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THE PRINCESS WARRIOR Reimagines A Mongolian Legend This March From Film Movement

Omnibus Entertainment is proudly advancing Mongolian war epic, The Princess Warrior, for a release on digital and on-demand beginning March 8. The film marks the latest iteration of an historical heroine heralded over the last four centuries around the world in literature, theater and film, most notably in Giacomo Puccini’s famed opera, “Turandot.” Intially releasing in late 2021 from Shuuder Productions and Voo Broadcasting as Princess Khutulun, The Princess Warrior was debut-directed by S. Baasanjargal, and by celebrated author Baatarsuren Shuudertsetseg in her second directing credit following her 2013 solo debut, Queen Ahno – Spirit of a Warrior, based on her 2010 novel. Equally, The Princess Warrior takes its cues from Shuudertsetseg’s own 2017 publication. Descended from Genghis Khan and skilled in all forms of military combat, Princess Khutulun (Tsedoo Munkhbat) is one of the fiercest warriors in the Mongol Empire. Despite her talents on the battlefield, Khutulun is still […]

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CROSS BITE: Rissy Dollins Whips The Old West Into Shape In The Official Trailer For Her Debut Western Revenge Thriller

Folks who regularly kept up with my weekly heyday installments of The Hit List might remember the name Rissy Dollins popping up on occasion. Nowadays you’ll find her etching her way from stunt work and well into the director’s chair having long since got the ball rolling on Cross Bite, a new Western revenge thriller which Collins spent decades conceiving and eventually putting pen to paper on, before finally bringing her ideas to the set roughly six months ago. Cross Bite is a western adventure story in the tradition of Tombstone and the Deadwood series. When weapons trickster Jed and timid Teddy set out to join Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show, the notorious Durango Diamondback Gang blurs the line between virtue and vengeance. The official trailer is now live for the upcoming Western which has its own YouTube channel, where Collins has been chronicling the film’s production process since last year. […]

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HUNT THE WICKED 缉恶 TRAILER: Andy On and Xiao Mie join forces in upcoming action thriller for IQIYI

Chinese streaming platform Iqiyi, gives a hint to the audience with the trailer of their upcoming action thriller from director Feng Huo Sui-Qiang (Blind War, The comeback) starred by Xiao Mie (Fighting the motherland, As God) and Andy On (Special ID, Kung Fu League) The sypnosis shared by the platform tells about the story of a brilliant detective, Huang Mingjin and genius criminal, Wei Yunzhou, through multiple encounters and life-and-death games, revolving around the core secrets of a mysterious and sinister city. As the police and ruthless criminals engage in the process of punishing evil, how each of them makes their choices is explored. Awaiting them is not only a test but also a judgment. The trailer guarantees a brutal action experience on the screen showing the two main characters as bitter enemies that need to fight together for a same goal. Promising a fest of glorious violence that must […]

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DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE Teaser And More Promos Air For Super Bowl LVIII

It’s Monday, and that means post-Super Bowl Sunday now has a raft of TV spots and promos for several upcoming film and TV prospects. For moviegoers, that meant a first look at Shawn Levy’s Deadpool & Wolverine (or Wolverine & Asshole depending on whose marketing suits your delight), David Leitch’s The Fall Guy, Wes Ball’s Kingdom Of The Planet Of The Apes, and Mike Mitchell’s Kung Fu Panda 4. Check it all out below! Lead photo: 20th Century Studios

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MUROMACHI BURAI: Yo Oizumi Takes On Fighting Form In Yu Irie’s Latest Novel Adaptation Coming In 2025

At least tentatively, Muromachi Burai is the name we can go on as we await the next sword slasher from Nemesis, Joker Game and Confession Of Murder director Yu Irie. The film stars Yo Oizumi (Kiba: The Fangs Of Fiction) in his first-ever action role, along with “Naniwa Danshi” member Kento Nagao (Rohan au Louvre), Akira Emoto (Egoist), Wakana Matsumoto (Pornographer: Playback), and Shinichi Tsutsumi (The Mole Song trilogy). Muromachi Burai is based on the 2016 Shincho Bunko publication, a series of novels from multi-award winning author, Ryosuke Kakine. Set in wartorn 15th century Kyoto, on the eve of the Onin War, the movie centers on a band of outlaws led by Hyoe (Oizumi) a scoundrel whose lethal sword skills place him at the tip of the spear in a deadly uprising against the courrpt Shogunate and its army, led by former friend-turned-archrival, Doken (Tsutsumi). Among those rounding out the […]

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Well Go USA Announces BORN TO FLY And POLAR RESCUE For Digital And Disc In March!

