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Ningen on Departed, The (2006) ReviewHonest trailer coming soon. https://youtube.com/shorts/rmT_IcGhVAk?si=kQZQDAG…
dakuan on Marx for death? Martial arts powerhouse Bren Foster teams up with Mekhi Phifer for Louis Mandylor’s ‘Marx’don't you trust him to be able to wear a full beard? XD
Throwdown on Has Brett Ratner’s ‘Rush Hour 4’ hit some speed bumps with Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker holding things up?Good points! To be fair, if his legacy can survive Kung Fu Yoga, Vanguard, Bl…
Throwdown on Panda Plan: The Magical Tribe (2026) ReviewBetter than the original, Jackie's persona shines through, and the fight scen…
Wacky Chan on Has Brett Ratner’s ‘Rush Hour 4’ hit some speed bumps with Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker holding things up?I get what you’re saying, but I think it’s a little too black and white. Sure…
Throwdown on Has Brett Ratner’s ‘Rush Hour 4’ hit some speed bumps with Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker holding things up?I think it must stick in Jackie's craw that for all the phenomenal works of a…
Ska Martes on Has Brett Ratner’s ‘Rush Hour 4’ hit some speed bumps with Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker holding things up?Jackie and Tucker need to stay away from VIP #1 (Brett Ratfuck) at Epsteins P…
JJ Bona on Has Brett Ratner’s ‘Rush Hour 4’ hit some speed bumps with Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker holding things up?"There’s a difference between actually being funny, and just being flat-out o…
squeesh on Has Brett Ratner’s ‘Rush Hour 4’ hit some speed bumps with Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker holding things up?Comedy is also supposed to be funny, not just offensive. There's a difference…
Elvis 1990 on Has Brett Ratner’s ‘Rush Hour 4’ hit some speed bumps with Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker holding things up?You do have to love how in every interview, even for the SHADOWS EDGE , Jacki…
Ningen on Deal on Fire! The Grandmaster | Blu-ray | Only $11.67 – Expires soon!Tony Leung retrospective in New York. https://youtu.be/dsw7TL0ssy8?si=ZkaycsN…
FilmFan47 on Has Brett Ratner’s ‘Rush Hour 4’ hit some speed bumps with Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker holding things up?The Rush Hour series is hilarious. Even the third film is funnier than most c…
Ningen on GET OVER HERE! Watch a fight clip from ‘Mortal Kombat II’ starring Karl Urban, Joe Taslim and Hiroyuki SanadaKlip. https://youtu.be/Ao6Xs-0cmr0?si=yhXom86VQcV66nGj
JJ Bona on Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung, Yuen Biao and more! Star-studded Hong Kong epic ‘1941’ in the works for a 2027 release?I should have mentioned that I knew he had passed, which is why I found it st…
Ningen on Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung, Yuen Biao and more! Star-studded Hong Kong epic ‘1941’ in the works for a 2027 release?Unless they 'bring him back' with AI like they just did with Val Kilmer....
Paul Bramhall on Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung, Yuen Biao and more! Star-studded Hong Kong epic ‘1941’ in the works for a 2027 release?The fact he passed away in 2022 would also have had an impact on his involvem…
Garner on Marx for death? Martial arts powerhouse Bren Foster teams up with Mekhi Phifer for Louis Mandylor’s ‘Marx’This Louis Mandylor is not good and he likes to star in many scott adkins fil…
Phil Chan on Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung, Yuen Biao and more! Star-studded Hong Kong epic ‘1941’ in the works for a 2027 release?Nah that’s definitely an error, Corey Yuen’s Chinese name is 元奎.
Anonymous on Marx for death? Martial arts powerhouse Bren Foster teams up with Mekhi Phifer for Louis Mandylor’s ‘Marx’We have a new DTV trash star Bren Foster lol.
