Road Rash Reviews

Yakuza Princess Review ***--

Cert 18 | 111 mins | 2021

3 Star
Legacy, Amnesia and a Bloodthirsty Sword.
Based on the Brazillian graphic novel Samurai Shiro by Danilo Beyruth (Motorrad), film and TV director Vicente Amorim (The Division, The Middle of the World) recreates the graphic novel with his style of filmmaking, as we get  to know our players and establish a backstory that plays out like an origin story, and the…more

Deed of Death (aka Geran) Digital Release Review ****-

Cert 15 | 101 mins | 2019

4 Star
Brutal Family Honour.
Cinematographer turned writer/director Areel Abu Bakar brings a hard hitting tale of the family is all and they will do anything to protect that. Showing that the Malay Silat martial art is not to be messed with, Deed of Death is Hard Hitting, High Kicking and High Octane.
Men come from the land. Therefore, walk on it with…more

Beasts Clawing at Straws Review ****-

Cert 15 | 108 mins | 2020

4 Star
Always Listen to Mother.
Taken from the novel of the same name by Keisuke Sone (Original Title, Beasts That Cling to the Straw), and directed by Yong-hoon Kim on his directorial debut, he also wrote the screenplay for this twisty tale of money and fate, and it is always the poor at the bottom, crave for more of what they…more

Running Against the Wind (Montage Pictures) Blu-ray Review ****-

Cert 15 | 119 mins | 2019

4 Star
Life Through a Cracked Lens.
First time writer, director, producer and Actor Jan Philipp Weyl tells a tale based on true events, about the aspirations of two boys from rural Ethiopia to the biggest village in the world, Addis Ababa. We are taken from the beautiful vistas of the Erer Valley to the slums of a city, that doesn’t care…more

Plurality Review *****

Cert 15 | 107 mins | 2021

5 Star
One Cop, One Body, Five Minds.
From writer/director Aozaru Shiao (Brotherhood of Legio, Wake Up (TV Series)) comes a fresh Sci-Fi idea that will blow your socks off. This is the latest hit from the respected director (Dream Flight), and this time he has come up with a cracking story that will keep you on the edge of your seat…more

Wild Search (Eureka Classics) Blu-ray Review ****-

Cert 18 | 98 mins | 1989

4 Star
Gun Runners, A Cop, and a Three Year Old.
Director Ringo Lam (City on Fire, Full Alert, Wild City) brings one of Hong Kong favourite action hero’s Chow Yun-Fat (Hard Boiled, Prison on Fire, The Killer, The Replacement Killers, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Bulletproof Monk) at the height of his career, to this action, romance story. Standby for a thrill…more

Encounter of the Spooky Kind [GUI DA GUI] (Eureka Classics) Blu-ray Review ****-

Cert 15 | 103 mins | 1980

4 Star
Ghosts, Ghouls and Infidelity.
From actor/director Sammo Hung (Three Films With Sammo Hung, Wheels on Meals, Zu Warriors From the Magic Mountain, The Fate of Lee Khan, Jackie Chan’s PROJECT A & PROJECT A PART II) and the producer of the jiangshi film genre (The jiangshi is a corpse reanimated by a Taoist priest) that he created along with writer…more

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