Road Rash Reviews

A Touch of Zen Review *****

Cert 12 | 180 mins | 1970

5 Star
Ghosts, Corruption and Martial Arts.
Eureka have taken an extremely influential film in its genre and given it the 4K restoration as well as the original score, also a bonus disk of interviews and a documentary and a booklet.

After his success with his films Come Drink with Me and Legend of the Mountain, King Hu is let loose on this epic…more

The Friends of Eddie Coyle Blu-ray Review ****-

Cert 15 | 102 mins | 1973

4 Star
Classic Crime and Repercussions.
Peter Yates (Bullet, Krull) brings us his adaptation of the critically acclaimed novel of the same name by George V. Higgins (Killing The Softly). Beautifully restored in a High-definition transfer and with added extra interviews and a 44 page booklet and archive photos. Peter Yates brings out probably Robert Mitchum‘s (Ryan’s Daughter) defining performance with his…more

The Ninja Trilogy Blu-ray Review

Cert 18 | 282 mins | 1981-84

4 Star
Ninjas, Nunchucks and Ghosts.
Eureka Entertainment bring us a slice of 1980’s hack, slice and kick trilogy. Covering the early 80’s cinema, now brought into the 21st Century in a great 5 disc set. From Cannon Films, this trilogy is the less serious side of the ninja trade as they are mainly set outside of Japan and featuring taglines such…more

Sword Art Online II Season 2 Part 2 Review ****-

Cert 15 | 200 mins | 2014

4 Star
Death Gun turns it up a notch.
A-1 Pictures takes Reki Kawahara (Accel World) light novels of Sword Art Online and turns them into a virtual living world. That virtual world has been turned upside down as players that are killed in the game by the character Death Gun’s gun, an automatic pistol Type 54 Black Star, die in the…more

A New Leaf Review ****-

Cert U | 102 mins | 1971

4 stars for this hilarious romantic comedy.
Brought to us as part of the Masters of Cinema series of films #131, A New Leaf was first released in 1971. It was the feature directorial debut of American comedy legend Elaine May (Primary Colours, The Birdcage) who wrote, directed and starred in the film.
Henry Graham (Walter Matthau – The Odd Couple, Grumpy…more

Day of the Outlaw review *****

Cert PG | 92 mins | 1959

5 Star
End of the Trail Western.
#124 in Eureka’s Masters of Cinema’s series brings alive the book, Day of the Outlaw by Lee Wells. Andre De Toth (The Stranger Wore a Gun) takes this story and develops characters that stand out from the screen as we see the story of the end of the trail town trying to survive it’s winter.
Bitters…more

Robinson Crusoe on Mars Review ****-

Cert PG | 110 mins | 1964

4 Star.
Awesome Pre CGI Sci-Fi.
Based on a novel by Daniel Defoe (Moll Flanders) comes Robinson Crusoe on Mars, adapted for the silver-screen by Ib Melchoir, (Death Race 2000) and John Higgins, (Seven Cities of Gold) and directed by the man who steered a lot of your favourite Sci-Fi films and more, Byron Haskin (The War of the Worlds, Treasure Island,…more

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