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Paul Taggart on The Forbidden City (2025) ReviewPlenty of those from the 70s and 80s
Paul Taggart on Mexicali (2026) ReviewOh look its mr lame-oh again
Tory on Mexicali (2026) ReviewWhat site do you write at, man? I’m always looking for new film sites and ide…
dakuan on The Forbidden City (2025) Reviewno such thing as an all action film in Italy.
Anonymous on Mexicali (2026) ReviewSounds like typical DTV crap. You can't polish a turd🤣
Andrew Hernandez on The Forbidden City (2025) ReviewIt’s pretty shameful of the distributors and others to put out a trailer that…
Andrew Hernandez on Mexicali (2026) ReviewI really enjoyed the action scenes and Foster had good chemistry with Raymond…
Paul Bramhall on The Forbidden City (2025) Review& thanks for the catch Henrik! We've updated the review to reflect the correc…
Henrik Rytter on The Forbidden City (2025) ReviewGabriele Mainetti’s first film was the excellent Lo chiamavano Jeeg Robot/The…
Andrew Hernandez on Life After Fighting (2024) ReviewAwesome! I remember when he said he didn’t want to do the sequel right away,…
Guest777 on Life After Fighting (2024) ReviewAccording to Bren Foster, a sequel to Life After Fighting is coming! The stor…
Typo on King’s Warden, The (2026) Review12 M tickets sold. 14 M = almost sure. After that...
Typo on War of the Arrows (2011) Review7,5/10
Muhammad Faisal on Timu(r) Genghis Khan? Don’t miss the Trailer for Well Go USA’s ‘Rise of the Conqueror’ arriving to Digital on April 14thHe looks a Persian here, not a Turko Mongol.
Ningen on Protect Ya Neck! Watch the New Trailer for RZA’s Quentin Tarantino-backed thriller ‘One Spoon Of Chocolate’Opening shot makes me think of Attack the Gas Station.
Andrew Hernandez on Martial arts screen icon Cynthia Rothrock and Tatiana Neva go nuclear in the New Trailer for ‘Prey of Wrath’This Tatiana Neva seems like a good martial artist as demonstrated in her onl…
JJ Bona on A female RAID? Livi Ciananta tears through gangsters in the New Trailer for the Iko Uwais-produced ‘Ikatan Darah’The Shadow Strays was pretty solid. Better than anything Hollywood as produce…
Vernardo Lau on A female RAID? Livi Ciananta tears through gangsters in the New Trailer for the Iko Uwais-produced ‘Ikatan Darah’Ugh actually, Indonesia are lacking of action movies since they mostly domina…
Typo on James Wan to direct remake of ‘The Gangster, The Cop, The Devil’ with Ma Dong-seok (aka Don Lee) reprising his roleAnother useless remake. Next!
Tai on Duel to the Death | Blu-ray (88 Films)Where is the 4k version? We’re waiting 😀
Millan on Nothing is over! Sylvester Stallone steps in as Executive Producer for Jalmari Helander’s ‘John Rambo’ prequelTHE RAID films easily blow away the JOHN WICK films,along with THE FAST AND T…
Paul Bramhall on Dead Camping the Live (2022) ReviewThe review was based on the Korean DVD (no English subtitles unfortunately).
