cityonfire.com | Movie News & Developments |
- Watch the violent new Trailer for Ringo Lam’s ‘Sky on Fire’
- Scott Adkins vs. Wade Barrett in the new ‘Eliminators’ Trailer
- New Trailer for ‘Mission 911’ explodes with ‘Raid’ influence
- Black Society Trilogy | Blu-ray & DVD (Arrow Video)
| Watch the violent new Trailer for Ringo Lam’s ‘Sky on Fire’ Posted: 14 Oct 2016 12:00 AM PDT  “Sky on Fire” Chinese Theatrical Poster Ringo Lam is definitely back in the game! The legendary Hong Kong action director is currently prepping the release for Sky on Fire (aka Battle of Life), his follow up to his 2015 “comeback” film, Wild City. Plot details are under wraps, but Daniel Wu (That Demon Within), the film’s leading star, is describing it as City on Fire 2. The film hits Chinese theaters on November 25, 2016. “I said yes without even reading the script because John Woo, Ringo Lam and Tsui Hark are the guys who have initiated this new wave of classic Hong Kong and I always wanted to work with them. The movie is called Sky on Fire, but it could just as well be described as City on Fire 2,” said Wu, in reference to Lam’s seminal 1987 classic, City on Fire. Sky on Fire also stars Amber Kuo (Jian Bing Man), Joseph Chang (Wild City), Leon Lai (White Vengeance), Zhang Jingchu Zhang (Switch), Simon Yam (SPL II) and Gordon Lam (Trivisa). | Teaser trailer. Updates: Watch the new trailer for Sky on Fire below: Please visit our sponsor, Frank and Beanz Doggie Apparel. |
| Scott Adkins vs. Wade Barrett in the new ‘Eliminators’ Trailer Posted: 13 Oct 2016 08:00 AM PDT  Eliminators | Blu-ray & DVD (Universal) Universal Home Entertainment is bringing the action-thriller Eliminators to Blu-ray & DVD on December 6, 2016. The film stars Scott Adkins (Close Range, Hard Target 2) and former WWE champ Wade Barrett. The film is directed by James Nunn, who previously worked with Adkins in Green Street 3: Never Back Down. When his home in London is attacked, a former federal agent (Adkins) must come out of hiding of the witness protection program to protect his daughter. With his true identity exposed to the criminal underworld, he goes on the run with Europe’s most dangerous assassin (Barrett) on his trail and must use every trick he knows to keep his family alive. Adkins fans should consider themselves spoiled for the next several months, as the action icon has an array of films in the works, including Boyka: Undisputed IV, Savage Dogs, Altar Rock, The Returner, a possible Ninja 3, and an appearance in Marvel’s upcoming Doctor Strange. Updates: Watch the trailer for Eliminators down below: Please visit our sponsor, Frank and Beanz Doggie Apparel. |
| New Trailer for ‘Mission 911’ explodes with ‘Raid’ influence Posted: 13 Oct 2016 12:00 AM PDT  “Mission 911” Chinese Theatrical Poster The director of Dragon Chen’s Ultimate Hero is back with a vengeance. This time around, he’s subtracting the Bruceploitation flavor, but adding a some Raid-type influence to the mix. The result: Mission 911. According to FCS, Lei Cui’s Mission 911 follows characters played by Richard Liu, Jess Hsu and Tiger Yang, who are an elite tactical unit on a mission to stop a terrorist from acquiring a time travel device to undo the fall of the Third Reich. On a funny note: The film’s main villain, played by Alexandre Bailly, looks like he’s related to Darren Shahlavi’s character from Pound of Flesh). Mission 911 hits Chinese theaters on December 2017. Don’t miss the film’s trailer below: |
| Black Society Trilogy | Blu-ray & DVD (Arrow Video) Posted: 12 Oct 2016 12:00 AM PDT  Black Society Trilogy | Blu-ray & DVD (Arrow Video) RELEASE DATE: January 17, 2017 Arrow Video presents the Blu-ray & DVD for the Black Society Trilogy, directed by Takashi Miike (13 Assassins, Yakuza Apocalypse). This set includes 1995’s Shinjuku Triad Society, 1997’s Rainy Dog and 1999’s Ley Lines. After several years spent working almost exclusively in the direct-to-video world of “V-cinema” in Japan, Takashi Miike announced himself as a world-class filmmaking talent with this trio of thematically-connected, character-centric crime stories about violence, the underworld of Japanese society, families both real and surrogate, and the possibly hopeless task of finding one’s place in the world. His first films made specifically for theatrical release, and his first for a major studio, the Black Society Trilogy was the beginning of Miike’s mature career as a filmmaker and they remain among the prolific director’s finest works. Set in the bustling Kabuki-cho nightlife neighborhood of Tokyo, Shinjuku Triad Society follows a mixed-race cop (Kippei Shiina, Outrage) struggling with private issues while hunting a psychotic criminal (Tomorowo Taguchi, Tetsuo the Iron Man) who traffics in children’s organs. Rainy Dog, shot entirely in Taiwan, is about an exiled yakuza (Dead or Alive’s Show Aikawa) who finds himself saddled with a son he never knew he had and a price on his head after the Chinese gang he works for decides to turn on him. Ley Lines moves from the countryside to the city and back, as three Japanese youths of Chinese descent (including The Raid 2’s Kazuki Kitamura) seek their fortune in Tokyo, only to run afoul of a violent gang boss (Naoto Takenaka, The Happiness of the Katakuris). Three of the most dramatically moving films created by the director, the Black Society Trilogy offers clear proof that Miike’s frequent pigeonholing as a specialist in bloody spectacle is only one aspect of his filmmaking career, and taken as a whole, the films are among the finest works ever to deal with the way violence and brutality can unexpectedly destroy even the most innocent of lives. Special Edition features:
Stay tuned for pre-order information! |
| You are subscribed to email updates from cityonfire.com | Action Asian Cinema Reviews and News. To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now. | Email delivery powered by Google |
| Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, United States | |
No comments:
Post a Comment