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Anticipation Grows As Soi Cheang’s TWILIGHT OF THE WARRIORS: WALLED IN Teaser Drops
While a few snaps of Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In‘s FILMART promo poster made it to Instagram yesterday, Chinese website and newspaper, Ming Pao, posted this teaser late in the day. It looks to be a no holds barred action-fest with Philip Ng taking a villainous turn as the film’s antagonist. Fans were initially wondering how physical Sammo Hung’s role would be and this teaser answers those questions by showing the big man in action!
Streaming Sleepers: Sammo Hung’s HEART OF DRAGON Delivers Endearing Drama With Hearty Classic Action
The mid-80s delivered peak Hong Kong action. It marked an era of post-Bruce Lee film fandom that helped pave the way for stars to rise and become some of the biggest influences and staples of their industry. This inevitably included Jackie Chan and Sammo Hung, whose careers would explode from the 70s and onward with the two joining up once more for 1985 action drama, Heart Of Dragon.
Streaming Sleepers: Knuckle Up With Sammo Hung’s KNOCKABOUT
Kung fu cinema may be far and away from its heyday glory, but its enduring fandom remains adherent to its ties to the genre with unrelenting fervor through rigorous preservation and re-releases of these considerable classics in various selections. To date, you can look toward companies like Arrow Films’ genre specialty imprint, Arrow Video, with the recent launch of its streaming platform currently beholden to numerous titles in cult cinema, including and especially martial arts classics like Sammo Hung‘s 1979 hit, Knockabout.
KNOCKABOUT: Bring The Hit Kung Fu Classic Home On 2K Restored Blu-Ray March 28
I first bought a copy of Sammo Hung’s 1979 hit film, Knockabout, a little less than twenty years ago via 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment on DVD. It was during a time when I could do nothing but spend all my hard earnings on DVDs and certainly Fox’s line-up of Hong Kong classics had piqued my interest.
Media Asia Targets 2023 For Hong Kong Actioner TWILIGHT OF THE WARRIORS: WALLED-IN, Picked Up By Well Go USA
Soi Cheang’s martial arts gangland manhua adaptation, Twilight Of The Warriors: Walled In, has scored a 2023 release from Media Asia with Well Go USA acquiring for distribution in North America.
Celebrate Sammo Hung With A Hip-Hop-Flavored Fistful Of Well Go USA’s IP MAN 2 This Friday!
Netizens are invited this Friday to partake in this month’s livestream celebration of actor and Asian action legend Sammo Hung for Shaolin Jazz’s latest livestream installment of Can I Kick It?.
SEPTET: THE STORY OF HONG KONG Trailer Explores The Omnibus Project From Seven Legendary Directors
With the scaled-back 25th Busan International Film Festival set to launch next month, we now have a look at the long-awaited omnibus, Septet: The Story Of Hong Kong, formerly known as Eight And A Half by most outlets.
SPL Review: A Milestone Donnie Yen/Sammo Hung Crime Opus That Still Holds Up
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DRAGONS FOREVER: 88 Films Shares Key Art For Upcoming Uncut 4K Re-Release
If nothing else, 88 Films understands the need for posterity on physical media when it comes to classic Hong Kong cinema. For this, say what you will about previous incarnations of Corey Yuen and Sammo Hung’s hit action comedy, Dragons Forever, but the UK-based firm is finally rolling out a portion of the goods with the official key art for its re-release as announced earlier this year, as illustrated by Robert “Kung Fu Bob” O’Brien.
WHEELS ON MEALS: Eureka’s 2K-Restored Limited Edition Blu-Ray Relaunch Gets A Trailer
UK distro banner Eureka Entertainment is the latest to revive its series of Jackie Chan classics as its done in the last few years, now with Sammo Hung’s “three brothers” reunion, Wheels On Meals. Pre-orders are still up and running at UK outlets for Amazon and Zavvi and now with an official trailer making the rounds following its live premiere on Wednesday.
The Korean Roots of Hong Kong Kicking
The fast and precise kicks of Jackie Chan, Bruce Lee, Donnie Yen, and other great Hong Kong action stars are staples of the Hong Kong style of action choreography, but if we look before Bruce’s 1971 breakout hit The Big Boss, there were almost no kicks to be found in any action cinema.
