Today’s Deal on Fire is the Blu-ray set for The Bloodthirsty Trilogy, from filmmaker Michio Yamamoto (assistant director of Akira Kurosawa’s Throne of Blood). Inspired by the runaway success of the British and American gothic horror films of the sixties, Toho studios brought the vampiric tropes of the Dracula legend to Japanese screens with The Vampire Doll, Lake of Dracula, and Evil of Dracula – three spookily effective cult classics collectively known as The … Continue reading →

Today’s Deal on Fire is the Blu-ray Jean-Claude Van Damme’s 2019 thriller We Die Young. The film comes from Acclaimed filmmaker Lior Geller (known for his short film Roads, which holds the Guinness World Record for Most Awards Won by a Short Student Film). In We Die Young, Lucas (Elijah Rodriguez, Sicario 2: Soldado), a 14-year-old boy inducted into the gang life in Washington D.C., is determined that his 10-year-old brother won’t follow the same path. … Continue reading →

Today’s Deal on Fire is the Blu-ray for Peter Pau’s Zhong Kui: Snow Girl and the Dark Crystal (read our review), a 2015 fantasy actioner starring Chen Kun (Mojin: The Lost Legend), Li Bing Bing (The Meg) and Winston Chao (Eat Drink Man Woman). Snow Girl and the Dark Crystal (aka Zhongkui) is the story of the legendary demon slayer from Chinese mythology, Zhong Kui. Typically depicted as a scruffy looking … Continue reading →

Today’s Deal on Fire is the Blu-ray for Enter the Fat Dragon (read our review), the latest from martial arts star Donnie Yen (Ip Man 4, Big Brother, 14 Blades). The Chasing the Dragon team is back! Only this time, producer Wong Jing (Mission Milano) and Donnie Yen are chasing a dragon that’s about 100 pounds heavier in Enter the Fat Dragon. In the film, directed by both Wong Jing (City Hunter) and Kenji Tanigaki (Legend … Continue reading →

Today’s Deal on Fire is the Blu-ray for Master Z: Ip Man Legacy, starring Max Zhang, the rising star of The Grandmaster, S.P.L. II and Ip Man 3 and The Brink. This Ip Man 3 spin-off directed by legendary martial arts choreographer Yuen Woo-ping (The Thousand Faces of Dunjia). Zhang reprises his scene-stealing role as Cheung Tin-chi from Ip Man 3. The film also stars Michelle Yeoh (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny), Tony Jaa (xXx: Return … Continue reading →

Today’s Deal on Fire is the Blu-ray for The Monkey King 2, an action-fantasy directed by Cheang Pou-soi (SPL II: A Time for Consequences) and featuring martial arts choreography by Sammo Hung (The Bodyguard). The Monkey King 2 fast forwards 500 years to a new realm where the Monkey King vows to protect the innocent from a demon seeking immortality.When a travelling monk is stranded in a wasteland, The Monkey King must escort … Continue reading →

Today’s Deal on Fire is the Blu-ray for Mile 22 (read our review), a 2018 action/thriller directed by Peter Berg (Deepwater Horizon, Patriots Day, Very Bad Things). Mile 22 stars Mark Wahlberg (The Corruptor, The Big Hit), Iko Uwais (The Night Comes for Us, The Raid, The Raid 2, Headshot, Beyond Skyline), Ronda Rousey (The Expendables 3, Furious 7) and John Malkovich (Deep Water Horizon, Con Air). In a visceral modern thriller from the director of … Continue reading →

Today’s Deal on Fire is the Blu-ray for 2013’s Man of Tai Chi, the directorial debut of Keanu Reeves (John Wick), who also happens to star in this action-packed homage to classic kung fu films. Reeves plays a wealthy owner of a Beijing underground fight club who recruits a humble Tai Chi student (Tiger Hu Chen, Monk Comes Down the Mountain) to his closed-circuit battles. But when the young man is seduced … Continue reading →

Today’s Deal on Fire is the Blu-ray for James Clavell’s Shogun, starring Richard Chamberlain (Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold), Toshiro Mifune (Stray Dog, Incident at Blood Pass) and Nobuo Kaneko (Tokyo Nights, Battles Without Honor and Humanity). This critically-acclaimed 1980 mini-series, spread out on 6 Blu-ray discs, focuses on John Blackthorne (Chamberlain), an English ship pilot, whose vessel wrecked upon the Japanese coast in the early 17th century. Blackthorne is thrown in the midst … Continue reading →

Today’s Deal on Fire is the Blu-ray for 1987’s Rage of Honor (read our review), directed by Gordon Hessler (Pray for Death) and starring Sho Kosugi (Ninja III: The Domination). Federal agent Shiro Tanaka (Kosugi) used to live for his job – now, he lives only for revenge. When his partner is killed during a bungled drug bust, Shiro throws away his badge and the rule book with it: arming himself with … Continue reading →

Today’s Deal on Fire is the Blu-ray for I Saw The Devil (read our review), a 2010 action-thriller directed by Kim Ji-woon (Age of Shadows, The Good, the Bad, the Weird) and stars Choi Min-sik (New World, Old Boy) and Lee Byung-hun (A Bittersweet Life). The embodiment of pure evil, Kyung-chul is a dangerous psychopath who kills for pleasure. On a freezing, snowy night, his latest victim is the beautiful Juyeon, daughter of … Continue reading →

Today’s Deal on Fire is the Blu-ray for Chad Stahelski’s John Wick: Chapter 2 (read our review). Keanu Reeves returns in the sequel to the 2014 hit as legendary hitman John Wick who is forced to back out of retirement by a former associate plotting to seize control of a shadowy international assassins’ guild. Bound by a blood oath to help him, John travels to Rome where he squares off against some of … Continue reading →

Today’s Deal on Fire is the Blu-ray for Sheldon Lettich’s Double Impact (read our review), starring Jean-Claude Van Damme (Double Team, Cyborg) and Bolo Yeung (Diamond Cartel, Clones of Bruce Lee). Van Damme leaps into the dual roles of Chad and Alex Wagner, twin brothers who were separated after their parents’ brutal murder. Years later, the two couldn’t be more different: Chad is a slick Beverly Hills fitness instructor, while Alex is a rough … Continue reading →

Today’s Deal on Fire is the Blu-ray for Takashi Miike’s (13 Assassins, Terra Formars) live-action movie adaptation of Hiroaki Samura’s manga, Blade of the Immortal. This period samurai film (read our review) stars Takuya Kimura (2046), Hana Sugisaki (Mozu: The Movie), Sota Fukushi (Library Wars), Hayato Ichihara (Yakuza Apocalypse), Erika Toda (Goemon), Ebizo Ichikawa (Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai), Tsutomu Yamazaki (As the Gods Will) and Min Tanaka (The Eternal Zero). Manji, a highly skilled samurai, becomes cursed with immortality after … Continue reading →

Today’s Deal on Fire is the Blu-ray for 13 Assassins, a film by cult director Takashi Miike (Terra Formars). Miike delivers a bravado period action film set at the end of Japan’s feudal era. 13 Assassins (read our review) – a masterful exercise in cinematic butchery (New York Post) is centered around a group of elite samurai who are secretly enlisted to bring down a sadistic lord in order to prevent … Continue reading →