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 Blu-ray for Donnie Yen and Andy Lau’s Chasing the Dragon (read our review), an action/thriller directed by Wong Jing (Mercenaries from Hong Kong) and renowned cinematographer Jason Kwan (As the Light Goes Out, Helios). Donnie Yen (Big Brother, Ip Man 4: The Finale) plays real-life gangster Ng Sek-ho (aka Crippled Ho). Andy Lau (Switch, Mission Milano) reprises his role as Lee Rock (he starred in a pair of movies … Continue reading →

Today’s Deal on Fire is the Blu-ray collection for Jackie Chan: Emergence of a Superstar, a six-film collection that will include 1978’s Half a Loaf of Kung Fu, 1978’s Spiritual Kung Fu, 1979’s The Fearless Hyena, 1983’s The Fearless Hyena II, 1980’s The Young Master, and 1985’s My Lucky Stars. Official details: Originally tapped as a potential successor to Bruce Lee, Hong Kong martial-arts phenom Jackie Chan soon established his own … Continue reading →

Today’s Deal on Fire is the Blu-ray for The Doorman, the latest action-thriller from Ryuhei Kitamura (Versus, Lupin the Third). A former Marine (Ruby Rose, John Wick: Chapter 2) turned doorman at a luxury New York City high-rise must outsmart and battle a group of art thieves and their ruthless leader (Jean Reno, Léon: The Professional, The Adventurers) — while struggling to protect her sister’s family. As the thieves become increasingly desperate … 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 the International version of John Woo’s Red Cliff starring Tony Leung (Hard Boiled), Takeshi Kaneshiro (The Returner) and Fengyi Zhang (The Emperor and the Assassin). Red Cliff is the epic historical drama based on a legendary 208 A.D. battle that heralded the end of the Han Dynasty. A power-hungry Prime Minister-turned- General Cao Cao seeks permission from the Han Dynasty Emperor to organize … 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 →