The Protector – 88 Films Blu Ray Review
The Protector (1985) is the action film from director James Glickenhaus where he tried to turn Jackie Chan into a hard edge cop with mixed results. Not to be confused with other films with the same title (including the Tony Jaa film Tom Yum Goong renamed The Protector for the USA market!). After his partner […]
More Classic Hong Kong Action on Blu Ray From 88 Films
UK distributor 88 Films have announced 3 new classic Hong Kong movies to be released on Blu ray in March next year. First is the Jackie Chan and Sammo Hung action drama Heart of the Dragon which is a story of a cop who forsakes his dreams of sailing around the world so that he […]
The Fate of Lee Khan – Blu Ray Review
One of the most critically acclaimed directors from the 1970’s era of Chinese film-makers is King Hu, whose film A Touch of Zen won the Technical Grand Prize award at the 1975 Cannes Film Festival and who was a man determined to do things his way and not be controlled by the powerful studio’s in […]
Chasing Dream – Trailer
From one of my personal favourite directors Johnnie To, comes Chasing Dream his new MMA influenced movie. This intense romantic drama, about a relationship between a young MMA fighter and a young woman who wants to become a singer. Starring Jacky Heung, Wang Kero, Shao Bing and Emotion Cheung. The teaser trailer is below.
First Love – Trailer
From Cult Japanese director Takashi Miike comes First Love a movie about a young boxer and a call girl, who fall passionately in love while getting innocently caught up in a drug-smuggling scheme over the course of one night in Tokyo. With a cool soundtrack and great feedback this looks like something to watch out […]
Bruce Lee Intercepting Fist Poster Magazine
Now available to pre order this edition of the Bruce Lee Forever poster magazine which covers the soon to be released book BRUCE LEE: THE INTERCEPTING FIST with exclusive chapter excerpts and images of this iconic martial art superstar Bruce Lee. This opens up into a magnificent A1 poster. Only 1000 pressed, ships worldwide. Click […]
First Trailer for Wu Assassins
Below is the first trailer for Wu Assassins coming from Netflix and starring Iko Uwais, Mark Dacascos and Byron Mann. Wu Assassins will be set in San Francisco’s Chinatown and is described as a martial arts crime series with some supernatural elements. The series is from Flame Ventures and Nomadic Pictures. Hong Kong filmmaker Stephen Fung will direct […]
Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks – New Kung Fu Movie Documentary
From Hong Kong to Hollywood, the Shaw Brothers to The Matrix, iron fists and kung fu kicks have been busting box offices and breaking barriers since the late 1960s. This is the wild untold story of how the Kung Fu movie became a global phenomenon. Among those interviewed are the first woman wuxia film star, […]
Hand of Death – Blu Ray Review
Back in the mid 1970’s Kung fu movies were all the rage and the latest trend was martial arts actors who were great kickers, such as the star of Hand of Death Tan Tao Liang a Tae Kwon Do master and popular actor. Hand of Death (aka Countdown to Kung Fu) concerns a young Shaolin […]
Undercover Punch and Gun – Trailer
Philip Ng, Vanness Wu, Andy On and Jiang Luxia is the cast list for Undercover Punch and Gun (aka Undercover vs. Undercover), the directorial debut of Frankie Tam and Philip Lui. Undercover Punch and Gun is about the deep undercover work of a police drug task force. Although filmed in 2015/2016, not sure why there was such a big […]