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Marko Zaror’s FIST OF THE CONDOR Clenches Behind The Scenes In A New Featurette!

Genre fans in the U.S. are just a week away from the release of Fist Of The Condor, the latest from writer/director Ernesto Diaz Espinoza and action star Marko Zaror. TKD Life Magazine has uneviled an exclusive behind the scenes featurette which you can view at the bottom of the page, featuring Zaror in action along with the film’s cast, lending some insight into the characters and setups that comprise the story. Fist Of The Condor centers on the tale of a monastic martial arts journeyman whose quest to protect the ancient secrets of the fighting arts used against 16th century conquerors finds him a war that threatens to become more personal, endangering everything he’s worked for to become the warrior he long strived to be. Also starring are Gina Aguad, Eyal Meyer and Fernanda Urrejola, along with Jose Manuel and Francisco Castro, and with action sequences by Zaror himself. […]

SAKRA Trailer Revealed For Well Go USA’s April Release

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Welp, it’s about that time. Donnie Yen and his fellow John Wick: Chapter 4 cohorts are running the gamut of daytime and late night talk show hosts and the star also happens to be the subject of his most recent shared directorial venture with Kam Ka Wai, Sakra, based on the work of late literary legend “Jin Yong”. The pic also stars Chen Yuqi, Cya Liu, Wai Ying Hung and Wu Yue. Based on the classic wuxia novel Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils by Louis Cha (known worldwide by his pen name Jin Yong), SAKRA stars Donnie Yen as Qiao Feng, the respected leader of a roving band of martial artists. After he is wrongfully accused of murder and subsequently exiled, Qiao Feng goes on the run in search of answers about his own mysterious origin story—and the unknown enemies working to destroy him from the shadows. Sakra (or Śakra as it’s […]

RIDE ON Trailer: Well Go USA Saddles Up Jackie Chan’s April 7 Release

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Well Go USA is putting the North American Jackie Chan fandom on notice with Ride On, the new flick from director Larry Yang. An April 7 release has been slated to coincide the film’s mainland China release on the same day, and the distro outlet now has its own poster and trailer to help ramp up the domestic marketing following their acquisition of the pic in Berlin last month. After two debt collectors attempt to seize a stunt horse belonging to washed-up stuntman Luo (Jackie Chan), video of the ensuing confrontation—and the dynamic duo’s narrow acrobatic escape—goes viral on social media. Furious at being humiliated online, the debt collectors return to seek revenge, leaving Luo and Red Hare to engage in a series of hilarious, action-packed antics that outdo even the most daring acts from their glory days. Chan is joined by Liu Haocun, Kevin Guo, Wu Jing, Yu Ailei, […]

FIST OF THE CONDOR Knuckles Up For Well Go USA In The Official U.S. Poster

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Well Go USA has acquired Ernesto Diaz Espinoza’s newest martial arts opus, Fist Of The Condor, following its world premiere at IFFR back in January. Alas, Screenrant contributor Brad Curran was on hand to debut the official poster which you can check out at the bottom of the page. Fist of the Condor follows a group of international martial artists who are searching for a book that contains the ancient secrets to overcoming any and all limits of the human body. Marko Zaror plays both the book’s guardian and his twin brother. Fist Of The Condor reunites Espinoza and Chilean martial arts superstar Marko Zaror for their formal debut through Well Go USA after years of making worldwide action niche hits such as Kiltro, Mandrill, and Redeemer, with Zaror making tangential strides in film with credits like Machete Kills, Alita: Battle Angel and Undisputed 3: Redemption, and the upcoming John […]

Well Go USA’s CODE OF THE ASSASSINS Makes A Killing This March On Disc And Streaming

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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. After completing his training, an elite young assassin embarks on his first mission and is quickly ensnared in an intricate plot laid by powerful people pulling strings from the shadows. Upon failing to complete the assignment, he is forced to go on the run—from the government and rival assassin groups alike—as he seeks to unmask the players behind the conspiracy.

