Today’s Deal on Fire is the Blu-ray for Stanley Tong’s Kung Fu Yoga (read our review), starring Jackie Chan (Rumble in the Bronx), Lay Zhang (of the K-pop group EXO), Miya Muqi (Tomb Robber), Aarif Rahman (Bruce Lee, My Brother) and Indian film stars Sonu Sood (Arundhati) and Ileana D’Cruz (Happy Ending). Jack (Chan), a world-renowned archaeology professor, and his team set out on a grand quest to locate the lost ancient Indian treasure of … Continue reading →

Today’s Deal on Fire is the Blu-ray for The Medallion (read our review), a 2003 Jackie Chan (The Foreigner, Bleeding Steel) fantasy-actioner directed by Hong Kong filmmaker Gordon Chan (God of War, Thunderbolt). In The Medallion (aka Highbinders), Chan plays Eddie, a Hong Kong detective who works with a lovely Interpol agent (Claire Forlani, Mall Rats) and the bumbling agent Watson (Lee Evans, The Fifth Element) to try to rescue a boy … Continue reading →

Today’s Deal on Fire is the Blu-ray for The Man with the Iron Fists 2, a 2015 martial arts film directed by Roel Reine (Hard Target 2) and starring RZA (The Man with the Iron Fists). When Thaddeus (RZA) is found wounded near the village, miner Kung (Dustin Nguyen) and his wife Ni (Eugenia Kang) offer him refuge. As he heals, he becomes entrenched in a conflict that pits the townsfolk against … Continue reading →

Today’s Deal on Fire is the Blu-ray for Alan Mak and Anthony Pun’s Extraordinary Mission (read our review). Mak and Pun – the directing duo behind the Infernal Affairs sequels, the Overheard saga, and Donnie Yen’s The Lost Bladesman – are back with an action thriller that follows an undercover police officer who attempts to take down a drug trafficking syndicate from the inside. Extraordinary Mission stars Huang Xuan (The Great Wall), Duan Yihong (Battle of Memories), Lang Yueting (Office) and Zu … Continue reading →

Today’s Deal on Fire is the Blu-ray for Jingle Ma’s The Assassin’s Blade (aka The Butterfly Lovers), starring Wu Chun (14 Blades), Charlene Choi (The Twins Effect), Hu Ge (1911). In The Assassin’s Blade, Zhu Yanzhi (Choi), disguised as a man, seeks to learn martial arts with an elite clan. Once she begins her intense training, Zhu finds herself at odds with her trainer and superior, Liang (Chun). The Assassin’s Blade also stars Fan Siu-Wong (The Story of … Continue reading →

Today’s Deal on Fire is the Blu-ray for Cheang Pou-soi’s Kill Zone 2 (aka  SPL II: A Time for Consequences). When an undercover cop gets too close to revealing the mastermind of a drug syndicate, his cover is blown. Double-crossed, he’s thrown into a Thai prison, where a guard discovers the inmate – claiming he’s a cop – is a bone marrow match for his dying daughter… and his warden may have an even deadlier … Continue reading →

Today’s Deal on Fire is the Blu-ray for Saving General Yang, a 2013 period action thriller from director Ronny Yu (The Bride with White Hair). Northeast China, early Northern Song dynasty, AD 986. The Khitan army takes its revenge for a past massacre, abducting General Yang Ye and leaving his wife and seven sons to rescue him – and fall into their deadly trap The film stars Adam Cheng (Seven Warriors), Yu Bo (The Legend of Qin), … Continue reading →

Today’s Deal on Fire is the Blu-ray for Confucius, starring Hong Kong screen legend, Chow Yun-fat (Cold War II, Hard Boiled). Chow Yun-fat stars as Confucius in the inspiring, action-packed saga of a leader whose wisdom and cunning were more powerful than any sword. In this sweeping battlefield epic, Confucius finds his lands threatened by the fires of war. After leading the nation’s most powerful army to victory against hordes of invaders, … Continue reading →

Today’s Deal on Fire is the Blu-ray for Iron Protector (read our review), aka Super Bodyguard, a martial arts movie directed by and starring Yue Song (King of the Streets). After the death of his clan master, Wu-Lin (Yue Song) leaves the village for the City of Stone-cold to protect the daughter of the richest family in the city, Fei-Fei. When the city s most dangerous gang attempts to kidnap Fei-Fei, Wu-Lin is forced to fight … Continue reading →

Today’s Deal on Fire is the Blu-ray for Tekken: Kazuya’s Revenge (aka Tekken 2), a martial arts film directed by Wych Kaosayananda (Zero Tolerance) and starring Kane Kosugi (Pray for Death, Terra Formars). Tekken: Kazuya’s Revenge (read our review) also stars Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa (Tekken, Showdown in Manila), Gary Daniels (Skin Traffik) and Ron Smoorenburg (Enter the Warrior’s Gate, Who Am I?). Like its predecessor, Tekken 2: Kazuya’s Revenge (aka Tekken: A Man Called X) is based on … Continue reading →

Today’s Deal on Fire is the Blu-ray collection for Nikkatsu Diamond Guys: Vol 2, which celebrates three classic films from directors Buichi Saito (The Rambling Guitarist), Ko Nakahira (Crazed Fruit), and Haruyasu Noguchi, who is a new discovery for the West. Nikkatsu Diamond Guys: Vol 2 includes 1960’s Tokyo Mighty Guy (read our review), directed by Buichi Saito (The Rambling Guitarist); 1962’s Danger Pays (read our review), directed by Ko Nakahira; and 1965’s Murder Unincorporated (read our … Continue reading →

Today’s Deal on Fire is the 3-Disc Blu-ray set for 1984’s The Master: The Complete Series. In The Master (aka The Master Ninja), an aging American ninja (The Good, the Bad and the Ugly’s Lee Van Cleef) and his headstrong young apprentice (Class of 1984’s Timothy Van Patten) search for the elder man’s daughter. This cult classic TV series – produced in wake of the so-called “Ninja Craze” in 1980s – also stars Sho Kosugi (9 … Continue reading →

John Wick, my ass. Today’s Deal on Fire is the Blu-ray for The Man from Nowhere (read our review), from director Lee Jeong-beom (No Tears for the Dead) and star Won Bin (Mother, Guns & Talks). Tae-shik (Won Bin) is an ex-special agent whose tragic past has made him distance himself from the world. He now lives in solitude and runs a small pawnshop. The only people he now sees are the few … Continue reading →

Today’s Deal on Fire is the Blu-ray set for Criterion Collection’s Zatoichi: The Blind Swordsman film collection. This deluxe set features a string of 25 Zatoichi films, made between 1962 and 1973, in one complete package. That’s about $4 a movie. In addition, you also get a 1978 documentary about Shintaro Katsu, an interview with Asian-film critic Tony Rayns, trailers for all films, new English subtitle translations, plus a book featuring an essays, short stories … Continue reading →

Today’s Deal on Fire is the Blu-ray for Wilson Yip’s Ip Man 3 (read our review), starring Donnie Yen (Kung Fu Jungle), Max Zhang (The Brink), Mike Tyson (Kickboxer: Retaliation) and fight choreography by the legendary Yuen Woo Ping (The Thousand Faces of Dunjia). When a band of brutal gangsters led by a crooked property developer make a play to take over the city, Master Ip (Yen) is forced to take a stand. Ip Man 3 … Continue reading →