Well Go USA Entertainment announced a double header of home releases on Thursday. First up is Liu Xiaoshi’s aviation actioner, Born To Fly, starring Wang Yibo (Hidden Blade), Hu Jun (Shadow, Code of the Assassins), and Yu Shi (Creation of the Gods I: Kingdom of Storms), with Zhou Dongyu (Better Days). The film charts the endeavors of a group of talented test pilots tasked with high-level training and the improvement of China’s stealth fighters for the men on the frontlines. The second is Polar Rescue which screened last year at the first-ever Big Bad Film Fest action film festival in Los Angeles. It stars Donnie Yen (Sakra, John Wick: Chapter 4) whose recent exploits have since found him headlining the big screen remake of classic TV property, Kung Fu. Formerly titled Come Back Home, Polar Rescue is co-directed by Yen, and by Lo Chi Leung (Double Tap, The Bullet Vanishes), […]

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ONMYOJI ZERO: Witness The Beginnings Of A Legendary Yin Yang Master In The Official Trailer!

The massive undertaking that is K20: Legend Of The Mask helmer Shimako Sato’s latest work now comes with a full on official trailer for the April 19 Japan release Onmyoji Zero from Warner Bros. Japan. Top to bottom with its own title track by Japanese alt rock quartet Bump Of Chicken, even. We also have a new poster brimming with a cast led by Kingdom franchise and “Alice In Borderland” series star Kento Yamazaki. Also starring are Nao (Sweet My Home, #Manhole), Masanobu Ando (The Fable: The Killer Who Doesn’t Kill), Nijiro Murakami (Tokyo Revengers 1 & 2), Mitsuto Itagaki (And Yet, You Are So Sweet), Jun Kunimura (Kiba: The Fangs of Fiction, The Roundup: No Way Out), Kazuki Kitamura (From The End Of The World), and Kaoru Kobayashi (Kubi). In Heian times, almost a thousand years ago, most believed in the existences they could not see.  People, demons, and […]

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LOVE LIES BLEEDING Muscles Up Fan Fervor With This Cool Tribute Poster!

A24 got the ball rolling about a month ago with the first official trailer for director Rose Glass’s titilating new crime thriller, Love Lies Bleeding. As the film nears its March 8 select release and expanded March 15 rollout, the newest trailer is here which you can catch above, as well as a trio of character posters to help bide our time. Love Lies Bleeding is led by Kristen Stewart, Katy O’Brian and Ed Harris and tells of a reclusive gym manager named Lou (Stewart) who falls hard for Jackie (O’Brian), an ambitious bodybuilder headed through town to Vegas in pursuit of her dream. As the official synopsis notes, “their love ignites violence, pulling them deep into the web of Lou’s criminal family.” I’m linking the character posters here, here and here, while I’ve taken the liberty of spotlighting probably one of the best posters I’ve seen, created by graphic […]

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CHA CHA CHINATOWN: Check Out The Trailer Footage For Jaturong Phonboon’s New Thai Action Comedy

Thai actress Ranchrawee “Mint” Uakoolwarawat started her career about six years ago in television dramas and made her feature appearance in Tatchapong Supasri’s 2020 romance drama, Classic Again. Her latest role finds our heroine deep in the trenches as he battles her way out of an unlucky streak in Jaturong Phonboon’s latest action comedy, Chinatown Cha Cha, currently making the rounds in Thai theaters and exhibitors throughout Laos and Cambodia. Kie, a desperate young girl and her family is facing so many tragedies in life. So, she turns to the spiritual and goes to pray at a shrine. A priest says that her family is facing a karma caused by her gangster (An Yi) ancestor. Kie decides to perform a spiritual ritual, then finds herself back to the past in a man body, who is killed and now is back from his death because she takes his body. Kie meets […]

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BRING HIM TO ME: Barry Pepper Is In For A Harrowing Ride In The Official Trailer

Barry Pepper and Jamie Costa lead the cast for Bring Him To Me, the new crime thriller coming to theaters February 23 from Samuel Goldwyn Films. Luke Sparke directs from a script by Tom Evans and a cast that also includes Liam McIntyre, Sam Neill and Rachel Griffiths. Enjoy the trailer! A mild-mannered DRIVER (Barry Pepper) for a mob boss has his conscience tested when he is asked to collect a young and unsuspecting new crew member known as PASSENGER (Jamie Costa) one week after a violent robbery. What PASSENGER doesn’t know is that he is being driven to an ambush. With repercussions of the robbery on their tail, DRIVER’S conscience is about to be tested as loyalties and morals collide.

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578 MAGNUM: Alexandre Nguyen Turns The Underworld Upside Down To Find His Daughter In The Official U.S. Trailer!

