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Admiral: Roaring Currents | Blu-ray & DVD (CJ Entertainment)

RELEASE DATE: April 28, 2015 CJ Entertainment presents the Blu-ray & DVD for Admiral: Roaring Currents, a South Korean box-office hit directed by Kim Han-Min (War of the Arrows). Admiral: Roaring Currents depicts the Battle of Myeongryang, which took place October 26, 1597. The historical event involved Admiral Yi Sun-Shin (Old Boy and I Saw Devil’s Choi Min-Sik), who had only 12 ships under his command, against the Japanese navy … Continue reading

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Everly | Blu-ray & DVD (Anchor Bay)

RELEASE DATE: April 21, 2015 Anchor Bay presents the Blu-ray & DVD for Everly. Directed by Joe Lynch (Wrong Turn 2: Dead End), Everly is an action/thriller centered on a woman (Salma Hayek) who faces down Japanese assassins sent by her ex, a mob boss, while holed up in her apartment. Everly features action sequences staged by Akihiro “Yuji” Noguchi (Black Belt). The film also stars Jennifer Blanc, Togo Igawa (47 Ronin), Caroline … Continue reading

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Walker Texas Ranger: Complete Collection | DVD (Paramount)

RELEASE DATE: May 12, 2015 Paramount presents the Walker Texas Ranger: Complete Collection 52-disc DVD set, starring Chuck Norris (Slaughter in San Francisco). Texas Ranger Walker (Norris), one of the last old-fashioned heroes in the West, is a protective friend but a relentless foe who will stop at nothing to bring a criminal to justice. Think of it as the unofficial follow-up to Lone Wolf McQuade. Pre-order the Walker Texas Ranger: … Continue reading

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Samurai Avenger: The Blind Wolf | Blu-ray (Synapse Films)

RELEASE DATE: May 12, 2015 Synapse Films presents the Blu-ray for 2009’s Samurai Avenger: The Blind Wolf, directed by Kurando Mitsutake (Gun Woman). After losing his eyesight, his wife, and his daughter at the hands of a psychopath, a man is transformed into a killing machine hellbent on revenge! Eight years after the massacre of his family, the “Blind Wolf” has returned as a highly trained swordsman ready for revenge. … Continue reading

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Revenge of the Ninja | Blu-ray (Kino Lorber)

RELEASE DATE: May 26, 2015 Kino Lorber presents the Blu-ray for 1983’s Revenge the Ninja, the second in a series of unrelated Ninja films produced by Cannon Films (other titles in the trilogy are 1981’s Enter the Ninja and 1984’s Ninja III: The Domination). The Blu-ray will feature an audio commentary by director Sam Firstenberg (American Ninja). Revenge of the Ninja stars Sho Kosugi (9 Deaths of the Ninja), Keith Vitali … Continue reading

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Enter the Ninja | Blu-ray (Kino Lorber)

RELEASE DATE: May 26, 2015 Kino Lorber presents the Blu-ray for 1981’s Enter the Ninja, directed by Menahem Golan (The Delta Force). Enter the Ninja is the first in a series of unrelated Ninja films produced by Cannon Films (read our review for Electric Boogaloo, a documentary about the Golan-Globus film empire). The film was followed by 1983’s Revenge of the Ninja and 1984’s Ninja III: The Domination). Enter the … Continue reading

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River of Death | Blu-ray (Kino Lorber)

RELEASE DATE: May 26, 2015 Kino Lorber presents the Blu-ray for 1989’s River of Death, directed by Steve Carver (Lone Wolf McQuade) and starring Michael Dudikoff, Robert Vaughn, Donald Pleasence and L.Q. Jones. It’s American Ninja meets Indiana Jones! In the nightmarish days of the Third Reich, a Nazi scientist escapes to the impenetrable jungles of the Amazon. Years later, a mysterious incurable disease breaks out among the natives and … Continue reading

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Retaliation | Blu-ray (Arrow Video)

