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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.

Toxic Avenger: Japanese Cut DVD (Troma)

RELEASE DATE: December 11, 2012 Troma presents the DVD for Toxic Avenger: Japanese Cut. Among the residents of Tromaville is Melvin, a nerdy, emaciated janitor at the local health club. As the chemicals take hold of his body, Melvin turns into the Toxic Avenger, doer of good, and brutal mauler of evil! This special “Japanese Cut” contains footage not seen in the current release. Check out the original U.S. trailer.

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Westerns Unchained: 25-Film Blu-ray Collection (First Look Pictures)

RELEASE DATE: December 4, 2012 First Look Pictures presents Westerns Unchained, a 25 film Blu-ray collection featuring classic Spaghetti Westerns. Memorable films such as Kill Django, Lola Colt and Face to Face; and featuring Richard Harrison, Robert Woods, Antonio Sabato, Klaus Kinski, Rory Calhoun, Guiliano Gemma and Lola Folana.

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Bleak Night DVD (Bayview Entertainment)

RELEASE DATE: January 22, 2013 Bayview Entertainment presents the DVD for Bleak Night (aka Pasuggun). A grieving father (Cho Seong-ha, The Yellow Sea) seeks to understand the circumstances that led his teenage son, Ki-tae (Lee Je-hoon, The Front Line), to commit suicide. Watch the trailer.

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Tai Chi Zero Blu-ray & DVD (Well Go USA)

RELEASE DATE: January 22, 2013 Well Go USA presents the Blu-ray & DVD for Tai Chi Zero (aka Tai Chi 0) is directed by House of Fury’s Stephen Fung with Ip Man’s Sammo Hung serving as action director. The film stars Xiao-chao Yuan, William Feng, Eddie Peng, Shu Qi, Daniel Wu, Tony Leung Ka Fai and Angela Baby. Watch the trailer.

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Deadly Blessing Blu-ray & DVD (Shout! Factory)

RELEASE DATE: January 22, 2013 Shout! Factory presents the Blu-ray & DVD for Wes Craven’s Deadly Blessing. The film is set in an Amish Country, at a local farm, where a woman’s husband is mysteriously killed by his own tractor! Starring Ernest Borgnine, Maren Jensen, Susan Buckner and Sharon Stone. Watch the trailer.

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The Nest Blu-ray & DVD (Shout! Factory)

RELEASE DATE: January 22, 2013 Shout! Factory presents the Blu-ray & DVD for 1988’s The Nest. A biological experiment goes haywire when meat-eating mutant roaches invade an island community, terrorizing a peaceful New England fishing village and hideously butchering its citizens. Directed by Terence H. Winkless (Bloodfist). Watch the trailer.

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The Unjust DVD (Pathfinder Home Entertainment)

RELEASE DATE: December 11, 2012 Pathfinder Home Entertainment presents the DVD for Ryu Seung-Wan’s The Unjust, a movie about corruption in the South Korean justice system. A critical and commercial success, this one has shades of Infernal Affairs, and obviously The Departed. Be sure and read our review. Check out the trailer.

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Dragon (aka Wu Xia) Blu-ray & DVD (The Weinstein Company)

RELEASE DATE: April 16, 2013 Anchor Bay presents the Blu-ray & DVD for Dragon (aka Wu Xia). Liu (Donnie Yen) is a villager whose quiet life is shattered when he saves a man from two notorious gangsters. He comes under investigation by a detective (Takeshi Kaneshiro), who is curious on how Liu single-handenly took on the gangsters. Watch the trailer. If you can’t wait, Dragon is currently available to stream. … Continue reading

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The Expendables 2 Blu-ray & DVD (Lionsgate)

RELEASE DATE: November 20, 2012 Lionsgate presents the Blu-ray & DVD for The Expendables 2, which is filled with kick-ass bonus features including behind-the-scenes featurettes along with audio commentary with the director, a gag reel, deleted scenes and more!

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Dick Tracy Blu-ray (Touchstone Home Entertainment)

RELEASE DATE: December 11, 2012 Touchstone Home Entertainment presents Dick Tracy, on Blu-ray for the very first time. Directed by and starring Warren Beatty, Madonna, Al Pacino and Dustin Hoffman. When gang lord Big Boy Caprice unites the town’s racketeers and gangsters, police detective Dick Tracy devotes his career to foiling the entire bunch of bad guys.

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All Superheroes Must Die Blu-ray & DVD (Image Entertainment)

RELEASE DATE: January 29, 2013 Image Entertainment presents the Blu-ray & DVD for All Superheroes Must Die. Four superheroes awaken in a seemingly abandoned town, stripped of their powers and at the mercy of their sinister arch-nemesis who forces them into a series of brutal challenges — where the stakes include the lives of the innocent, as well as their own. Starring James Remar, Jason Trost and Lucas Till. Check out the … Continue reading

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Kill ‘Em All Blu-ray & DVD (Well Go USA)

RELEASE DATE: December 11, 2012 Well Go USA presents the Blu-ray & DVD for Kill ‘Em All. Captured assassins are locked up inside the Killing Chamber. To break out, they must duel each other and battle against masked maniacs. If they survive, they will confront Snakehead: the lethal top dog! Starring Johnny Messner, Gordon Liu, Joe Lewis and Tim Man. Check out the trailer.

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X-Game DVD (Danger After Dark)

RELEASE DATE: November 13, 2012 Danger After Dark presents the DVD for X-Game. Hideaki is kidnapped and when he awakens he finds himself in a recreation of his old school room, along with his recently reunited classmates. Trapped and held captive by mysterious hooded figures, each of them must now play a deadly game. Directed by Yohei Fukuda (Chanbara Beauty). Check out the trailer.

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The Day Blu-ray & DVD (Anchor Bay)

RELEASE DATE: November 27, 2012 Anchor Bay presents the Blu-ray & DVD for The Day. Open war against humanity rages. 5 survivors; lost and on the run. The pursuit is relentless, the bullets are dwindling and the battle is everywhere. This is a 24hr look into their lives. Fight or die. Check out the trailer.

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Double Feature: Black Cobra & The Big Fight DVD (Screen Magic Films)

RELEASE DATE: January 15, 2013 Screen Magic Films presents two “classics” in this Double Feature: In Black Cobra (watch trailer), Malone (Fred Williamson) must protect a beautiful photographer from a vicious motorcycle gang. This film is basically an Italian knock-off of Sylvester Stallone’s Cobra, which is identical in plot. In The Big Fight, a fighter accompanies a singer with equal kung fu abilities to an ultimate showdown.

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