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- Andrew Hernandez on No further questions your honor! Watch Well Go USA’s Trailer for Donnie Yen’s latest action thriller ‘The Prosecutor’Well, John Wick was mostly gunplay, jiujitsu and judo. The Prosecutor seems t…
- Typo on No further questions your honor! Watch Well Go USA’s Trailer for Donnie Yen’s latest action thriller ‘The Prosecutor’Looks OK. But...too much like Wick & Co, and of course like A bittersweet…
- Typo on All aboard!? ‘Shin Godzilla’ co-director Shinji Higuchi to remake 1975’s ‘Bullet Train’ for Netflix! Watch a Teaser…The original has aged badly... But frankly I can easily wait for a remake.
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- Andrew Hernandez on No further questions your honor! Watch Well Go USA’s Trailer for Donnie Yen’s latest action thriller ‘The Prosecutor’It’s amazing what 60 year old guys are still willing to put themselves throug…
- dakuan on No further questions your honor! Watch Well Go USA’s Trailer for Donnie Yen’s latest action thriller ‘The Prosecutor’i suspect i'll hate Yen's character just as much as i hated him in Raging Fir…
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Category Archives: Asian Titles
Dragon Dynasty 5-Movie Collection | DVD (Anchor Bay)
RELEASE DATE: October 6, 2015 Anchor Bay presents the Dragon Dynasty 5 Movie Collection. In 2006, The Weinstein Company launched Dragon Dynasty in order to showcase classic and contemporary Asian Cinema, particularly films in the action/martial arts genre. Now, they’re back and once again bringing home the goods! This 3-Disc DVD set includes the following titles: Born to Defense, The Legend II: Fong Sai Yuk, The Defender, Once Upon a … Continue reading
Black Coal, Thin Ice | Blu-ray & DVD (Well Go USA)
RELEASE DATE: September 29, 2015 Well Go USA presents the Blu-ray & DVD for Diao Yinan’s riveting thriller, Black Coal, Thin Ice. In Black Coal, Thin Ice (read our review), an ex cop and his ex partner decide to follow up on investigation of a series of murders that ended their careers and shamed them, when identical murders begin again. Black Coal, Thin Ice also stars Liao Fan (Armour of God 3: … Continue reading
The Target | DVD (Lionsgate)
RELEASE DATE: October 6, 2015 Lionsgate presents the DVD for Yoon Hong-seung’s The Target, a remake of the 2010 French film Point Blank. In The Target, a man finds himself pitted against rival gangsters and trigger-happy police in a deadly race to save his wife and unborn child. The film stars Ryoo Seung-Ryong (War of the Arrows), Lee Jin-Wook (My New Boyfriend), Yu Jun-Sang (Fists of Legend), Jo Yeo-Jeong (Human Addiction), Kim … Continue reading
Kwaidan | Blu-ray & DVD (Criterion)
RELEASE DATE: October 20, 2015 Criterion Collection presents the Blu-ray & DVD for 1965’s Kwaidan, directed by Masaki Kobayashi (Harakiri). This release is the original 3-hour cut, never before released in the United States. After a decade of political dramas and social-minded period pieces, Kobayashi shifted gears for this stylized quartet of ghost stories. Featuring surreal sets and luminous cinematography, these haunting tales, adapted from Lafcadio Hearn’s collections of Japanese … Continue reading
The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi | Blu-ray (Lionsgate)
RELEASE DATE: September 8, 2015 No need to pay $60 for this out-of-print movie, because Lionsgate is bringing the Blu-ray for The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi back to life! Directed, written, co-edited, and starring Takeshi Kitano (Beyond Outrage), this is one film you’ll want to watch or revisit! In an empire ruled by fear, the people’s only hope is the ultimate weapon: Zatoichi (Kitano) – a blind, nomadic samurai whose sword … Continue reading
Silver Hawk (w/Bonus Movies) | DVD (Echo Bridge)
RELEASE DATE: July 21, 2015 Echo Bridge presents the DVD for Jingle Ma’s Silver Hawk starring Michelle Yeoh (True Legend), Richie Ren (Punished), Luke Goss (Death Race II), Michael Jai White (Falcon Rising) and Li Bingbing (Detective Dee). The DVD also includes the bonus movies: Running Delilah, The Legend of Red Dragon, Snake-Crane Secret and Honor. In the public eye, she’s billionaire heiress, but with a mask, she’s transformed into a silver crusader. Silver … Continue reading
Lawless Kingdom | aka The Four II | DVD (Lionsgate)
