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Alright, STOP…. collaborate and listen! Ice is back with martial arts legend Chuck Norris in the action comedy ‘Zombie Plane’

Martial arts legend Chuck Norris (Code of Silence, Slaughter in San Francisco) is teaming up with Vanilla Ice (Cool as Ice) and Sophie Monk (Click) in Zombie Plane, an upcoming Australian production from Radioactive and Entertainment Squad. Directed by Lav Bodnaruk and Michael Mier, Zombie Plane centers on a secret government organization that recruits celebrities to be undercover agents, who together must save humanity from an imminent zombie attack. Norris, … Continue reading

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CASH ONLY! Watch Film Movement’s New Trailer for Hideo Gosha’s 1966 crime thriller ‘Cash Calls Hell’ arriving next year

On January 28, 2025, Film Movement will be releasing a New 2K Restoration Blu-ray for Cash Calls Hell, a 1966 crime thriller from director Hideo Gosha (Sword of the Beast). Facing the final days of his prison sentence for vehicular manslaughter, Oida (Tatsuya Nakadai) dreads reentering society as a ruined man with no future prospects. Sensing his street smarts, Oida’s cellmate promises him a pile of loot if he tracks … Continue reading

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A Certain Killer/A Killer’s Key | Blu-ray (Arrow)

RELEASE DATE: February 10, 2025 On February 10, 2025, Arrow Video is releasing 1967’s A Certain Killer/A Killer’s Key on Blu-ray (Region A/B), two Yakuza crime thrillers directed by Kazuo Mori (Samurai Vendetta) and co-scripted by the director Yasuzō Masumura (Giants and Toys, Blind Beast). Anticipating the cool aesthetic of Seijun Suzuki’s Branded to Kill and based on a crime novel by Shinji Fujiwara, the author of the original material … Continue reading

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The Lady is the Boss | Bu-ray (88 Films)

RELEASE DATE: March 24, 2025 On March 24, 2025, 88 films is releasing the Blu-ray (Region A/B) for 1983’s The Lady is the Boss. Directed by and starring the great Lau Kar-leung (Shaolin Mantis), The Lady is the Boss blends fun and fighting as only he could – and those fights are some of the very best of his illustrious career. A culture-clash comedy – with kung fu! A thoroughly … Continue reading

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A Chinese Odyssey Parts 1 and 2 | Blu-ray (Shout!)

RELEASE DATE: February 4, 2025 On February 4, 2025, Shout! Factory will be releasing a Blu-ray set for A Chinese Odyssey Parts 1 and 2, which will include 1995’s A Chinese Odyssey Part One – Pandora’s Box and A Chinese Odyssey Part Two – Cinderella. Stephen Chow (Kung Fu Hustle) stars in this comedic and action-packed two-part adaptation of Journey to the West, a classic 16th century Chinese

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The legend returns! Watch the New U.S. Trailer for Jackie Chan’s ‘A Legend’ arriving in January from Well Go USA

On January 21, 2025, Well Go USA is releasing A Legend on Digital, Blu-ray and DVD! This upcoming fantasy actioner has the legendary Jackie Chan (The Foreigner) re-teaming with Hong Kong director Stanley Tong (Rumble in the Bronx). The film is the follow-up to their 2005 collaboration, The Myth. While investigating the history of a newly discovered ancient artifact, a renowned archaeologist (Chan) unwittingly establishes a mystical connection with a … Continue reading

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The best Shaw on earth! Arrow’s massive 14-Film ‘Shawscope Volume Three: Limited Edition’ is now now shipping

Goodie Emporium is now shipping is Arrow Video’s long-awaited Shawscope Volume Three: Limited Edition, which will include 14 films on Blu-ray (Region A/B). Unlike the first two volumes, which were released only a year apart, Shawscope Volume Three has a 2-year gap, so fans have been eagerly waiting for this one! Before Hong Kong’s mightiest film studio mastered the art of the kung fu film, Shaw Brothers hit box office … Continue reading

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Deal on Fire! Kung Fu Killer | Blu-ray | Only $9.99 – Expires soon!