Martin Fennell on To Kill with Intrigue (1976) ReviewI got it out of the library. I had to look up on imdb which guy was Jackie. W…
Throwdown on This you can trust… Christopher McQuarrie to write and direct Arnold Schwarzenegger in ‘King Conan’?I can see how a powerful and elegiac sendoff, like Logan, with Conan reckonin…
Sixx on Dead Camping the Live (2022) ReviewWhere did you view this? Can't find it anywhere. thx
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Category Archives: Asian Titles
Master of the Drunken Fist: Beggar So | Blu-ray & DVD (Warner)
RELEASE DATE: August 8, 2017 Warner Brothers presents the Blu-ray & DVD for Guo Jian-Yong’s Master of the Drunken Fist: Beggar So (read our coverage about the film), starring Zhi Hui Chen, Jun Cao and Mei Ying Wang. The film is part of the HBO Asia Original Film series (other being Master of the Shadowless Kick: Wong Kei-Ying), produced by Corey Yuen (Righting Wrongs). Due to a conspiracy, the wealthy So Chan loses … Continue reading
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Master of the Shadowless Kick: Wong Kei-Ying | Blu-ray & DVD (Warner)
RELEASE DATE: August 8, 2017 Warner Brothers presents the Blu-ray & DVD for Guo Jian-Yong’s Master of the Shadowless Kick: Wong Kei-Ying (read our coverage about the film), starring Mou Li, Zhi Hui Chen and Hao Ran Sun. The film is part of the HBO Asia Original Film series (other being Master of the Drunken Fist: Beggar So), produced by Corey Yuen (Righting Wrongs). Master of the Shadowless Kick: Wong Kei-Ying tells a tale … Continue reading
Seijun Suzuki’s Taisho Trilogy | Blu-ray & DVD (Arrow)
RELEASE DATE: August 8, 2017 On August 8, 2017, Arrow Academy will be releasing Seijun Suzuki’s The Taisho Trilogy, which will include the following three films: Zigeunerweisen, Kageroza and Yumeji. Read the full details below. After over a decade in the wilderness following his firing from Nikkatsu for Branded to Kill (1967), maverick director Seijun Suzuki (Voice Without a Shadow) returned with a vengeance with his critically-praised tryptic of cryptic supernatural dramas set during the … Continue reading
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Karate Kill | Blu-ray & DVD (Dark Cuts)
RELEASE DATE: July 18, 2017 On July 18, 2017, Dark Cuts is bringing Karate Kill to Blu-ray & DVD, a new martial arts film directed by Kurando Mitsutake (read our interview with him). When a mysterious loner and Karate master Kenji’s (Hayate) little sister goes missing in Los Angeles, whoever stands in his way of finding her will face the wrath of a lethal Karate Kill! Karate Kill also stars Asami (Prison Girl), … Continue reading
Bitcoin Heist | Blu-ray & DVD (Well Go USA)
RELEASE DATE: July 4, 2017 On July 4, 2017, Well Go USA will be releasing the Blu-ray & DVD for Bitcoin Heist (aka Sieu Trom), a Vietnamese action film directed by Ham Tran (Hollow), who is perhaps best known for his editing work on the martial arts gems, The Rebel and Clash. In Bitcoin Heist, hackers have become the bank robbers in the new world of crypto-currency. In order to catch the most wanted … Continue reading
Enter the Warrior’s Gate | Blu-ray & DVD (Lionsgate)
RELEASE DATE: June 6, 2017 Matthias Hoene’s (Cockneys vs Zombies) Enter the Warrior’s Gate (aka Warrior’s Gate), a French-Chinese co-production written by Luc Besson (Lucy), will be released on Blu-ray & DVD 0n June 6th, 2017. After a mysterious chest opens a gateway through time, teen gamer Jack is transported to an ancient empire terrorized by a cruel barbarian king. Jack will need all of his gaming skills as he battles to defeat the … Continue reading
Operation Mekong | Blu-ray & DVD (Well Go USA)
RELEASE DATE: June 6, 2017 Operation Mekong, a new actioner from director Dante Lam (Unbeatable), is exploding on Blu-ray & DVD, courtesy of Well Go USA. Operation Mekong (read our review) stars Lam’s frequent collaborator Eddie Peng (Rise of the Legend), Zhang Han Yu (Special ID) and Joyce Feng. Louis Koo (SPL II) was previously attached, but was replace by Peng, due to scheduling conflicts. After two Chinese commercial vessels are ambushed while … Continue reading
