Get ready, because this next bit of news almost feels like an Avengers-moment for the entire Hong Kong action cinema industry!
The Hong Kong Stuntman Association is developing a star-studded historical film to commemorate the 30th anniversary of Hong Kong’s return Continue reading
Filmmaker and star Louis Mandylor (The Debt Collector, The Doorman) – fresh off directing Scott Adkins in 2025’s Prisoner of War – has started principal photography on his next film, Marx.
Produced by Mandylor’s own Odyssey Motion Pictures, this upcoming actioner stars martial arts powerhouse Bren Foster (Life After Fighting, Mexicali) and Continue reading
“Assassin” Poster
AKA: Assassination: 1932
Director: Zhou Jiu Qin
Cast: Wang Ming, Jin Long, Cheng Qi, Jinhao Guo, Ray Lui, Di Wang, Tang Hao Yuan
Running Time: 90 min.
By Paul Bramhall
One of the quirks I always enjoy in the world of Chinese streaming movies is the occasional oddly worded credit introduction, and 2025’s Assassin offers up a good one in the form of ‘Special Invited Lead Actor Ray Lui’, who presumably, by virtue of having his name appear in the credits, was happy to accept the invite. A mainstay of Hong Kong cinema since debuting in the Shaw Brothers production The Informer in 1980, like many familiar faces from Hong Kong’s golden era, Lui has carved out somewhat of a niche for himself in the Chinese streaming era in recent years. Leading roles in the likes of 2023’s Quick Counterattack and 2022’s Shanghai Knight act as kind of modern day iterations of his 90’s outings like Thunder Run and To Be Number One, ensuring a steady stream of work even as he reaches 70 (despite the fact that he doesn’t look a whole lot different from the Flash Point era almost 20 years earlier!).
In Assassin Lui steps into the familiar role of a respected gangster (complete with an omnipresent cigar), considered to be “the king of Shanghai”, who we’re introduced to in the opening meeting with the Japanese military in the club he owns. Resistant to the Japanese suppressors demands, their discussion is interrupted when a foursome from the Iron Continue reading
Given the massive success of 2025’s The Shadow’s Edge, which held the No. 1 position at the China box office for four consecutive weekends, it’s no surprise that a sequel is currently in pre-production.
Last year, Larry Yang (Ride On) and Victoria Hon (Mountain Cry) – director and producer of The Shadow’s Edge, respectively – stated they were open to cash in on a sequel. “We’re considering the idea of a sequel, but right now we’re unsure what direction it will take,” Yang says. “I don’t want to repeat myself so I will very likely find a new approach. We’ll see Continue reading
On June 28, 2026, Arrow Video is releasing the Limited Edition 4K Ultra HD set for the Mortal Kombat Kollection, which includes 1995’s Mortal Kombat and 1997’s Mortal Kombat: Annihilation.
A high-impact fusion of martial arts mayhem, fantasy spectacle and video game mythology, the Mortal Kombat films brought arcade combat to the big screen Continue reading
I wanted Macross, but this will do for now. Production on the live-action Gundam film has officially started in Queensland, Australia. The upcoming sci-fi actioner is written and directed by Jim Mickle, who is best known for making gritty, character-focused genre films. He’s the filmmaker behind 2010’s Stake Land and 2014’s Cold in July, as well as Netflix’ Sweet Tooth.
The upcoming film is a live-action adaptation of the Gundam anime, a Japanese sci-fi franchise that began with Mobile Suit Gundam in 1979. It centers on giant piloted robots used in complex wars between Earth and space Continue reading
Now available for Pre-order is the Blu-ray (Region A/B) for Magnificent Bodyguards, which will be reelased on July 13, 2026. This 1978 kung fu oddity is directed by Lo Wei (The Big Boss) and stars the one and only, Jackie Chan (Hidden Strike, Ride On).
Jackie leaps out of the screen in Magnificent Bodyguards, the first Hong Kong movie shot in 3D! The icon joins a team of guards who are escorting an ill man across a land filled danger and possible death, a land known as Stormy Hills, but does the man hold Continue reading
“One Spoon Of Chocolate” Poster
Wu-Tang Clan founder RZA (The Man with the Iron Fists) is prepping an official release for One Spoon of Chocolate, an upcoming thriller he directed, wrote, and produced.
The film is being released through 36 Cinema Distribution (aka 36 Cinema), a division of 36 Chambers, the lifestyle brand launched by RZA with business partner Mustafa Shaikh. The movie is getting some marketing push from RZA’s Kill Bill collaborator Quentin Tarantino, who has come aboard to present the film (Rolling Thunder Pictures-sploitation!).