RELEASE DATE: May 12, 2015 Arrow Video presents the Blu-ray for 1968’s Retaliation, a Nikkatsu gangster flick directed by Yasuharu Hasebe (Assault! Jack the Ripper). A yakuza lieutenant (Akira Kobayashi) emerges from jail to find his gang dispersed and his aging boss in his sickbed. Meanwhile, a rival gangster (Joe Shishido from A Colt is My Passport) is waiting to kill him and a young woman (Meiko Kaji from Lady Snowblood) is … Continue reading

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The New Barbarians | Blu-ray & DVD (Blue Underground)

RELEASE DATE: June 30, 2015 Blue Underground presents the Blu-ray & DVD for 1983’s New Barbarians (aka Warriors of the Wasteland), directed by Enzo G. Castellari (1990: The Bronx Warriors). In The New Barbarians, two mercenaries help wandering caravans fight off an evil and aimless band of white-clad bikers after the nuclear holocuast. The film stars Fred Williamson (Vigilante), Anna Kanakis and Venantino Venantini. Watch the trailer. Pre-order The New … Continue reading

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Firewalker | Blu-ray & DVD (Olive Films)

RELEASE DATE: April 21, 2015 Olive Films presents the Blu-ray & DVD for 1986’s Firewalker, directed by J. Lee Thompson (Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects, Death Wish 4: The Crackdown). After a long career of failures, archaeological adventurers Max and Leo (Chuck Norris and Louis Gossett Jr.) are ready to call it quits until a blonde with an ancient treasure map hires them to guide her into Central America to find Aztec … Continue reading

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1990: The Bronx Warriors | Blu-ray & DVD (Blue Underground)

RELEASE DATE: June 30, 2015 Blue Underground presents the Blu-ray & DVD for 1982’s 1990: The Bronx Warriors (read our review), directed by Enzo G. Castellari (Street Law). In a post-apocalyptic New York City, a policeman infiltrates the Bronx, which has become a battleground for several murderous street gangs. 1990: The Bronx Warriors stars Mark Gregory, Fred Williamson, Vic Morrow, Christopher Connelly, “Betty” Elisabetta Dessy and Stefania Girolami. Watch the … Continue reading

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Escape From the Bronx | Blu-ray & DVD (Blue Underground)

RELEASE DATE: June 30, 2015 Blue Underground presents the Blu-ray & DVD for 1983’s Escape From the Bronx (aka The Bronx Warriors II), directed by Enzo G. Castellari (1990: Bronx Warriors). In Escape From the Bronx, a rag-tag group of people must fight extermination squads amid their ruined city. The film also stars Mark Gregory, Henry Silva, Valeria D’Obici, Giancarlo Prete, Paolo Malco, Ennio Girolami and Antonio Sabato. Pre-order Escape … Continue reading

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The Happiness of the Katakuris | Blu-ray & DVD (Arrow Video)

RELEASE DATE: June 16, 2015 Arrow Video presents the Blu-ray & DVD for 2001’s The Happiness of the Katakuris, directed by Takashi Miike (New Graveyard of Honor). It’s the “The Sound of Music meets Dawn of the Dead“! The Katakuris are a family trying to run a peaceful country inn but with a lack of guests there is much excitement for their first visitor, until they wind up dead! As … Continue reading

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Lust of the Dead 4 | DVD (Tokyo Shock)

RELEASE DATE: March 1, 2016 Tokyo Shock presents the DVD for Lust of the Dead 4 (aka Rape Zombie: Lust of the Dead 4), directed by Naoyuki Tomomatsu (Vampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl). Sexy babes vs. lustful zombies hungry for human flesh… what else is there to say? Lust of the Dead 4 stars Yui Aikawa (Lust of the Dead 1-3), Asami (Prison Girl), Megu Fujiura (Tokyo Train Girls: Private Lessons), Aya … Continue reading

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Duel | Blu-ray (Universal)

RELEASE DATE: May 5, 2015 Universal presents the Blu-ray for Steven Spielberg’s 1971 debut feature, Duel. Dennis Weaver (Cocaine: One Man’s Seduction) stars as a traveling salesman waging a desperate battle for survival after he is mysteriously singled out. Praised for its deft use of relentlessly mounting psychological tension, Duel features one of the most uniquely terrifying “characters” in movie history: a massive, roaring, 40-ton truck with sheer menace. Watch … Continue reading

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