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Doberman Cop | Blu-ray & DVD (Arrow Video)
RELEASE DATE: June 27, 2017 On June 27th, 2017, Arrow Video is releasing Kinji Fukasaku’s Doberman Cop (read our review) on Blu-ray & DVD. Never before released on video outside of Japan, this 1977 thriller stars Shinichi “Sonny” Chiba as a Dirty Harry-type character. Read the official details below: Released just as the popularity of yakuza movies was waning in Japan, and as the country’s film industry was undergoing some fundamental shifts, Doberman Cop is a … Continue reading
Headshot | DVD (Lionsgate)
RELEASE DATE: June 13, 2017 On June 13, 2017, Lionsgate Home Entertainment will be releasing the DVD for Headshot (read our review), an Indonesian martial arts thriller directed by The Mo Brothers (Killers, Macabre). A mysterious man (Iko Uwais) left for dead with a gunshot wound to the head jolts awake after months in a coma. Realizing that the man has lost his memory, Ailin (Chelsea Elizabeth Islan), a nurse, renames him Ishmael. The two … Continue reading
Lady Bloodfight | DVD (Lionsgate)
RELEASE DATE: June 6, 2017 On June 6th, 2017, Lionsgate Home Entertainment will be releasing DVD for Lady Bloodfight (aka Lady Bloodsport), an upcoming “female” martial arts flick, starring Amy Johnston (Raze). Directed by Chris Nahon (Kiss of the Dragon), Lady Bloodfight tells the story of a young American who arrives in Asia and begins training for a vicious martial arts tournament, The Kumite, where women must fight to the death in order to win. … Continue reading
Game of Death: Collector’s Edition | Blu-ray (Shout! Factory)
RELEASE DATE: May 16, 2017 Shout! Factory presents the Collector’s Edition Blu-ray for Game of Death, featuring an all-new 4K scan and restoration from the film’s original negative. This 2-Disc set will also include two extra cuts of the film: The Chinese (4K) and Japanese (HD) versions, both of which feature scenes not included in the U.S. version. In Game of Death, Billy Lo (Bruce Lee) is a kung fu star with a promising career. When a syndicate … Continue reading
Return of the Dragon: Collector’s Edition | Blu-ray (Shout! Factory)
RELEASE DATE: May 16, 2017 Shout! Factory presents the Collector’s Edition Blu-ray for Return of the Dragon (aka Way of the Dragon), featuring an all-new 4K scan and restoration from the film’s original negative. In Return of the Dragon, Tang Lung (Bruce Lee) flies to Rome to help a friend of the family, Chen Ching-hua (Nora Miao). She is being threatened by local gangsters to sell her restaurant and they will stop at nothing … Continue reading
Wolf Guy | Blu-ray & DVD (Arrow Video)
RELEASE DATE: May 23, 2017 On May 23, 2017, Arrow Video will be releasing the Blu-ray & DVD for 1975’s Wolf Guy (aka Wolfguy: Enraged Lycanthrope), a multi-genre flick directed by Kazuhiko Yamaguchi (Sister Street Fighter: Hanging by a Thread) and starring the one, the only Shinichi ‘Sonny’ Chiba (Hiroshima Death Match). Shinichi “Sonny” Chiba is a martial arts “manimal” in the ultra-70’s, 100% bizarre mixture of horror, action and sci-fi that is Wolf … Continue reading
Age of Shadows | Blu-ray & DVD (CJ Entertainment)
RELEASE DATE: May 2, 2017 CJ Entertainment will releasing The Age of Shadows (read our review) on Blu-ray & DVD on May 2, 2017. The film is directed by Kim Jee-woon, the acclaimed filmmaker behind I Saw the Devil and A Bittersweet Life. Set in the late 1920s, the film follows the cat-and-mouse game that unfolds between a group of resistance fighters trying to bring in explosives from Shanghai to destroy key Japanese facilities in Seoul, and … Continue reading
Ugetsu | Blu-ray & DVD (Criterion Collection)
RELEASE DATE: June 6, 2017 Criterion Collection presents the Blu-ray & DVD for Kenji Mizoguchi’s Ugetsu. Read the film’s official details below. Having refined his craft in the silent era, Kenji Mizoguchi was an elder statesman of Japanese cinema—fiercely revered by Akira Kurosawa and other younger directors—by the time he made Ugetsu. And with this exquisite ghost story, a fatalistic wartime tragedy derived from stories by Akinari Ueda and Guy de Maupassant, he created … Continue reading










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