Road Rash Reviews

WHEN TAEKWONDO STRIKES (Eureka Classics) Special Edition Blu-ray Review *****

Cert 15 | 91 mins | 1973

5 Star
Cream Always Rises to the Top.
Written and directed by Feng Huang (The Angry River, Lady Whirlwind), who brings us the controversial time of occupation of Korea by Japan in the nineteen-thirties. By this time, the ‘Korean independence movement’ was fighting back at the Japanese oppression, and Japans search for their fabled leader. When Taekwondo Strikes is a martial arts…more

Cult Spaghetti Westerns: Django, Keoma and A Bullet for the General Review

Cert 15 | 311 mins | 1966, 67, 76

5 Star
Bullets, Death and Mexicans.
From Cult Films via Alternate Current comes a box set of iconic Spaghetti Westerns, spanning ten years from 1966-76, when these Westerns were at their height of popularity, a popularity that still appears sixty years later. This box set is for the true fans, and also if you are new to the genre, this offering is…more

THE ROYAL TRAMP COLLECTION (Royal Tramp & Royal Tramp II) (Eureka Classics) Special Edition Review

Cert 15 | 208 mins | 1992

4 Star
Fantastical Martial Arts Comedy.
From Eureka’s Special Edition releases comes two films from Hong Kong’s most popular writer, director and producer during the 90s, Jing Wong (The Man from Macau, Step Into the Dark) martial art’s comedy farces. With amazing wire work, martial arts, and ridiculous storyline over the two films, you are in for a great time over the…more

FROM BEIJING WITH LOVE (Eureka Classics) Special Edition Blu-ray Review *****

Cert 15 | 84 mins | 1994

5 Star
Spooftacular Fun and Violence.
Writer, director and actor Stephen Chow (Shaolin Soccer, Kung Fu Hustle) gets his comedy teeth into this spoof/homage to the legend that is ‘James Bond’. With elements taken from each of the films up to the 1990s. And what a job he has done, with laugh-out-loud moments to cringing with the explosive violence. From the Eureka…more

BEACH OF THE WAR GODS (Eureka Classics) Special Edition Blu-ray Review ****-

Cert 15 | 101 mins | 1973

4 Star
When the Dialogue is Over, The Killing Begins.
To mark its fiftieth anniversary, Eureka brings us a Blu-ray of the original Hong Kong theatrical cut from a brand new 2K restoration. Written/directed and starring Jimmy Wang Yu (One-armed Boxer, One-armed Boxer II) in this tale of a small Chinese town versus’s the might of the Japanese invaders. Beach of the…more

SHE SHOOTS STRAIGHT (Eureka Classics) Special Edition Blu-ray Review

92 mins | 1990

5 Star
Acrobatics, Kung Fu and Very Big Guns.
Co-written and directed and acted by Corey Yuen (The Transporter, Righting Wrongs) who has an extensive knowledge of martial arts, and he certainly gets the best out of his wards, in this female lead action masterpiece that has it all. She Shoots Straight is a must own for any Martial Arts fan, male…more

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