Author Archives: David Rees


Arrow Video is now releasing Volume 3 in the Shawscope series and the first disc in the set is a new 4K remaster of the classic One Armed Swordsman starring Jimmy Wang Yu. Accepted to the Golden Sword School after Read more…


A new trailer has appeared for the movie Stuntman which teams up Albert Leung (Twins Mission), real-life stuntman-turned-filmmaker and his brother, director Herbert Leung (Twins Mission). Not many details at the moment but the film revolves around a rising stuntman, Read more…


In the early 1970s, the Kung Fu movie craze started with the big box office takings for movies such as Enter the Dragon and King Boxer. Meanwhile, the British horror film company Hammer were falling on hard times with many Read more…


This classic swordplay film is getting a new remastered Blu-ray release from Eureka. Starring Adam Cheng, and Norman Chui and directed by Patrick Tam The Sword is about a cursed blade, the legendary swordsman Hua Qian Shu (Tien Feng, King Boxer) Read more…


Eureka in the UK has announced the remastered Blu-ray release of the Angela Mao classic Broken Oath co-starring Bruce Leung and Chan Wai Man. A Hong Kong take on Japan’s Lady Snowblood, Broken Oath is an action-packed tale of righteous vengeance starring the Read more…


Eureka in the UK has announced the release of the Yuen Biao film The Champions onto Blu-ray. The Champions is the precursor to Shaolin Soccer from the first family of Hong Kong martial arts cinema: the inimitable Yuen Clan! Lee Tong (Yuen Biao) Read more…


Two more classic Jet Li films are getting a UHD and Blu-ray release from 88 Films. The Bodyguard From Beijing – A corrupt businessman commits a murder and the only witness is the girlfriend of another businessman with close connections Read more…


Arrow Video has announced the release of the Shawscope Volume 3 Blu-ray box set in the UK and USA later this year. This next instalment of Arrow Video’s best-selling Shawscope series demonstrates the sweeping stylistic evolution of the swordplay genre, Read more…


Second Sight in the UK has announced the release of the excellent Korean action/thriller A Bittersweet Life directed by Kim Jee-woon. A loyal gangster falls foul of his gang when he’s assigned to keep watch over the young mistress of Read more…


When Bruce Lee died in July 1973 the world was shocked, Hong Kong had lost its most famous son just as he was reaching stardom in the West. But soon after the Hong Kong film industry started pumping out what Read more…

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