Bodyguard, The (2024) Review

"The Bodyguard" Poster

“The Bodyguard” Poster

In 2024 director Qin Pengfei seemed to be channelling the work ethic of Chang Cheh at his most productive, cranking out an impressive 6 productions spanning everything from period kung-fu flick, to wuxia styled swordplay, to contemporary actioner. It’s hardly a surprise that in the following year he’d take a break, before returning in 2026 with Wings of Dread, offering up the enticing prospect of Ashton Chen versus Iko Uwais. It was ironic then, that the inflight bathroom brawl between femme fatales Hong Shuang and Qu Jingjing turned out to be the scene stealing highlight, and it was one of Pengfei’s earlier 2024 productions that gave Jingjing her own action vehicle with The Bodyguard.

Jingjing cut her teeth starring in web movie versions of bigger budgeted productions like 2023’s Ocean Rescue, as well as appearing in the soccer drama curiosity Magic Seven (also from 2023), which featured Manchester United legend Eric Cantona in the main role playing himself (and could be prime for re-discovery for those unimpressed with Stephen Chow’s Kung Fu Soccer). Pengfei would get a taste of her talents when she clocked in a supporting role in Blade of Fury, which was all that was needed to have an action vehicle be crafted in which she’d play the lead.

In The Bodyguard Jingjing’s ex-SWAT team member turned quiet fish monger is hyped up to gratuitous levels – multiple martial arts champion, exemplary sergeant in the police force, best at what she did during her SWAT era, the list goes on. However after a 9-year-old hostage took a bullet during one of her last missions she’s now ridden with guilt – or at least, we’ll assume she is, since the breezy runtimes web movies come with have no time to spend with Continue reading →

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Deal on Fire! Savage Dog | Blu-ray | Only $11.99 – Expires soon!

Savage Dog | Blu-ray & DVD (Xlrator)

Savage Dog | Blu-ray & DVD (Xlrator)

Today’s Deal on Fire is the Blu-ray  for Savage Dog (read our review), a martial arts actioner directed by Jesse V. Johnson (Triple Threat).

Savage Dog stars Scott Adkins (Close Range, Zero Tolerance), Marko Zaror (Redeemer), JuJu Chan (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny) and former MMA fighter, Cung Le (Dragon Eyes). Other cast members include Vladimir Kulich (The 13th Warrior), Keith David (The Thing), Sheena Chou (Shanghai Hotel) and Aki Aleong (Pound of Flesh).

Martin Tillman (Adkins), a former-champion boxer is incarcerated in the most dangerous prison in Indochina. When Tillman Continue reading →

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Bitcoin Eyes $100K: How Crypto Holders Are Exploring Mining Income

Driven by a strong rally, the price of Bitcoin (BTC) briefly surpassed $79,000, returning to the market spotlight. This upward momentum was fueled by improved expectations regarding U.S. liquidity, renewed inflows into spot ETFs, and the forced liquidation of short positions worth billions of dollars.

Institutional demand is also rebounding. On August 20, the U.S. Bitcoin spot ETF recorded a net inflow of approximately $606 million; meanwhile, Standard Chartered analyst Geoff Kendrick pointed out that the bank’s previously set year-end price target of $100,000 may be too conservative, and stated that BTC may eventually challenge a new all-time high close to $126,000. Bitcoin’s upward momentum has created new opportunities.

Bitcoin cloud mining has emerged as a popular alternative, allowing users to obtain computing power without the need to purchase or maintain physical mining hardware.

SHR Miner, a leading global cloud mining service provider, enables users to participate in Bitcoin mining through cloud mining contracts, with the platform handling hardware management, power supply, and daily operations.

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  3. Start Earning – Track your daily rewards and withdraw funds in your preferred token.

Popular Mining Contracts

SHR Miner offers a variety of high-yield cloud mining contract plans to suit the diverse investment preferences and financial goals of different users. Whether seeking flexible short-term gains or prioritizing stable long-term returns, users can find options on the platform that meet their needs.

