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Andrew Hernandez on Life After Fighting (2024) ReviewAwesome! I remember when he said he didn’t want to do the sequel right away,…
Guest777 on Life After Fighting (2024) ReviewAccording to Bren Foster, a sequel to Life After Fighting is coming! The stor…
Typo on The King’s Warden (2026) Review12 M tickets sold. 14 M = almost sure. After that...
Typo on War of the Arrows (2011) Review7,5/10
Muhammad Faisal on Timu(r) Genghis Khan? Don’t miss the Trailer for Well Go USA’s ‘Rise of the Conqueror’ arriving to Digital on April 14thHe looks a Persian here, not a Turko Mongol.
Ningen on Protect Ya Neck! Watch the New Trailer for RZA’s Quentin Tarantino-backed thriller ‘One Spoon Of Chocolate’Opening shot makes me think of Attack the Gas Station.
Andrew Hernandez on Martial arts screen icon Cynthia Rothrock and Tatiana Neva go nuclear in the New Trailer for ‘Prey of Wrath’This Tatiana Neva seems like a good martial artist as demonstrated in her onl…
JJ Bona on A female RAID? Livi Ciananta tears through gangsters in the New Trailer for the Iko Uwais-produced ‘Ikatan Darah’The Shadow Strays was pretty solid. Better than anything Hollywood as produce…
Vernardo Lau on A female RAID? Livi Ciananta tears through gangsters in the New Trailer for the Iko Uwais-produced ‘Ikatan Darah’Ugh actually, Indonesia are lacking of action movies since they mostly domina…
Typo on James Wan to direct remake of ‘The Gangster, The Cop, The Devil’ with Ma Dong-seok (aka Don Lee) reprising his roleAnother useless remake. Next!
Tai on Duel to the Death | Blu-ray (88 Films)Where is the 4k version? We’re waiting 😀
Millan on Nothing is over! Sylvester Stallone steps in as Executive Producer for Jalmari Helander’s ‘John Rambo’ prequelTHE RAID films easily blow away the JOHN WICK films,along with THE FAST AND T…
Paul Bramhall on Dead Camping the Live (2022) ReviewThe review was based on the Korean DVD (no English subtitles unfortunately).
Martin Fennell on To Kill with Intrigue (1976) ReviewI got it out of the library. I had to look up on imdb which guy was Jackie. W…
Throwdown on This you can trust… Christopher McQuarrie to write and direct Arnold Schwarzenegger in ‘King Conan’?I can see how a powerful and elegiac sendoff, like Logan, with Conan reckonin…
Sixx on Dead Camping the Live (2022) ReviewWhere did you view this? Can't find it anywhere. thx
Kung Fu Bob O'Brien on This you can trust… Christopher McQuarrie to write and direct Arnold Schwarzenegger in ‘King Conan’?YES! I want this! If they do it right, playing him as ruggedly aged, slower,…
Andrew Hernandez on Jade (2025) ReviewI saw that Jade is on Hi-Yah, and I watched it preparing for a bad movie with…
Martin Fennell on The Black Panther of Shaolin | Blu-ray (AGFA)I just watched this. Thought it was pretty average, but good fight sequences.…
Dawud on Asian DVD retailer SensAsian.com closes its doorsSad news, at least we still have YesAsia
Typo on G.I. Samurai | Blu-ray (Arrow)The new artwork is pretry good (you can recognize the actors, not like in som…
Andrew Hernandez on Witness Japan’s most lethal assassin in a NEW action clip from Well Go USA’s ‘Revolver Lily’ arriving on Digital Jan 17It was a pretty good movie. I liked the visuals and how everything was shot a…
Tory on Once Upon a Time in Mexicali! Watch the New Trailer for Bren Foster’s martial arts actioner ‘Mexicali’The good shit! Yeah, you can always see stuff like The Wild Bunch, The Getawa…
Pap on Always bet on WHITE! Martial arts star Michael Jai White joins Taimak in the upcoming martial arts thriller ‘Paper Made’Damn, Taimak? I can't wait to check it out!
