Road Rash Reviews

MAGNIFICENT WARRIORS [Zhong hua zhan shi] aka. Dynamite Fighters (Eureka Classics) Review ****-

Cert 18 | 91 mins | 1987

4 Star
Fight the Oppressors.
Eureka have brought us a Stunning Action film, with guns and explosions. All brought together with bone crunching stunts and amazing Martial Arts. Director and Cinematographer David Chung (Once Upon a Time in China, It’s a Drink! It’s a Bomb!) tells the tale of the 1930’s when Japan is expanding, and the locals don’t like it. Sit…more

Royal Warriors [Wong ga jin si] (Eureka Classics) Special Edition Blu-ray Review ****-

Cert 15 | 96 mins | 1986

4 Star
You’ll Know When You’ve Been Yeoh’ed.
This is the second instalment of the ‘Girl’s With Gun’s’ films following on from Yes Madam, that ended up as the ‘In the Line of Duty’ series where we see strong female Martial Artists, using guns in the course of saving their city from would be wrong doers. Once again, the theme is “I…more

YES, MADAM! aka. POLICE ASSASSINS (Eureka Classics) Special Edition Blu-ray Review ****-

Cert 18 | 93 mins | 1985

4 star
Martial Arts in Hong Kong 80s Style.
Corey Yuen (Righting Wrongs, She Shoots Straight) brings us the female lead martial arts extravaganza, that started the ‘girls-with-guns’ sub-genre, and spawned the In ‘the Line of Duty’ series of films. Produced by the great Sammo Hung (Jackie Chan’s Police Story & Police Story 2, Jackie Chan’s PROJECT A & PROJECT A PART…more

THE CAT AND THE CANARY and THE GHOST BREAKERS (Eureka Classics) [Blu-ray] Review ****-

Cert PG | 280 mins | 1939-1940

4 Star
Don’t Give up on Hope
From Eureka comes two black and white comedy/horror films from the master of comedy Bob Hope (Road to Bali, Road to Rio, Road to Morocco) along with the starlet of the day, the mesmerizing Paulette Goddard (The Young in Heart, Hold Back the Dawn) in this first time Blu-ray UK release. Quick Quips and a…more

MANIACAL MAYHEM (Three films starring Boris KARLOFF) (Eureka Classics) Review ****-

Cert PG | 230 mins | 1936, 1940, 1951

4 Star
Scientists, High-Born’s, and Murder.
Eureka Classics brings us another triple bill of Boris Karloff classic horror Sci-fi films where scientists go mad and revenge is always prevalent. From prolific directors Lambert Hillyer (The War Horse, Chain Lightning), Arthur Lubin (Phantom of the Opera, Yellowstone), and Joseph Pevney (Star Trek (TV Series), Torpedo Run).
Be prepared to be shocked and horrified in…more

UNIVERSAL TERROR (Three films starring Boris KARLOFF) (Eureka Classics) Review ****-

Cert PG | 237 mins | 1937, 1944, 1952

4 Star
Thrills Chills and Aria’s
The master of horror returns in this collection of the collaborations with Universal and Boris Karloff (Boris Karloff: The Man Behind The Monster, Karloff at Columbia, The Old Dark House). Three very different style of films, from a man trying to do the right thing, to an obsessed murderous man, to a man seeking the killer…more

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