Film Movement is taking the mantle with Vietnamese action adventure, 578 Magnum. A theatrical and digital release is in order for the film in North America with a release date set for February 23 and the official trailer is here as well. After leaving the Special Forces, container truck driver and single father Hùng (Alexandre Nguyen) dedicates his life to raising his six-year-old daughter. But when she gets kidnapped and assaulted, Hùng relies on his martial arts training and combat skills to hunt down the twisted millionaire responsible. His mission of vengeance takes him on a journey deep into the Vietnamese underworld, where he faces off against legions of bloodthirsty gangsters working for one of the world’s most dangerous crime syndicates. Award-winning director Dung Luong Dinh makes a 180-degree turn from his two previous films Father and Son and Drowsy City, to deliver a jaw-droppingly breath-taking spectacle of massive fistfights, […]

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SEEKING THE KING Sizes Up The Competition In The First Teaser For The South Korean Sci-Fi

Currently on K-Movie Entertainment’s slate for the coming markets is 1980-set sci-fi adventure, Seeking The King. The Battle: Roar To Victory helmer Won Shin-yeon is joined by the VFX specialists behind the brilliant Space Sweepers and Hansan: Rising Dragon, and for this, we now get a glimpse of the result in store with a teaser that totally knocks on the door of some childhoods, giant robots and what have you. In 1980, a giant robot crashlands in the one-of-a-kind village ‘Punchball’ located in the demilitarized zone near the 38th parallel! A remarkable blockbuster robot movie unfolds, depicting the life-or-death struggle of the military officer ‘Do-jin (KOO Kyo-hwan),’ who is determined to protect the people of Punchball from the ruthless attacks of the combined forces of South Korea and the United States, with the extraordinary giant robot ‘Cheol-i’. The film also stars Yoo Jae-myung, Seohyun and Eric Roberts. Check out the […]

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THE ROUNDUP: PUNISHMENT Teaser Punches Hard Into The Next Brutal Chapter Of The Don Lee Crime Thriller Franchise

Readying its world premiere for the 74th Berlinale is another round of meaty ham knuckle hero sandwiches on Don Lee-sized Wonder bread for The Roundup: Punishment. The film also reteams The Gangster, The Cop, The Devil star with fellow headliner Kim Moo-yul, and with none other than Badland Hunters director and stunt multihyphenate Heo Myung-haeng at the helm. “Monster Cop” Ma Seok-do is investigating an illegal online gambling organisation. As he begins to hunt down the criminals, he proposes an unexpected alliance. The Roundup: Punishment is fourth in line for a franchise that began with 2017 crime flick, The Outlaws, and continued subsequently with 2022’s The Roundup and last year’s The Roundup: No Way Out. The latest chapter also stars Park Ji-hwan and Lee Dong-hwi. Check out the teaser! Image credits: ABO Entertainment/Bigpunch Pictures/Hong Film/B.A. Entertainment

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COPPERS: Catch The Trailer For The New Buddy Cop Comedy Now Playing In The Netherlands

Now playing for Dutch audiences is action comedy Coppers. It’s helmed by a trio of directors including lead actors Mohammed Chaara and Sinan Eroglu and filmmaker Jamel Attache who hit the radar for many of us as far back as few decades ago with gangland martial arts flick, Fighting Fish. Coppers tells the story of two streetwise detectives, Sino and Mo, who solve crimes in an unorthodox way. Sino and Mo have grown up in the same neighbourhood. From an early age, they learned how to get by on the streets and soon they grow up to be two streetwise detectives. When they find a lead that might uncover a massive cocaine smuggling operation, they see it as an opportunity to prove themselves. But their ‘unique’ Turkish and Moroccan investigation techniques lead to the Chief Inspector taking them off the case. They carry on with their investigation in secret and […]

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A Case For Better Action Movies: SILENT NIGHT, A Bold, Stylish Experiment On The Revenge Thriller Genre, Without A Word

Silent Night is now available from Lionsgate wherever movies are sold. Moviegoers went nuts when celebrated filmmaker John Woo was getting back in the director’s chair. With a remake of The Killer still up in the air, the casting of actor Joel Kinnaman in the action thriller, Silent Night, was intended to hail a major welcome back for the Hard Boiled and A Better Tomorrow director by audiences long after leaving off his U.S. slate with Ben Affleck sci-fi, Paycheck. I was also keen on how the responses were before deciding if I would go see it. Nevermind that I’d been stuck at home with a family member hospitalized so going anywhere for fun wasn’t much of an option, but I was swayed a bit by a few of my mutuals who showed up to the theater only to leave their seats feeling disappointed. The film is now available on […]

