Road Rash Reviews

Samurai Marathon 1855 Review ****-

Cert 15 | 104 mins | 2019

4 Star
Samurai, Ninjas and Guns.
Writer/director Bernard Rose (Anna Karenina, Frankenstein) started out making videos for the likes of UB40 and Frankie Goes to Hollywood and went on to direct one of our all time horror faves Candyman. This time he tells the story of a Japanese event, that has lasted to this day. The Japanese Marathon.
For two hundred and sixty…more

Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion 1 [Collectors Editions] Review ****-

Cert 15 | 387 (Approx) mins | 2006 - 2009

4 Star
Mecha’s, Treachery and Rebellion.
From Sunrise (The Boy and the Beast., Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt, Wing) animation house comes one of the most critically acclaimed anime series. The tale of a young man with aspirations of World domination to bring peace to the Planet. But at the moment he is hindered by being exiled from his country and is a…more

Mobile Suit Gundam 00-Part 1 Collectors Edition Review ****-

Cert 12 | 625 mins | 2007

4 Star
The Final Solution for Peace on Earth.
Celebrated director Seiji Mizushima (Shaman King, Fullmetal Alchemist, Fullmetal Alchemist the Movie: Conqueror of Shamballa) takes on the universe of Mobile Suit Gundam, with this futuristic dilemma of continuous conflict on Earth. Now AllTheAnime brings the four disk collectors edition.

A.D. 2307 and Earth has run out of fossil fuels and it now relies…more

Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade Review *****

Cert 15 | 102 mins | 1999

5 Star
Civil Unrest Dilemmas
Twenty years from its first release, Key animator and director (this being his first) Hiroyuki Okiura’s (Akira, Your Name., A Letter to Momo, Venus Wars) Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade sees itself on Dual Format release from All The Anime LTD. Being a Production I.G (Attack on Titan, Ghost in the Shell: Arise, Attack on Titan: Junior High,…more

The Fate of Lee Khan (1973) (Masters of Cinema) Dual Format edition Review *****

Cert 12 | 105 mins | 1973

5 Star
The Intrigues of War.
From actor, writer, director King Hu (Legend of the Mountain, All the King’s Men) comes a tale of fourteenth century China when the Monguls rule with an iron fist and the people have had enough and are fighting back under rebel Chu Yuan-Chang’s army. With choreography from the legend that is Sammo Hung (Wheels on Meals,…more

Silver Spoon Season 2 Review ****-

Cert 12 | 275 mins | 2019

4 stars of amusing and thought provoking coming of age anime.
Silver Spoon Season 2 is based on the manga of the same name written and illustrated by Hiromu Arakawa (Fullmetal Alchemist). It is produced by A-1 Pictures (Your Lie In April, Erased) and directed by Tomohiko Itō (Guilty Crown, Sword Art Online). It is presented here featuring the original Japanese track with English subtitles, in Collector’s…more

Three Films With Sammo Hung (Eureka Classics) Review *****

Cert 18 | 299 mins | 1977, 1979, 1987

5 Star
Martial Arts Master Class.
Before the rise of the martial Arts comedy king that is Jackie Chan (Jackie Chan’s Police Story & Police Story 2, Jackie Chan’s PROJECT A & PROJECT A PART II, City Hunter, Wheels on Meals) in the West,  there was a master of the fists and feet that stayed in the East and that was the…more

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