Road Rash Reviews

Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?: Season 4 Pt 1 Review ****-

Cert 15 | 264 mins | 2022

4 Star
Down, Down, Deeper and Death
This series is based on the light novel series created by Fujino Ōmori (Wistoria: Wand and Sword (TV Series), DanMachi: Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? On the Side – Sword Oratoria (TV Series), Is It Wrong To Try To Pick Up Girls In A Dungeon?). Where the fourteen-year-old…more

A MAN CALLED TIGER [LENG MIAN HU] (Eureka Classics) Special Edition Review ****-

Cert 15 | 112 mins | 1973

4 Star
Revenge is a Complicated Affaire.
Legendary writer/director Wei Lo follows up his big hits (The Big Boss, Fist of Fury) with this fast-paced revenge story. The hand-to-hand, and the foot-to-the-face action in this film is second to none. As the film follows the usual Hong Kong action Yakuza film, that is, until we get near the end, then it turns…more

Ninja Scroll: The Series ****-

Cert 15 | 300 mins | 2003

4 Star
A Gouty Ninja Fantasy.
From MVM, we get the Ninja Scroll: The Series, that follows the events of the movie, Where we see the life of Jubei Kibagami as he wanders the countryside as a ninja for hire. Created by Yoshiaki Kawajiri (Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust, Wicked City), and directed by Tatsuo Satô (Gakuen senki Muryô, Uchû no suteruvia) who…more

MESSAGE FROM SPACE [Uchū kara no messēji] (Masters of Cinema) Special Edition Review ***--

Cert PG | 105 mins | 1978

3 Star
Cult Japanese Knock-off.
Writer/director Kinji Fukasaku (Battle Royale, Virus) brings us a way-out-there Sci-fi opera that will blow your mind, as planets are ravaged, people massacred and irreverent punk kids are expected to be heroes. With a very similar story and attempts at visual effects done on a budget, compared to a film that came a year before, Message From…more

THE MIRACLE FIGHTERS [KEI MOON DUEN GAP] (Eureka Classics) Special Edition Review ****-

Cert PG | 100 mins | 1982

4 Star
Fantastical Fighting.
From martial arts maestro Woo-Ping Yuen (Drunken Master, DREADNAUGHT, IN THE LINE OF DUTY IV) comes a (Eureka Classics) Special Edition Blu-ray that will blow your socks off, as sorcerers and martial artists fight for the life of a Prince. Great stuff for the weekend.
It’s 1663, and it is illegal for Han Chinese and Manchu people to marry,…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

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

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