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Grimlock on Arrow gains some street cred! ‘Street Gangs of Hong Kong’ Shaw Brothers set arrives on Blu-ray in NovemberIt's always great to see Chan Koon Tai, Wong Chung and Danny Lee in contempor…
Millan on THE PERFECT WEAPON IS BACK! Martial arts star Jeff Speakman returns to action with ‘Lost Echoes’Great to be soon be seeing Jeff Speakman back in films,as the connection with…
Scott Robinson on HEAD’d your way! Jimmy Wang Yu’s kung fu classic ‘Master of the Flying Guillotine’ arrives newly restored on Blu-raymike leeder doesn't do commentaries anymore, so thats a win win! I do not min…
SB on ‘Lone Wolf and Cub’ star shines bright! Watch the Trailers for the ‘Wicked Priest’ collection arriving on Blu-ray in SeptemberMissing the spin off film, Whipmaster: Ballad of Murder? I could have sworn I…
Ska Martes on THE FURIOUS PART II? A sequel to ‘The Furious’ already in the works as producer promises a bigger follow upIn the mainland chinese cut, the villain who killed his wife in the lionsgate…
soldozer on Jackie Chan and Tony Leung Ka Fai return for Round 2! ‘The Shadow’s Edge II’ to begin filming in OctoberI liked the first movie until I hated it for being too overstuffed and that t…
Throwdown on The Bodyguard (2024) ReviewGreat review, as ever, and really glad you're shining a light on these underr…
Andrew Hernandez on James Lew, martial artist, actor and stuntman in films such as ‘Big Trouble in Little China’ and ‘Timecop’, passes away at 73He will be missed. It was awesome to watch almost any action film, and he’d a…
Andrew Hernandez on ALWAYS BET ON BLACK! Wesley Snipes’ hijack actioner ‘Passenger 57’ coming soon to 4K Ultra HD1992 was a good year for action films as they had that sweet spot of taking t…
dakuan on WTF? Watch the blood-soaked U.S. Trailer for Joko Anwar’s Indonesian martial arts-horror-comedy ‘Ghost in the Cell’fun flick, tho.
dakuan on WTF? Watch the blood-soaked U.S. Trailer for Joko Anwar’s Indonesian martial arts-horror-comedy ‘Ghost in the Cell’i watched it yesterday. it is a horror comedy, but no martial arts whatsoever…
squeesh on Heaven and Hell | aka Shaolin Hell Gate (1978) ReviewJust saw Heaven and Hell on youtube, and while it's pretty damn strange in so…
squeesh on THE FURIOUS PART II? A sequel to ‘The Furious’ already in the works as producer promises a bigger follow upSome good choices for villains (or heroes) in The Furious sequel would be: Ma…
American Ninja Man on HEAD’d your way! Jimmy Wang Yu’s kung fu classic ‘Master of the Flying Guillotine’ arrives newly restored on Blu-rayAbout freakin time!
Ningen on James Lew, martial artist, actor and stuntman in films such as ‘Big Trouble in Little China’ and ‘Timecop’, passes away at 73The Luke Cage guy paid tribute to him. https://www.instagram.com/p/DcbK2ZExau…
Debra Goodman on James Lew, martial artist, actor and stuntman in films such as ‘Big Trouble in Little China’ and ‘Timecop’, passes away at 73James Lew was a very influential person in my life. I first discovered him wh…
KayKay on THE FURIOUS PART II? A sequel to ‘The Furious’ already in the works as producer promises a bigger follow upWell almost 4 decades ago, there was this little movie about a cop who fights…
dakuan on THE FURIOUS PART II? A sequel to ‘The Furious’ already in the works as producer promises a bigger follow upwell, for Sha Po Lang 2 they had cast and plot completely unrelated to the fi…
Ron on Anybody seen Richie? Okay, wrong movie. But Steven Seagal’s ‘Above the Law’ is coming to 4K Ultra HD this NovemberNoice. Happy Arrow/Toy Robot are releasing Warner Bros action classics. I'm c…
DAVE WEST on THE FURIOUS PART II? A sequel to ‘The Furious’ already in the works as producer promises a bigger follow upWhat would even a part 2 be about, literally every bad guy in the first film…
CJ on HEAD’d your way! Jimmy Wang Yu’s kung fu classic ‘Master of the Flying Guillotine’ arrives newly restored on Blu-rayFrank Djeng talks too fast, and with his accent I find him very hard to liste…
Ningen on HEAD’d your way! Jimmy Wang Yu’s kung fu classic ‘Master of the Flying Guillotine’ arrives newly restored on Blu-raySince someone heard me, now we need the uncut Shaolin Soccer, the uncut Hero,…
Rod on The Fall of Ako Castle | Blu-ray (Eureka)Is this blu-ray available to purchase anywhere in the U.S. in Region A, Regio…
Phil Chan on FURIOUS director Kenji Tanigaki returns to work on Soi Cheang Pou Soi’s ‘Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In’ sequelRaymond Lam said that filming for the sequel has been officially completed (c…
Ska Martes on Second Life | aka Son of a Punch (2024) ReviewBetween the hype machine Lionsgate put behind the movie and Jet Li glazing th…
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Take a look at ‘Cult Cinema’ through the lens of Arrow Video