Ningen on The Killer | 4K Ultra HD (Shout)Theatrical trailer. https://youtu.be/UBjnv3C-g5o?si=apNtaGvAcQfSJHhr
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Fantasy, romance and brutality collide in ‘Fighting’
An upcoming film by Jiang Ping (Looking for Jackie Chan) called Fighting – also known as A Better Tomorrow (no relation to the famous John Woo film of the same name) – mixes romance, fantasy, war and martial arts in one odd package. Fighting stars Peter Ho (The Monkey King), Lu Yi, Wei Yi (Stool Pigeon), Lam Wai (Legendary Amazons), Hou Yong (Drug War) and Yvonne Yung (The Hero of … Continue reading
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Brawl | aka Fighting Fish | DVD (Lionsgate)
RELEASE DATE: June 10, 2014 Lionsgate presents the DVD for Brawl (aka Fighting Fish). Mike moves to Thailand to start a new life when he is robbed and left with nothing… until he meets Yo, a skilled Thai boxer, and his beautiful (and handicapped) wife. The new friends soon enter an underground fight club called “Fighting Fish” in order to make the money they need to survive. Starring Jawed El Berni … Continue reading
Cityonfire and Well Go USA are giving away 3 Blu-ray copies of ‘The Wrath of Vajra’ – WINNERS ANNOUNCED!
Cityonfire.com and Well Go USA are giving away 3 Blu-ray copies of The Wrath of Vajra to three lucky Cityonfire visitors. To enter, simply add a comment to this post telling us what your favorite film is (from any country, any genre), along with a brief explanation of why it’s your favorite. We know it’s hard, but you can do it! We will be selecting three winners at random. Be … Continue reading
Fasten your seat belts for Vincent Zhou’s ‘Last Flight’
If you’re into airplane thrillers like Turbulence, Snakes on a Plane, Flightplan and most recently, Non-Stop, then fasten your seat belt for Last Flight. First time director Vincent Zhou opens with a bang in his upcoming English-language Chinese film that stars Ed Westwick (Children of Men), Zhu Zhu (The Man with the Iron Fists) and Leon Li (Out of Inferno). Here’s the official plot: As an old Boing 747 takes off for its … Continue reading
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Cityonfire and CJ Entertainment are giving away 3 DVD copies of ‘The Flu’ – WINNERS ANNOUNCED!
Cityonfire.com and CJ Entertainment are giving away 3 DVD copies of The Flu to three lucky Cityonfire visitors. See why NY Times calls The Flu “Sickly Disturbing” and according to Variety, the film “Delivers a transfusion of harrowing realism” and “builds white-knuckle tension.” To enter, simply add a comment to this post telling us about the most disturbing film (from any country) you’ve ever seen, along with a brief explanation … Continue reading
2nd Red Band trailer for Schwarzenegger’s ‘Sabotage’!
THE MOVIE: David Ayer – the award-winning writer of Training Day, and writer/director of Street Kings, Harsh Times, End of Watch and the upcoming Fury – teams up with Arnold Schwarzenegger in an action thriller called Sabotage (aka Ten or Breacher). The film co-stars Mireille Enos, Olivia Williams, Joe Manganiello, Sam Worthington, Max Martini, Max Martini, Josh Holloway and Terrence Howard. The film’s plot, written by Skip Woods (A Good Day … Continue reading
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Deal on Fire! Police Story 1 & 2 | Blu-ray | Only $12.49 – Expires soon!
