Author Archives: JJ Bona

Details on ‘Drive’ helmer’s Yakuza spy flick ‘Avenging Silence’

Posted on January 11, 2017 by JJ Bona

Director Nicolas Winding Refn (Drive, Only God Forgives) may be a little too “style over substance” for most viewers, but nobody can deny that the filmmaker has their full attention when he announces a new project. Refn is currently gearing up for The Avenging Silence, a feature film about a former European spy who accepts a confidential mission from a Japanese businessman exiled to France to take down the head of the most treacherous Yakuza boss in Japan – If this description doesn’t doesn’t peak your … Continue reading →

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Enter our ‘Train to Busan’ Blu-ray Contest! – WINNERS ANNOUNCED!

Posted on January 10, 2017 by JJ Bona

Cityonfire.com and Well Go USA are giving away 3 Blu-ray copies of Train to Busan to three lucky City on Fire visitors. To enter, simply add a comment to this post and describe, in your own words, the video below. We will be selecting a winner at random. Be sure to include your email address in the appropriate field so we can contact you for your home address. Also, please ‘Like Us‘ on Cityonfire.com’s Facebook by … Continue reading →

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Exterminator 2 | Blu-ray (Shout! Factory)

Posted on January 6, 2017 by JJ Bona

RELEASE DATE: April 25, 2017 Shout! Factory presents the Blu-ray for Exterminator 2, a 1984 cult classic directed by Mark Buntzman and starring Robert Ginty (Exterminator). John Eastland (Ginty), the man who turned New York into a war zone in 1980’s Exterminator, is back with a vengeance! This time, the flamethrower-wielding vigilante takes on the sinister Drug Lord X (Mario Van Peebles) and his army of thugs. Back in 2011, Synapse Films released an Unrated Director’s Cut of Exterminator on … Continue reading →

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Never Too Young To Die | Blu-ray & DVD (Shout! Factory)

Posted on January 6, 2017 by JJ Bona

RELEASE DATE: April 11, 2017 Shout! Factory presents the Blu-ray & DVD for Gil Bettman’s 1986 cult classic, Never Too Young To Die, starring John Stamos (Full House), Vanity (The Last Dragon) and Gene Simmons (Runaway). A top secret agent is murdered, so his estranged son – a high school gymnast – teams up with his dad’s attractive female partner to stop the psychopathic hermaphroditic gang leader who killed him and now plans … Continue reading →

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Don’t watch the New Trailer for ‘Rings’ if you want to live

Posted on January 5, 2017 by JJ Bona

Brace yourself for Rings, a new chapter in the beloved Ring horror franchise (originated by Koji Suzuki and Hideo Nakata in 1998’s Ringu and last seen in the recent Sadako vs Kayako, aka The Ring vs The Grudge). In Rings, a young woman becomes worried about her boyfriend when he explores a dark subculture surrounding a mysterious videotape said to kill the watcher seven days after he has viewed it. She sacrifices herself to save her boyfriend, … Continue reading →

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Enter our ‘The Monkey King 2’ Blu-ray Contest! – WINNERS ANNOUNCED!

Posted on January 2, 2017 by JJ Bona

Cityonfire.com and Well Go USA are giving away 3 Blu-ray copies of The Monkey King 2 to three lucky City on Fire visitors. To enter, simply add a comment to this post and describe, in your own words, the video below. We will be selecting a winner at random. Be sure to include your email address in the appropriate field so we can contact you for your home address. Also, please ‘Like Us‘ on Cityonfire.com’s Facebook … Continue reading →

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Dead or Alive Trilogy | Blu-ray (Arrow Video)

Posted on January 1, 2017 by JJ Bona

RELEASE DATE: March 14, 2017 Arrow Video will be releasing the Blu-ray for Takashi Miike’s Dead or Alive Trilogy. Beginning with an explosive, six-minute montage of sex, drugs and violence, and ending with a phallus-headed battle robot taking flight, this unforgettable trilogy features many of the director’s most outrageous moments set alongside some of his most dramatically moving scenes. Made between 1999 and 2002, the Dead or Alive films cemented Miike’s reputation overseas … Continue reading →

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KG: Karate Girl | Blu-ray (Tokyo Shock)

