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on I will find someone with whom you can fight…. Bolo! Watch the New Trailer for ‘Chinese Hercules: The Bolo Yeung Story’Strange that it took so long for the doc to be vetoed by Bolo. The timing is…
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on The Prosecutor (2024) Reviewugh courtroom drama bits?
on The Prosecutor (2024) ReviewYeah, no actor is immune to making a movie that sucks, but I would say Donnie…
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on The Prosecutor (2024) ReviewDon "the Dragon" Wilson has been consistent.
on Don Lee vs demons? Watch the Trailer for the upcoming South Korean action thriller ‘Holy Night: Demon Hunters’should have called it The Roundup 5 and finally take the franchise into Fast…
on Don Lee vs demons? Watch the Trailer for the upcoming South Korean action thriller ‘Holy Night: Demon Hunters’Be it zombies on a train, mutants in a post apocalyptic wasteland, scumbags i…
on The Prosecutor (2024) ReviewGlad to see this got a positive review. Yen's work has been so inconsistent a…
on Korea goes full Nunsploitation! Watch the Trailer for Well Go USA’s ‘Dark Nuns’ (aka ‘The Priests 2’) in theaters in FebruaryI will be driving from Toronto Canada to see it in the states when it comes o…
on The bad boy of Indie action films is back! Leroy Nguyen’s award-winning ‘The Brokenhearted’ now on Prime VideoTry here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Brokenhearted-Leroy-Nguyen/dp/B0CW6KK3JP?d…
on So who are you going to kill next, Mr. Ninja? Newest Trailer ‘Under Ninja’ starring Kento Yamazaki and Minami HamabeSpecial L.A. premiere. https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2025-01-04/live-…
on ‘The Raid’ on a plane? Josh Hartnett in ‘Fight or Flight’ mode with Marko Zaror, JuJu Chan and Katee SackhoffThank you Andrew
on Eye for an Eye: The Blind Swordsman (2022) ReviewTo be fair, the villain has a tough female bodyguard, which I'd never seen be…
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Indiana Jones: The Complete Adventures Blu-ray Collection (Paramount)
RELEASE DATE: September 18, 2012 Indiana Jones: The Complete Adventures comes to Blu-ray Disc from Lucasfilm Ltd. and Paramount. The set will include Raiders of the Lost Ark, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, plus a load of extra features!
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Prison on Fire II (1991) Review
Director: Ringo Lam Producer: Ringo Lam, Karl Maka Cast: Chan Chung Yung, Chow Yun Fat, Victor Hon Kwan, Frankie Ng Chi Hung, Elvis Tsui Kam Kong, Tommy Wong Kwong Leung, Yu Li, Ng Kwok Kin, Roy Cheung You Yeung, Vincent Wan Yeung Ming Running Time: 109 min. By Numskull This here sequel reunites director Ringo Lam, writer Nam Yin, star Chow Yun-Fat, and a few supporting actors in another episode … Continue reading
Posted in All, Chinese, News, Reviews
Tagged Chow Yun-fat, Elvis Tsui, Ringo Lam, Roy Cheung
Prison on Fire (1987) Review
Director: Ring Lam Writer: Nam Yin Cast: Chow Yun Fat, Tony Leung Ka Fai, Roy Cheung Yiu Yeung, William Ho Ka Kui, Victor Hon Kwan, Tommy Wong Kwong Leung, Frankie Ng Chi Hun Running Time: 98 min. By Numksull Lots of directors out there could learn a valuable lesson from Ringo Lam. No artsy-fartsy cinematic snobbery to be found in his films, for better or for worse. He and screenwriter … Continue reading
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Tagged Chow Yun-fat, Ringo Lam, Roy Cheung, Shing Fui On, William Ho Ka Kui
Seven Samurai (1954) Review
AKA: 7 Samurai Director: Akira Kurosawa Cast: Toshiro Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Daisuke Kato, Isao Kimura, Minoru Chiaki, Seiji Miyaguchi, Yoshio Inaba, Kamatari Fujiwara, Bokuzen Hidari Running Time: 207 min. By Numskull Akira Kurosawa is what I refer to as a “sacred cow” director (others include Ingmar Bergman and Wong Kar Wai). To suggest that any of his films is anything less than perfect in every way is to be labeled … Continue reading
Norris kicks ass on Blu-ray: Anchor Bay brings us ‘The Octagon’ and ‘A Force of One’
MGM and 20th Century Fox Entertainment are proud to announce three Chuck Norris classics on Blu-ray: Joseph Zito’s Missing in Action (1984), Lance Hool’s Missing In Action 2: The Beginning (1985), and Menahem Golan’s The Delta Force (1986). All films will be available exclusively at Walmart on June 5th. As of yet, no technical specifications or bonus feature details have been announced. Given that they’re Cannon/Golan Globus era films, don’t … Continue reading
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The Raid: Redemption Blu-ray & DVD (Sony Pictures)
RELEASE DATE: August 14, 2012 Sony Pictures presents the Blu-ray & DVD for The Raid: Redemption. It’s a rookie member (Iko Uwais) and a special forces team vs. every killer, gangster and thief in a fifteen-story apartment block building. This groundbreaking martial arts spectacular is already considered one of the best action movies of our time. Check out the trailer.
