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- Tory on ‘Out for Justice 2’? Not quite… but legendary action star Steven Seagal is back with ‘In the Name of Justice’(Look up Mr. Seagal’s song “Strut” if you’re confused.)
- Tory on ‘Out for Justice 2’? Not quite… but legendary action star Steven Seagal is back with ‘In the Name of Justice’But…but, him want the poonani!
- Andrew Hernandez on Bill… it’s your baby! Artwork for 4K UHD Editions for Quentin Tarantino’s ‘Kill Bill Vol 1-2’ and ‘Jackie Brown’ revealedAs 4K UHD can hold more footage, it would be nice to have both volumes of Kil…
- CitronAtomik on The legend returns! Jackie Chan and Stanley Tong’s ‘A Legend’ heading to Blu-ray from Well Go USA in JanuaryLike Stanley Tong's recent films like Vanguard, Jackie Chan is almost a walk-…
- Eric on ‘Out for Justice 2’? Not quite… but legendary action star Steven Seagal is back with ‘In the Name of Justice’This man is a dishonor to both cinema and to the western world. I don’t feel…
- Kevin on The legend returns! Jackie Chan and Stanley Tong’s ‘A Legend’ heading to Blu-ray from Well Go USA in JanuaryThis one is bad and that why it was a massive flop in china. Barely made a fe…
- Laurine White on Legend has it that Eureka is releasing a Blu-ray for Kinji Fukasaku’s all-star fantasy actioner ‘Legend of the 8 Samurai’Awesome!
- dakuan on Tony Jaa makes America great again! Watch the New Trailer for ‘Striking Rescue’ arriving in December from Well Go USAhappy to see Tony Jaa still kicks asses, and he's still awkward when speaking…
- Jorge Ronald Torres Morla on Recoil Blu-ray & DVD (Nasser)¡La última de la saga de Películas de: "RETROCEDER NUNCA, RENDIRSE JAMÁS! ¡La…
- Typo on ‘Godzilla Minus One’ filmmaker signs on for his first English-language film ‘Grandgear’ for Sony and J.J. AbramsAnd another one Asian going to Hollywood! I hope his Doreamon - Stand by me 3…
- Typo on No further questions your honor! Watch Well Go USA’s Trailer for Donnie Yen’s latest action thriller ‘The Prosecutor’"on the style/photography levels"
- JJ Bona on Jackie Chan’s BEST Lo Wei flick just got better! Watch a video of what 88 Films’ ‘Dragon Fist’ 4K UHD will look like…Edited, thank you!
- Kiril Valkov on Jackie Chan’s BEST Lo Wei flick just got better! Watch a video of what 88 Films’ ‘Dragon Fist’ 4K UHD will look like…The release date (as per 88 Films website) has been moved to 24.02.2025. Appa…
- Andrew Hernandez on No further questions your honor! Watch Well Go USA’s Trailer for Donnie Yen’s latest action thriller ‘The Prosecutor’Well, John Wick was mostly gunplay, jiujitsu and judo. The Prosecutor seems t…
- Typo on No further questions your honor! Watch Well Go USA’s Trailer for Donnie Yen’s latest action thriller ‘The Prosecutor’Looks OK. But...too much like Wick & Co, and of course like A bittersweet…
- Typo on All aboard!? ‘Shin Godzilla’ co-director Shinji Higuchi to remake 1975’s ‘Bullet Train’ for Netflix! Watch a Teaser…The original has aged badly... But frankly I can easily wait for a remake.