Contract Name Price Profit Days Principal + Total Return
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Bitdeer Sealminer A2 Pro $500 $6.25 5 $500.00 + $31.25
Litecoin Miner L9 $1000.00 $13.00 10 $1000.00 + $130
MICROBT WhatsMiner M66  $3000.00 $40.80 15 $3000.00 + $612
MICROBT WhatsMiner M73  $8000.00 $116.80 30 $8000.00 + $3504
ANTSPACE HK3  $30000.00 $513.00 40 $30000.00 + $20520

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A New Era of Mining: Secure, flexible, and profitable.

With SHRMiner, you don’t need to be a tech expert or manage your own hardware. Invest 

directly in high-performance mining—featuring complete transparency, low operating costs, and stable daily returns.

As Bitcoin approaches a significant price milestone, cloud mining offers cryptocurrency holders a new way to participate in the broader digital asset economy without the need to personally operate mining equipment.

In short

If you are looking for ways to generate passive income, cloud mining is an excellent choice. When approached correctly, these opportunities allow you to effortlessly build cryptocurrency wealth on “autopilot” with minimal time investment. At the very least, they are far less time-consuming than any form of active trading. Passive income is the ultimate goal for every investor and trader, and with SHRMiner, maximizing your passive income potential is easier than ever.

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THE GLOW! ‘Godzilla Minus One’ hits 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray in a Limited Edition SteelBook that glows in the dark!

On November 2, 2026, Anime LTD is releasing the 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray (Region B) for the Limited Edition SteelBook for Godzilla Minus One.

From renowned director, screenwriter & VFX visionary Takashi Yamazaki (The Eternal Zero, Stand By Me Doraemon) comes Godzilla Minus One, a film Continue reading →

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Second Life | aka Son of a Punch (2024) Review

"Second Life" Poster

“Second Life” Poster

What do you get when you combine an actress who was around when Bruce Lee was still active, and the actor who played Bruce Lee in 2016’s Birth of the Dragon? The answer is 2024’s Second Life, which offers up a rare starring role for Yuen Qiu, and arguably an equally rare starring role for HK action thespian Philip Ng, here reuniting for the first time since appearing together in the 2016 TVB series A Fist Within Four Walls.

There are a few ways a kung-fu movie can earn a viewer’s good will from the get-go, and certainly one of them has to be a character receiving a slow-motion flying kick to the face within the first couple of minutes. In Second Life said kick comes courtesy of a grieving widow played by Zhou Xiaofei (Europe Raiders, Ip Man: Kung Fu Legend), delivered against the gangster who murdered her police officer husband during the latter’s funeral, resulting in instant death. Hauled off to prison, while incarcerated she gives birth to a son, however once he hits one he’s placed into the countries welfare system.

Skip forward 30 years and, with her prison sentence completed, Yuen Qiu (Dragon, The Young Master, The Dragon’s Snake Fist) steps into the role of the high kicking mother, now old enough to be a grandmother. Moving into her old Chinese medicine business, top of the agenda is to find the son she lost contact with while behind bars and begin Continue reading →

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I MUST BREAK YOU! Watch the Trailer for the new Dolph Lundgren documentary ‘Dolph: Unbreakable’

Following in the footsteps of 2023 Netflix documentaries on Sylvester Stallone (Sly) and Arnold  Schwarzenegger (Arnold), the “other” legendary action star, Dolph Lundgren, now has a documentary of his own.

Titled Dolph: Unbreakable, the documentary from writer and director Andrew Holmes (Lord Jones is Dead) will take an intimate look at Dolph Lundgren’s untold story, from his rise and struggles to his incredible resurgence, spanning everything Continue reading →

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Above the Law | 4K Ultra HD (Toy Robot)

On November 9, 2026, Toy Robot Video (a new sub-label of Arrow Video) will be releasing a 4K Ultra HD for Above the Law (aka Nico), a 1988 actioner from martial arts legend Steven Seagal (A Good Man) and director Andrew Davis (Code of Silence).

In the film, a former Special Operations Vietnam vet (Seagal) works as a Chicago cop, and uncovers C.I.A. wrongdoing. Continue reading →

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Zipang | Blu-ray (Toy Robot)

On November 16, 2026, Toy Robot Video (a new sub-label of Arrow Video) will be releasing a Blu-ray for Zipang, a 1990 Japanese tokusatsu film directed by Kaizo Hayashi (The Maiku Hama Trilogy).

