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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.

Monk Comes Down the Mountain | DVD (Sony)

RELEASE DATE: March 15, 2016 Sony presents the DVD for Monk Comes Down the Mountain, by acclaimed director Chen Kaige (Farewell My Concubine). This Chinese martial arts film (read our review) stars Aaron Kwok (The Monkey King), Wang Baoqiang (Kung Fu Killer), Lin Chi-ling (Red Cliff), Wang Xueqi (Bodyguards & Assassins) and Fan Wei (Back to 1942). It also features martial arts choreography is being handled by Ku Huan-Chiu (14 Blades). | … Continue reading

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Mojin – The Lost Legend | Blu-ray & DVD (Well Go USA)

RELEASE DATE: May 3, 2016 Well Go USA presents the Blu-ray & DVD for Mojin – The Lost Legend (aka The Ghouls) a new action thriller directed by Wuershan (Painted Skin: The Resurrection). Mojin – The Lost Legend (read our review) boasts an all-star cast that includes Chen Kun (Zhong Kui: Snow Girl And The Dark Crystal), Huang Bo (Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen), Shu Qi (The Assassin), … Continue reading

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The Great Hypnotist | DVD (Well Go USA)

RELEASE DATE: April 5, 2016 Well Go USA presents the DVD for Leste Chen’s The Great Hypnotist, a Chinese thriller starring Karen Mok (Fallen Angels), Xu Zheng (No Man’s Land), Hu Jing (What Women Want), Lu Zhong (The Taking of Tiger Mountain) and Wang Yaoqing (Love is Not Blind). Xu (Zheng) is a therapist skilled in hypnotherapy. One day a patient named Ren (Mok) is brought to him with one of … Continue reading

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Veteran | Blu-ray & DVD (CJ Entertainment)

RELEASE DATE: April 5, 2016 CJ Entertainment presents the Blu-ray & DVD for Ryoo Seung-wan’s Veteran (read our review), an action film starring Hwang Jung-Min (The Unjust), Oh Dal-Su (The Pirates), Yu Hae-Jin (The Flu), Jeong Man-Sik (Kundo), Yoo Ah-In (Punch) and Jung Woong-In (The Quiet Family). Seung-wan is once again paired with Korea’s best action choreographer and frequent collaborator, Jung Doo-hong, and together the end result is the director’s tightest movie … Continue reading

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Time Rush | aka Reflex | DVD (Archstone)

RELEASE DATE: April 5, 2016 Archstone and Stunt Power Films presents Time Rush (aka Reflex), an upcoming thriller that fuzes martial arts with Edge of Tomorrow! Helmed by Daniel Zirilli (director of Steven Seagal’s upcoming thriller, Asian Connection), Time Rush is about a man who is stuck in a repeating loop of time, and must navigate his way through an Asian metropolis (in this case, Thailand). Time Rush stars Dean Alexandrou (Blunt … Continue reading

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Pay Back | DVD (Lionsgate)

RELEASE DATE: On April 5, 2016 On April 5, 2016, Lionsgate is releasing Pay Back on DVD. This 2013 Chinese thriller stars Fan Siu-wong (Ricki-Oh), Francis Ng (Too Many Ways to be Number One), Cynthia Khan (In the Line of Duty 3, Eternal Fist) and Lam Suet (Monk Comes Down from the Mountain). When mafia fall guy Zhang Jin finally gets released from prison, he’s nearly assassinated. In an effort to … Continue reading

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Flight 7500 | DVD (Lionsgate)

RELEASE DATE: April 5, 2016 From Takashi Shimizu, the director of the Ju-On: The Grudge series, comes Flight 7500. High up in the air, people can hear you scream – but that won’t help you. On a flight from Los Angeles to Tokyo, a plane is shaken by severe weather. When the turbulence subsides, a passenger suddenly dies – and a supernatural force is unleashed… Flight 7500 stars Ryan Kwanten (Blunt … Continue reading

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Kung Fu: Trailers of Fury | Blu-ray & DVD (Severin)

