Road Rash Reviews

Encounter of the Spooky Kind [GUI DA GUI] (Eureka Classics) Blu-ray Review ****-

Cert 15 | 103 mins | 1980

4 Star
Ghosts, Ghouls and Infidelity.
From actor/director Sammo Hung (Three Films With Sammo Hung, Wheels on Meals, Zu Warriors From the Magic Mountain, The Fate of Lee Khan, Jackie Chan’s PROJECT A & PROJECT A PART II) and the producer of the jiangshi film genre (The jiangshi is a corpse reanimated by a Taoist priest) that he created along with writer…more

PTU (Masters of Cinema) Blu-ray Review ****-

Cert 15 | 88 mins | 2003

4 Star
One Cop, One Gun, One Deadly Night.
Seasoned director Johnnie To (Election, Election 2, Mad Detective, Exiled) brings a Hong Kong tale of how one little mistake can easily start a string of events that totally change the participants lives forever, in this cop loses his gun story Hong Kong style.
PTU (Police Tactical Unit) are a division connected to the…more

Time and Tide Blu-ray Review ****-

Cert 18 | 114 mins | 2000

4 Star
Brutal Death Race, Oh and Babies.
Classic Martial Arts filmmaker, writer, director and Producer Hark Tsui (Zu Warriors From the Magic Mountain, Once Upon A Time In China Trilogy, Iron Monkey, The Taking of Tiger Mountain) comes to the twenty-first century with this Hong Kong and South American crime fiction. Where young men have to find their place in society…more

One Armed Boxer [Eureka Classics] Blu-ray Review ****-

Cert 18 | 89 mins | 1972

4 Star
Martial Art Revenge.
Following in the vein of the Shaw Brothers Studio (Come Drink with Me, The One-Armed Swordsman, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) of Hong Kong comes one of their stars Jimmy Wang Yu (The One Armed Swordsmen, One-Armed Boxer II, Return of the Chinese Boxer) as writer, director and starring himself as the lead role. This film pulls together…more

THE LUCKY STARS 3-Film Collection Review ****-

Cert 15 | 297 mins | 1983-1985

4 Star
Girls, Crooks and Cops.
(or Misfits Save the Day)
From the original idea by writer Barry Wong (Mr. Vampire, Eastern Condors, Hard Boiled), the Martial Arts legend Sammo Kam-Bo Hung (Three Films With Sammo Hung, Wheels on Meals, Zu Warriors From the Magic Mountain, The Fate of Lee Khan, Mr Vampire, Jackie Chan’s PROJECT A & PROJECT A PART II) also…more

Versus [Blu-ray] Review ****-

Cert 18 | 120 mins | 2000

4 Star
Welcome to The Forest of Death and Resurrection.
From Horror/Fantasy fan writer and director Ryûhei Kitamura (Godzilla: Final Wars, The Midnight Meat Train, The Doorman) comes a smorgasbord of martial arts, gunplay, Kenjutsu, Zombies and Yakuzas. He tells us the tale of ancient secrets and battles that last through generations.
Throughout history only a dedicated select few have known about the…more

Mothra Masters of Cinema) LIMITED EDITION Blu-ray Review *****

Cert PG | 101 mins | 1961

5 Star
Mothra!!!
Number #240 in the Masters of Cinema range comes a Kaiju Classic Mothra. From the inventive mind of writer Shinichi Sekizawa (Mothra vs. Godzilla , Invasion of Astro-Monster) and brought into life by director Ishirô Honda (Ishiro Honda Double Feature, Godzilla, Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster) and special-effects guru Eiji Tsuburaya (Godzilla, Rodan, The Lost World of Sinbad). Kaiju fans…more

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