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BORN TO FLY Review: Trial-And-Error Compounds Liu Xiaoshi’s Noteworthy Aviation Drama

Born To Fly is now available on Blu-Ray and Digitial in the UK from Trinity CineAsia. Aiming as high as Hollywood when it comes to production quality was definitely on the itinerary for director Liu Xiaoshi, as he neared completion on most recent aviation thriller, Born To Fly. The film was reportedly shelved for over three months to allow time for post production to improve on the visual effects according to a statement from Alibaba Pictures and Bona Film Group, releasing about a month prior to Paramount’s Top Gun: Maverick overseas. This was mainly what sat with me going into Born To Fly as this, my second viewing experience with a cast led by actor Wang Yibo, who was terrific in Cheng Er’s seething WWII spy drama, Hidden Blade. The special effects weren’t mainly a singular issue for me either. Patriotic cinema in China existed long before anyone in my […]

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NIGHT OF THE RONIN Trailer Reveals New Aussie Action Short From 6 Brothers Pictures

“Survive the night. Fight like hell!” That’s the tagline for Night Of The Ronin, a new action short well on the way from 6 Brothers Pictures with actor Jeffim Sheroky and director Nathan Bender behind the lens. I’m especially late to the party with this trailer though, but seeing as I’ve written about this Aussie-based lot before as it just dawned on me, and because the trailer itself looks amazing, then it’s only fitting I share in this latest creative progression. Can’t wait to see this one. After a double cross gone wrong, the unprofessional hitman and his bosses girl are on the run. After surviving a horrific beat down they retreat to her childhood home in hopes of surviving a wave of armed goons looking to retrieve the mobsters property and the head of The Ronin who betrayed him. Jeffim Sheroky, Amelia Conway and Alexander Robinson star in this […]

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HOUSE OF NINJAS Series Trailer Ignites Japan’s Latest Shadow War!

Netflix is out with the official trailer for House Of Ninjas. It’s a show about ninjas, and a family of ninjas! Actor Kento Kaku leads the cast of the new action drama which arrives February 15. Ninjas existed throughout many pivotal times in Japanese history — but what if they were still secretly undertaking missions in modern society? Set in today’s Japan, this series tells the story of the Tawara family, the last ninja clan that abandoned its roots after a particular mission. Now, the family must face the biggest crisis Japan has seen yet — one that threatens to shake the nation to its core. Kaku is joined on screen by Yosuke Eguchi, Tae Kimura, Kengo Kora, Aju Makita, Riho Yoshioka, Nobuko Miyamoto, Tomorowo Taguchi, Tokio Emoto, Pierre Taki, Kyusaku Shimada, Mariko Tsutsui, and Tenta Banka. Peep the trailer!

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ONE PERCENT WARRIOR: Tak Sakaguchi Unrelents In The Official U.S. Trailer!

Oh, I’m sorry. Did you want more Tak Sakaguchi in your life? Don’t fret! Well Go USA has the official trailer rolling for its release of director Yudai Yamaguchi’s cut throat new action thriller hereby titled One Percent Warrior for its upcoming release on Digital and Blu-Ray beginning March 12, followed by its streaming launch on Hi-YAH! from April 5. After his devastatingly fast, samurai-style combat approach sets filmmakers against him, a legendary action star (Tak Sakaguchi) films his own movie—on turf claimed by feuding yakuza gangs, including Japan’s deadliest martial arts assassin. Tak fans and anyone who has become fond of CQC-style action cinema – or more explicity Tak’s WAVE brand of cinematic action these days – will take a liking to Yamaguchi’s new flick. As I iterated in my Fantastic Fest review last year, there’s a subtle psychological nod akin to the likes of David Fincher that makes […]

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THE WHITE STORM 3: HEAVEN OR HELL Review: Herman Yau Stays The Course With Another Career Best

Filmmaker Herman Yau has been cooking in the early 1980s working as a cinematographer in the Hong Kong film industry, ultimately working his way into the director’s chair. His shelf life has proven positive for him as well, especially in the age of social media where the action genre continues to nuture an immensely active community celebrating the achievements of numerous laureates and auteurs of late. Yau, with his accomplishments is no different, following the recently completed Mission Moscow and upcoming Nicholas Tse starrer Customs Frontline, and more to the point with his latest trilogy installer, The White Storm 3: Heaven Or Hell, which had its North American in-person only premiere last summer at the New York Asian Film Festival. Yau directs from his own script a narrative set in a non-canonical crime franchise that began with Benny Chan’s inaugural hit, The White Storm, and continued with Yau at the […]

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