Today’s Deal on Fire is the Blu-ray for Akira Kurosawa’s Ran (read our reviews), a 1985 “interpretation” of Shakespeare’s King Lear. In Medieval Japan, an elderly warlord retires, handing over his empire to his three sons. However, he vastly underestimates how the new-found power will corrupt them and cause them to turn on each other… and him. Ran stars Tatsuya Nakadai, Akira Terao, Jinpachi Nezu, Daisuke Ryu, Masayuki Yui, Kazuo Kato, Peter, … Continue reading →

Today’s Deal on Fire is for the JCVD Triple Feature Blu-ray set, which includes the following films: Cyborg (read our review), a 1989 post-apocalyptic film from Albert Pyun, the director of 1990’s Captain America. Death Warrant (read our review), a 1991 “prison flick” written by David S. Goyer (The Dark Knight). And finally, Double Impact (read our review). This 1991 Sheldon Lettich production most likely gave Jackie Chan the inspiration for Twin Dragons (1992). Order … Continue reading →

Today’s Deal on Fire is the Blu-ray Double Feature for 1980′s Battle Creek Brawl (aka The Big Brawl) & 1993′s City Hunter. Battle Creek Brawl is noteworthy for not only being directed by Robert Clouse (Enter the Dragon), but for also being Jackie Chan’s first English-language attempt at making a name for himself in America. Based on the famous Manga of the same name, Wong Jing’s City Hunter is practically a campy … Continue reading →

Today’s Deal on Fire is the Blu-ray for Well Go USA’s The Four, a wuxia film from director Gordon Chan (Fist of Legend) starring Deng Chao (The Mermaid), Ronald Cheng (Full Strike), Collin Chou (Special ID), and Crystal Liu (White Vengeance). A government department known as the Six Panels appoints their best officer to infiltrate a special force called the Divine Constabulary, to ensure their way in stopping the circulation of counterfeit coin … Continue reading →

Today’s Deal on Fire is Blu-ray for 1962’s King Kong vs. Godzilla, directed by Godzilla franchise creator, Inoshiro Honda. When a pharmaceutical company captures King Kong and brings him to Japan, he escapes from captivity and battles a recently released Godzilla. Kong vs. Godzilla stars Tadao Takashima (Son of Godzilla), Haruo Nakajima (Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster), Kenji Sahara (Mothra), Yu Fujiki (The Hidden Fortress), Ichiro Arishima (A Holiday in Tokyo), Mie Hama … Continue reading →

Today’s Deal on Fire is for Shout! Factory’s Bruce Lee: The Legacy Collection. The set includes both Blu-ray and DVD copies for 1971’s The Big Boss (aka Fists of Fury), 1972’s Fist of Fury (aka The Chinese Connection), 1972’s Way of the Dragon (aka Return of the Dragon) and 1978’s Game of Death. Also included are three full-length documentaries: 1983’s Bruce Lee: The Legend, 1973’s Bruce Lee: The Man, The Legend … Continue reading →

Today’s Deal on Fire is the Blu-ray for Donnie Yen’s Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen, directed by Andrew Lau (Infernal Affairs). In Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen (read our review), Donnie Yen plays Chen Zhen, a role made famous by Bruce Lee in the 1972 film Fist of Fury. It’s set in Shanghai International Settlement, seven years after the events of the Bruce … Continue reading →

Today’s Deal on Fire is the Blu-ray for Triple Tap, a Hong Kong action film directed by Derek Yee (Shinjuku Incident). In Triple Tap,  a competitive marksman Ken comes across an armored van robbery where he shoots and kills four of the robbers. What follows is a tale full of revenge and bullet-ridden revenge. Triple Tap stars Louis Koo (Z Storm), Daniel Wu (Sky on Fire), Charlene Choi (New Police Story), Li Bingbing (Zhong Kui: Snow Girl … Continue reading →

Today’s Deal on Fire is the Blu-ray for Kongkiat Khomsiri’s The Gangster (aka Antapal). Set in the 1960s, The Gangster is based on the true story of a notorious gangster and the origins of the Bangkokian mafia. The Gangster is based on the notorious Bangkokian gangs of the 1950s-60s. The story follows a newly released prisoner who desires to live Straight, but knowing nothing else but the life of a gangster, he returns to … Continue reading →

Today’s Deal on Fire is the Blu-ray for Firestorm, starring Andy Lau (Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame), Yao Chen (Chronicles of the Ghostly Tribe) and Gordon Lam (Trivisa). Firestorm is a high-octane action/thriller set in modern day Hong Kong. It follows Lau as a senior police inspector out to bring a vicious gang of thieves to justice. Firestorm (read our review) arrives from screenwriter-turned-director Alan Yuen, whose previous script credits … Continue reading →

Today’s Deal on Fire is the Blu-ray for Heroes Two, a Shaw Brothers classic directed by the legendary Chang Cheh (Five Element Ninjas, Slaughter in Xian) with action scenes choreographed by the great Lau Kar-leung (Shaolin Mantis, Drunken Master II). This impressive production, also known as Bloody Fists or Kung Fu Invaders, is a true landmark in kung fu film history. The first of Chang Cheh’s Taiwan-produced, mid-1970s Shaolin cycle, … Continue reading →

Today’s Deal on Fire is the Blu-ray for The Woman Knight of Mirror Lake, from director Herman Yau (The Legend is Born – Ip Man, Ebola Syndrome), The Woman Knight of Mirror Lake (read our review) based on the real-life of Qiu Jin (Huang Yi), a Chinese revolutionary, feminist, writer and kung fu badass. Her steadfast resolve to improve the plight of women and her bravery in the face of tyranny … Continue reading →

Today’s Deal on Fire is the Blu-ray for 1970’s The Heroic Ones, directed by Shaw Brothers filmmaker, Chang Cheh (Chinatown Kid), aka “The Godfather of Hong Kong Cinema.” Led by patriarch Li Ke Yung, a powerful warrior in his own right, the family’s 13 sons are charged with freeing the capitol city from a rebel leader. Two of the brothers, Shih (Ti Lung of Legend of the Bat) and Li (David … Continue reading →

Today’s Deal on Fire is the Blu-ray for The Toho Godzilla collection, which contains 1993’s Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla and 1994’s Godzilla vs. Space Godzilla. In Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla, the United Nations assembles the ultimate weapon to defeat Godzilla, while scientists discover a fresh pteranodon egg on a remote Japanese island. In 1994’s Godzilla vs. Space Godzilla, Godzilla is threatened by both Mogera – another UN built machine; and Space Godzilla, a … Continue reading →

Today’s Deal on Fire is for the Van Damme 5-Movie Action Pack Blu-ray set, which has the following titles: John Woo’s Hard Target (1993), Jean-Claude Van Damme’s The Quest (1996), Steven E. de Souza’s Street Fighter (1994), Peter Hyams’ Sudden Death (1995) and for the first time on Blu-ray, Sheldon Lettich’s Lionheart (1990). The Van Damme 5-Movie Action Pack is a 5-Disc set, which also includes the digital copy of … Continue reading →