Cert 18 | 91 mins | 1983
4 Star
The Beautiful Kung-Fu Game
This whacky football themed film was the first film written and directed by popular martial arts actor Brandy Yuen (In The Line of Duty III, Master of Zen, Drunken Master) who addresses subjects such as the problems of jealousy, corruption and bullying in sports, all in the guise of this 1983 modern slapstick movie. Great skills,…more
Cert 18 | 81/104 x2/102 mins | 1992-1995-2003
5 Star
Guitar cases and guns and a Very Big Mexican.
Arrow Video Brings you a four disc special edition of the trilogy that changed cinematic history, as El Mariachi was selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the United States National Film Registry for being “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant”. Robert Rodriguez (Sin City: A Dame to Kill For,…more
Cert 15 | 95 mins | 1964
4 Star
Out of the Cesspit and Into the Firing Line.
From the renowned writer/director Kinji Fukasaku (Battle Royale, Virus) comes one of his early works, brought to us by Eureka (Masters of Cinema) Special Edition. This dark and gritty film shows the seedier side of Japans poor and the squalor they are trying to escape. Being filmed in black-and-white makes it…more
Cert PG | 105 mins | 1978
3 Star
Cult Japanese Knock-off.
Writer/director Kinji Fukasaku (Battle Royale, Virus) brings us a way-out-there Sci-fi opera that will blow your mind, as planets are ravaged, people massacred and irreverent punk kids are expected to be heroes. With a very similar story and attempts at visual effects done on a budget, compared to a film that came a year before, Message From…more
Cert PG | 100 mins | 1982
4 Star
Fantastical Fighting.
From martial arts maestro Woo-Ping Yuen (Drunken Master, DREADNAUGHT, IN THE LINE OF DUTY IV) comes a (Eureka Classics) Special Edition Blu-ray that will blow your socks off, as sorcerers and martial artists fight for the life of a Prince. Great stuff for the weekend.
It’s 1663, and it is illegal for Han Chinese and Manchu people to marry,…more
Cert 15 | 291 mins | 1968-69
5 Star
A Woman Scorned!
From the pen of writer/director Norifumi Suzuki (Sex & Fury, Truck Rascals) comes the start of an eight film series. This Eureka Blu-ray release sees these three films fully restored to 1080 HD, and they have done a cracking job of all three films as Sumiko Fuji (Summer Wars, Omocha) takes on the lead role as a…more
Cert 15 | 267 mins | 1965
5 Star
The Start of a Long Journey.
Prolific Japanese filmmaker Teruo Ishii (Female Yakuza Tale, Gensen-Kan Inn) brings us Abashiri Prison. Based on the 1956 novel of the same name by Hajime Itō, Ishii wrote the script as a remake of the 1958 American film The Defiant Ones. This is the first recognized Yakuza film, starting a long-running series of films…more
