Road Rash Reviews

WHEN TAEKWONDO STRIKES (Eureka Classics) Special Edition Blu-ray Review *****

Cert 15 | 91 mins | 1973

5 Star
Cream Always Rises to the Top.
Written and directed by Feng Huang (The Angry River, Lady Whirlwind), who brings us the controversial time of occupation of Korea by Japan in the nineteen-thirties. By this time, the ‘Korean independence movement’ was fighting back at the Japanese oppression, and Japans search for their fabled leader. When Taekwondo Strikes is a martial arts…more

SAMURAI WOLF I & II (Masters of Cinema) Special Edition Blu-ray Review ****-

Cert 15 | 144 mins | 1966-67

4 Star
Death in Monochrome.
Eureka bring us two classic chambara productions from the late 1960s, from the genre’s master, writer/director Hideo Gosha (VIOLENT STREETS, Yakuza Ladies) who takes inspiration from the spaghetti western popular in the West at the time and puts his spin on the lone warrior fighting for the little people. In these two features, he makes great use of…more

Devil Girl from Mars Blu-ray Review ***--

Cert PG | 77 mins | 1954

3 Star
Emancipated Mars Comes to Earth.
From the pens of John C. Mather and James Eastwood (Beyond Mombasa, The Scales of Justice), and the direction by David MacDonald (Law and Disorder, The Brothers) comes a British Sci-Fi cult classic in this black and white shocker. As it tries to break into the classics such as ‘The day the Earth Stood Still’,…more

NeiA_7 Collectors Edition Blu-ray Review ***--

Cert 15 | 325 mins | 2024

3 star quirky and surreal anime series.
NeiA_7, also known as NeiA under 7, is a Japanese animation originally released in 2000 and based on the manga series created by Yoshitoshi Abe (Serial Experiments lain). It was adapted for anime by Studio Triangle Staff (Macross Plus: Movie Edition).
It available in the UK on Collector’s Edition Blu-ray from 15th January 2024 courtesy…more

Horrors of the Black Museum Review ****-

Cert 12 | 82 mins | 2024

4 star restoration of a cheesy horror B-movie.
Horrors of the Black Museum is a 1959 British-American horror film directed by Arthur Crabtree (Ivanhoe, Death Over My Shoulder) and written by Herman Cohen (The Headless Ghost, Craze) and Aben Kandel (Konga, Berserk).
This new restoration of this fifties classic horror is available in the UK on Blu-ray, DVD and Digital from 15th…more

War Blade DVD and Digital Review ***--

Cert 15 | 94 mins | 2024

3 Star
Peril Behind Enemy Lines.
Serial writer/director Nicholas Winter (Robin Hood: The Rebellion, House of Shadows) brings us a WWII thriller that sees a small group of freedom fighters join two professional fighters from the UK to go up against the might of the Nazi war machine. #SupportIndieFilm
Paul Lavigne (Ronan Summers, Guardians of the Galaxy, Edge of Tomorrow) is the leader…more

Mean Streets Limited Edition Dual 4K UHD and Blu-ray Box Set + Standard Editions Review *****

Cert 15 | 112 mins | 1973

5 Star
Big Trouble in Little Italy.
What a treat for the Filmophiles out there, as Second Sight Films brings us the 1973 instant classic, from the sixty-year career of Martin Scorsese who brought us such classics as Taxi Driver, GoodFellas, The Wolf of Wall Street, and still doing it today with Killers of the Flower Moon. Mean Streets is set where…more

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