• Bodyguard Kiba

    Mar 18, 2024

    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.

  • Bodyguard Kiba 2

    Mar 21, 2024

    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.

  • Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion

    Jul 4, 2018

    Fans of exploitation cinema as well as students of international cinema and its trends will have solid reward from ‘Female Convict #701: Scorpion’ and the powerful ferocity of the onscreen tale of love, betrayal and revenge it weaves.

  • Violent Streets

    Feb 10, 2023

    A tough film with many unlikable characters but a thrilling tale of gangster revenge that has lost none of its force over the past 50 years.