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- Well Go USA grabs ‘Ip Man 3,’ ‘Kundo’ and ‘Pirates’
- Wrath of Vajra, The (2013) Review
- ‘No Tears For The Dead’ gets a U.S. release date and trailer
- Deal on Fire! Web of Death | Blu-ray | Only $10 – Expires soon!
- Paul Walker’s real brother steps in for ‘Fast and Furious 7′ and beyond
| Well Go USA grabs ‘Ip Man 3,’ ‘Kundo’ and ‘Pirates’ Posted: 05 Jun 2014 02:06 AM PDT  "Kundo: Age of the Rampant" Korean Teaser Poster Here’s some good news for those of you waiting for Well Go USA’s next batch of Asian movies. The fan-pleasing film company has acquired three high profile titles from last month’s Cannes Film Festival in France. One of them is called Ip Man 3 or something like that; the 2nd is Kundo: Age of the Rampant, a period action film starring Ha Jung-woo (The Chaser) and Kang Dong-won (The X), and directed by Yoon Jong-bin (Nameless Gangster); and the 3rd is Lee Suk-Hoon’s The Pirates, which stars Kim Nam-Gil (Public Enemy Returns), Son Ye-Jin (The Tower) and Sulli (Punch Lady). Trailers: Kundo | Pirates There are currently no release dates (Ip Man 3 hasn’t even started filming yet), but we’ll be sure to keep you in the loop. |
| Wrath of Vajra, The (2013) Review Posted: 05 Jun 2014 12:00 AM PDT  "The Wrath of Vajra" Chinese Theatrical Poster Director: Law Wing-cheong By oneleaf The Wrath of Vajra is a mainland Chinese action film helmed by Law Wing-cheong (Punished, Iceman) and starring Yu Xing (Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons), an ex-Shaolin monk turned martial arts actor. This is Yu Xing's first starring role. The Temple of Hades is a cult-like sect founded by Kawao Amano (Yasuaki Kurata of Fight! Dragon TV series, Heroes of the East and Shanghai Express). Hades abducts children (boys) and trains them to be merciless assassins for the Emperor. These assassins are then sent out all over China as part of Japan's warfare strategy to destroy China spiritually, whatever that means. Early on in the film, the imprisoned Amano is approached by the military to resurrect Hades. Overjoyed, Kawao whole-heartedly agrees and assigns one of his top recruits, Kurashige Daisuke aka K-28 (Sung-jun Yoo of Man of Tai Chi and Chinese Zodiac), to lead Hades back to prominence for the Emperor. Amano's daughter, Eko (Yamei Zhang), is on-hand as an idealistic journalist, helping to propagate the Hades Sect and its expansion all over China through her articles and pictures. Eko naively believes her father that the objective of the Hades is to bring together the Chinese and Japanese, so the two cultures can exist in harmony. Kurashige sets in motion a number of kidnappings and abductions, including multi-national military personnel of soldiers that is thrown in the mix. Among one of the abductees is junior monk Qing Kong (Fu Jiayuan). Twelve years earlier, K-29 (Yu Xing) escapes from the clutches of Hades after a match with his brother goes very wrong, ending in him killing his brother. In that time, K-29 took refuge in a Shaolin Temple and trained, biding his time to return to Hades and seek revenge. While at the temple he was taught to master "The Wrath of Vajra", a very deadly move that require 17-seconds of pure concentration evoking "death" that has to be practiced with total compassion. Huh? I'm not sure where to even begin to explain that. Let's just say it's a very deadly and powerful move. The abduction of Qing Kong, who trains with K-29 at the same temple, was enough to bring him out in the open to return to Hades to rescue the little monk and put an end to Hades' reign of terror. This ultimately leads to the climax of the film, the inevitable battle between K-29 and K-28. Sung-jun Yoo is a former K-Pop star and one of South Korea's biggest selling artists with over 5 million records sold there. Just before being drafted for military service in 2002, he became a naturalized American citizen and left South Korea for America creating some controversy. He made his movie debut as Prince Wen in Jackie Chan's Little Big Soldier. Yoo now primarily concentrates on his second career as an actor and amateur body builder. His physique is definitely something to behold. Yu Xing has been in a number of movies and has been acting since 2001. He has played a number of non-memorable characters over the years showcasing his kung fu prowess. His skills are indeed very impressive. His acting, on the other hand, is not so impressive. It was good to see Yasuaki Kurata back on the big screen. He is already in his late 60's and I've always wondered if someone with his skill level of expertise in Karate, Judo and Aikido can still kick some behind. The scriptwriters should have written more material for him. Perhaps a tutoring scene with K-29 would have been a definite bonus. And yes, I think he could still fight even at his age. The Wrath of Vajra is Yu Xing's first major starring role and with that came very high expectations. The cinematography is good. The use of CG, slow-motion zoom shots and wires do add to the enjoyment of the fight scenes. However, the film is incoherent and badly written. The plot is generic and bland. Other than the nifty fight scenes interspersed throughout the film, there is not much going on here. Not recommended. oneleaf’s Rating: 5/10 |
