Cert 18 | 172 mins | 1972
5 Star
Binge Watch For a Sonny Day.
Nineteen-seventy-two was a busy year for the man who has already had a frantic career, in the martial arts scene. Now Sonny Chiba (The Street Fighter Trilogy, The Executioner Collection, THE BULLET TRAIN [SHINKANSEN DAIBAKUHA], The Fall of Ako Castle (AKA Swords of Vengeance)) takes a step into a modern Chow mein western and…more
Cert 18 | 106 mins | 1974 (1981 USA)
4 Star
Start of the Legend.
Eureka brings us a work by Martial Arts film royalty, writer/director (Wei Lo, The Big Boss, Fist of Fury), who pens this story of death and corruption in Frisco. Where the formidable skills of Don Wong (Duel with Death, Along Comes a Tiger), are pitted against the man that was destined to become a legend, with…more
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
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
Cert 15 | 144 mins | 1966-67
4 Star
Death in Monochrome.
Eureka bring us two classic chambara productions from the late 1960s, from the genre’s master, writer/director Hideo Gosha (VIOLENT STREETS, Yakuza Ladies) who takes inspiration from the spaghetti western popular in the West at the time and puts his spin on the lone warrior fighting for the little people. In these two features, he makes great use of…more
Cert 15 | 159 mins | 1978
4 Star
Revenge is Best Served Cold.
From the annals of Japanese history, comes a story of loyalty and injustice that is remembered to this day. Taking place in the first years of the eighteenth century and affecting thousands of people and families. Directed by Kinji Fukasaku (Battle Royale, Fall Guy) who brings us all the tension and violence of the Samurai,…more
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