- Typo on No further questions your honor! Watch Well Go USA’s Trailer for Donnie Yen’s latest action thriller ‘The Prosecutor’"Funny" to see Michael Hui there... In Hong Kong, he's in "The last dance", a…
- Andrew Hernandez on No further questions your honor! Watch Well Go USA’s Trailer for Donnie Yen’s latest action thriller ‘The Prosecutor’It’s amazing what 60 year old guys are still willing to put themselves throug…
- dakuan on No further questions your honor! Watch Well Go USA’s Trailer for Donnie Yen’s latest action thriller ‘The Prosecutor’i suspect i'll hate Yen's character just as much as i hated him in Raging Fir…
- Phil Chan on Don’t call it a comeback! Watch the Trailer for ‘Last Dance’ starring Hong Kong legend Michael Hui and Dayo WongAlready more than HK$50 million in local box office earnings after only a wee…
- Phil Chan on No further questions your honor! Watch Well Go USA’s Trailer for Donnie Yen’s latest action thriller ‘The Prosecutor’Both Michael Hui and Liza Wang as part of the cast? Donnie’s certainly bringi…
- Andrew Hernandez on Film Safari Ghana (2024) ReviewThis sounds like fun. My fiancé has family from Ghana, so she can tell me mor…
- Typo on Netflix ‘n KILL! Streaming giant awakens the English-language remake of Kim Jee-woon’s 2005 hit ‘A Bittersweet Life’I love the original. Perfect movie. They can shove their remake where the sun…
- Ska Martes on Tony Jaa makes America great again! Watch the New Trailer for ‘Striking Rescue’ arriving in December from Well Go USAGonna second this - surprised this site hasn't reviewed Aston Chen's Black St…
- paul taggart on A hunk, a hunk of ‘Burning Blood’! ‘Young and Dangerous’ stars Jordan Chan, Michael Tse and Jerry Lamb fire it up!oh another generic cgi mainland cop snorefest, great
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Predator is back in the New TV Spot for Hulu’s ‘Prey’ from Dan Trachtenberg the director of ’10 Cloverfield Lane’
Director Dan Trachtenberg – who is perhaps best known for directing 2016’s 10 Cloverfield Lane, as well as episodes of Amazon’s The Boys series – is prepping Prey, the latest addition in the Predator film franchise. The upcoming film stars Amber Midthunder (Roswell, New Mexico), Dane DiLiegro (American Horror Stories), Stefany Mathias (Longmire), Stormee Kipp (Sooyii) and Dakota Beavers. Prey is the origin story of the Predator in the world of the … Continue reading
Don’t miss the New Trailer for Netflix’ South Korean action thriller ‘Carter’ from ‘The Villainess’ helmer starring Joo Won
The latest from writer/director Jung Byung-gil – known for his films Confession of Murder and fan favorite The Villainess – is arriving on Netflix in the form of Carter (read our review), an upcoming action thriller starring Joo Won (Fashion King) and Kim Won-Jung (The Pirates). Thrown straight into a dangerous mission with none of his memories intact, a man (Joo Won) must escape death while trying to figure out who he … Continue reading
The wild west just got wilder with Alexander Nevsky’s ‘Taken from Rio Bravo’ featuring Don ‘The Dragon’ Wilson and Cynthia Rothrock
Writer/director Joe Cornet, who is known for his output of low budget Western thrillers that include 2018’s A Prayer for the Damned and 2020’s Incident at Guilt Ridge, recently wrapped production on Taken from Rio Bravo, the sequel to the soon-to-be-released Gunfight At Rio Bravo. Taken from Rio Bravo stars returning leading man Alexander Nevsky (Showdown in Manila, Maximum Impact), as the mysterious Russian gunslinger who, in the first film, aids a marshal (Olivier Gruner) and … Continue reading
Deal on Fire! Dragons Forever SteelBook | Blu-ray | Only $19.99 – Expires soon!
Today’s Deal on Fire is for 88 Films Blu-ray for Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao’s 1988 classic Dragons Forever, in a special Limited Edition 2-Disc Steelbook. Attention U.S. buyers: Please note that this is a Region B (UK) release, so a multi-region Blu-ray player or multi-region UHD Blu-ray player is required to play this movie (standard U.S. players will not play the discs). Hotshot lawyer Jackie Lung (Jackie Chan) is hired to defend … Continue reading
Watch the action packed Trailer for the Jamie Foxx vampire thriller ‘Day Shift’ with Snoop Dogg and featuring Scott Adkins
On August 12, Netflix is releasing Day Shift, the directorial debut of J.J. Perry (Bloodsport III), who is best known for his second-unit director and stunt coordinator for The Shepherd, Bullet to the Head and the John Wick franchise. In the film, Jamie Foxx (Sleepless) plays a hard-working, blue-collar dad who just wants to provide a good life for his quick-witted daughter, but his mundane San Fernando Valley pool cleaning job is a … Continue reading
VR Fighter | DVD (4Digital Media)
RELEASE DATE: October 11, 2022 Hong Kong action star Fan Siu Wong (Attrition, Righting Wrongs, Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky) is making his way into U.S. territory with Tang Qiaojia’s VR Fighter (aka One More Shot), a 2021 Chinese sci-fi action film arriving to DVD and VOD in October by way of 4Digital Media. In a future city with highly developed technology, Special Forces Team leader Long Wei (Siu-Wong Fan) quits his … Continue reading
Baby Assassins, Angela Mao, Scott Adkins and more! Here’s what’s on Hi-YAH for the month of July!