Eureka Announces JACKIE CHAN’S PROJECT A & PROJECT A II For UK Release
UK-based home distributor Eureka Entertainment isn’t done making 2018 their year for celebrating the Guiness World Record-breaking stunt and cinema stylings of legendary action star Jackie Chan. Project A & Project A II are both on deck this Fall returning Dragon Ma to the fray as he fights pirates and gangsters while surviving big scale explosions and falls next to fellow brothers Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao.
THE RETURN OF THE LUCKY STARS Signals The Return Of Lucky Faces And New Cast Additions
For up to four decades, the Lucky Stars franchise has been a staple of Hong Kong action cinema bearing the likes of Sammo Hung a motley crew of players like Richard Ng, John Sham, Charlie Chin, Eric Tsang and Stanley Fung. Adding to the robust action comedy fare were legends Jackie Chan and Yuen Biao along with Sibble Hu, Dick Wei, Andy Lau, Michelle Yeoh, Richard Norton and Kurata Yasuaki to name a few and with seven non-linear narrative films in, it was a likely surprise for all who learned last year that another was in tow.
Fast forward to 2018 and with a hat tip to Asian Film Strike via Twitter that production has long since begun with some weeks already in filming The Return Of Lucky Stars with Hung taking on acting and directing duties. Previous reports have indicated several of the regular cast members may be back while others joining in include Tai Chi Zero/Hero cohorts Eddie Peng and Tony Leung Ka Fai with Manhunt co-star Qi Wei and Vampire Cleanup Department co-star Chin Siu Ho. The rumored additions of actor Mark Chao and actresses Ni Yan and Tiffany Tang remain pending for confirmation.
There isn’t much else what with all the fan fervor behind these late developments except for a few viral miscellaneous set pics floating online including one in which Hung sports his iconic mushroom haircut. The Return Of Lucky Stars hails as the first of Hung’s recently announced slate for Sammo Hung Films after stirring headlines at the 2017 installment of Hong Kong Filmart.
Stay tuned for details!
GONG SHU DAO: Asian Film Giants Line-Up For A Celebration Of Kung Fu And Culture In The Latest Banner
Apparently Ma himself has also shared a longstanding interest in sharing some screentime with some of Asia’s biggest stars and from what I hear, he’ll be getting in some fisticuffs with the cast as well. Gong Shou Dao was filmed Hangzhou a few months ago and a cast host to Li and frontman Ma along with CTHD: Sword Of Destiny co-star Natasha Liu Bordizzo, Olympic boxing champion Zhou Shiming, Sumo champion Akinori Asashoryu, celebrated action cinema household names Sammo Hung, Donnie Yen, Wu Jing, Yuen Woo-Ping, upcoming Triple Threat star Tony Jaa, fellow action legend Tony Ching Siu-Tung, and League Of Gods and Fearless co-star Jacky Heung.
GOD OF WAR: Win Yourself A Blu-Ray/DVD Combo Pack Today!
It’s a well-deserved feat to enjoy and one definitely worth not passing up ahead of its October 17 release. Of course, you don’t have to wait to purchase it, you can snag your own as of right now with our latest batch of giveaways. Just send us an e-mail to filmcombatsyndicate@gmail.com with GOD OF WAR in the subject header, and your name and address in the email body. For good measure, feel free to throw in a little bit about your favorite movie with either starring actor mentioned above.
Kick Off Your Weekend With A Sammo Hung Supercut!
You’re more than welcome to read my review of the film which has actor Vincent Zhao starring among an ensemble cast that ceremonially includes action legend Sammo Hung. For this, Well Go USA has offered a little treat for Sammo fans in celebration of the release. Check it out below and check our local listings…and make it a double header this weekend to cover your bases!
Review: Gordon Chan’s GOD OF WAR Unwavers With Dogma
Legendary actor Kurata Yasuaki makes his latest reunion with Chan here as the leader of the Matsura clan, Kumasawa, next to the Daimyo’s son, Yamagawa, played by Koide Keisuke. Kumasawa’s methods are of a matter of study from a long career of war with wisdom earned as a result, knowing not to underestimate his enemy unlike his cohorts, including Yamagawa who, despite his quiet resolve and stoic devotion to the samurai code, finds himself questioning Kumasawa’s logic to almost no avail.
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