JJ Bona on Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung, Yuen Biao and more! Star-studded Hong Kong epic ‘1941’ in the works for a 2027 release?Thanks for the info. The poster also says something about Corey Yuen, unless…
JJ Bona on Marx for death? Martial arts powerhouse Bren Foster teams up with Mekhi Phifer for Louis Mandylor’s ‘Marx’We thought he was playing Groucho Marx. =)
Phil Chan on Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung, Yuen Biao and more! Star-studded Hong Kong epic ‘1941’ in the works for a 2027 release?I think Louis Koo has confirmed that filming is set to start in the 2nd half…
dakuan on Marx for death? Martial arts powerhouse Bren Foster teams up with Mekhi Phifer for Louis Mandylor’s ‘Marx’Brenn's definitely not the first one i'd have chosen to portray Karl Marx, gu…
Callum on Rumor has it… Chow Yun-fat to join Jackie Chan in Larry Yang’s sequel to ‘The Shadow’s Edge’?This could be cool but I hope they give the sequel the same love the first re…
Ningen on Bruce Lee returns! Check out the thrilling New Trailer for the ‘Game of Death’-focused documentary ‘Broken Rhythm’History Channel has a segment on what killed Lee. https://youtu.be/eLENH9u1Hw…
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Broken Sword Hero | Blu-ray & DVD (Well Go USA)
RELEASE DATE: October 31, 2017 On October 31, 2017, Well Go USA is releasing the Blu-ray & DVD for Broken Sword Hero (aka Legend of the Broken Sword Hero), an upcoming martial arts epic from actor/director, Bin Bunluerit (Bang Rajan). Based on a real warrior from Thailand’s Ayutthaya period, Broken Sword Hero (read our review) follows the heroics of legendary military general Thongdee (World-renowned Muay Thai kickboxer, Buakaw Banchamek). From the disparity as … Continue reading
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Tam Cam: The Untold Story | DVD (Cleopatra Entertainment)
RELEASE DATE: November 7, 2017 Cleopatra Entertainment, the company that recently unleashed the Kazakhstan spectacle, Diamond Cartel, now brings us the DVD for Tam Cam: The Untold Story, Vietnam’s action-packed answer to Cinderella. Tam Cam: The Untold Story marks the directorial debut of Veronica Ngo (House in the Alley), who is mostly known for her work in the acclaimed Vietnamese martial arts features The Rebel and Clash with Johnny Tri Nguyen. She was also featured in Yuen Woo-ping’s Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: … Continue reading
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Deal on Fire! Kundo: Age of the Rampant | Blu-ray | Only $9.99 – Expires soon!
Today’s Deal on Fire is the Blu-ray for the South Korean film Kundo: Age of the Rampant (read our review). This action/martial arts film stars Ha Jung-woo (The Chaser) and Kang Dong-won (The X), and is directed by Yoon Jong-bin (Nameless Gangster). 1859. The last days of the Joseon Dynasty, where the wages of greed bring poverty and death. A pack of bandits – calling themselves Kundo – rise against the tyrants, stealing … Continue reading
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Scott Adkins and Johnny Strong are ‘Sinners and Saints’
With a handful of projects currently under his belt – including the highly-anticipated, all-star martial arts extravaganza Triple Threat – Scott Adkins (Savage Dog, Hard Target 2, Eliminators, Close Range) is without doubt, one of the most active action stars in the business. To prove this statement even more, a new project that teams him up with Johnny Strong (Daylight’s End) has been revealed: Sinners and Saints: Vengeance, a standalone sequel to 2010’s Sinners and Saints. … Continue reading
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Visual Entertainment releases 1983’s ‘The Last Ninja’ on DVD
More good news for ninja film buffs! Visual Entertainment has released the DVD for 1983’s The Last Ninja, starring Michael Beck (The Warriors), Nancy Kwan (Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story), Mako (The Big Brawl), Richard Lynch (Invasion U.S.A.), and Rob Narita (Ghost Warrior). This TV movie – produced in wake of the so-called “Ninja Craze” in 1980s – was intended to be an on-going series, but its pilot didn’t quite hit the bullseye (unlike … Continue reading
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Tak Sakaguchi kills good in the new UK Trailer for ‘Re:Born’
Tak Sakaguchi rose to fame with the 2001 cult favorite Versus, a movie that managed to combine the low-budget charms of Evil Dead-like horror with blistering martial arts and gunplay. The actor later scored another cult hit with Battlefield Baseball, but has most recently hitched his wagon to the Sushi Typhoon production company. In April of 2013, new broke out that Tak was retiring from acting, which left an unknown fate … Continue reading
Deal on Fire! Once Upon a Time in Shanghai | Blu-ray | Only $9.99 – Expires soon!
