Road Rash Reviews

THE VALIANT ONES [Zhong lie tu] (Masters of Cinema) Special Edition Review *****

Cert 12 | 102 mins | 1975

5 Star
The Last of a Great Era.
Written and directed by famed Wuxia filmmaker King Hu (A Touch of Zen, Raining in the mountain) is this sword based action Tour de Force, which takes us back to the thirteenth Century, as the Chinese take on Japanese pirates. It is down to a Colonel and his retainers and a married couple to…more

The Goldfinger Review ****-

Cert 15 | 125 mins | 2023

4 Star
Hong Kong, The Land of Opportunity.
From the writer of Infernal Affairs comes a story that seems stranger than fiction, but The Goldfinger is based on real events in Hong Kong in the 1980s. Felix Chong (The Counterfeiter, Overheard 2 & 3) as a corporation rises to stratospheric heights, then plummets due to a financial crash. One man is in…more

Wicked Little Letters Review ****-

Cert 15 | 100 mins | 2024

4 star satisfyingly sweary true-life tale.
Wicked Little Letters is a 2024 British comedy film, written by comedian Jonny Sweet (Chickens, Johnny English Strikes Again) and directed by Thea Sharrock (Me Before You, The One and Only Ivan).
It is available to buy and rent from digital platforms on 8th April and available to own on Blu-ray and DVD from 13th May,…more

The Holdovers Review ****-

Cert 15 | 133 mins | 2023

4 Star
Discipline in the Festive Period.
From the pen of popular writer/producer David Hemingson (Whiskey Cavalier (TV Series), Kitchen Confidential (TV Series)) and skilfully directed by Alexander Payne (Nebraska, Sideways), who brings out the best of his experienced and his younger actors, to bring us a gripping tale of the old school grit versus the young’s lust for life outside the…more

The Promised Land Digital, Blu-ray and DVD Review *****

Cert 15 | 127 mins | 2024

5 star sweeping biographical drama.
The Promised Land is a 2023 epic historical drama film directed by Nikolaj Arcel (A Royal Affair, The Dark Tower) with a screenplay from Arcel and Anders Thomas Jensen (Riders of Justice).
Based on the best selling 2020 novel The Captain and Ann Barbara by Ida Jessen, it is coming to UK Digital Platforms from 29th April 2024 and on Blu-ray and DVD from…more

BLACK MASK (Eureka Classics) (Limited Edition) Review ****-

Cert 18 | 87-99 mins | 1996

4 Star
Super Soldiers on the Rampage.
Calling all Jet Li/martial arts fan, Eureka have done it again, bringing us Jet Li (HEROES & VILLAINS: Three films starring Jet Li, KUNG FU CULT MASTER, The One, Kiss of the Dragon) at his most explosive. Action, adventures don’t come more frantic than the action in this super-soldiers vs a superhero. All directed by…more

Kind Hearts and Coronets (Vintage Classics) 4k Review *****

Cert U | 106 mins | 1949

5 Star
Vengeance Eight-Fold
STUDIOCANAL brings us a true British classic with its new 4k release of the Ealing comedy Kind Hearts and Coronets. Directed by Robert Hamer (Dead of Night, It Always Rains on Sunday) and brought to life by the incomparable Alec Guinness (The Bridge on the River Kwai, Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope) playing the eight…more

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