus that infects a corporate law office on the day attorney … Continue reading

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Introducing the All-New ‘Jean-Claude Van Johnson’ Trailer

Last year, Amazon’s original pilot for Jean-Claude Van Damme’s Jean Claude Van Johnson, an action/comedy that’s along the lines of Van Damme’s semi-reality themed JCVD (2008), was picked up as a full season by Amazon. Now, a newly released Full Trailer for its continuation has made its way online. JCVD (Kill ’em All) is a global martial arts and film sensation…and, operating under the simple alias of ‘Johnson,” the most dangerous undercover operative in the world. Unhappily retired, … Continue reading

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Deal on Fire! The Wailing | Blu-ray | Only $9.99 – Expires soon!

Today’s Deal on Fire is the Blu-ray for The Wailing, a South Korean thriller directed by Na Hong-jin (The Chaser, The Yellow Sea). The Wailing (read our review) involves a local cop investigating a series of violent unexplained murders. When his own daughter falls ill and shows signs of possession, a shaman is called in to assist with the investigation. The Wailing stars Hwang Jeong-min (Veteran), Kwak Do-won (Tazza: The Hidden Card), and Japanese … Continue reading

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Cops and Robbers | DVD (Lionsgate)

RELEASE DATE: December 12, 2017 Lionsgate presents the DVD for Cops and Robbers, an upcoming actioner directed by Windhauser (Dead Trigger). Bullets fly and rage-explodes as Michael Jai White (Skin Trade) and UFC champion Quinton “Rampage” Jackson (The A-Team) go head to head. A hostage negotiator (White) struggles to end a tense standoff with Jesse, a bank robber (Jackson). As the two men learn each other’s identity, they realize they have a … Continue reading

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Deal on Fire! The Raid Collection | Blu-ray | Only $12.99 – Expires soon!

Today’s Deal on Fire is for Gareth Evans’ The Raid Collection on Blu-ray, which will contain both 2011’s The Raid and 2014’s The Raid 2. In The Raid, an elite swat team moves in to take down the notorious drug lord that runs a drug-gang’s safe house, which is the home to some of the most terrifying and ruthless fighters in the city; In The Raid 2, the cop from the first film goes … Continue reading

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