Kung Fu Killer | Blu-ray & DVD (Well Go USA)

Today’s Deal on Fire is the Blu-ray for Donnie Yen’s 2014 box office hit, Kung Fu Killer (aka Kung Fu Jungle). In Kung Fu Jungle, Yen plays a prisoner who’s been jailed due to accidentally beating an opponent to death. When the news gets to him of a martial artist he once knew being murdered in mysterious circumstances, Yen insists that he knows who the killer is and that the police, led by … Continue reading

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Dragon Fist | 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray (88 Films)

RELEASE DATE: February 24, 2025 On February 24, 2025, 88 Films is releasing a Deluxe Limited Edition 4K Ultra HD & Blu-ray for Lo Wei’s Dragon Fist, a 1978 kung fu classic starring Jackie Chan (Ride On) and Nora Miao (The Skyhawk). Director Lo Wei (The Big Boss) and martial arts legend Jackie Chan are back together in a kung-fu saturated story of revenge and justice. Tong Huo-wan (Chan) is … Continue reading

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Boris Yeltsin, watch out! 88 Films Blu-ray for Jade Leung and Robin Shou’s ‘Black Cat 2’ arrives next week!

Black Cat 2 | Blu-ray (88 Films)

On November 25, 2024, 88 Films is releasing a Deluxe Blu-ray (Region B) for Black Cat 2, a 1992 Hong Kong action film directed by Stephen Shin Gei Yin (Brotherhood) that stars Jade Leung (Satin Steel) and Robin Shou (Cyprus Tigers). Scientists install a micro chip, called Black Cat, inside the brain of a violence prone girl named Catherine in an attempt to refine and control her fits of rage. … Continue reading

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Doctor Vampire | Blu-ray (Eureka)

Doctor Vampire | Blu-ray (Eureka)

RELEASE DATE: February 17, 2025 On February 17, 2025, Eureka is releasing the Blu-ray (Region B) for Doctor Vampire, a 1990 horror comedy directed by Jamie Luk Kim-Ming (Bomb Disposal Officer: Baby Bomb). While Hong Kong horror cinema is more often associated with the jiangshi or “hopping vampires” of Chinese legend, it has also embraced (and, more often than not, lampooned) the Western vampire tradition. One of the more outrageous films to … Continue reading

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‘Out for Justice 2’? Not quite… but legendary action star Steven Seagal is back with ‘In the Name of Justice’

"In the Name of Justice" Theatrical Poster

Legendary action star Steven Seagal (Above of the Law, Attrition) is back in the director’s chair – but not for an action movie – rather for a documentary, titled In the Name of Justice, which he also writes. Official description: After the start of the Special Military Operation, Steven Seagal personally communicated with the victims of Ukrainian nationalists and saw with his own eyes what was happening in Donbass. He … Continue reading

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This you can trust… Blu-ray for Patrick Tam’s 1980 Golden Harvest actioner ‘The Sword’ now shipping

Now available from Goodie Emporium is Eureka’s Blu-ray (Region A/B) for The Sword, a 1980 Golden Harvest actioner from director Patrick Tam Kar-Ming (My Heart is That Eternal Rose). Best known as a key contributor to the Hong Kong New Wave as the director of My Heart is That Eternal Rose and the editor of Wong Kar-wai’s Days of Being Wild and Ashes of Time, Patrick Tam began his filmmaking career with The Sword: a love … Continue reading

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Tony Jaa makes America great again! Watch the New Trailer for ‘Striking Rescue’ arriving in December from Well Go USA

Martial arts action star Tony Jaa (Ong-Bak, Triple Threat, Paradox, xXx: Return of Xander Cage) is teaming up with Xing Yu (Flashpoint, Super Bodyguard, Ride On) in Striking Rescue. Directed by Cheng Siyi (The Paper Man Returns, Desperado), Striking Rescue tells the story of a retired veteran who is framed after his wife and daughter were killed. After being wanted, he tracked down the mastermind behind the murder, but falls … Continue reading

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