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.

Mortal Enemies | aka Pirate Brothers DVD (Lionsgate)

RELEASE DATE: February 18, 2014 Lionsgate presents the DVD for the Indonesian martial arts flick, Mortal Enemies (aka Pirate Brothers). This action-packed tale of vengeance stars Robin Shou (Mortal Kombat), Capoeira practitioner (Brazilian art form of martial arts, sports, and music) Verdy Bhawanta and “Indonesia’s most hardworking model,” Marcio Fernando Da Silva. Mortal Enemies also features award-winning cinematographer Ardy Lam (Once Upon A Time In  China). Watch the trailer.

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Warrior Assassin | DVD (Lionsgate)

RELEASE DATE: April 1, 2014 Lionsgate presents the DVD for Dou Xiao’s Warrior Assassin. Two strangers set out on individual quests for revenge, and when they cross paths, they discover that revenge lies with the same man. Joining forces, it will take more than an army to keep them from unleashing the ultimate punishment, even if it means sacrificing their own lives. Starring Pan Yuanjia, Ji Chunhua and Bryan Leung … Continue reading

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Sorcerer | Blu-ray & DVD (Paramount)

RELEASE DATE: April 22, 2014 Paramount presents the Blu-ray & DVD for 1977’s Sorcerer (aka Wages of Fear), directed by William Friedkin (The Exorcist, The French Connection) and starring Roy Scheider (Jaws). Sorcerer involves a group of cons living in South America who drive two truckloads of deadly nitroglycerine across miles of rugged terrain. The film also features an eerie electronic score by Tangerine Dream (Thief). Also starring Bruno Cremer and Francisco … Continue reading

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Seven Warriors | Blu-ray & DVD (Well Go USA)

RELEASE DATE: April 22, 2014 Well Go USA presents the Blu-ray & DVD for 1989’s Seven Warriors, directed by Terry Tong (The Sentimental Swordsman). Seven kung fu fighters band together to protect a village from evil bandits. Seven Warriors is homage to Akira Kurosawas’s 1954 classic Seven Samurai. The film stars Adam Cheng, Jacky Cheung, Max Mok and Tony Leung Chiu-Wai and Sammo Hung. Watch the trailer.

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Confession of Murder | Blu-ray & DVD (Well Go USA)

RELEASE DATE: April 15, 2014 Well Go USA presents the DVD & Blu-ray for Jeong Byeong-gil’s Confession of Murder. The film is about a police officer who is haunted for failing to capture a serial killer 15 years ago, and is back on the case after a novelist publishes the book “I am the Murderer,” claiming responsibility for the crimes. Starring Jung Jae-young and Park Si-hoo. Watch the trailer.

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Contract Killers | DVD (Vision Films)

RELEASE DATE: March 11, 2014 Vision Films presents the DVD for 2014’s Contract Killers, directed by Mathew John Pearson. An efficient, yet arrogant assassin has only one night to meticulously ambush and kill an entire team of vigilantes who are targeting the city’s drug dealers. All goes to plan until the assassin encounters Marshall, a naturally-skilled newcomer who survives the attack, and is now determined to stop him. Starring Renee … Continue reading

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Rewind This! | DVD & VHS (MPI Home Video)

RELEASE DATE: January 14, 2014 MPI Home Video presents the DVD & VHS for Rewind This! VHS vs. Beta! In the 1980s, videotape changed the world and laid the foundation for modern media culture. Rewind This! traces the rise and fall of VHS from its heyday as the mainstream home video format to its current status as a nostalgic relic and prize to collectors who still cherish it. Featuring interviews … Continue reading

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Enemies Closer | Blu-ray & DVD (Lionsgate)

