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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.

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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The Muthers | DVD (Vinegar Syndrome)

RELEASE DATE: March 10, 2015 Vinegar Syndrome presents the DVD for 1976’s The Muthers, directed by the master of Filipino sleaze, Cirio H. Santiago (Future Hunters). Climb aboard with The Muthers – The meanest, toughest and most action packed pirate crew in the pacific. Join Jayne Kennedy (Ms .45), Rosanne Katon (She Devils in Chains), Jeannie Bell (TNT Jackson) and their crew on a daring rescue mission to save one of their own … Continue reading

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Mad Max: Collector’s Edition | Blu-ray (Shout! Factory)

RELEASE DATE: May 5, 2015 Shout! Factory presents the Blu-ray for the Mad Max: Collector’s Edition. In George Miller’s Mad Max, a vengeful policeman (Mel Gibson) sets out to avenge his partner, his wife and his son. Features: New interviews with Mel Gibson, Joanne Samuel and director of Photography David Eggby; commentary by art director Jon Dowding; director of photography David Eggby; FX artist Chris Murray and Tim Ridge; Mel … Continue reading

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Gun Woman | Blu-ray & DVD (Shout! Factory)

RELEASE DATE: May 26, 2015 Shout! Factory presents the Blu-ray & DVD for Kurando Mitsutake’s Gun Woman, starring former AV model Asami (Prison Girl) Gun Woman brings Asami to a new level of action film achievement. Starring as a mute girl who is transformed from a sex worker into a hard-as-steel assassin, Asami spends much of the film nude and covered in blood in her quest for revenge on behalf of … Continue reading

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Wild Card | Blu-ray & DVD (Lionsgate)

RELEASE DATE: March 31, 2015 Lionsgate presents the Blu-ray & DVD for Wild Card, directed by Simon West (The Expendables 2) and starring Jason Statham. The film is a remake of the 1986 Burt Reynolds movie Heat (No relation to the 1995 Michael Mann movie). When a Las Vegas bodyguard with lethal skills and a gambling problem gets in trouble with the mob, he has one last play… and it’s all … Continue reading

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The Divine Move | Blu-ray & DVD (CJ Entertainment)

RELEASE DATE: March 17, 2015 CJ Entertainment presents the Blu-ray & DVD for The Divine Move. Filmmaker Jo Bum-Gu goes against the grain of his last movie Quick, by giving us a more gritty, less humorous, non-cgi approach. No blockbuster explosions or vehicle stunts here… just some dirty hand-to-hand combat. Read our review. The Divine Move stars Jung Woo-Sung (The Good, The Bad, The Weird), Lee Beom-Soo (Death Bell), Ahn … Continue reading

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