Cert 15 | 108 mins | 2016
4 Star
Swords, Love and Kung Fu.
From the writer/actor and director Derek Yee (Protégé), he brings us a classic tale of testing your mettle to prove your self taught skills are the best and why you shouldn’t follow the family path and the problems of unrequited love. All told with amazing sword skills and wire work. A tale of two men…more
Cert 15 | 106 mins | 2014
5 Star
Brothers to the End.
Director Lu Yang (My Spectacular Theatre) in only his second film takes us back forty years, to the heyday of the martial arts classic films. With a great story of the intrigue and savagery of the Imperial city in the 17th Century China, this is a classic story of betrayal and vengeance with amazing sword fights…more
Cert 18 | 6 X 84 mins | 1972-74
5 Star
Cutting Edge Vengeance.
CRITERION COLLECTION: LONE WOLF & CUB comes to Blu-ray and it is cutting edge, the critically acclaimed cinema version of the manga that changed the stakes. A set of 6, 1972-74 Japanese chambara films directed by Kenji Misumi (Sleepy Eyes of Death: Sword of Adventure). It is the first in a series of six films in the…more
Cert 15 | 90 mins | 2016
4 Star
Martial Arts Remake.
This is a remake of the 1989 action sport martial arts film that put Jean Claude Van Damme at the top of his game and he returns in this version too. Director John Stockwell (In the Blood, Top Gun) does a great job of bringing back the character of Kurt Sloane and his fists and feet in…more
Cert 18 | 115 mins | 2016
4 Star
Swords, Fists, Feet & Teeth.
Introducing Takashi Miike‘s (Ichi the Killer, 13 Assassins, Detective Story) Yakuza Apocalypse, a story of loyalty and revenge in the inimitable Miike style of blood, controversy and amazing fight scenes intermingled with the gore of horror.
Yakuza boss Genyo Kamiura (Lily Frankie, Lovers) runs his town with an iron fist as he protects his citizens from outsiders…more
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
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
