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Deal on Fire! Furie | Blu-ray | Only $12.63 – Expires soon!

"Furie" Vietnamese Theatrical Poster

Today’s Deal on Fire is the Blu-ray for Furie (read our review), a revenge thriller from directer Le Van Kiet (The Rich Woman), starring Veronica Ngo Thanh Van (House in the Alley). Furie stars Ngo as a gangster who is lying low in the countryside after becoming a mother, but can’t escape her violent past when her daughter is kidnapped in front of her eyes (via SD). To Western audiences, the multi-talented star is … Continue reading →

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Atten-TION!!! Dante Lam’s follow up to ‘Operation Mekong’ and ‘Operation Red Sea’ explodes onto Blu-ray next week

Director Dante Lam (Beast Cops, The Rescue) has consistently delivered hard-hitting action thrillers that push the boundaries of Hong Kong cinema. His latest, Operation Hadal (aka Operation Leviathan), the follow up to Operation Mekong (2016) and Operation Red Sea (2018), continues that tradition when it arrives on Blu ray and DVD on September 29, 2026. Operation Hadal stars Xuan Huang (Extraordinary Mission), Yosh Yu (Born to Fly), Zhang Hanyu (Manhunt), … Continue reading →

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‘Train to Busan’ director is back (again) with ‘Paradise Lost’ arriving in U.S. theaters in November

This guy pumps out films like there’s no tomorrow. Visionary writer/director Yeon Sang Ho (Colony), the filmmaker behind the 2016 hit Train to Busan and its follow up Peninsula, returns with Paradise Lost, an upcoming thriller hitting theaters in November from Well Go USA. When her son mysteriously vanishes, a grieving woman turns to virtual reality to reconnect with him. Years later, he unexpectedly returns, but has changed in ways … Continue reading →

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Renny Harlin DIES HARDER! Watch Samuel L. Jackson and Joel Kinnaman go to war in the Trailer for ‘The Beast’

Renny Harlin (Bodies at Rest), noted Hollywood film director known for his 90’s blockbusters Die Hard 2 and Cliffhanger, is getting ready to die harder with The Beast, an upcoming actioner starring Samuel L. Jackson (xXx: Return of Xander Cage) and Joel Kinnaman (Silent Night). When a militia of unidentified hostiles coordinates a coup against the U.S., the president uncovers the extent of The Beast’s. highly classified offensive capabilities in … Continue reading →

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Indie cinema’s Newest Kung Fu star? Watch the Trailer for ‘The Lock In’ starring Nathan Geering and Keith Vitali

"The Lock In" Poster

Nathan Geering, a multi-award-winning British indie filmmaker, stuntman and fight choreographer, is bringing his first feature length movie, The Lock In, to audiences following its official selection for the Urban Action Showcase in New York. The upcoming actioner combines old school kung fu shapes with modern day action, blending Eastern and Western action film making techniques. The Lock In follows a man who finds himself trapped inside a pub when … Continue reading →

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The Best Gaming Movies to Watch This Year

There’s something about a good gaming movie that makes you want to shuffle a deck, roll some dice or find the nearest casino afterwards. The best ones aren’t always about winning, either. They’re about the characters, the pressure, the big decisions and, quite often, the spectacular mistakes. If you’re looking for some gambling films to watch, you won’t go wrong with these. Rain Man Rain Man, released in 1988, is … Continue reading →

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Deal on Fire! Casino Raiders | Blu-ray | Only $15.99 – Expires soon!

