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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.

Female Fight Squad | DVD (Lionsgate)

RELEASE DATE: October 10, 2017 On October 10th, 2017, Lionsgate is releasing the DVD for Miguel A. Ferrer’s (not to be confused with the late actor from Robocop) Female Fight Squad (read our review), a new MMA film starring Amy Johnston (Lady Bloodfight), Dolph Lundgren (Skin Trade) and Cortney Palm (Bond: Kizuna). Female Fight Squad (previously known as Female Fight Club) is the gritty tale of Rebecca (Johnston), a female fighter who abandons the ring after a … Continue reading

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The Expendables 3-Film Collection | Blu-ray (Lionsgate)

RELEASE DATE: October 3, 2017 Sly and his psychotic gang of mutts are back! On October 3, 2017, Lionsgate Home Entertainment will be releasing The Expendables 3-Film Collection (on 3 Blu-ray discs, plus digital copies). This action-packed, star-studded bundle includes The Expendables, The Expendables 2, and The Expendables 3: Unrated Edition. In the series, Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jason Statham join forces with Mel Gibson, Mickey Rourke, Wesley Snipes, Harrison … Continue reading

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Hana-Bi | Blu-ray & DVD (Film Movement)

RELEASE DATE: September 19, 2017 On September 19, 2017, Film Movement Classics is releasing the Blu-ray & DVD for Takeshi Kitano’s crime drama, Hana-Bi (aka Fireworks). For the first time in America, this acclaimed classic – directed, written by and starring Kitano (Outrage, Beyond Outrage) – has been fully restored in beautiful HD. Former police officer Nishi feels responsible for the shattered lives of his loved ones. His partner Horibe has been crippled … Continue reading

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Master | Blu-ray & DVD (Sony)

RELEASE DATE: September 5, 2017 On September 5, 2017, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment is releasing the Blu-ray & DVD for Jo Eui-seok’s Master (read our review), a South Korean thriller starring Lee Byung-hun (The Age of Shadows), Gang Dong-won (The Priests) and Kim Woo-bin (Friend 2). Jin Hyun-pil (Byung-hun) runs ‘One Network Inc.’, a company with an extensive network covering Korea. The chief of the Intellectual Crime Investigation team, Kim Jae-myung … Continue reading

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Asura: The City of Madness | DVD (Sony)

RELEASE DATE: August 29, 2017 On August 29, 2017, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment is releasing the DVD for Asura: The City of Madness (read our review), directed by Kim Sung-Su (The Flu, Musa: The Warrior). Detective Han (Jung Woo-Sung of The Divine Move), who for years has been secretly doing dirty work for the corrupt mayor (Hwang Jung-Min of A Violent Prosecutor), is now pressured by a ruthless prosecutor (Kwak Do-Won of … Continue reading

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Triple Threat: Chuck Norris | DVD (Shout! Factory)

RELEASE DATE: October 10, 2017 Who needs Tony Jaa, Tiger Chen and Iko Uwais when you’ve got Chuck Norris? Shout! Factory presents the DVD for Chuck Norris: Triple Threat, which contains Missing in Action (1984), directed by Joseph Zito (Invasion U.S.A.); Missing in Action II: The Beginning (1985), directed by Lance Hool (Steel Dawn); and Braddock: Missing in Action III (1988), directed by Aaron Norris (The Hitman). The Missing in Action Trilogy revolves around … Continue reading

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L.O.R.D: Legend of Ravaging Dynasties | DVD (Lionsgate)

RELEASE DATE: September 26, 2017 On September 26th, 2017, Lionsgate Home Entertainment is releasing L.O.R.D: Legend of Ravaging Dynasties on DVD, Digital HD and On Demand. From the visual effects team behind James Cameron’s Avatar and Warcraft, this computer-animated, motion-capture, action-adventure odyssey “stars” Kris Wu (xXx: Return of Xander Cage) and Fan Bingbing (League of Gods) as sorcerers battling an evil traitor in order to restore peace to the kingdom. Supernatural … Continue reading

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Prison | Blu-ray & DVD (Well Go USA)

RELEASE DATE: September 19, 2017 On September 19, 2017, Well Go USA will release the Blu-ray & DVD for Na Hyeon’s South Korean thriller Prison (read our review), starring Han Suk-Kyu (Tell Me Something) and Kim Rae-Won (Gangnam Blues). After a fatal accident, Yu-gon, a former police inspector, is sentenced to a prison he once helped fill. Once inside, he discovers the entire penitentiary is no longer controlled by the guards, … Continue reading

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Cartels | aka Killing Salazar | Blu-ray & DVD (Lionsgate)

RELEASE DATE: September 19, 2017 On September 19, 2017, Lionsgate will be releasing the Blu-ray & DVD (the film is currently available via VOD) for Keoni Waxman’s Cartels (aka Killing Salazar). The film stars Steven Seagal (Contract to Kill, End of Gun), MMA’s Georges St Pierre (Kickboxer: Vengeance) and Luke Goss (Tekken). In Cartels, (read our review), an elite team of DEA agents are assigned to protect a drug lord and take refuge in a luxury hotel … Continue reading

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Bluebeard | Blu-ray & DVD (Well Go USA)

RELEASE DATE: August 15, 2017 South Korean writer/director Lee So-Youn (The Uninvited) is back with more thrills and chills with Bluebeard (read our review), a new film that’s getting a Blu-ray & DVD release on August 15, 2017 from Well Go USA. When a doctor learns a murderous secret from a sedated patient, he finds himself in the middle of an unsolved serial murder case. As dismembered bodies start showing up close to home, … Continue reading

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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

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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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S.W A T.: Under Siege | Blu-ray & DVD (Sony)

RELEASE DATE: August 1, 2017 Sony Entertainment presents the Blu-ray & DVD for S.W A T.: Under Siege, an upcoming actioner directed by Tony Giglio (Chaos). When a D.E.A. and S.W.A.T. cartel takedown ends in a shootout, S.W.A.T. Agent Travis Hall (Sam Jaeger) seizes a mysterious prisoner and takes him into custody. Before long, the S.W.A.T. compound is under siege by wave after wave of assault teams attempting to recover the prisoner … 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

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