A samurai outlaw on the run with his motley clan falls for the bounty hunter who’s trailing him to the untold riches of a mythical Continue reading →

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The Corruptor | 4K Ultra HD (Toy Robot)

On November 9, 2026, Toy Robot Video (a new sub-label of Arrow Video) will be releasing a 4K Ultra HD for The Corruptor, a 1999 action/thriller directed by James Foley (Glengarry Glen Ross, At Close Range).

The Corruptor stars Hong Kong screen legend Chow Yun-fat (Project Gutenberg, The Killer), Mark Wahlberg (The Departed, Mile 22, The Big Hit), Ric Young (Kiss of the Dragon), Jon Kit Lee (Romeo Must Die), Brian Cox (Braveheart) and Continue reading →

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Deal on Fire! 14 Blades | Only $13.94 – Expires soon!

14 Blades | Blu-ray & DVD (Anchor Bay)

14 Blades | Blu-ray & DVD (Anchor Bay)

Today’s Deal on Fire is the Blu-ray for 2010’s 14 Blades (read our review), a period actioner from director Daniel Lee (Dragon Blade, White Vengeance) headlined by martial arts star Donnie Yen (Sakra, The Monkey King, Ip Man 4).

14 Blades is a thriller set during the Ming Dynasty and centered on a secret service agent (Yen) in the emperor’s court who is betrayed and then hunted by his colleagues.

Ku Huen Chiu – who is mostly known for his work on Monk Comes Down from the Mountain, Expendables 2 and Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons – handles the martial arts choreography for the film.

The film also stars Zhao Wei (Painted Skin 2: The Resurrection), Wu Continue reading →

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A Man of Reason | Blu-ray (Toy Robot)

On November 16, 2026, Toy Robot Video (a new sub-label of Arrow Video) will be releasing a Blu-ray for A Man of Reason, a 2023 South Korean actioner directed by and starring Jung Woo-sung (The Good, The Bad, The Weird, Hunt).

After spending a decade in prison, a hitman learns that he has a daughter and just wants a chance at a normal life. But his former mob boss wants him Continue reading →

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Survive Style 5+ | 4K Ultra HD (Third Window Films)

On October 19, 2026, Third Window Films is releasing the 4K Ultra HD for 2004’s Survive Style 5+. Acclaimed commercial director Gen Sekiguchi pulls all these strands together into a movie that is thrillingly original. Survive Style 5+ jettisons traditional movie tricks and aims for something more, a movie where love means never having to kill your wife more than five or six times.

Five bizarre stories with no apparent connection to Continue reading →

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Things just got FURIOUS! Pierce Brosnan, Don Lee and Joe Taslim join Chris Hemsworth in ‘Extraction 3’

A third follow-up to Netflix’ action film franchise, following 2020’s Extraction and 2023’s Extraction 2, is currently in production on the New South Wales south coast in Australia.

The franchise’s director Sam Hargrave (Unlucky Stars) and lead stars Chris Hemsworth (Thor), Golshifteh Farahani (Extraction) and Idris Elba (Extraction 2) are Continue reading →

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The writer behind ‘No Retreat, No Surrender’ is back! The all-star martial arts thriller ‘Lion Fist’ hits 4K Ultra HD next month

Stuntman turned actor Mathis Landwehr, best known for his role in 2024’s The Last Kumite, returns to the martial arts genre with Lion Fist, an upcoming actioner from director Taim M. Adams (Scars of the Fatherland) that hits Digital and 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray on September 15, 2026.

Martial artist Joe (Mathis Landwehr) emerges from four years of wrongful imprisonment to devastating news: His son needs an expensive operation to survive a life-threatening tumor. With no other options, Joe enters a brutal martial arts tournament Continue reading →

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Before Mark Gor, there was Morris Cohen! Hong Kong filmmaker Johnnie To to helm action western ‘Two Gun Cohen’

Looks like Park Chan-wook (Old Boy, The Brigands of Rattlecreek) isn’t the only acclaimed Asian filmmaker taking a shot at the western genre…

Acclaimed Hong Kong filmmaker Johnnie To (Three, The Mission) is set to direct Two Gun Cohen, a “Dim Sum western” (Chinese western) based on the true story Continue reading →

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