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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
Over Your Dead Body | Blu-ray & DVD (Shout! Factory)
RELEASE DATE: January 5, 2016 Shout! Factory presents the Blu-ray & DVD for Over Your Dead Body, directed by Takashi Miike (Audition, 13 Assassins) and starring Ebizo Ichikawa, Kou Shibasaki, Hideaki Ito, Miho Nakanishi and Maiko. In this atmospheric and gory-looking horror film, we follow two young stage actors who find their roles bleeding over (no pun intended) into their real lives. Based on the trailer, Miike appears to be pulling out all the … Continue reading
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Yonggary | Blu-ray (Kino Lorber)
RELEASE DATE January 5, 2016 Kino Lorber presents the Blu-ray for 1967’s Yonggary (aka Great Monster Yongary or Yongary, Monster From the Deep), directed by Kim Ki-duk (no relation to the Moebius filmmaker of the same name) and starring Oh Yeong-il and Nam Jeong-im. Yongary, Korea’s first entry into the kaiju movie genre, revolves around a prehistoric, gasoline-eating reptile that soon goes on a rampage through Seoul. Essentially, this is Korea’s answer to … Continue reading
Tokyo Tribe | Blu-ray & DVD (XLrator Media)
RELEASE DATE: December 1, 2015 XLrator Media will be releasing Tokyo Tribe on Blu-ray & DVD! This modern day cult classic – based on the popular manga by Santa Inoue – is a one-of-a-kind experience that fuzes Yakuza violence with martial arts and music. In a futuristic, alternate Tokyo made up of ghetto slums and nightclub playgrounds, territorial street gangs rule the city. The opposing factions – each with their own … Continue reading
Garm Wars: The Last Druid | DVD (Arc Entertainment)
RELEASE DATE: November 3, 2015 Arc Entertainments presents the DVD for Mamoru Oshii’s (Ghost in the Shell) first English-language film, Garm Wars: The Last Druid. This live-action film stars Lance Henriksen, Kevin Durand, Melanie St-Pierre, Andrew Gillies, Dawn Ford and Patrizio Sanzari. Garm Wars: The Last Druid takes place in a world where clone soldiers from three military tribes are locked in a perpetual battle of air, land and technology. One … Continue reading
Iron Girl II | DVD (Switchblade Pictures)
RELEASE DATE: December 1, 2015 Switchblade Pictures presents the DVD for Kenichi Fujiwara’s Iron Girl II (aka Iron Girl: Ultimate Weapon), the sequel to 2012’s Iron Girl. It’s the same post-apocalyptic world and Chris, the mysterious bounty hunter better known as Iron Girl (Kirara Asuka), is still the deadliest fighter on the planet. Unfortunately, she also still has no memory of who she is or where she came from, and, … Continue reading
Yakuza Apocalypse | Blu-ray & DVD (Entertainment One)
RELEASE DATE: December 1, 2015 Entertainment One presents the Blu-ray & DVD for Yakuza Apocalypse, directed by Takashi Miike (13 Assassins). In the world of the yakuza, Kamiura is the boss. He is rumored to be invincible, but in truth is a vampire. When assassins aware of Kamiura’s secret arrive from abroad, he is given an ultimatum: return to the syndicate he left years ago or die. The film stars Ichihara … Continue reading
Wild City | Blu-ray & DVD (Well Go USA)
RELEASE DATE: November 10, 2015 Well Go USA presents the Blu-ray & DVD for Wild City (read our review), directed by Ringo Lam (City on Fire). When former cop-turned-bar owner T-man Kwok (Louis Koo) befriends a woman at closing hours (Tong Liya), they soon find themselves targeted both by her former lover — an attorney and the thugs (Chang Hsiao-Chuan) he employs. Once Kwok’s half-brother (Shawn Yue) and a suitcase … Continue reading
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The Guardsman | aka Imperial Bodyguard | DVD (Lionsgate)
