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BROKEN OATH Blu-Ray Review: Mao, Spies, Scorpions, Oh My!

At times like this I really miss websites like HKFlix, a now-defunct online DVD retailer through which I would continue to discover old kung fu classics in the aftermath of the 90s Hong Kong crossover success of the likes of Jackie Chan and Jet Li. Cheong Chang-hwa’s memorable classic, Broken Oath, was certainly one of them, and remained intangible to me only until now with its Special Edition release on Blu-Ray from Eureka Entertainment. The long-and-short of the 1977 flick though sees screen legend Angela Mao in the role of Jie Lian, who findself her exiled from the Buddhist monastery where she was raised, due to her belligerent nature. After learning the truth about her past, and with the help of her godmother and a wily pickpocket, Jie Lian sets out to avenge her late mother’s wrongful imprisonment at the hands of a quartet of four assassins who murdered her […]

BROKEN OATH Gets A Limited Edition 2K Rollout On Blu-Ray This Fall!

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Jeong Chang-hwa’s 1977 Golden Harvest actioner, Broken Oath, was officially announced on Thursday with details pertinent to its upcoming Fall release on Blu-Ray. Eureka Entertainment is rolling out the Angela Mao-led martial arts classic on October 22 for its worldwide debut on Blu-ray from a brand new 2K restoration. A Hong Kong take on Japan’s Lady Snowblood, Broken Oath is an action-packed tale of righteous vengeance directed by Jeong Chang-hwa (King Boxer) and starring the first lady of kung fu cinema: the inimitable Angela Mao! Orphaned and angry, Lotus (Mao) is raised by Buddhist nuns before she is exiled for her violent ways – and skipping classes to improve her martial arts skills. Finding herself alone in the world, she quickly comes to discover the truth of her past: that her father was once a respected member of the Imperial Court who was murdered in cold blood, and that her […]

Well Go USA’s Hi-YAH! Releases New Promo For PAID IN BLOOD, GOD OF WAR 3, BROKEN OATH And More

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Well Go USA has acquired Yoon Young-bin’s 2021 crime thriller, Tomb Of The River, for release on its exclusive Asian genre streamer, Hi-YAH!. Newly titled, Paid In Blood, the movie stars Jang Hyuk (Empire Of Lust, upcoming The Killer) and Yu Oh-seong (Shoot Me In The Heart) and centers on a young gangster whose ambitions bring him face to face with a boss’s gangland enforcer. The acquisition, per a video announcement on Thursday, marks a reunion for the Planos, Texas-based firm for Jang following his recent success with Well Go USA’s thrilling period sword actioner, The Swordsman. Yu, whose credits also include Beat (1997), Champion (2002), Friend (2001) and Friend, The Great Legacy (2013), also appears in Well Go USA’s 2018 release of Kim Kwang-sik’s 7th century war pic, The Great Battle. Also included in Thursday’s announcement was Ye Luo’s God Of War: Battle Of The Three Kingdoms starring Mike […]