Kung Fu Rascals | Blu-ray (Visual Vengeance)

Now available from Goodie Emporium is Visual Vengeance’s Limited Edition Blu-ray for the 1992 martial arts fantasy film, Kung Fu Rascals. This long out-of-print rarity marks the debut feature from cult director Steve Wang (Drive, The Guyver), who also stars.

In the tradition of Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan and the Three Stooges comes this wildly funny action comedy from director Steve Wang. When chased by mutated monsters, crafty ninjas and a 300 foot tall stone god, the bumbling heroes battle against the powers of darkness in search of “The Power Most Big”.

Kung Fu Rascals also stars Troy Fromin (The Perfect Weapon), Johnnie Continue reading →

Dogra Magra | Blu-ray (Radiance Films)

Now available is Radiance Films’ Blu-ray (Region A/B) for Dogra Magra, a 1988 thriller from Toshio Matsumoto (Funeral Parade of Roses).

A man wakes in an asylum with no memory. Dr Wakabayashi helps him to recall his past in which he killed his bride on their wedding day. Part of his memory becomes linked to another doctor, Dr Masaki, and a manuscript, Dogra Magra. As the two doctors treat him, reality and fantasy become blurred and the patient becomes unsure of his identity or his doctors’ experiments.

The final feature film by Toshio Matsumoto (Demons) is an adaptation of the celebrated novel by Kyusaku Yumeno, a period set gothic tale with a sense of dreamy dread that recalls Kiyoshi Continue reading →

Martial arts star Iko Uwais (The Raid, The Raid 2, Headshot, Beyond Skyline) is joining Eiza Gonzalez (Ambulance) and Aaron Paul (Breaking Bad) for Ash, an upcoming sci-fi thriller that’s due to hit theaters in next year!

Directing Ash is musician/filmmaker Steven D. Bingley-Ellison (Kuso, V/H/S/99), who mostly known as his stage name, Flying Lotus. The XYZ/GFC-produced Continue reading →

“Karate Kid: Legends” Teaser Poster

The highly successful motion picture franchise that spawned three sequels, a remake, and a series is getting another reboot – or should we say crossover?

Sony’s new Karate Kid film, titled Karate Kid: Legends, will be directed by Jonathan Entwistle, who has served as a director and executive producer on two popular Netflix original series including I Am Not Okay With This and The End of the F**ing World.

The upcoming film is a continuation of both 2010’s Karate Kid (Jackie Chan/Jaden Smith), and the original franchise (Pat Morita/Ralph Macchio) that took place in 1984’s The Karate Kid, 1986’s The Karate Kid Part II, 1989’s The Karate Kid Part III and in the events Continue reading →

“High Forces” Theatrical Poster

In the tradition of hijack thrillers like The Delta Force (1986), Passenger 57 (1992), Executive Decision (1996) and United 93 (2006), comes High Forces (aka Crisis Route), an upcoming actioner from Oxide Pang (one half of The Eye and The Eye 2 writing/directing duo, the Pang Brothers).

Hong Kong superstar Andy Lau (Shock Wave 2, Walk on Fire) plays an international security expert who combats against hijackers on board the Airbus A380.

The film also stars Liu Tao (The Foreigner, The Monkey King 3) and Zhang Zifeng (Detective Chinatown, Aftershock).

High Forces is getting a U.S. theatrical release on October 25, 2024 from China Continue reading →

“Weekend in Tapei” Theatrical Poster

Writer/director George Huang, who is perhaps best known for the 1994 cult satire film Swimming with Sharks, is teaming with Luke Evans (Dracula Untold, Blitz) for Weekend in Taipei, an actioner Huang co-wrote with Luc Besson (Lucy, Leon: The Professional).

The film also stars Sung Kang (Bullet to the Head), Gwei Lun-Mei (Black Coal, Thin Ice) and newcomer, Wyatt Yang.

The plot follows a “pit-bull” DEA agent working on job in Taipei, who encounters his old flame, a Taiwanese woman named Joey Kang. They haven’t seen each other for 15 years, but now they’re thrown into the action again during a weekend in Taipei (FS.net).

Weekend in Taipei hits Continue reading →

Hide your fingers, because Amazon’s Prime Video will soon unleash Like a Dragon, an upcoming six-part, live-action series based on the SEGA videogame franchise, Yakuza: Like a Dragon.

The series – directed by Masaharu Take (100 Yen Love) and Takimoto Kengo (Kamen Teacher) – is set in two time periods, 1995 and 2005, and follows the life, childhood friends and the repercussions of the decisions of a fearsome and peerless Yakuza Continue reading →