Streaming Sleepers: In Kim Bong-Han’s THE WILD, Redemption In An Unforgiving Wilderness
The Wild is currently streaming on Hi-YAH!, and will release on Digital on April 9 from Well Go USA.
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NIGHT OF THE ASSASSIN Review: Kwak Jeong-Deok’s Heroic Bloodshed Debut Wields With Vitality
Well Go USA’s premiere Asian film streamer, Hi-YAH!, will launch Night Of The Assassin on July 21, with an August 8 release on Digital, Blu-ray and DVD.
FOGGY MOUNTAIN Review: Peter Pham’s U.S. Debut Punches In With An Action-Packed Revenge Thriller
Actor and martial artist Peter Pham’s relationship with U.S. distributor Well Go USA has been brewing for some time now, after emerging online with select action shorts in the last several years. This growth eventually led to the production and premiere of Brennan Lane’s hit short film, Mayhem, taking nicely to the virtual crowd for the SDCC Kung Fu Extravaganza back in 2020. That was the year filmmaker Phan Anh’s martial arts thriller, Foggy Mountain, would finally hit the world sales floor through Arclight with the burgeoning star set to finally stake his claim in a feature setting outside of Vietnam.
FIST OF THE CONDOR, YOUNG IP MAN And Donnie Yen’s FIST OF FURY Coming To Hi-YAH! In April
This week is as good a time as any to remind fans to subscribe to Well Go USA’s genre imprint, Hi-YAH!. The streamer will launch Ernesto Diaz Espinoza’s Fist Of The Condor this Friday starring Marko Zaror and Eyal Meyer who have been touring the east coast this week while promoting the film’s Alamo Drafthouse screening events in North America.
Feel The Power Of The FIST OF THE CONDOR In The Official Trailer
It shouldn’t be forgotten that Ernesto Diaz Espinoza’s new martial arts action adventure, Fist Of The Condor, remains up in the air as a concept to drive an even bigger story beyond the current movie that now exists. Indeed I think it would be the dopest thing to see a full-on trilogy or franchise of some sort stemming from the concepts at play here, and I say this not yet having seen the film since it began its festival run earlier this year.
Well Go USA’s CODE OF THE ASSASSINS Makes A Killing This March On Disc And Streaming
Next Friday, March 3 will see the exclusive Hi-YAH! streaming premiere of Daniel Lee’s Code Of The Assassins, ahead of a Digital, Blu-Ray and DVD rollout on March 28. Known regionally as Song Of The Assassins, the period wuxia actioner stars William Feng, Jun Hu, Gina Jin, Qingxiang Wang, Ray Lui and Jack Kao.
LEGEND OF GATOTKACA Flies Into The U.S. From Well Go USA On Hi-YAH!, Disc And Digital This Season!
There’s reason to believe in Indonesia’s currently burgeoning line of superhero titles in film and television. Hanung Bramantyo’s Legend Of Gatotkaca remains just one example of many, given its evolution over time and the changing of hands from one director to another.
Coming To Hi-YAH! In December: Kowloon Walled City, Epics Featuring Jet Li And Donnie Yen, And More!
December is chock-filled with some Asian action delights over at Well Go USA’s niche streaming channel, Hi-YAH!, and the company has a brand new promo which you can view below, firstly introducing footage from Channel Choi’s Kowloon Walled City (2021), starring Shi Yan Neng (a.k.a. Xing Yu) as a migrant from Dongbei who finds himself up against evil forces to protect friends within the notorious city.
Commentary: Eric Jacobus On RIGHTING WRONGS And Its Explosive Fight Finale
Eighties Hong Kong cinematic action at its peak can be best summed up by one title as good as almost any for its time: Corey Yuen’s 1986 film, Righting Wrongs, centering on screen legend Yuen Biao in the role of a prosecutor whose maverick search for justice outside the law puts him in the throes of a duty-bound Hong Kong cop, played by cinematic action starlet Cynthia Rothrock.
PROJECT WOLF HUNTING Lands U.S. Co-Distro Streaming Deal
Kim Hong-sun’s new action horror thriller, Project Wolf Hunting, remains one of 2022’s biggest crowdpleasers in theaters and at festivals around the world. Residents within Well Go USA’s distribution reach managed to catch the film on the big screen back in October and are now poised for its domestic release through co-distribution partnership, with a May 2023 launch on Cinedigm’s horror streamer, Screambox, and Well Go USA’s niche martial arts channel, Hi-YAH!.
PREMAN: SILENT FURY: Win A Copy Of Randolph Zaini’s New Indonesian Action Crime Thriller Out Next Week!
Update: This contest has expired.
BAD CITY: Well Go USA Acquires ‘Hydra’ Director’s Latest Crime Thriller For Q4 2022 Release
It may have seemed pretty likely at some point that anything stunt multi-hyphenate and filmmaker Kensuke Sonomura did would immediately be welcome by North American distributor Well Go USA, given the reception for his 2019 feature debut, Hydra. Fast forward to this week’s launch of the 17th installment of Fantastic Fest, where attendees can finally catch what Sonomura had been up to last year with the production of his sophomore debut, Bad City.
Here’s What’s Coming To Hi-YAH! In August!
Well Go USA’s niche martial arts streamer, Hi-YAH!, is doling out another round of weekly titles this August with premiere dates also available.
NYAFF 2022 Review: PREMAN: SILENT FURY, Audibly Thrilling Crime Drama That Sometimes Gets Trippy
Originally published July 19: Falling somewhere between cerebral crime drama and reductionist martial arts thriller is writer/director Randolph Zaini’s feature debut, Preman: Silent Fury.
Fantasia XXVI Review: BABY ASSASSINS, Japanese Action Cinema All Grown-Up!
Originally published July 15, 2022: The last several years have seen a notable of proliferation of the newest J-wave of action cinema titles out of Japan. To this end, films like the HiGH&LOW franchise which remains on-going to this day, stars and figures like Shun Oguri, Tak Sakaguchi, Takumi Kitamura and Masanori Mimoto, and directors like Kensuke Sonomura have all been welcome assets amidst the emerging talents of late, and it’s not over yet with other filmmakers and performers bound to leave their mark in the coming weeks and months. This especially goes for director Hugo Sakamoto, who has been increasingly influential in his craft for at least six years to date, having since made waves stateside at Fantastic Fest last year with his most recent endeavor, Baby Assassins.
Well Go USA’s Hi-YAH! Releases New Promo For PAID IN BLOOD, GOD OF WAR 3, BROKEN OATH And More
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.
SAVAGE DOG, PREMAN, BABY ASSASSINS And More As Well Go USA And Hi-YAH! Announce More Titles To Its Summer Rollout
Well Go USA has announced three more titles to its Hi-YAH! roster via social media this week with Isaac Florentine’s Close Range and White Elephant helmer Jesse V. Johnson’s Savage Dog. The announcement also includes footage from Johnson’s ensemble actioner, Triple Threat, as well as Randolph Zaini’s 2021 crime drama, Preman, and the previously announced Fantastic Fest favorite, Baby Assassins from director Yûgo Sakamoto.
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