RELEASE DATE: March 11, 2014 Lionsgate presents the Blu-ray & DVD for Enemies Closer, directed by Peter Hyams (Timecop, End of Days) and starring Jean-Claude Van Damme, as a maniacal drug cartel lord. Two mortal enemies (Orlando Jones and Tom Everett Scott) must make a choice: put aside their past and work together, or die alone at the hands of a ruthless gang (headed by Van Damme) who will stop at nothing … Continue reading

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Angela Mao Double Feature: Lady Whirlwind & Hapkido | DVD (Shout! Factory)

RELEASE DATE: April 22, 2014 Shout! Factory presents the Angela Mao Double Feature: Lady Whirlwind & Hapkido DVD. Directed by Huang Feng (Stoner), 1972’s Lady Whirlwind (aka Deep Thrust) has Mao teaming up with Chang Yi to take on evil Japanese thugs. 1972’s Hapkido (aka Lady Kung Fu), also directed by Feng, has Sammo Hung and Carter Wong going forces with Mao as they take on, you guessed it, more Japanese … Continue reading

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Exit Wounds | Blu-ray (Warner)

RELEASE DATE: April 22, 2014 Warner Bros. presents the Blu-ray for Steven Seagal’s Exit Wounds, directed by Andrzej Bartkowiak (Romeo Must Die). First time on Blu-ray! Orin Boyd (Seagal), a tough cop in an inner-city precinct discovers a web of dirty cops and corruption. Exit Wounds also stars Michael Jai White (Never Back Down 2), DMX, Isaiah Washington, Anthony Anderson, Bill Duke, Tom Arnold and Eva Mendes. Watch the trailer.

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Kingdom of Conquerors | aka An End to Killing | DVD (Lionsgate)

RELEASE DATE: March 8, 2014 Lionsgate presents the DVD for Wang Ping’s Kingdom of Conquerors (aka An End to Killing). In the early 13th century, when all the nomadic clans of Mongolia were at war, one man was able to conquer them all and unite them under one banner: his own. Genghis Khan, known for his ruthlessness and barbarism, built an empire that covered nearly all of Asia and cemented his … Continue reading

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Ice Soldiers | Blu-ray & DVD (Sony)

RELEASE DATE: February 25, 2014 Sony presents the Blu-ray & DVD for Ice Soldiers. From the writers of Dolph Lundgren’s Dark Angel (aka I Come in Peace) comes an action movie that’s straight out of the early 1990s! A scientist discovers the bodies of three frozen genetically modified Russians buried in the North. Upon thawing them out he realizes he has unleashed a deadly threat and must stop them at … Continue reading

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The Hidden Fortress | Blu-ray & DVD (Criterion)

RELEASE DATE: March 18, 2014 Criterion presents the Blu-ray & DVD for 1958’s The Hidden Fortress. Akira Kurosawa directs this spirited period action-adventure in which two conniving peasants are tasked with smuggling a general, a princess and the remains of her family’s wealth through mountainous, hostile territory in feudal Japan. This rip-roaring ride is among the director’s most beloved films and was a primary influence on George Lucas’s Star Wars. Watch … Continue reading

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The Wrath of Vajra | Blu-ray & DVD (Well Go USA)

RELEASE DATE: March 18, 2014 Well Go USA presents the Blu-ray & DVD for The Wrath of Vajra, directed by Law Ching Cheong (who is currently wrapping up Donnie Yen’s The Iceman Cometh). In The Wrath of Vajra, a top Chinese martial artist (Yu Xing) sets his sights on a Japanese death cult after they abduct innocent Chinese children and train them to be assassins. Judging by the trailer, the filmmakers … Continue reading

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

RELEASE DATE: March 11, 2014 Well Go USA presents the Blu-ray & DVD for Park Hong-Soo’s Commitment. After his father’s botched espionage mission, North Korean Myung-Hoon (Choi Seung-Hyun) and his young sister Hye-In (Han Ye-Ri) are sent to a labor prison camp. In order to save his sister’s life, Myung-Hoon volunteers to become a spy and infiltrates the South as a teenage defector. Watch the trailer.

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