Hi-YAH!, Well Go USA’s very own Asian/martial arts streaming channel has just announced their New Release line up for the month of July, which includes a New title added to Hi-YAH! every Friday. If you want to give Hi-YAH! a go, visitors of this site can use the promo code “CITYONFIRE” for a FREE 30 Day trial! Read on for the full list of New and Exclusive titles
Bring Him Back Dead | DVD (Uncork’d)
RELEASE DATE: August 2022 Martial arts star Gary Daniels (City Hunter, Bloodmoon, The Expendables) returns in Mark Savage’s Bring Him Back Dead, an upcoming actioner coming to Digital and DVD in August from Uncork’d Entertainment. The film also stars Louis Mandylor (The Debt Collector), Daniel Baldwin (John Carpenter’s Vampires), Cuyle Carvin (America Made) and Katie Keene (Rogue Warfare: The Hunt). In Bring Him Back Dead, a violent gang of criminals is ordered, after … Continue reading
Shogun’s Samurai | Blu-ray (Discotek Media)
RELEASE DATE: September 27, 2022 On September 27, 2022, Discotek Media is releasing a Blu-ray for Shogun’s Samurai (aka Yagyu Clan Conspiracy or Intrigue of the Yagyu Clan), a 1978 film from Kinji Fukasaku (The Green Slime, Battle Royal). The film stars Yorozuya Kinnosuke (Lone Wolf and Cub), Sonny Chiba (Fighting Fist) and Hiroki Matsukata (Cops vs. Thugs). Read the details: Following the death of the second Tokugawa shogun, it is revealed that … Continue reading
Deal on Fire! World of Wong Kar Wai Collection | Blu-ray | Only $99.89 – Expires soon!
Today’s Deal on Fire is for Criterion Collection’s 7-film collection World of Wong Kar Wai, which includes the New 4K Restorations of As Tears Go By, Days of Being Wild, Chungking Express, Fallen Angels, Happy Together, In the Mood for Love and 2046 – all approved by director Wong Kar Wai. Read on for the the full official details: With his lush and sensual visuals, pitch-perfect soundtracks, and soulful romanticism, Wong … Continue reading
Righting Wrongs | Blu-ray (Vinegar Syndrome)
RELEASE DATE: July 26, 2022 On July 26, 2022, Vinegar Syndrome is releasing a Blu-ray (Region A) for Righting Wrongs (aka Above the Law), a 1986 Hong Kong film directed by Corey Yuen (No Retreat, No Surrender II) and starring Yuen Biao (Circus Kids) and Cynthia Rothrock (Shanghai Express). Note: 88 Films is also releasing a Deluxe Limited Collector’s Edition Blu-ray (Region B) in September 26, 2022. The film also stars … Continue reading
Andy Lau re-teams with ‘Chasing the Dragon’ filmmaker for ‘Sneak’ co-starring Eddie Peng, Simon Yam and Gordon Lam
Hong Kong superstar Andy Lau (The White Storm 2: Drug Lords) is re-teaming with director Jason Kwan (A Nail Clipper Romance) for Sneak, an upcoming crime thriller that tells the story of an undercover cop who gets wrapped up with a high-tech narcotics crime ring in Hong Kong. Kwan is perhaps best-known for co-directing 2017’s Chasing the Dragon, as well as its 2019 “unconnected” follow up, Chasing the Dragon II: Wild Wild … Continue reading
5 Great Games Adapted into Movies
Movies and games are an enormous part of popular culture, so it makes sense that games have made their way onto the big screen – and vice versa. There have been tremendous successes and a couple of unadmirable flops, but what do you expect when you’re turning mindless FPS games into movies (Doom)? With this in mind, we dive into five great games adapted into movies. Poker Okay, so poker … Continue reading
Paramount and Stallone’s Balboa Productions are developing a U.S. remake of ‘The Gangster, The Cop, The Devil’ with Ma Dong-seok (aka Don Lee) reprising his role from the original
Paramount Pictures is developing a U.S. remake of the 2019 South Korean crime thriller The Gangster, The Cop, The Devil (read our review), with original star Ma Dong-seok, aka Don Lee (Derailed, Unstoppable), reprising his lead role from the original film, which was directed by Lee Won-Tae (Man of Will). The original film centered around a crime boss Jang Dong-su (Lee), who – after having barely surviving an attack by an … Continue reading
Tomu Uchida’s 1965 Japanese thriller ‘A Fugitive from the Past’ coming to Blu-ray from Arrow
On September 25, 2022, Arrow is releasing the Blu-ray (Region A) for A Fugitive from the Past, a classic 1965 Japanese thriller from Tomu Uchida (Bloody Spear at Mount Fuji, The Mad Fox). Read the official details: Considered the magnum opus of the five decades-long career of Tomu Uchida, the epic crime drama A Fugitive from the Past was voted third in the prestigious Kinema Junpo magazine’s 1999 poll of … Continue reading
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