Hard Revenge, Milly: Bloody Battle Trailer is Quite Cool

Crazy, over-the-top Japanese action movies seem scientifically designed to appeal to someone with my warped cinematic sensibilities. “Tokyo Gore Police,” “Meatball Machine,” and “The Machine Girl” are all responsible for my current obsession with this sort of picture,...

November 5th, 2009 | Read More

Raging Phoenix (2009) Movie Review

You can’t blame the Thais for continuing to produce action movies like “Raging Phoenix”. There are basically only two genres coming out of Thailand that sells nowadays – martial arts movies and horror films. Everything else just doesn’t translate very well. One of the industry’s newest import...

November 5th, 2009 | Read More

Amazing Tales: Three Guns Trailer aka Zhang Yimou’s Blood Simple Remake

A trailer for Zhang Yimou’s “Amazing Tales: Three Guns” has popped up online, and it looks … interesting. Adapted by Jianquan Shi and Jing Shang, the Chinese remake of the Brothers Coens’ “Blood Simple” transplants the story into a period film set in a Chinese...

November 2nd, 2009 | Read More

Lala Pipo: A Lot of People (2009) Movie Review

Having been scripted by Tetsuya Nakashima, the award winning writer director of the excellent “Kamikaze Girls” and “Memories of Matsuko”, it comes as no surprise that “Lala Pipo” is another slice of colourful Japanese pop culture craziness. Marking the directorial debut of Nakashima’s assistant...

October 30th, 2009 | Read More

Palisades Tartan’s Asian Horror: Essential Collection Review

Just in time for Halloween, Palisades Tartan has grouped together three of the most successful Asian horror films of recent years in one region 2 DVD collection. Although terms such as ‘essential’ are woefully overused when it comes to such compilations, in this case it certainly rings true, as the...

October 30th, 2009 | Read More

New Trailer and TV Spots for Yuen Woo-Ping’s True Legend

A new trailer chock full of fights (but short on plot and dialogue, which is not necessarily a bad thing) and two short but very cool TV spots for action master Yuen Woo-ping’s return to directing in the martial arts/fantasy movie “True Legend” have shown up online. If you absolutely...

October 28th, 2009 | Read More

Yuen Woo-ping Preps his Garnet on the Golden Sand

Sure, the title may not sound like it’s got buckets of martial arts fun waiting for you (”Garnet on the Golden Sand”???), but consider the director involved: Yuen Woo-ping. Westerners will know him as the guy who made the martial arts in Quentin Tarantino’s “Kill Bill”...

October 27th, 2009 | Read More

Korean Killer Boar Flick Chaw Headed To Region 1

Generally speaking, I’m not really a fan of the whole “animals run amok” genre. There are a few exceptions to the rule, of course, but for the most part, I find them to be somewhat lacking in the horror department. However, having recently witnessed James Isaac’s enjoyable 2008...

October 26th, 2009 | Read More

English Subtitled Trailer For Haunted Universities

I first discovered the trailer for Bunjong Sinthanamongkolkul and Sutthiporn Tubtim’s upcoming Thai horror flick “Haunted Universities” (aka “Mahalai Sayongkwan”) a while back, though, not being overly familiar with the language, I was a little clueless as to what, exactly,...

October 26th, 2009 | Read More

Like You Know It All (2009) Movie Review

The cinematic medium can make for a fascinating subject, especially in the hands of a director willing to explore it through personal insights. This is certainly the case with “Like You Know it All” from Hong Sang Soo, one of the current champions of the Korean independent film scene, whose previous...

October 24th, 2009 | Read More

Himalaya, Where the Wind Dwells (2008) Movie Review

“Himalaya, Where the Wind Dwells” is the latest effort from noted Korean independent director Jeon Soo Il, who previously won praise and prizes for his “With a Girl of Black Soil”. This time, he heads to the wilds of Nepal for a minimalist, yet grand tale featuring some truly breathtaking scenery...

October 24th, 2009 | Read More

Red Cliff Clip: The Final Siege Begins…

Apple has a new clip from John Woo’s mega epic “Red Cliff”, which features, if I recall correctly, a one-hour siege at the end of the movie that features a series of elaborate, bloody battles as the good guys march to the bad guys’ final last stand. It’s an insane amount...

October 23rd, 2009 | Read More

The Girls of Vanquisher Gets a Subtitled English Trailer

In “The Vanquisher”, our heroine must go up against the International Organization of Assassins because, well, she’s a good girl and they’re bad for killing people and stuff. Or at least that’s what I got from this questionable English subtitled trailer (via Wise Kwai) for...

October 22nd, 2009 | Read More

Full Trailer for 14 Blades Slashes Online

Whatsammata, that teaser trailer for “14 Blades” we posted yesterday not enough for ya? You say you want more Donnie Yen killing people with all manner of blades and Sammo Hung being Sammo Hung? Well dang, ain’t you the lucky one, cause a 3-minute trailer for Daniel Lee’s “14...

October 22nd, 2009 | Read More

Chow Yun Fat to Let the Bullets Fly

You know what I love about announcements of a new Chinese movie? If they say the movie is coming out in 2010, then by God, chances are it’s coming out in 2010. You won’t get that kind of certainly with a Hollywood project, where a movie usually misses the release date by a couple of years....

October 22nd, 2009 | Read More

Andy Lau and Jackie Chan Enlist in the Shaolin Temple

Can’t get enough epic martial arts movies? Well neither can the Chinese, with China continuing to roll out the big-budget kung fu movies at a fast clip. The latest is “Shaolin Temple”, which boasts a $29 million budget and stars Jackie Chan, Andy Lau and Nicholas Tse. Also joining them...

October 21st, 2009 | Read More

14 Blades Teaser Trailer is Teasingly Awesome

A teaser trailer for Donnie Yen’s latest Chinese costume martial arts epic “14 Blades” has landed online, and oh boy does it look good. I mean really, really good. It looks like the movie that “An Empress and the Warriors” should have been. The focus of the film seems to...

October 21st, 2009 | Read More

Blood Soaked Trailer For Vampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl

Call me crazy if it makes you sleep better at night, but I simply cannot get enough of this new wave of extreme Japanese cinema that is currently making the rounds as of late. “Tokyo Gore Police” and “The Machine Girl” are incredible films, mostly because they pack more arterial...

October 21st, 2009 | Read More

Subtitled Trailer For Danny Pang’s Upcoming Seven 2 One

Hong Kong director Danny Pang’s cinematic output is certainly a mixed bag. Sometimes he can knock one out of the proverbial park — 2006’s “Re-cycle” immediately springs to mind — though this is usually followed up with something along the lines of “The Eye 10″...

October 20th, 2009 | Read More

More Crazy CGI Martial Arts in New Storm Warriors Trailer

Like CGI martial arts? You’re in luck, because another trailer for The Pang Brothers’ “The Storm Warriors” (aka “The Storm Riders 2″) has landed online. Let’s face it, “The Storm Warriors” is one of those movies where you know exactly where you stand...

October 19th, 2009 | Read More