| ‘No Tears For The Dead’ gets a U.S. release date and trailer Posted: 04 Jun 2014 02:15 AM PDT  "No Tears For The Dead" U.S. Theatrical Poster Lee Jeong-beom’s follow up to the ridiculously entertaining The Man From Nowhere is just around the corner. The upcoming action-thriller titled No Tears For The Dead (aka Crying Man) is described as a love story between a professional hitman and his next target. It stars Jang Dong-gun (Friend, The Warrior’s Way), Kim Min-hee (Helpless) and Kang Han-na (Fasten Your Seatbelt). Although it may not be intentional, No Tears For The Dead bares a slight similarity – both in title and plot – to the popular Crying Freeman manga, which also revolves around an assassin who falls in love with his target. The latter has already been adapted into live-action features in 1990′s Killer’s Romance, 1995′s Crying Freeman; and to lesser extent, 2006′s Daisy. Could No Tears For The Dead be yet another loose adaptation? Watch the trailer and see for yourself. | 2nd trailer. | 3rd trailer. BREAKING NEWS: No Tears For The Dead will be released in U.S. theaters on June 20, 2014. Here’s the North American trailer (which looks identical to previously released trailer), courtesy of Apple. |
| Deal on Fire! Web of Death | Blu-ray | Only $10 – Expires soon! Posted: 04 Jun 2014 01:46 AM PDT  "Web of Death" Blu-ray Cover Today’s Deal on Fire is the Blu-ray for 1976′s Web of Death, a Shaw Brothers classic directed by Chor Yuen (The Magic Blade). It’s back to the Shaolin Monastery for one of the most unusual action-packed tales to invade its hallowed halls. Web Of Death goes places where no other Shaolin kung-fu movie has gone before. This kung fu gem stars Yueh Hua (Killer Darts), Cheng Lee (Anonymous Heroes) and Lo Lieh (Seven Warriors). Read our review. Order Web of Death from Amazon.com today! |
| Paul Walker’s real brother steps in for ‘Fast and Furious 7′ and beyond Posted: 04 Jun 2014 12:00 AM PDT  "Fast Five" Japanese Theatrical Poster THE MOVIE: Director Justin Lin is stepping down from his post for now and is passing the baton to Saw and Insidious filmmaker James Wan, who will supposedly put a “gritty, ’70s revenge thriller” vibe on the next installment. Here’s an official plot tidbit: After Dominic Toretto (Vin Diesel) and his crew helped take down Owen Shaw, his brother Ian Shaw (Jason Statham) now wants revenge. In addition to Vin Diesel and Jason Statham, Fast and Furious 7 stars Dwayne Johnson, Paul Walker, Michelle Rodriguez, Jordana Brewster, Tyrese Gibson, Chris “Ludacris” Bridges, Lucas Black, Kurt Russell, Tony Jaa and Djimon Hounsou. Updates: First photo of Tony Jaa and Jason Statham on location for Fast and Furious 7. | The fun continues with another on-set photo of Tony Jaa and stunt coordinator Joel Kramer. | Photo of Tony Jaa and Dwayne Johnson. | Visit Film Combat Syndicate has a fight tease, featuring Michelle Rodriguez. Following the news of Paul Walker’s death, Tony Jaa was one of the many stars, who Tweeted about his friend and co-star: “I am truly saddened over the sudden and unexpected passing of my friend and colleague Paul Walker. I would like to express my sincere condolences to his family. I will not tell you about Paul the actor, I will simply tell you that he was a very caring and sincere person towards friends and family. There are a great many people who will miss him. I knew him a relatively short time, but I am better for the experience. Go in peace my friend, you will not be forgotten. TJ” In honor of Paul Walker, Universal will donate some of the proceeds from the upcoming Fast & Furious 6 Blu-ray & DVD release to Walker's charity Reach Out WorldWide. As far as the future of Fast & Furious 7, there has been some talk about scrapping the current storyline and moving the plot into a completely new direction. THR reports that Chris Morgan, Fast & Furious 7′s screenwriter, is revising the script that could make use of scenes that were shot before Walker’s death. If the plan works, production may resume by late January. | According to Vin Diesel, Fast and Furious 7 has a new release date set for April 10, 2015 (formerly July 11, 2014). Visit Film Combat Syndicate to see a photo of one of the last scenes Walker filmed with Diesel. THR (via Collider) reports that Walker's character Brian O'Conner will not be killed off in Fast & Furious 7, but will instead be retired "in a way that the studio hopes will satisfy fans of the franchise and make use of the exciting footage of Walker." According to an official statement from F7′s Facebook page, Paul Walker’s real life brothers will step in as doubles for the late actor: “We have resumed shooting and now welcome Paul's brothers, Caleb and Cody, into our FAST family. Caleb and Cody are helping us complete some remaining action for their brother and fill in small gaps left in production. Having them on set has made us all feel that Paul is with us too.” BREAKING NEWS: There are several reports that Cody Walker may be joining future installments of Fast and Furious as Brian O’Connor’s (Paul Walker) younger brother. Cityonfire.com is hoping you can take a minute to check out www.FrankandBeanz.com, a doggie apparel website that has just released their Fast & the Furrious clothing line. Part of the proceeds will be donated to Paul Walker’s charity, Reach Out World Wide (ROWW). |
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