Men On The Dragon
Each of the protagonists has their own trial to overcome, each has a solid character arc, and each contributes to the infectious enthusiasm created herein.
Each of the protagonists has their own trial to overcome, each has a solid character arc, and each contributes to the infectious enthusiasm created herein.
Beginning somewhat sombre and low key before exploding into a cavalcade of colour and crazy (talking) creatures, ‘The Boy And The Heron’ is pure unbridled Miyazaki.
Not as riotously entertaining as the first instalment, ‘Bodyguard Kiba 2’ is still a fun watch, mainly to see Chiba strutting his cool stuff and for the impressive fight scenes that open and close the film.
Existing in its own heightened reality, ‘Bodyguard Kiba’ is all about making our hero look cool (and indestructible!) and the bad guys as nasty as possible.
Owing a lot to likes of ‘Evil Dead’ (and other 80s style demon/zombie/gore films) Kenichi Ugana puts enough of his own spin and Japanese style quirk into proceedings to make it his own.
‘Fighting Spirit’ has some energy and a surfeit of almost non-stop fights but is just a little too cheap, hokey, and grimy to recommend as silly fun.
Well Go USA are bringing the 2023 South Korean action war movie ‘Noryang: Deadly Sea’ (노량: 죽음의 바다) to US Blu-ray, DVD and Digital on May 14, 2024.
‘Following’ (그녀가 죽었다) is a 2024 South Korean mystery thriller written and directed by Kim Se-Whee.
Imprint Films are bringing the 2023 Chinese sci-fi action-adventure ‘The Wandering Earth II’ (流浪地球2) to Australian Blu-ray on July 3, 2024.
‘City Hunter’ (シティーハンター) is a 2024 Japanese action comedy directed by Yuichi Sato.
Eureka Entertainment are bringing the first three films in the Japanese ‘Red Peony Gambler’ series to UK Blu-ray on June 17, 2024.
‘The Plot’ (설계자) is a 2024 South Korean crime thriller written and directed by Lee Yo-Sub.
88 Films are bringing the 1983 Hong Kong martial arts comedy ‘Fearless Hyena Part II’ (龍騰虎躍 / Fearless Hyena 2) to UK Blu-ray on May 20, 2024.
Cheng Cheng Films are bringing the 2002 Hong Kong drama ‘July Rhapsody’ (男人四十) to select US theatres throughout May and July 2024.