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RAGING FIRE Sets Ablaze To Hi-YAH! This October!

If ever you needed an excuse to subscribe to Well Go USA’s exclusive streaming service, Hi-YAH!, then you needn’t look any further this week with the streamer’s announcement for an October 22 launch of Donnie Yen actioner, Raging Fire. The streamer itself is a pretty sweet deal at three U.S. dollars a month with a raft of its own titles, some of which aren’t available anywhere else, and the addition of late director Benny Chan’s final film to the catalogue makes this affair only sweeter. Raging Fire was released in the U.S. on August 19, following its China release on July 30 and subsequent in-person premieres at the 25th Fantasia International Film Festival, and the 20th New York Asian Film Festival. The film stars Donnie Yen (S.P.L., Flashpoint) as a member of the Regional Crime Unit who sets ablaze to the criminal underbelly in search of a gang of mercenaries […]

Well Go USA’s CRAZY SAMURAI: 400 vs. 1 Trailer Teases The Deadly Odds

CRAZY SAMURAI: 400 VS. 1 review – 77 Minutes of Non-Stop Samurai Sword Slingin’

Matthew Essary

Miyamoto Musashi is a legend; a mix of fact and fabrication. The seventeenth-century samurai certainly existed. His surviving art and writings on philosophy he created in his later years prove that. His prowess in battle, however, is where the facts start to blur into myth. He is believed to have been a prolific warrior who never lost in over sixty duels, many of those to the death. That idea, coupled with Musashi’s thoughtful musings on life and combat in tomes such as “The Book of The Five Rings”, led to him being revered as the ideal example of a samurai warrior by popular culture in Japan and a cult figure among martial arts enthusiasts worldwide. So naturally, embellished versions of Musashi have appeared frequently in Japanese film and television programs. Some strived for realism but frequently the Miyamoto Musashi presented on screen, with varying degrees of success, feels more myth […]

Hi-YAH!: Martial Arts And Miike Madness Go Mobile In May!

Lee B. Golden III

I long wondered if and when Well Go USA’s Hi-YAH! portal would have a downloadable app apart from its streaming services via Amazon or Hulu. On Friday, the company proudly presented the official launch of its downloadable app for mobile devices and televisions. The Planos, Texas firm launched the niche-driven channel back in 2016, home to more than 500 hours of quality and commercial-free film favorites like Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan, Donnie Yen and Tony Jaa, and acclaimed directors like Johnnie To, Yuen Woo-Ping, Wilson Yip, and Tsui Hark to name a few. As of the launch, that roster now includes their exclusive streaming release of one of Well Go USA’s proudest titles to date, First Love, billed as part of part of the “Miike Madness” collection featuring many of the classic and fan-favorite films from iconic director Takashi Miike. “With the launch of the app, Hi-YAH! now allows action […]

Well Go USA Adds TOP KNOT DETECTIVE And More To The Hi-YAH Network!

Lee B. Golden III

Directors Aaron McCann and Dominic Pearce have done richly in making names for themselves having assembled a delightful little mockumentary from down under with the Des Mangan-narrated Top Knot Detective. For good measure, my review is available here. In the early 90s a little known Japanese Samurai/Detective series hit Australia where it quickly became a cult hit. In Japan it was called ‘Ronin Suiri Tentai (Deductive Reasoning Ronin) but in Australia it is know only as ‘Top Knot Detective’! The good folks at Well Go USA are looking onward and upward this year with a raft of Hi-YAH! releases between now and 2020, adding Top Knot Detective to its library launching on HI-YAH! beginning August 1, 2019. Below, Well Go USA also unveiled an online Hi-YAH! spot to highlight future titles now pending for the martial arts-spruced-up network, including Donnie Yen actioners Big Brother and upcoming Ip Man 4, The […]

THE BRINK: Well Go USA Touts Exclusive Hi-YAH! Stream For New Max Zhang Action Thriller

Lee B. Golden III

Well Go USA is proudly ramping up its power-packed HiYAH! channel with the long-awaited release of director Jonathon Li’s crime thriller, The Brink. The Texas-based firm is still rolling the film out on Blu-Ray beginning August 20 while folks keen on a more spectacular all-you-can-eat buffet of action cinema of the Asian variety will proudly be the first among North America’s streaming demo to watch. A renegade cop is on a mission to bring a shady smuggler to justice by any means necessary. When his investigation leads to a Triad mob boss and global smuggling ring, his manhunt quickly turns from local misconduct into a violent international incident. A relentless barrage of high flying action and explosive fight sequences, in this breakneck thriller, once the fists start flying, they never stop – not even underwater. The film stars Max Zhang who’s been leaving a mark of late with releases at […]

Well Go USA: Hi-YAH! Is Coming! Ya Herrrrrd???

Lee B. Golden III

Well Go USA is more than happy to oblige anyone with an affinity toward films of the Asian and action variety. Such is their speciality with their resumé including imports like the Police Story: Lockdown, Flash Point, Kundo, the upcoming home releases of Mojin: The Lost Legend and Roy Chow’s refurbished Wong Fei-Hung origin epic, Rise Of The Legend and this weekend’s release of Ip Man 3 to name a few. I don’t know about you but I would love to see these titles expanded on television, and there are several channels and networks partaking in that affect. Well, you can now add another to the list with Well Go bringing their latest efforts together on January 26 with Hi-YAH, for Playstation owners via cloud-based VUE service as per the new era of cord-cutting for online consumers.The following press release has more: Plano, TX (January 23, 2016) – Well Go USA […]