RELEASE DATE: September 2, 2015 Lionsgate presents the DVD for Lawless Kingdom (aka The Four II), directed by Gordon Chan (Fist of Legend). Four detectives (Emotionless, Iron Hands, Life Snatcher, and Coldblood), each uniquely skilled with their own individual superpowers, are sent to investigate a murder outside the city. Lawless Kingdom stars Deng Chao (Detective Dee), Liu Yifei (Outcast), Collin Chou (Special ID), Ronald Cheng (12 Nights) and Anthony Wong (Untold … Continue reading
Z Storm | Blu-ray & DVD (Well Go USA)
RELEASE DATE: August 18, 2015 Well Go USA presents the Blu-ray & DVD for the crime-thriller Z Storm, which stars Louis Koo (Accident), Lo Hoi-pang (Dream Home), Michael Wong (Nightfall), Gordon Lam (Triad Election) and Liu Kai-chi (The Stool Pigeon). Z Storm involves the ICAC, Hong Kong’s 40-year-old anti-corruption body, in a three-way conflict among the police and the government. Z Storm also marks the return of veteran Hong Kong filmmaker David Lam, … Continue reading
Rumble in the Bronx | Blu-ray (Warner)
RELEASE DATE: October 6, 2015 Warner presents the Blu-ray for Rumble in the Bronx, directed by Stanley Tong (Police Story 4: First Strike). Please note that this Blu-ray is most-likely the English-dubbed, U.S. edited version of the film. A young man (Jackie Chan) visiting and helping his uncle (Bill Tung) in New York City finds himself forced to fight a street gang and the mob with his martial art skills. Also starring … Continue reading
For the Emperor | Blu-ray & DVD (Well Go USA)
RELEASE DATE: July 7, 2015 Well Go USA presents the Blu-ray & DVD for For the Emperor, an action-noir film directed by Park Sang-jun (Bank Attack). Lee Hwan gets kicked out of professional baseball after being involved in match fixing. He is then recruited by a gangster boss named Jung Sang Ha. Over time, Lee Hwan climbs the ranks and gets involved in sex, money and murder! Watch the trailer. The film stars … Continue reading
Black & White Episode 1: The Dawn of Assault | Blu-ray & DVD (Shout! Factory)
RELEASE DATE: August 4, 2015 Shout! Factory presents the Blu-ray & DVD for Tsai Yueh-hsun’s Black & White Episode 1: The Dawn of Assault, starring Mark Chao (Young Detective Dee), Huang Bo (Journey to the West) and Angelababy (Rise of the Legend). A policeman, who is fearless to death, can do anything for just one truth; while a gangster, who fears death the most, has drew life threats from his risky … Continue reading
Escape from Hellhole | DVD (Cheezy Flicks)
RELEASE DATE: August 25, 2015 Cheezy Flicks presents the DVD for 1983’s Escape from Hellhole, directed by Maman Firmansyah. This cult-classic Indonesian film is about a Punjabi girl getting tricked into living with a big time pimp. Uncle MG as they call him, abducts virgins, and forces them to submit to his hymen bustin ways. The not so attractive gals get several chances to marry Uncle MG, or it’s into … Continue reading
Lust of the Dead 5 | DVD (Tokyo Shock)
RELEASE DATE: June 23, 2015 Tokyo Shock presents the DVD for Lust of the Dead 5 (aka Rape Zombie: Lust of the Dead 5) starring Asami (Prison Girl) and Mihiro (Ju-on series). The insane apocalyptic zombie saga continues! Watch the viral epidemic spread as the sex-craved, walking-dead expand their rampage across post-nuke Tokyo! Can they be sopped? Can their perpetual lust ever be satisfied? Don’t miss the trailer! Also see Lust of … Continue reading
Suzune Complete | DVD (Tokyo Shock)
RELEASE DATE: June 9, 2015 Tokyo Shock presents the DVD for Ryu Kaneda’s Suzune Complete, which contains Suzune: Genesis and Suzune: Evolution. When your body is bursting with all kinds of erotic parasites, the only person that can save you is Dr. Suzune (Rei Yoshii). Based on Japan’s most popular mobile phone manga, Kisei jui-Suzune by Haruki. Watch the trailer (don’t blame us, we’re just here to report this stuff). Pre-order … Continue reading
The Taking of Tiger Mountain | Blu-ray & DVD (Well Go USA)
RELEASE DATE: June 2, 2015 Well Go USA presents the Blu-ray & DVD for Tsui Hark’s The Taking of Tiger Mountain, an action epic based on the real life story of an incident in 1946 during the Chinese Civil War, involving a communist reconnaissance team soldier Yang Zirong who disguised himself as a bandit to infiltrate a local gang of bandits. The film stars Zhang Hanyu (Bodyguards and Assassins), Zhou Dongyu, … Continue reading
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