Today’s Deal on Fire is the Blu-ray Double Feature for Jackie Chan’s Police Story 1 & 2. 1985’s Police Story set new standards, not only for Jackie Chan himself, but for Hong Kong action cinema in general. The movie is so influential and ahead of its time, that Sylvester Stallone and Michael Bay have “borrowed” action scenes for both Tango & Cash and Bad Boys II, respectively. Be sure to … Continue reading
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The Attorney | DVD (Well Go USA)
RELEASE DATE: June 17, 2014 Well Go USA presents the DVD for The Attorney. An attorney (Song Kang-Ho from The Host and The Good, the Bad, the Weird) moves from being a very successful lawyer just out to make money to one who cares about the civil liberties of an activist high-school student (Im Siwan) he defends. The story is based off a web-toon by Yang Woo-seok, who also is … Continue reading
See Ray ‘Darth Maul’ Park in action in the new ‘Jinn’ trailer
Watch the newest trailer for Ajmal Zaheer Ahmad’s Jinn, an upcoming sci-fi action thriller that stars Ray Park (martial artist known for playing Darth Maul in Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace), Dominic Rains, Serinda Swan Faran Tahir and William Atherton. Here’s a partial film synopsis: Shawn, an automotive designer, enjoys an idyllic life with his new wife Jasmine until it is interrupted a cryptic message. The message warns of imminent … Continue reading
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Deal on Fire! Ichi | Blu-ray | Only $8.20 – Expires soon!
Today’s Deal on Fire is the Blu-ray for Fumihiko Sori’s Ichi, the “female version”of Zatoichi: The Blind Swordsman. Beautiful Ichi (Haruka Ayase) wanders blindly from village to village, searching for the sightless swordsman who long ago taught her to kill. Her technique is exquisite and explosive, her defenses as impenetrable as the darkness in which she moves.
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Cityonfire and Well Go USA are giving away 3 Blu-ray copies of ‘Commitment’ – WINNERS ANNOUNCED!
Cityonfire.com and Well Go USA are giving away 3 Blu-ray copies of Commitment to three lucky Cityonfire visitors. To enter, simply add a comment to this post telling us what your favorite Korean action film is, along with a brief explanation of why it’s your favorite. We will be selecting three winners at random. Be sure to include your email address in the appropriate field so we can contact you for … Continue reading
Angela Mao Ying 5-Film Collection | DVD (Shout! Factory)
RELEASE DATE: June 17, 2014 Shout! Factory presents the DVD set for The Angela Mao Ying 5-Film Collection. This 6 film, 3 disc set includes 1973’s When Taekwondo Strikes, 1974’s The Tournament, 1974’s Stoner, 1976’s The Himalayan, 1976’s A Queen’s Ransom and 1977’s Broken Oath. Other actors who star alongside Mao are 007’s George Lazenby, Bolo Yueng (Enter the Dragon), Sammo Hung (Ip Man 2), Yuen Biao (Dragons Forever) and … Continue reading
Bushido Man: Seven Deadly Battles | DVD & Blu-ray (Shout! Factory)
RELEASE DATE: June 10, 2014 Shout! Factory presents the Blu-ray & DVD for Takanori Tsujimoto’s Bushido Man: Seven Deadly Battles. Upon returning from a pilgrimage across Japan, the warrior Toramaru arrives with tales of seven epic battles against Japan’s most legendary fighters. As Toramaru’s philosophy dictates that he “know the enemy by eating his food,” each masterfully-choreographed fight is preceded by a helping of his prey’s favorite dish. Starring Mitsuki Koga … Continue reading
New trailer for the Indonesian action thriller ‘Guardian’
Film Combat Syndicate has the latest scoop on the upcoming Indonesian action thriller, Guardian. Written and directed by Helfi Kardit (Suster Keramas), Guardian stars Sarah Carter (DOA: Dead or Alive), Dominique Diyose (Love for Share), Belinda Camesi (Laskar Cilia) and Tio Pakusadewo (The Raid 2: Berandal). Here’s the “official” plot: After Wisnu gets killed in his own house, his wife Sarah urges their daughter to train in martial arts. When a gang … Continue reading
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More Golden Harvest martial arts action from Shout! Factory!
Fans of classic kung fu films have every reason to be happy. With the reemergence of news regarding the Weinstein’s and their plans to remake two Shaw Brothers classics (1966′s Come Drink With Me and 1978′s Avenging Eagle), it seems that kung fu movies are slowly finding their way back on the market. Just recently, Apple’s iTunes Store has added 23 Shaw Brothers titles to their digital download library where you … Continue reading
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