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New & upcoming 4K UHD/Blu-ray releases of films we think cityonfire.com visitors should know about. Asian, martial arts, cult, classic and other popular titles. Please click on the Amazon.com affiliate links to support this site.

Iron Girl Final Wars | Blu-ray (Switchblade)

Iron Girl Final Wars | Blu-ray (Switchblade)

RELEASE DATE: April 6, 2021 On April 6, 2021, Switchblade Pictures will be releasing the Blu-ray for Iron Girl Final Wars, a 2019 Japanese actioner from director Ken’ichi Fujiwara (Iron Girl: Ultimate Weapon) that stars Saki Akai (Lady Ninja: A Blue Shadow), Jun Amaki (Hop Step Jump!), Takaya Aoyagi (Ultraman Z TV series), Kirara Asuka (Iron Girl: Ultimate Weapon). Chris may have survived the Apocalypse, but there are still plenty … Continue reading

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Flowers of Shanghai | Blu-ray (Criterion)

RELEASE DATE: May 18, 2021 On May 18, 2021, Criterion Collection will be releasing the Blu-ray for Flowers of Shanghai, a 1998 period drama from director Hou Hsiao-hsien (The Assassin). The film stars Tony Leung Chiu-wai (Chungking Express), Carina Lau Kar Ling (The Eagle Shooting Heroes), Annie Shizuka Inoh (My Kingdom), Michiko Hada (Tokuso 9), Michelle Reis (Bodyguards and Assassins) and Jack Kao (Island on Fire). Read the official details below: An … Continue reading

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Hansel and Gretel | Blu-ray (Media Blasters)

Hansel and Gretel | Blu-ray (Media Blasters)

RELEASE DATE: April 6, 2021 On April 6, 2021, Media Blasters will be releasing the Blu-ray for Hansel and Gretel, a 2007 South Korean horror film from director Yim Pil-Sung (Doomsday Book, Antarctic Journal). Hansel and Gretel stars Chun Jung-Myung (The Faceless Boss), Eun Won-Jae (Marrying the Mafia), Shim Eun-Kyung (Psychokinesis), and Jin Ji-Hee (Doomsday Book). When Eun-soo s car is disabled in the country, he meets a mysterious girl … Continue reading

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Action U.S.A. | Blu-ray (MVD Rewind)

Action U.S.A. | Blu-ray (MVD Rewind)

RELEASE DATE: May 11, 2021 On May 11, 2021, MVD Rewind is releasing the Blu-ray for Action U.S.A., a 1989  film directed by Hollywood stuntman John Stewart, who is perhaps best known for his work on 1973 film Scorpio, and the TV’s Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. Read the official details below: Billy Ray’s a bad risk. He took the mob’s family jewels, now they want his! They tried beating and … Continue reading

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Fukushima 50 | Blu-ray (MPI)

Fukushima 50 | Blu-ray (MPI)

RELEASE DATE: April 13, 2021 On April 13, 2021, MPI Home Video will be relaxing the Blu-ray for Fukushima 50, a 2020 disaster film directed by Setsuro Wakamatsu (The Unbroken) and starring Ken Watanabe (Rage, Shanghai) and Koichi Sato (Samurai Resurrection). This edition will feature two audio track options: English Dub and Japanese with English subtitles. March 11, 2011 – 2:46 PM – Japan’s Tohoku Region: at a magnitude of 9.0, the … Continue reading

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Russian Raid | Blu-ray (Well Go USA)

RELEASE DATE: March 9, 2021 Denis Kryuchkov’s debut feature, Russian Raid – a Russian production inspired by Gareth Evans’ 2011 cult martial arts hit The Raid (what action movie isn’t?) – will finally be getting U.S. release on Digital & Blu-ray on March 9, 2021 from Well Go USA. Long after the murder of his father—a secret agent killed in a missile factory raid—former special forces operative Nikita (played by renowned stuntman … Continue reading

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Falcon Rising | Blu-ray & DVD (MVD Visual)

Falcon Rising | Blu-ray (MVD Visual)

RELEASE DATE: March 30, 2021 On March 30, 2021, MVD will release the Blu-ray & DVD for Falcon Rising (read our review), a 2014 actioner directed by Ernie Barbarash (Abduction, Assassination Games) and starring Michael Jai White (Triple Threat, Blood and Bone, Black Dynamite). John “Falcon” Chapman (White), a dark anti-hero driven by guilt and suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, who will destroy himself unless given something else to destroy – a … Continue reading

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Skyfire | Blu-ray (Screen Media)

Skyfire | Blu-ray (Screen Media)

