Today’s Deal on Fire is the Blu-ray for 2015’s Assassination (read our review), a South Korean thriller directed by Choi Dong-hun (The Thieves) and starring Jun Ji-Hyun (Kingdom: Ashin of the North, My Sassy Girl), Lee Jung-Jae (Deliver Us from Evil: Final Cut, Il Mare) and Ha Jung-Woo (Take Point, Yellow Sea). Snipers. Marksmen. Hired Guns. Double Agents. A group of exiled rebels are planning a hit on an Army Commander in Japanese-occupied Korea, … Continue reading →

Today’s Deal on Fire is the Blu-ray for Dead Reckoning (aka Altar Rock). The film is the latest from director Andrzej Bartkowiak (Romeo Must Die, Exit Wounds, Cradle 2 the Grave, Maximum Impact). Dead Reckoning (read our review) stars India Eisley (Kite) and K.J. Apa (The Cul De Sac) as star-crossed lovers on the island of Nantucket whose romance is threatened by family loyalty. The film is described as a “millennial romantic thriller” inspired by the Boston Marathon … Continue reading →

Today’s Deal on Fire is the Blu-ray for Dai-Kaiju Mono, a 2016 action-comedy directed by Minoru Kawasaki (The Calamari Wrestler). In Dai-Kaiju Mono, things aren’t looking good in Japan. The weather is acting strangely, volcanoes that don’t normally erupt are erupting, and… oh yes… the giant monster Mono is running amuck and gobbling up the human population. What a nuisance! Fortunately, disgraced Doctor Totaro Saigo thinks he has the solution: a special formula … Continue reading →

Today’s Deal on Fire is the Blu-ray for 2006’s Road House 2: Last Call, the sequel to Rowdy Herrington’s 1989 actioner, Road House, which starred Patrick Swayze. Road House 2: Last Call is directed by Scott Ziehl (Broken Vessels) with an all-star cast that includes lead Johnathon Schaech (That Thing You Do!, Doom Generation), Richard Norton (City Hunter), Jake Busey (Starship Troopers) – not to mention action and stunt work … Continue reading →

Today’s Deal on Fire is 88 Films’ Blu-ray release for Yuen Woo Ping and Jackie Chan’s 1978 kung fu comedy masterpiece, Snake in the Eagle’s Shadow.  Note: This is a Region B title, so please be sure your hardware is compatible. This star-making film was the first to feature Jackie Chan’s trademark mix of mind-blowing martial arts action with hilariously choreographed slap-stick. It also marked the historic first collaboration between … Continue reading →

Today’s Deal on Fire is the Blu-ray for Flash Point, a 2007 martial arts actioner directed by Wilson Yip (Ip Man 4: The Finale, Paradox) and starring Donnie Yen (Big Brother, Chasing the Dragon). A hot-headed inspector (Yen, who also choreographs the action!) takes on a small but powerful Vietnamese-Chinese gang, after a series of crimes and murder attempts committed and putting an undercover cop and his girlfriend in great … Continue reading →

Today’s Deal on Fire is the Blu-ray for The Villainess (read our review) from Confession of Murder helmer Jeong Byeong-gil. This upcoming actioner is about a female killer played by Kim Ok-bin (Thirst). Bloody revenge is at the heart of this stylish, kinetic action-thriller that gives a welcome shot of adrenaline to the classic femme fatale story. Honed from childhood into a merciless killing machine by a criminal organization, assassin Sook-hee is recruited as a sleeper agent … Continue reading →

Today’s Deal on Fire is the Blu-ray for The Warlords, an action thriller directed by Peter Ho-Sun Chan (Wuxia) and starring Jet Li (League of Gods), Takeshi Kaneshiro (Sleepless Town)  and Andy Lau (Chasing the Dragon). Set in the midst of the Taiping Rebellion of the 1860s, The Warlords stars Jet Li as General Pang, who barely survives a brutal massacre of his fellow soldiers by playing dead, and then … Continue reading →

Today’s Deal on Fire is the Blu-ray for King Hu’s 1966 wuxia classic Come Drink with Me. Years before Shaw Brothers’ kung fu films made them the biggest film studio in Hong Kong, local audiences flocked to their wuxia pian films: mythic tales of swordfighting (and often gravity-defying) heroes fighting for honor. In his final film for the studio, Come Drink With Me, director King Hu (A Touch of Zen) … Continue reading →

Today’s Deal on Fire is the Blu-ray for Derek Yee’s Sword Master (read our review). The film is a remake of Chor Yuen’s Death Duel, a 1977 Shaw Brothers film that Yee starred in during the height of his acting career. In this wuxia epic, a swordsman is haunted by the destructive impact his deadly talents have on others. Weary of the bloodshed from the martial arts world, he banishes himself to the humble life … Continue reading →

Today’s Deal on Fire is the Blu-ray for Stephen Chow (Shaolin Soccer) and Tsui Hark’s (Young Detective Dee) Journey to the West: The Demons Strike Back. In this sequel (read our review) to Journey to the West, Hark takes over directing duties, while Chow produces. This time around, the cast consists of Vicky Zhao (14 Blades), Kris Wu (The Mermaid) and Kenny Lin (The Taking of Tiger Mountain). Shu Qi returns in a cameo role. … Continue reading →

Today’s Deal on Fire is for a 4K Ultra HD collection that includes 2016’s Train to Busan and its 2020 follow up, Peninsula. Both films captivated audiences worldwide, thanks to acclaimed South Korean director, Yeon Sang-Ho (Jung_E). Train to Busan follows a group of terrified passengers fighting their way through a countrywide viral outbreak, trapped on a suspicion-filled, blood-drenched bullet train ride to the Safe Zone…which may or may not still be … Continue reading →

Today’s Deal on Fire is the SteelBook Blu-ray edition of Ip Man, the 2008 martial arts classic starring Donnie Yen (Sakra) with director Wilson Yip (Bio Zombie) at the helm. Behind every great martial artist lies a teacher. Ip Man, starring Donnie Yen, is the award-winning film adaptation about the life story of Ip Man, grandmaster of Wing Chun and mentor to legendary kung fu superstar Bruce Lee. Set in … Continue reading →

Today’s Deal on Fire is the Blu-ray for Paradox (read our review) from director Wilson Yip (Ip Man 3) and producer Soi Cheang (SPL II). Paradox stars Louis Koo (League of Gods) as a police negotiator who travels to Bangkok to search for his teenage daughter and is aided by local detectives played by Tony Jaa (Skin Trade) and Wu Yue (Journey to the West). Paradox also stars Gordon Lam (Trivisa), Ken Lo (The Godfather’s Daughter Mafia Blues), Hanna … Continue reading →

Today’s Deal on Fire is the Blu-ray for Iceman 2 (now titled Iceman: The Time Traveler), an oddity (read our review) starring martial arts superstar Donnie Yen (Big Brother). Iceman: The Time Traveler also stars Wang Bao Qiang (Kung Fu Jungle), Huang Sheng-Yi (Kung Fu Hustle), Simon Yam (Operation Red Sea) and Yasuaki Kurata (Twinkle Twinkle Lucky Stars). During Iceman’s production in 2014, it was decided that it would be split into two films … Continue reading →