One Spoon of Chocolate centers on an ex military convict who tries to start a new life in a quiet small town. Just as he begins to find love and a sense of peace, his past returns and pulls Continue reading
Now shipping from Goodie Emporium is Arrow’s 4K Ultra HD for The Killer, John Woo’s most acclaimed action masterpiece!
Fresh from the success of the first two A Better Tomorrow films, in 1989 action maestro John Woo would unleash The Killer, a spectacular blend of explosive Continue reading
I wanted Macross, but this will do for now. We’ll soon see the most popular giant robot come to life in Voltron, a sci-fi actioner directed by Rawson Marshall Thurber, who is perhaps best known for 2018’s Skyscraper and 2021’s Red Notice.
The upcoming film, which wrapped production last year, is a live-action take on the 1984 cartoon Voltron: Defender of the Universe, which was originally adapted for American audiences from Toei’s 1981 anime Beast King GoLion. The U.S. version was dubbed Continue reading
Boyka: Undisputed IV | Blu-ray & DVD (Universal)
Today’s Deal on Fire is the Blu-ray for Boyka: Undisputed (aka Boyka: Undisputed IV), starring martial arts sensation Scott Adkins (The Debt Collector, Max Cloud and Ip Man 4: The Finale).
In the fourth installment of the Undisputed franchise, Scott Adkins returns as Yuri Boyka, the most complete fighter in the world, a man looking for his shot to fight for the ultimate championship belt. After he accidentally kills an opponent in the ring, Boyka reaches out to the fallen opponent’s wife. But when the wife gets kidnapped by a crime kingpin, Boyka must take on a series of lethal opponents in the ring to keep her from a life of servitude.
This time around, Todor Chapkanov (Viking Quest) directs, while Isaac Florentine (Close Range) serves as producer. Boyka: Undisputed also stars Continue reading
“Cold War 1994” Poster
Two prequels to the Cold War franchise (2012’s Cold War and 2016’s Cold War 2) are on their way from Edko Films.
Longman Leung, who co-directed the original films (along with frequent collaborator, Sunny Luk), shot the two prequels back-to-back.
Titled Cold War 1994 and Cold War 1995, the movies collectively star Daniel Wu (Sky on Fire), Terrance Lau (Twilight Of The Warriors: Walled In), Tse Kwan Ho (Warriors of Future), Louise Wong (A Guilty Conscience), Chow Yun Fat (Project Gutenberg), Aaron Kwok (The White Storm 3), Tony Leung Ka Fai (Blades of the Guardians) and Louis Koo (Back to the Past).
Additional cast Continue reading
Visionary filmmaker Yeon Sang Ho (Psychokinesis) – director of the 2016 hit Train to Busan and its follow up Peninsula – returns to the zombie subgenre with Colony, an upcoming thriller that stars Gianna Jun (My Sassy Girl, The Thieves), Koo Kyo-hwan (Escape, Peninsula), Ji Chang-wook (Fabricated City) and Shin Hyun-been (The Ugly).
Colony follows Se-jeong (Gianna Jun), a biotech professor attending a conference that suddenly turns deadly when a fast-mutating virus is released. As the Continue reading
Slinger | Blu-ray (Yippee Ki-Yay Video)
If you think you’ve seen Jean-Claude Van Damme’s Cyborg, think again. Available exclusively through Yippee Ki-Yay Mother Video is the Blu-ray (Region Free) for Slinger, Albert Pyun’s “Director’s Cut” of the cult classic action film from 1989!
In the late 80s, The Cannon Films production company was dealing with financial troubles after a series of box office bombs, perhaps chief among them being Tobe Hooper’s troubled Lifeforce in 1986. Cannon had plans to make a sequel to Masters of the Universe and a live-action Spider-Man film with director Albert Pyun (The Sword and the Sorcerer), but financial difficulties forced them to cancel their deals with Mattel and Marvel before the cameras started rolling. In order to best make use of all the costumes and sets they’d already created Continue reading
“Street Fighter” Poster
Kitao Sakura – an up and coming filmmaker who is perhaps best known for 2021’s Bad Trip, as well as a handful of episodes of 2023’s Twisted Metal series – is currently hard-at-work putting finishing touches on Legendary/Paramount Pictures’ live-action film adaptation of Capcom’s classic videogame, Street Fighter, which is set to be released on October 16, 2026.
Stars appearing in Street Fighter include Andrew Koji (Snake Eyes) as Ryu; Noah Centineo (The Recruit) as Ken; Roman Reigns aka Joe Anoa’i (Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw) as Akuma; Jason Momoa (Aquaman) as Blanka; and musician Orville Peck as Vega.
The film also stars Callina Liang (Presence) as Chun-Li; Comedian Andrew Schulz Continue reading
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