Road Rash Reviews

THE SWORDSMAN OF ALL SWORDSMEN (Yi dai jian wang) (Eureka Classics) Limited Edition Review *****

Cert 18 | 86-90 mins | 1968-79

5 Star
Revenge and Regret.
Director/writer and master of the wuxia film genre, Joseph Kuo (CINEMATIC VENGEANCE! 8 Kung Fu Classics, Ninja Death) brings one of the best in this Eureka limited edition Two disc release. Thanks to the work of the “Taiwan film classics digital restoration and value adding project”, commissioned by the Ministry of Culture. Also included in the Limited…more

Assassins Pride Collector’s Edition [Blu-ray] Review ****-

Cert 15 | 300 mins | 2019

4 Star
Angel’s Versus the World
(Kazuya Aiura, Long Riders!, Super Cub) directs this exciting delve into the lives of Mana users, adapted from the light novel series, written by Kei Amagi and illustrated by Nino Ninomoto. These Mana users are all from high-born families of the last human city of Flandore. This is a tale of where a young girl’s heritage…more

KUNG FU CULT MASTER (Eureka Classics) Special Edition Blu-ray Review ****-

Cert 15 | 99 mins | 1993

4 Star
In Beauty There is Treachery.
Eureka brings us what some might say is a controversial film adaptation of Louis Cha Leung-yung‘s (Sakra, Swordsman (TV Series)) (better known by his pen name Jin Yong) novel The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber. Despite the adaption, what we have here is an hour-and-a half of Sammo Hung (Warriors Two & The Prodigal Son,…more

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

Cult Spaghetti Westerns: Django, Keoma and A Bullet for the General Review

Cert 15 | 311 mins | 1966, 67, 76

5 Star
Bullets, Death and Mexicans.
From Cult Films via Alternate Current comes a box set of iconic Spaghetti Westerns, spanning ten years from 1966-76, when these Westerns were at their height of popularity, a popularity that still appears sixty years later. This box set is for the true fans, and also if you are new to the genre, this offering is…more

HEROES & VILLAINS: Three films starring Jet Li (Eureka Classics) 3 Disc Special Edition Review ****-

Cert 18 | 299 mins | 1995, 96, 98

4 Star
Action Triple Bill.
Eureka hits the target once again with this Special Edition of Jet Li (Once Upon A Time In China Trilogy, The One) films, from the heyday of the Hong Kong action film, the 1990s. From his staple gun toting high action, to Adventure and flights of fantasy, to contract killer. All done with the lightning fast fists…more

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