RELEASE DATE: March 1, 2016 Severin Films presents Kung Fu: Trailers of Fury, an explosive new Blu-ray and DVD compilation of rare trailers, transferred in 2k from a collection of recently unearthed 35mm reels. Get ready for the most hard­-kicking, face­smashing, snake­fisting trailer collection of them all! From the golden age of kung fu cinema comes this insane tsunami of masters, mobsters, furious vengeance and incredible fighting styles, starring Bruce Lee … Continue reading

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Breaker! Breaker! | Blu-ray (Olive Films)

RELEASE DATE: March 22, 2016 Olive Films presents the Blu-ray for Chuck Norris’ action classic, Breaker! Breaker! In the film, a truck driver (Norris) searches for his brother (Michael Augenstein), who has disappeared in a town run by a corrupt judge (George Murdock). This 1977 feature is Norris’ first true starring role, if you don’t count his baddie appearances in 1972’s Way of the Dragon and 1974’s Slaughter in San … Continue reading

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Jean-Claude Van Damme Collection | Blu-ray (Mill Creek)

RELEASE DATE: March 15, 2016 Mill Creek Entertainment presents the Blu-ray set for the Jean-Claude Van Damme 5 Movie Collection, which contains the following films on two discs: Sheldon Lettich’s The Hard Corps (2006), Tsui Hark’s Double Team (1997), Ringo Lam’s Maximum Risk (1996), Mic Rodgers’ Universal Soldier: The Return (1999) and Simon Fellows’ Second in Command (2006). This collection marks the Blu-ray debut of both The Hard Corps and Double Team. … Continue reading

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Home Invasion | DVD (Sony Entertainment)

RELEASE DATE: February 2, 2016 Sony Entertainment presents the DVD for Home Invasion, a taut psychological thriller starring Natasha Henstridge (Maximum Risk), Jason Patric (Narc) and martial arts star, Scott Adkins (Close Range). When a wealthy woman and her stepson are targeted by a trio of expert thieves in their remote mansion, her only form of help comes from a call with a security systems specialist. But as the intruders … Continue reading

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Weaponized | aka Swap | Blu-ray & DVD (Cinedigm)

RELEASE DATE: March 1, 2016 Cinedigm presents the Blu-ray & DVD for Weaponized (aka Swap), an all-star, sci-fi actioner from Timothy Woodward Jr. (Throwdown) and writer Sean Ryan (4Got10). The film stars Johnny Messner (Kill ‘Em All), Jon Foo (Tekken), Mickey Rourke (Year of the Dragon), Tom Sizemore (Natural Born Killers) and Michael Paré (Streets of Fire). When a detective investigates a mass shooting by a former US soldier, he finds himself … Continue reading

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The Piper | aka Guest | DVD (CJ Entertainment)

RELEASE DATE: February 2, 2016 CJ Entertainment presents the DVD for Kim Gwang-Tae’s The Piper, starring Ryoo Seung-Ryong (Admiral: Roaring Currents) and Goo Seung-Hyun (The Fatal Encounter). Shortly after the Korean war, a flute-playing wanderer and his son arrives to a peaceful and remote village, where strange and dangerous happenings occur. Also starring Lee Sung-Min (Kundo), Chun Woo-Hee (Mother), Lee Joon (Seoul Station) and Jung Kyung-Ho (Moodori). | Watch the trailer. Pre-order The … Continue reading

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Braddock: Missing in Action III | Blu-ray (Shout! Factory)

RELEASE DATE: March 15, 2016 Shout! Factory presents the Blu-ray for Braddock: Missing in Action III, a 1988 action film directed by Aaron Norris (Delta Force 2: The Colombian Connection) and starring Chuck Norris (Yellow Faced Tiger). Colonel James Braddock (Norris) is back in Vietnam, this time fighting his own personal war, as he goes in to rescue the son he’s never met from a ruthless Vietnamese general – a … Continue reading

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Invasion U.S.A. | Blu-ray (Shout! Factory)

RELEASE DATE: March 15, 2016 Shout! Factory presents the Blu-ray for Invasion U.S.A., a 1985 action film directed by Joseph Zito (Missing in Action) and starring Chuck Norris (Slaughter in San Francisco). In Invasion U.S.A., a one-man army (Norris) comes to the rescue of the United States when a spy attempts an invasion. Invasion U.S.A. also stars Richard Lynch (The Sword and the Sorcerer The Sword and the Sorcerer) and Billy Drago … Continue reading

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