RELEASE DATE: April 6, 2021 On April 6, 2021, Screen Media will release the Blu-ray for Skyfire, a 2020 disaster film directed by Simon West (Con Air, Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, The Expendables 2). This special effects driven thriller stars Hannah Quinlivan (S.M.A.R.T. Chase), Jason Isaacs (Hotel Mumbai), Wang Xueqi (Monk Comes Down the Mountain) and Shawn Dou (Nightfall). A young scientist (Quinlivan) invents a cutting-edge volcanic warning system and returns to … Continue reading

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Sheep Without a Shepherd | DVD (Artsploitation)

RELEASE DATE: March 23, 2021 On March 23, 2021, Artsploitation Films will be releasing the DVD for Sheep Without a Shepherd, a 2019 crime/thriller by Sam Quah that stars Xiao Yang (Dragon Blade), Tan Zhuo (Gone with the Light) and Joan Chen (Purple Storm). Read the official details below (via SA): Artsploitation Films has announced the acquisition of Sheep Without a Shepherd, a 2019 film that grossed over $192,000,000 in … Continue reading

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Memories of Murder | Blu-ray & DVD (Criterion)

Memories of Murder | Blu-ray (Criterion)

RELEASE DATE: April 20, 2021 On April 20, 2021, Criterion Collection is releasing the Blu-ray & DVD for Memories of Murder, a 2003 thriller from acclaimed filmmaker Bong Joon-Ho (Parasite, Snowpiercer) that stars Song Kang Ho (The Drug King) and Kim Sang Kyung (Tale of Cinema). Read the official details below: In his breakthrough second feature, Bong Joon Ho explodes the conventions of the policier with thrillingly subversive, genre-defying results. Based … Continue reading

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Irma Vep | Blu-ray & DVD (Criterion)

Irma Vep | Blu-ray (Criterion)

RELEASE DATE: April 27, 2021 On April 27, 2021, Criterion Collection is releasing the Blu-ray & DVD for Irma Vep, a 1996 film by French director Olivier Assayas (Paris, je t’aime) that stars Hong Kong actress Maggie Cheung (as herself) and Jean-Pierre Léaud (The 400 Blows). Read the official details below: The live-wire international breakthrough of Olivier Assayas stars a magnetic Maggie Cheung (In the Mood for Love) as a version … Continue reading

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400 Bullets | Blu-ray & DVD (Shout!)

RELEASE DATE: March 2, 2021 On March 2, 2021, Shout! Factory is releasing the VOD, digital  Blu-ray and DVD for 400 Bullets (read our review), an action-thriller from director Tom Paton (Black Site) that stars martial artist Jean-Paul Ly (Nightshooters, Jailbreak, The Division) and Andrew Lee Potts (The Crown, Alice in Wonderland). One cold winter night in Afghanistan is about to get a whole lot worse for Rana Rae (Jean Paul Ly), a Ghurka … Continue reading

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The Invisible Man: Double Feature | Blu-ray (Arrow Video)

RELEASE DATE: March 23, 2021 On March 23, 2021, Arrow Films is releasing the Blu-ray for 1949’s The Invisible Man Appears and 1957’s The Invisible Man vs. The Human Fly, which will appear on one Blu-ray disc as a double feature with a reversible inner-sleeve. Read the full details below: Finally released outside Japan for the very first time, these unique riffs on H.G. Wells’ classic character (though undoubtedly also … Continue reading

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Runaway Train | Blu-ray (Kino Lorber)

Runaway Train | Blu-ray (Kino Lorber)

RELEASE DATE: March 16, 2021 On March 16, 2021, Kino Lorber is releasing the Blu-ray for Andrey Konchalovskiy’s 1985 thriller, Runaway Train. The film stars Jon Voight , Eric Roberts (Best of the Best), Rebecca De Mornay (The Hand that Rocks the Cradle), Kyle T. Heffner (Flashdance), John P. Ryan (The Delta Force 2) and is based on an original story by Akira Kurosawa (Seven Samurai) Tearing up the tracks at 100 … Continue reading

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Skylines | Blu-ray & DVD (Lionsgate)

Skylines | Blu-ray & DVD (Lionsgate)

RELEASE DATE: January 12, 2021 On January 12, 2021, the third film in Brothers Strause’ Skyline saga, titled Skylines, will be released on Blu-ray & DVD from Lionsgate Home Entertainment. The XYZ Films production will take place after the events of 2017’s Beyond Skyline, which revolved around a detective (played by Captain America: Civil War’s Frank Grillo) embarking on a relentless pursuit to free his son from an alien warship with the help of The Raid … Continue reading

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