Category Archives: DVD/Blu-ray New Releases

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.

The Housemaid | Blu-ray & DVD (Shout! Factory)

April 19, 2018 JJ Bona

RELEASE DATE: July 17, 2018 On July 17, 2018, Shout! Factory will be releasing the Blu-ray & DVD for The Housemaid, an acclaimed Vietnamese horror movie from director Derek Nguyen. Vietnam, 1953: Linh (Nhung Kate), a poor, orphaned young woman, finds employment as a housemaid in a crumbling rubber plantation presided over by the emotionally fragile French officer Sebastien Laurent (Jean-Michel Richaud). Soon, a torrid love affair develops between the two — … Continue reading →

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I Am a Hero | Blu-ray & DVD (Funimation)

April 18, 2018 JJ Bona

RELEASE DATE: July 24, 2018 On July 24, 2018, Funimation will be releasing the Blu-ray + DVD Combo Pack for I Am a Hero (read our review), a Japanese zombie movie by Shinsuke Sato (Gantz, Gantz II: Perfect Answer). Based on the celebrated horror manga, I Am a Hero, comes a live-action film adaptation that’s bound to get your blood flowing! Thirty-five-year-old assistant manga artist Hideo Suzuki leads an unsatisfying, tedious life. But when a virus … Continue reading →

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Goldstone | Blu-ray & DVD (Gravitas Venture)

April 17, 2018 JJ Bona
Goldstone | Blu-ray & DVD (Gravitas Ventures)

RELEASE DATE: August 28, 2018 On August 28, 2018, Gravitas Ventures is releasing the Blu-ray & DVD for Ivan Sen’s contemporary western thriller Goldstone.  Indigenous Detective Jay Swan arrives in the frontier town of Goldstone on a missing persons enquiry. What seems like a simple light duties investigation opens a web of crime and corruption. Jay must pull his life together and bury his differences with young local cop Josh, so together they … Continue reading →

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Dragon Inn | Blu-ray & DVD (Criterion Collection)

April 16, 2018 JJ Bona

RELEASE DATE: July 10, 2018 On July 10, 2018, The Criterion Collection will be releasing the Blu-ray & DVD for Dragon Inn, a 1967 wuxia classic from director King Hu (A Touch of Zen). Dragon Inn stars Polly Shang-Kuan (The Ghostly Face), Shih Chun (A Touch of Zen), Bai Ying (Royal Warriors), Han Ying Chieh (New Fist of Fury) and Miu Tin (Seven Man Army). Check out the official details below: The art of martial arts filmmaking … Continue reading →

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Kung Fu Traveler 2 | DVD (Cinedigm)

April 14, 2018 JJ Bona

RELEASE DATE: July 10, 2018 On July 10th, 2018, Cinedigm Entertainment will be releasing the DVD to Zhang Xianfeng’s sci-fi actioner Kung Fu Traveler 2, the sequel Kung Fu Traveler, which was also recently released by Cinedigm. The film stars Tiger Chen (Monk Comes Down the Mountain) and Wang Zhi (Drug War). Southern Style kung fu was unsuccessful in defeating the invading enemy aliens. General Chen has no choice but to be go back in … Continue reading →

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China Salesman | Blu-ray & DVD (Cleopatra)

April 13, 2018 JJ Bona

RELEASE DATE: June 26, 2018 Cleopatra Entertainment, a semi-new film division of long time L.A.-based indie label Cleopatra Records, will give Tan Bing’s China Salesman a limited theatrical release on April 20th and on VOD platforms on May 1st, followed by a Blu-ray & DVD release on June 26th, 2018. The company previously distributed the all-star actioner Diamond Cartel and Veronica Ngo’s Tam Cam: The Untold Story. China Salesman is set in Africa where a Chinese engineer/salesman comes face-to-face with a corrupt … Continue reading →

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Ninja Busters | Blu-ray (Garagehouse Pictures)

April 9, 2018 JJ Bona

RELEASE DATE: April 30, 2018 On April 30, 2018, Garagehouse Pictures will be releasing the Blu-ray for Ninja Busters, a 1984 martial arts-comedy directed by Paul Kyriazi (Death Machines) and starring Eric Lee (The Shinobi Ninja) and Sid Campbell (The Master Demon). Filmed in 1984 but never released, Ninja Busters was a lost movie, never screened for audiences and doomed to obscurity—until now! Thirty years later, the sole 35mm film print of Ninja Busters … Continue reading →

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Prison School | Blu-ray & DVD (Funimation)