Today’s Deal on Fire is the Blu-ray for Once Upon a Time in Shanghai (read our review) a martial arts film directed by Wong Ching Po (Let’s Go!) with action choreography from the legendary Yuen Woo-ping (The Matrix). The plot of Once Upon a Time in Shanghai involves a laborer who moves to Shanghai in the hope of becoming rich, but ends up using his kung fu skills to survive. The cast includes … Continue reading
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Ultimate Justice | DVD (Sony)
RELEASE DATE: October 3, 2017 On October 3, 2017, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment is releasing the DVD for Martin Christopher Bode’s Ultimate Justice, the long-awaited, all-star actioner led by martial arts sensation, Mark Dacascos (Drive, Brotherhood of the Wolf). Ultimate Justice tells the story of a team of former Special Ops elite soldiers, whose friendship was forged in battle and years after they thought they had lain down their weapons for good, they … Continue reading
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Fabricated City | Blu-ray & DVD (Sony)
RELEASE DATE: October 3, 2017 On October 3, 2017, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment will release the Blu-ray & DVD for Fabricated City (read our review), a sci-fi actioner directed by Park Kwang-Hyun. In real life, Kwon Yoo (Ji Chang-Wook) is unemployed, but in the virtual game world he is the best leader. Kwon Yoo is then framed for a murder. With the help of hacker Yeo-Wool (Shim Eun-Kyung), he tries to uncover the truth … Continue reading
Deal on Fire! The Stool Pigeon | Blu-ray | Only $9.99 – Expires soon!
Today’s Deal on Fire is the Blu-ray for The Stool Pigeon, a 2010 Hong Kong action film directed by Dante Lam (That Demon Within) The Stool Pigeon (read our review) revolves around a police detective who uses informants to gain information about gangsters. The movie took home the Film of Merit Award at the 17th Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards. The film stars Nicholas Tse (As the Light Goes Out), Nick … Continue reading
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God of War | Blu-ray & DVD (Well Go USA)
RELEASE DATE: October 17, 2017 On October 17, 2017, Well Go USA is bringing the battle home with the Blu-ray & DVD for God of War (read our review), a period actioner directed by Gordon Chan (Thunderbolt) that stars Sammo Hung (14 Blades) and Vincent Zhao (The White Haired Witch of Lunar Kingdom). During the 16th century, pirates rule the Chinese coastline, pillaging the small villages and terrorizing the citizens. When maverick leader Commander Yu … Continue reading
Sly Stallone hints a dark return to the ‘Expendables’ franchise
Expendables 3’s box office belly flop a few years ago, possibly due to its early online leakage, left the franchise in limbo. It also didn’t help that the film’s final cut was a narrowed to a PG-13, which created a fan backlash since the first two in the series were known for their R-rated content. Shortly after Part 3’s release, Sylvester Stallone himself admitted that making it PG-13 was a miscalculation, and promised that the next film … Continue reading
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Ninja Hunter | Blu-ray & DVD (Funimation)
RELEASE DATE: November 14, 2017 On November 14th, 2017, Funimation will be releasing the Blu-ray + DVD combo for Seiji Chiba’s Ninja Hunter, a 2015 martial arts flick starring Mitsuki Koga (Bushido Man: Seven Deadly Battles). Tao, a ninja from the Iga clan, wakes up in a cave surrounded by dead bodies, including a beautiful female ninja. Suffering from amnesia, he can’t remember how or why he’s there, or if he’s the one … Continue reading
They Call Me Bruce? | Blu-ray (Kino Lorber)
RELEASE DATE: October 24, 2017 On October 24, 2017, Kino Lorber is releasing the Blu-ray for 1982’s They Call Me Bruce?, a comedy by Elliott Hong (Kill the Golden Goose) that stars Johnny Yune (The Cannonball Run) and Margaux Hemingway (Lipstick). They Call Me Bruce? is an outrageous comedy caper that takes on the mob, the FBI and just about everything else and leaves you holding your sides with laughter. This zany film features … Continue reading
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Official Bruce Lee biopic shoots in Sept; AR Rahman to score
George Nolfi’s Birth of the Dragon, a fable-based movie about Bruce Lee (portrayed by Wild City’s Philip Ng), will finally be making its way to theaters on August 25th – but Bruce Lee better watch out, because Bruce Lee is coming for him… (wait, what?!) Bruce Lee’s daughter, Shannon Lee, is currently location scouting in Penang, Malaysia for Little Dragon, which will start shooting in September. According to MMO, a major portion of Little Dragon … Continue reading
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