Casino Raiders | Blu-ray (Eureka)

Today’s Deal on Fire is the Blu-ray (Region B) for Casino Raiders, an early entry in the Hong Kong gambling film cycle of the ‘80s and ‘90s that injects the genre with a dose of bloody mayhem courtesy of directors Jimmy Heung and Wong Jing. Con-artist/gambler Crab (Andy Lau) gets out of prison and joins his childhood friend and partner Sam (Alan Tam) to work for a casino magnate to expose a … Continue reading →

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Unstoppable | Blu-ray (Toy Robot)

Arriving on December 6, 2026 from Toy Robot Video (a new sub-label of Arrow Video) is the Blu-ray for Unstoppable (read our review), starring Ma Dong-seok, aka Don Lee (Champion, Train to Busan). In this action-thriller, a legendary gangster (Ma Dong-seok) enjoys a quiet retirement. But when his wife (Song Ji-Hyo of New World) is kidnapped, he

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Passenger 57 | 4K Ultra HD (Toy Robot)

Arriving on December 6, 2026 from Toy Robot Video (a new sub-label of Arrow Video) is the 4K Ultra HD for Passenger 57, a 1992 actioner from director Kevin Hooks (Strictly Business). Former police officer and airline security specialist John Cutter (Wesley Snipes, Demolition Man), finally returning to the job after his wife’s death, finds

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Wheels on Meals | 4K Ultra HD (Eureka)

On November 23, 2026, Eureka is releasing a Limited Edition 4K Ultra HD for Wheels on Meals (aka Spartan X). Directed by Sammo Hung in 1984, Wheels on Meals is one of the greatest films to emerge from Hong Kong in the 1980s: perhaps the definitive martial arts comedy and a star vehicle for the most exciting triple-act in action movie history: the “Three Dragons,” Jackie Chan (Police Story), Yuen Biao … Continue reading →

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‘The Furious: Battle Royale’? Tanigaki Kenji’s martial arts thriller ‘The Furious’ gets a new Japanese title and Trailer!

Finally heading to Japanese theaters on January 29, 2027, is The Furious, which has been given a new, more marketable title: The Furious: Battle Royale. The retitling could be a nod to Kinji Fukasaku’s iconic 2000 Japanese cult classic Battle Royale, or it could simply be referring to the term itself, meaning a competition or fight involving multiple combatants who battle until only one person or team remains. Now a … Continue reading →

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Tarantino doubles down on the Bruce Lee controversy in the New ‘The Further Mis-Adventures of Cliff Booth’ Trailer

A Netflix sequel to Quentin Tarantino’s 2019 film Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood, titled The Further Mis-Adventures of Cliff Booth (formerly known as The Continuing Adventures of Cliff Booth), is being prepped for a November release. David Fincher (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button) is directing the film from a script written by Tarantino. Frequent Fincher/Tarantino collaborator Brad Pitt (Fight Club, Inglorious Basterds) is reprising his role as Cliff … Continue reading →

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NOT based on the classic video game of the same name! Watch the Newest Trailer for ‘Karateka’

As much as we’d love for this to be a live action adaptation of Jordan Mechner’s classic 1984 video game of the same name, it isn’t. Even better, this Karateka is based on the inspiring true story of Sandra Sánchez. Karateka follows Sandra Sánchez (Andrea Ros), who chased her Olympic dream at 39, an age when most athletes have already stepped away from competition. Supported by her coach (Patrick Criado) … Continue reading →

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‘The Raid’ star Iko Uwais is ready for war in the long-awaited ‘Skyline: Warpath’ also starring ‘John Wick’ star Scott Adkins

Martial arts star Iko Uwais (The Raid, The Raid 2, Headshot) is re-teaming with director Liam O’Donnell (Beyond Skyline) for Skyline: Warpath, the long-awaited sci-fi actioner that also stars fellow martial arts star, Scott Adkins (John Wick 4, Ip Man 4). Set within the Skyline universe and five years after the events of Beyond Skyline, the movie follows Sua (Uwais) as he leads The Resistance against the aliens. When he … Continue reading →

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Why the Casino Is Such a Perfect Setting for Action Movies

Hong Kong has no casinos. Under the Gambling Ordinance the only legal bets in the city are on Jockey Club racing and football and the Mark Six lottery, and there was even less on offer in December 1989, when Chow Yun-fat sat down at a table on a yacht and unwrapped a bar of Feodora chocolate. God of Gamblers took HK$37 million and was the biggest film in Hong Kong … Continue reading →

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