Posted on December 30, 2016 by JJ Bona

RELEASE DATE: February 23, 2017 No CG! No Wires! No stuntman! Tokyo Shock presents the Blu-ray for Karate Girl, starring Rina Takeda (High Kick Girl!), as well as a cast that consists entirely of top-notch Japan and World Champions! A shy, hard-working high-school girl, Ayaka (Takeda) holds a dark family secret. She is a karate master and must keep her family s martial arts legacy secret to protect her precious family treasure, the Black Belt. … Continue reading →

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Suddenly in the Dark | Blu-ray (Mondo Macabro)

Posted on December 28, 2016 by JJ Bona

RELEASE DATE: February 14, 2017 Mondo Macabro is proud to present this classic of Korean horror on Blu-ray for the first time anywhere in the world. The presentation has been restored from the best available elements from the Korean Film Archive, and features brand new extras produced exclusively for this release (the previous edition, released in October, was limited to 500 copies). Almost completely unknown outside its home country, Suddenly … Continue reading →

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The Black Dragon’s Revenge | Blu-ray & DVD (Film Detective)

Posted on December 22, 2016 by JJ Bona

RELEASE DATE: January 31, 2017 On, January 31, 2017, The Film Detective is unleashing The Black Dragon’s Revenge (aka The Death of Bruce Lee) on both Blu-ray and DVD. This cult classic – which has been restored into HD from the original camera negative – is directed by Tony Liu Jun Guk (Tiger Over Wall) and stars martial arts sensation, Ron van Clief (Black Dragon). Van Clief stars in this action thriller as a badass hired … Continue reading →

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Mifune: The Last Samurai | DVD (Strand Releasing)

Posted on December 21, 2016 by JJ Bona

RELEASE DATE: April 25, 2017 Mifune: The Last Samurai (read our review), a new documentary by Academy Award-winning filmmaker Steven Okazaki (Heroin: Cape Cod, USA), hits DVD on April 25, 2017. Mifune: The Last Samurai explores the accidental movie career of Toshiro Mifune, one of the true giants of world cinema. It also features  interviews with such luminaries as Steven Spielberg and Martin Scorsese, plus a narration by Keanu Reeves. Mifune made 16 … Continue reading →

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‘Ip Man 3’ star Danny Chan is back as a ‘Romantic Warrior’

Posted on December 21, 2016 by JJ Bona

Danny Chan, the actor mostly known for portraying Bruce Lee in both Legend of Bruce Lee and Ip Man 3 (not to mention the Bruce Lee-inspired goalie in Stephen Chow’s Shaolin Soccer), is back in Liu Xiaotong’s Romantic Warrior. With a title like Romantic Warrior, one can only assume a light-hearted production, but if its trailer is any indication of what to expect, some hard-hitting martial arts action should be scattered throughout the film’s duration. Romantic Warrior … Continue reading →

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Sly and his psychotic gang of mutts are back!

Posted on December 21, 2016 by JJ Bona

Sly and his psychotic gang of mutts are back! On October 3, 2017, Lionsgate Home Entertainment will be releasing The Expendables 3-Film Collection (on 3 Blu-ray discs, plus digital copies). This action-packed, star-studded bundle includes The Expendables, The Expendables 2, and The Expendables 3: Unrated Edition. In the series, Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jason Statham join forces with Mel Gibson, Mickey Rourke, Wesley Snipes, Harrison Ford, Jet Li, Dolph Lundgren, … Continue reading →

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Deal on Fire! The Toho Godzilla collection | Blu-ray | Only $7.99 – Expires soon!

Posted on December 20, 2016 by JJ Bona

Today’s Deal on Fire is the Blu-ray for The Toho Godzilla collection, which contains 1993’s Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla and 1994’s Godzilla vs. Space Godzilla. In Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla, the United Nations assembles the ultimate weapon to defeat Godzilla, while scientists discover a fresh pteranodon egg on a remote Japanese island. In 1994’s Godzilla vs. Space Godzilla, Godzilla is threatened by both Mogera – another UN built machine; and Space Godzilla, a … Continue reading →

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Lee Byung-Hun’s thriller ‘Master’ hits U.S. theaters in January

Posted on December 17, 2016 by JJ Bona

CJ Entertainment USA is giving Cho Ui-Seok’s Master a limited theatrical release on January 6th, 2017. This upcoming South Korean thriller stars Gang Dong-won (The Priests), Lee Byung-Hun (I Saw the Devil) and Kim Woo-Bin (Friend 2). An intellectual crime investigation team goes after company Won Network. The company is involved in a massive fraud case. Kim (Gang) is the leader of intellectual crime investigation team. He is smart, charismatic, aggressive and bold … Continue reading →

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