April 3, 2018 JJ Bona

RELEASE DATE: June 26, 2018 On June 26th, 2018, Funimation will be releasing the Blu-ray & DVD Combo for Noboru Iguchi’s Prison School, a live-action series based on the manga by Akira Hiramoto. When the prestigious all-girls Hachimitsu Private Academy becomes co-ed, five young men are the first males to attend. But the girls aren’t so accepting of their new classmates. After the boys get caught peeping, The Underground Student Council … Continue reading →

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Monkey King 3 | Blu-ray & DVD (Well Go USA)

April 2, 2018 JJ Bona

RELEASE DATE: May 15, 2018 Well Go USA will be releasing the Blu-ray & DVD for Monkey King 3 on May 15, 2018. The Monkey King (Aaron Kwok) is at it for a 3rd time in The Monkey King 3: Kingdom of Women (aka The Monkey King 3: Land of Beauty), once again directed by Soi Cheang Pou Soi’s (SPL 2, The Monkey King, The Monkey King 2). The film also stars Feng Shaofeng … Continue reading →

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The Debt Collector | DVD (Sony Pictures)

March 29, 2018 JJ Bona

RELEASE DATE: June 5, 2018 On June 5th, Sony Pictures is releasing The Debt Collector (aka The Pay Up) on DVD (read our review). This “buddy pic” actioner teams Scott Adkins (Savage Dog) with filmmaker Jesse V. Johnson (Accident Man) for a 4th time (5th if you count 2005’s Pit Fighter). French (Adkins) is running a martial arts gym – but it hasn’t exactly been paying the bills. To make ends meet, he begins working for the notorious … Continue reading →

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Once Upon a Time | Blu-ray (Well Go USA)

March 22, 2018 JJ Bona

RELEASE DATE: May 1, 2018 On May 1, 2018, Well Go USA will be releasing the Blu-ray for Once Upon a Time, a fantasy thriller from Zhao Xiaoding (filmmaker best known for his acclaimed cinematography work for films such as House of Flying Daggers and The Great Wall). Based on the best-selling fantasy novel “To the Sky Kingdom,” Once Upon a Time is a story of epic battles, deep passion, and the powerful forces that drive mortals … Continue reading →

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As the Gods Will | Blu-ray & DVD (Funimation)

March 19, 2018 JJ Bona

RELEASE DATE: June 5, 2018 On June 5, 2018, Funimation will be releasing the Blu-ray & DVD combo for As the Gods Will (read our review), directed by the one, the only Takashi Miike (13 Assassins, Blade of the Immortal). If you’ve seen the Battle Royale and Hunger Games movies, and you still can’t get enough of teenagers killing one another, then look no further than As the Gods Will (aka As God Says). In … Continue reading →

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Legend of the Mountain | Blu-ray (Kino Lorber)

March 17, 2018 JJ Bona

RELEASE DATE: May 1, 2018 On May 1st, 2018, Kino Lorber will be releasing a 4K restoration Blu-ray of Legend of the Mountain, a 1979 wuxia thriller directed by King Hu (Come Drink with Me, A Touch of Zen). In the film, a travelling scholar, intent on translating a Buddhist sutra, loses his way in the mountains. Time and space collapse around him as he continues his journey, encountering ghostly visitations amid a haunting fantasia of color, … Continue reading →

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Seven: Uncut | Blu-ray (Kino Lorber)

March 15, 2018 JJ Bona

RELEASE DATE: May 8, 2018 On May 8, 2018, Kino will be releasing the uncut Blu-ray for 1979’s Seven, by cult director Andy Sidaris. In Seven, a government agent discovers a plot by a cartel of seven gangsters to take over the state of Hawaii. He hires a team of seven hitmen to stop them. The film stars William Smith (Any Which Way You Can), Barbara Leigh (Terminal Island), Guich Koock (American Ninja), Christopher Joy … Continue reading →

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A Taxi Driver | Blu-ray & DVD (Well Go USA)

March 12, 2018 JJ Bona

RELEASE DATE: April 17, 2018 South Korean superstar, Song Kang-Ho (The Age of Shadows, Snowpiercer), is back in A Taxi Driver (read our review), from director Jang Hun (The Front Line) that Well Go USA is releasing to Blu-ray on April 17, 2018. No, it’s not a remake of the 1976 Martin Scorsese classic Taxi Driver (nor is it a remake of the David Chiang film). This Taxi Driver is based on the true story of Korean taxi driver and … Continue reading →

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