Arrow Video is one of the foremost distributors of cult cinema on DVD and Blu-ray. But now, they’re putting all that fandom into a new hardback book that brings together 25 of the world’s leading genre experts and critics to guide you through the multi-faceted beast that is cult cinema: Cult Cinema: Arrow Video Companion Book. Consider this book as a look at cult cinema through the lens of Arrow … Continue reading
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Final trailer for Netflix’s ‘Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 2’
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny (aka Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon II: The Green Destiny), the sequel to Ang Lee’s martial arts epic, will be premiering around the world on Netflix on Friday February 26, 2016 and will also be available in selected IMAX theaters. Yuen Woo-ping (True Legend) directs a script by John Fusco (The Forbidden Kingdom), which will be based off the fifth book in Wang Du Lu’s Crane-Iron … Continue reading
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Monk Comes Down the Mountain | DVD (Sony)
RELEASE DATE: March 15, 2016 Sony presents the DVD for Monk Comes Down the Mountain, by acclaimed director Chen Kaige (Farewell My Concubine). This Chinese martial arts film (read our review) stars Aaron Kwok (The Monkey King), Wang Baoqiang (Kung Fu Killer), Lin Chi-ling (Red Cliff), Wang Xueqi (Bodyguards & Assassins) and Fan Wei (Back to 1942). It also features martial arts choreography is being handled by Ku Huan-Chiu (14 Blades). | … Continue reading
Deal on Fire! Bangkok Revenge | Blu-ray | Only $6.77 – Expires soon!
Today’s Deal on Fire is the Blu-ray for Bangkok Revenge (aka Bangkok Renaissance), starring John Foo (Tekken), the star of the upcoming Rush Hour TV series. Manit (Foo) was only ten years old when they killed his parents. They should have killed him, too. Rescued from death by a master of Muay Thai boxing, Manit has spent his life training to be a killing machine. It’s 20 years later, and he’s … Continue reading
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Brett Ratner to remake Shaw classic ‘Five Fingers of Death’
Director Brett Ratner (Rush Hour franchise) is planning to remake the 1972 Shaw Brothers classic, King Boxer, a martial arts film that’s better known by its U.S. title, Five Fingers of Death. According to TB.com: Ratner and partner James Packer (The Revenant) will produce the project, which is set up under their RatPac Entertainment banner. They’ll be working alongside Celestial Pictures, the Hong Kong-based company which owns the rights to the … Continue reading
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Mojin – The Lost Legend | Blu-ray & DVD (Well Go USA)
RELEASE DATE: May 3, 2016 Well Go USA presents the Blu-ray & DVD for Mojin – The Lost Legend (aka The Ghouls) a new action thriller directed by Wuershan (Painted Skin: The Resurrection). Mojin – The Lost Legend (read our review) boasts an all-star cast that includes Chen Kun (Zhong Kui: Snow Girl And The Dark Crystal), Huang Bo (Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen), Shu Qi (The Assassin), … Continue reading
This new trailer definitely has an ‘Elephant in the Room’
Expect the unexpected in Elephant in the Room, an upcoming South Korean film that focuses on three separate stories, from three distinct genres, by three different directors – each tale is unsettling in its own unique way. The 1st story is a black comedy by Park Soo Young (Irreversible), about three people hanging off a seashore cliff in a car. They begin a game of chicken to survive; The 2nd is a drama by Kwon … Continue reading
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The Great Hypnotist | DVD (Well Go USA)
RELEASE DATE: April 5, 2016 Well Go USA presents the DVD for Leste Chen’s The Great Hypnotist, a Chinese thriller starring Karen Mok (Fallen Angels), Xu Zheng (No Man’s Land), Hu Jing (What Women Want), Lu Zhong (The Taking of Tiger Mountain) and Wang Yaoqing (Love is Not Blind). Xu (Zheng) is a therapist skilled in hypnotherapy. One day a patient named Ren (Mok) is brought to him with one of … Continue reading
Veteran | Blu-ray & DVD (CJ Entertainment)
RELEASE DATE: April 5, 2016 CJ Entertainment presents the Blu-ray & DVD for Ryoo Seung-wan’s Veteran (read our review), an action film starring Hwang Jung-Min (The Unjust), Oh Dal-Su (The Pirates), Yu Hae-Jin (The Flu), Jeong Man-Sik (Kundo), Yoo Ah-In (Punch) and Jung Woong-In (The Quiet Family). Seung-wan is once again paired with Korea’s best action choreographer and frequent collaborator, Jung Doo-hong, and together the end result is the director’s tightest movie … Continue reading
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Deal on Fire! Dragon | aka Wu Xia | Blu-ray | Only $9.99 – Expires soon!