RELEASE DATE: December 1, 2015 Lionsgate has presents the DVD for The Guardsman (aka Imperial Bodyguard), a 2011 Chinese martial arts film starring Yan Jie (Young Detective Dee), Yuen Biao (Knockabout), Cheng Pei-pei (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) and Wu Ma (Once Upon A Chinese Hero). Official plot: When the Emperor travels in disguise to understand the problems that his people face, his enemies discover his identity and team up with Japanese … Continue reading
Zero Tolerance | aka Angel | DVD (Lionsgate)
RELEASE DATE: December 1, 2015 Lionsgate presents the DVD for Wych Kaosayananda’s Zero Tolerance (read our review) starring Scott Adkins (Wolf Warrior), Dustin Nguyen (The Rebel), Gary Daniels (City Hunter), Ammy Chanicha (The Hangover 2), Kane Kosugi (Choy Lee Fut) and Sahajak Boonthanakit (Streetfighter: Legend of Chun Li). In Zero Tolerance, two former para-military operatives, Johnny and his police detective friend Peter, search Bangkok to find the killers of Johnny’s beautiful daughter … Continue reading
The Golden Cane Warrior | Blu-ray & DVD (Well Go USA)
RELEASE DATE: November 3, 2015 Well Go USA presents the Blu-ray & DVD for the Indonesian Wu Xia epic, The Golden Cane Warrior, featuring martial arts choreography by Hong Kong’s Hung Yan Yan (Shaolin, Coweb, Time & Tide). The film stars some of Indonesia’s most popular talents, including Christine Hakim, Nicholas Saputra, Reza Rahadian, Slamet Rahardjo, Prisia Nasution, Eva Celia and Tara Basro. | Watch the trailer. Pre-order The Golden Cane Warrior from Amazon.com … Continue reading
Gosei Sentai Dairanger: The Complete Series | DVD (Shout! Factory)
RELEASE DATE: November 10, 2015 Shout! Factory presents the Gosei Sentai Dairanger: The Complete Series. Produced by Toei and Bandai, Super Sentai Zyuranger aired in Japan on February 19, 1993 to February 11, 1994, with a total of 50 episodes. It was later adapted into the 2nd Season of American TV’s Power Rangers series! For the first time, Shout! Factory is delivering the entire Gosei Sentai Dairanger series in its original … Continue reading
Northern Limit Line | Blu-ray & DVD (Well Go USA)
RELEASE DATE: October 20, 2015 Well Go USA presents the Blu-ray & DVD for Kim Hak-Soon’s Northern Limit Line (aka Battle of Yeonpyeong). This box office hit stars Kim Moo-Yul, Jin Goo, Lee Hyun-Woo, Lee Wan and Lee Chung-Ah. June 29th, 2002. As the citizens of South Korea celebrate the FIFA World Cup, the North Korean navy sends two patrol boats to a disputed border in the Yellow Sea. The … Continue reading
A Hard Day | Blu-ray & DVD (Kino Lorber)
RELEASE DATE: November 24, 2015 Kino Lorber presents the Blu-ray & DVD for A Hard Day (our review) starring Lee Sun-kyun (R-Point), Cho Jin-woong (The Spirit of JKD), Shin Jeong-Geun (The Pirates) and Jeong Man-Sik (Kundo). Detective Geon-soo is having a hard day: in less than 24 hours, he receives a divorce notice from his wife, his mother passes away, and along with his coworkers, he becomes the focus of a … Continue reading
Classic Martial Arts Collection | DVD (Echo Bridge)
RELEASE DATE: October 6, 2015 Echo Bridge Entertainment presents the 4-Disc DVD set for The Classic Martial Arts Collection (aka Bruce and Brandon Lee Action Pack), which contains 19 movies. Why they didn’t make it an even 20 is beyond us. Like most of these “budget” kung fu complications, Bruce is once again all over the artwork, but the closest thing it has to an actual Bruce Lee movie is … Continue reading
The Raid (1990) | DVD (Well Go USA)
RELEASE DATE: October 13, 2015 Well Go USA presents the DVD for The Raid (not to be confused with 2011’s The Raid), a 1990 action/adventure film directed by both Ching Siu Tung (Duel to the Death) and Tsui Hark (The Taking of Tiger Mountain). In Japanese-occupied Manchuria in the WWII era, a group of Chinese nationalists set out to destroy a Japanese poison gas factory. The film stars Dean Shek, Fennie … Continue reading










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