A super cop named Joe (Fui-On Shing) has got problems. Aside from the fact that he died in the line of duty and was resurrected by a glowing cat and a downed powerline, his very pregnant wife Chu (Siu-Fung Wong) has had it with his tireless dedication to his work while she is left neglected…
Blu-ray Review – In the Line of Duty (88 Films)
I’m not sure if 88 Films just got lucky or if this was planned, but between Super Cop and the In the Line of Duty Box Set, the company sure has a lot of Michelle Yeoh out in the year that the most well deserved actress has become an Oscar winner. Regardless of the reasoning,…
Blu-ray and 4K UHD Jackie Chan-Mania (Shout Factory and 88 Films)
So it’s been a wild few months for Jackie Chan releases between Shout Factory’s Jackie Chan Collection Volume 2 (1983-1993) and 88 Films Police Story III Supercop 4K UHD release. Between the two sets I am in an ecstatic place as far as our favorite Hong Kong funnyman goes. It has been more than a…
Blu-ray Review – Monkey Kung Fu – 88 Films
Each armed with half of a wooden key, two criminals (played by Siu-Tung Ching and Chiu-Sing Hau respectively) escape from jail in search of a treasure left behind by a kung-fu master. The treasure is not gold, silver, or bitcoins. In fact, it’s an old manuscript on the monkey style of martial arts. Before they…
Blu-ray Review – Human Lanterns – 88 Films
Human Lanterns is the 1982 Swordplay/Martial Arts/Horror hybrid film by Sun Chung who in the prior year began dabbing in horror and martial arts with his film Revenge of the Corpse. The film follows Master’s Tan Fu and Lung who are ultra competitive with one another. Right now it is the yearly “Lantern” festival, and…
Blu-ray Review – Disciples of Shaolin (88 Films)
Disciples of Shaolin stars Alexander Fu Sheng as a wandering pauper, Kuan, that comes to his brother’s city and finds himself in trouble almost immediately for being a perpetual goofball. Luckily, he’s able to fight his way out of most situations. Shortly after arriving he stops at the textile factory his brother works at, and…
The Gestapo’s Last Orgy Blu-ray review
The Gestaopo’s Last Orgy is an Italian Nazi exploitation film directed and co-written by Cesare Canevari and starring Daniela Poggi. It’s one of the sleaziest films in cinema and not for the faint of heart or those with weak stomachs. Lise Cohen (Daniela Levy aka Daniela Poggi, Speed Cross, Last Harem), a Jewish WWII survivor…
Blu-ray Review – The Chinese Boxer – 88 Films
After being expelled from his kung-fu school for being a total suckass, Diao (Hsiung Chao) returns from Japan having trained in Judo for several years. His goal is to destroy the school and start his own (with a gambling house next door as a side hustle). Luckily, the master of the school beats Diao’s ass…
Frightmare (aka The Horror Star) (88 Films) Blu-ray review
Legendary horror actor Conrad Razkoff (Ferdy Mayne) is starting to hit a low point in his life. His type of horror movie is out dated, and audiences are mostly uninterested in him. After filming a campy commercial for dentures, he is called out to a horror festival by a group of drama students. He suffers a heart attacks and dreams up his ultimate final curtain call,…
Grizzly (88 Films) Blu-ray Review
Park ranger Michael Kelly (Christopher George) is proud of the National park he oversees. The park is untouched and for looks exactly the way it did when it was inhabited by Native Americans. But as the camping season is heading to a close, the park is suddenly menaced by a wild grizzly. One that is not park of the forest’s natural bear population. As campers and rangers get picked off one…