Love Exposure Blu-ray (Olive Films)
RELEASE DATE: September 18, 2012 Olive Films presents the Blu-ray for Love Exposure (see our review). Four hours of love, family, lust, religion and the art of upskirt photography. Love Exposure is written and directed by Sion Sono (Cold Fish) and stars Takahiro Nishijima, Hikari Mitsushima and Sakura Ando. DVD currently available. Check out the NSFW trailer.
Safe Blu-ray & DVD (Lionsgate)
RELEASE DATE: September 4, 2012 Lionsgate present the Blu-ray & DVD for Safe, starring Jason Statham. When a second-rate cage fighter, Luke Wright, is tormented by the Russian Mafia and wanders the streets of New York, he witnesses a young Chinese girl Mei, being pursued by the same mafia who want her for a priceless numerical code that they would kill for. Check out the trailer.
MegaForce DVD (Hen’s Tooth Video)
RELEASE DATE: September 4, 2012 Hen’s Tooth Video presents the DVD for 1982’s MegaForce, a U.S.-made action film that Golden Harvest produced in the 1980′s. Directed by The Cannonball Run’s Hal Needham, MegaForce stars Barry Bostwick, Persis Khambatta, Michael Beck, Edward Mulhare, Evan C. Kim, Ralph Wilcox and Henry Silva. Check out the trailer.
Judge Dredd Blu-ray (Disney/Buena Vista)
RELEASE DATE: September 18, 2012 Disney/Buena Vista presents the Blu-ray for Judge Dredd, starring Sylvester Stallone, Armand Assante, Rob Schneider and Max von Sydow. In The Future…One Man Is Judge, Jury and Executioner! In a time when all-powerful and coldly efficient “Judges” act with the supreme authority of both the police force and legal system, Judge Dredd is the most feared law enforcer of them all. Check out the trailer.
Beyond the Black Rainbow Blu-ray & DVD (Magnolia Pictures)
RELEASE DATE: September 11, 2012 Magnolia presents the Blu-ray & DVD for Beyond the Black Rainbow. Set in the 80’s – a young woman, kept captive in a secluded compund by drugs and a mind control sadistic leader – tries to escape her confinement. It’s like a strange fever dream of THX-1138 and Nicolas Winding Refn’s films. Check out the trailer.
Return to a Better Tomorrow (1994) Review
Director: Wong Jing Cast: Lau Ching-Wan, Ekin Cheng, Michael Wong, Chingmy Yau, Ben Lam Kwok Bun, James Wong Jim, Paul Chun Pui, Lee Siu-Kei, Lo Meng, Collin Chou, Ernest Mauser Running Time: 104 min. By Joseph Kuby Underrated Heroic Bloodshed Gem! Return To A Better Tomorrow is usually looked down upon just because it’s directed by Wong Jing (who receives some fairly biased reviews and is an extremely underrated director – … Continue reading
Freeze Me (2000) Review
AKA: Freezer Director: Takashi Ishii Producer: Takashi Ishii, Nobuaki Nagae, Taketo Niitsu Cast: Shingo Tsurumi, Shunsuke Matsuoka, Harumi Inoue, Kazuki Kitamura, Naoto Takenaka Running Time: 102 min. By Jesse Freeze Me tells the story of a woman who was gang raped by three thugs as a teenager and later starts a new life with a good job and a loving fiance. A few years later, one of the rapists shows … Continue reading
Takashi Miike is back to the samurai genre with ‘Hara-Kiri’
Takashi Miike, the visionary director of 2010’s 13 Assassins, returns with a remake of the 1963 Masaki Kobayashi film Harakiri. In this harrowing samurai drama, a poverty-stricken young warrior seeks an honorable death through ritual suicide. Back in 2011 this was the first 3D film to be screened at Cannes. Updates: A clip from Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai can be seen here. A non-subbed trailer can be seen here. … Continue reading
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For the Love of Money DVD (Lionsgate)
RELEASE DATE: September 4, 2012 Lionsgate presents the DVD of For the Love of Money, starring Edward Furlong, James Caan and Paul Sorvino and Steven Bauer. Based on a true story. One man, Isaac, leaves his old, seedy, gangster-filled lifestyle to start over with his family. A Jewish Scarface? A GTA ripoff? You be the judge: Check out the trailer.
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