Today’s Deal on Fire is the Blu-ray for 2011’s Dragon (aka Wu Xia), directed by Peter Chan (Comrades, Almost A Love Story). In this loose remake of 1967’s One-Armed Swordsman, Liu (Donnie Yen) is a villager whose quiet life is shattered when he saves a man from two notorious gangsters. He comes under investigation by a detective (Takeshi Kaneshiro), who is curious on how Liu single-handenly took on the gangsters. Dragon (read … Continue reading
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Simon Yam goes for shock value in ‘The Tenants Downstairs’
Hong Kong star Simon Yam (SPL II, Cross) is back in The Tenants Downstairs, an upcoming thriller by first-time director, Adam Tsuei. The film is based on the bestselling novel of the same name by Giddens Ko (You Are the Apple of My Eye). According to Variety, The Tenants Downstairs is a creepy fantasy involving a dangerous landlord (Yam), a gay tenant (Lee Kang-sheng) and a mysterious female lodger (Shao Yu-wei). The … Continue reading
Keanu Reeves to take a page from Jackie Chan in ‘Rally Car’
If nothing else, the 1980’s Cannonball Run films – which focused on a wacky cross-country race with a plethora of celebrity cameos – are remembered as one of Jackie Chan’s first forays into Hollywood cinema. Now it looks as though Keanu Reeves (John Wick) is taking a page from Jackie Chan’s playbook by heading to China for a little racing action of his own in Rally Car. The project, to … Continue reading
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Is Goo Mo’s ‘Musudan’ Korea’s answer to ‘Predator’?
South Korean director Goo Mo (District 820) returns with Musudan (aka Team Moosoo), an upcoming thriller that’s reminiscent of John McTiernan’s Predator (1987). South Korea forms a unit led by Captain Jo Jin-Ho (Kim Min-Jun) and First Lieutenant Shin Yoo-Hwa (Lee Ji-Ah). They are given 24 hours to find out the truth behind the some deadly incidents that have taken place in the Korean Demilitarized Zone. And something isn’t right… Musudan also … Continue reading
Who wants to make a ‘P.A.S.S.’ at Bianca Van Damme?
P.A.S.S. or Paranormal Activity Security Squad is an upcoming martial arts – horror – comedy flick directed by and starring Alexander Wraith (No Tears for the Dead) and Bianca Brigitte Van Damme (6 Bullets, Assassination Games). Judging from this promotional image, one can easily describe P.A.S.S. as The Ghostbusters meets exploitation cinema with other elements of craziness (i.e. Charlie Sheen, UFOs and lightsabers). P.A.S.S. also stars Sean Stone (Savages), Rigan Machado … Continue reading
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‘The Raid’ director is back with a samurai action short
While most people spend their holiday relaxing, others, such as Gareth Evans – the acclaimed writer and director of Merantau, The Raid and The Raid 2: Berandal – decide to use the opportunity to test out some cool choreography ideas with visitors like Yayan Ruhian (Yakuza Apocalypse), Cecep Arif Rahman (The Raid 2) and Hannah Al Rashid (Safe Haven segment from V/H/S/2). Just recently, Evans took to twitter with following … Continue reading
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