Lau Kar Leung has always been one of my favourite directors and now most of his films are available on DVD / Blu ray we have decided to review some of his best. Challenge of the Masters was made in 1976 and was the directors second film, the first … [Read More...]
Classic Trailer : Last Hurrah For Chivalry
Director John Woo is best known for his gunplay gangster epics such as A Better Tomorrow, Hard Boiled and The Killer but before that he made a few traditional martial arts movies and this is one of the best, the swordplay classic Last Hurrah For … [Read More...]
The Water Margin TV Series Blu Ray Review
In the mid 1970's it was a frustrating experience being a young martial arts movie fan in the UK. Most films were rated X so you had to be over 18 to see them and there was very little on TV apart from the Kung Fu TV series. Then the BBC started … [Read More...]
The Big Boss New 4K Scan Hong Kong Blu Ray
Kam & Ronson in Hong Kong are to release the Bruce Lee classic The Big Boss onto Blu ray from an all new remastered 4K scan. Like the previous Fist of Fury release this is far superior to the older HD releases. … [Read More...]
Lone Wolf and Cub : Criterion Blu Ray Box Set Announced
Criterion in the USA have announced a Blu ray box set for the classic 6 Lone Wolf and Cub films. The films have had a new 2K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtracks. The set also includes Shogun Assassin the re-edited version of … [Read More...]
Man From Hong Kong Blu Ray
Umbrella Entertainment in Australia have given out details about the forthcoming release on Blu ray of the Jimmy Wang Yu action film The Man From Hong Kong. Recently remastered in 4K the disc will also feature a huge stack of special features which … [Read More...]
Daredevils : Lobby Cards
Daredevils or as its also known Shaolin Daredevils is a Venoms film from the later period of Shaw Brothers and was made in 1979. Starring Philip Kwok, Lu Feng, Chiang Sheng, Sun Chien and Lo Meng and the story takes place during the early Republic … [Read More...]
Skinny Tiger Fatty Dragon Blu Ray
Following on from our last post, the same company has also release Sammo Hung's Skinny Tiger Fatty Dragon on DVD also with a bonus BR-R HD version of the film. This also has English subtitles but both titles are limited editions so order now while … [Read More...]
Odd Couple Sammo Hung Classic on Blu Ray
One of the great weapons films of all time the kung fu action comedy Odd Couple has had a new release in Japan on DVD but the special edition 2 disc set also has a BR-R copy of the film in True HD also! … [Read More...]
The Water Margin TV Series on Blu Ray
The ancient sages said, Do not despise the snake for having no horns, for who is to say it will not become a dragon? Fabulous films in the UK are to release the cult Japanese TV series The Water Margin onto Blu ray at the end of August. The series … [Read More...]
Fist Of Fury 4K Remastered Edition Blu Ray Announced
Kam & Ronson in Hong Kong have announced the release of the Bruce Lee classic Fist of Fury onto Blu ray from a new 4K remaster done by L’Immagine Ritrovata. The new release has Cantonese and Mandarin language options with English and Chinese … [Read More...]
Skiptrace : New Trailer
Here is the new trailer for Skiptrace the new action comedy starring Jackie Chan and Johnny Knoxville. It has been a huge success in China and should be released in the West soon. Lookls like a cross between Rush Hour and Shanghai Knights. … [Read More...]
Ninja in the Dragon’s Den
Below are a selction of photo's and posters from the classic 1982 Seasonal production Ninja in the Dragon's Den starring Conan Lee, Hiroyuki Sanada and Hwang Jang Lee. Two rival warriors, a Japanese and a Chinese, are forced to work together after … [Read More...]
Martial Law DVD Box Set Pre-Order
Finally the cult action show Martial Law starring Sammo Hung is available for pre-order at Amazon. Containing all 44 episodes and As extras, you'll get bonus cross-over episodes of Early Edition ("Play It Again, Sammo") and of Walker, Texas Ranger … [Read More...]
Super Bodyguard : Extended Trailer
The last time a film was promised that had no wires, no tricks just pure action it was the slew of action movies from Thailand, headed by Tony Jaa. Now mainland China seems to be getting in on the act with this new film Super Bodyguard starring Shi … [Read More...]