HIDDEN BLADE Review: Cheng Er’s Brooding Period Espionage Mishmash Settles All Deadly Scores

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Well Go USA’s press pack for director Cheng Er’s latest film, Hidden Blade, partly states that he’s best known for keeping his audiences guessing. That he does, this time with a story set in the early 1940s with events chronicled before, and afterward, amid the Communist party’s campaign as it’s set against the backdrop of the invasion of imperial Japanese forces. The film weaves in its elements and characters from all angles, flashing forward in its efforts to set things in motion for the audience to begin following our main characters and learn more about them. That process eventually begins to materialize a little more about a half-hour into the film where we’ve then come to acquaint ourselves with the likes of He (Tony Leung Chiu-Wai), Ye (Wang Yibo), the sinister Captain Wang (Eric Wang), Tang (Da Peng) and Watanabe (Hiroyuki Mori), all members of a Japanese spy agency operating […]

LEGEND OF GATOTKACA Flies Into The U.S. From Well Go USA On Hi-YAH!, Disc And Digital This Season!

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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. The good news now is that folks in the U.S. will get a chance to see the hand Bramantyo deals in this spectacular arena with Well Go USA at the forefront of its rollout. Subscribers to the company’s streaming imprint, Hi-YAH! will get a chance to check out the flick on February 17, followed by Digital, Blu-Ray and DVD releases from March 21. After a superpowered assassin kills his best friend, a young man uncovers a secret prophecy that will be key to surviving the battle against an ancient evil in the superhero origin story LEGEND OF GATOTAKACA, which debuts exclusively on the martial arts streaming service Hi-YAH! […]

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PROJECT WOLF HUNTING: Win A Copy Of Kim Hong-Sun’s Explosive Action Horror Thriller

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On the cusp of another banger home release from Well Go USA, this will likely be my last giveaway for a while and will be all the more worth it as it pertains to Kim Hong-sun’s high seas supersoldier horror, Project Wolf Hunting. The film is due on Digital, Blu-Ray and DVD beginning February 14 and for this, our Blu-Ray giveaway parameters are simple: E-mail us at fcsyndicate@outlook.com and tell us your favorite super soldier movie. It can be popular or obscure from any region. If you’re new any to the buzz surrounding Project Wolf Hunting then consider yourself humbly invited to check out my review beforehand, or simply look up just what the fuss is with this latest feat from Kim following its Midnight Madness premiere at TIFF last year. To that end, consider this a recommendation to check it out as soon as possible, and let’s all hope […]

Well Go USA Nabs NA Rights To ŚAKRA

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It’s only a matter of time now until martial arts fans in North America get a proper trailer and timetable for the release of Śakra, the newest adaptation of a Louis Cha literary classic from action star Donnie Yen who directs. According to Screendaily’s Michael Rosser on Wednesday, Well Go USA negotiated the deal with the filmmakers reps at Mandarin Motion Pictures to acquire rights to the film. During the Northern Song dynasty, Qiao Feng, the leader of the Beggars’ Sect, was a heroic and chivalrous man who was respected by the whole martial arts world. But he was suddenly accused of being a Khitan, which made him isolated by friends and allies. On his journey to find out about his origin and enemies, Qiao Feng met Azhu the maid from Murong family, and they fell for each other. The two went together through events in Juxian Manor, Yanmen Pass, […]

Trailer: Cheng Er’s HIDDEN BLADE Gets US Theatrical Release

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Well Go USA is primed to release Cheng Er’s new espionage thriller, Hidden Blade on February 17 in theaters. The Wasted Times helmer Cheng Er directs a cast led by Tony Leung, Wang Yi Bo, Dong Chengpeng and Huang Lei. During World War II, at the height of China’s war of resistance against Japan, a group of courageous citizens develops a top-secret underground espionage network and masterfully extracts classified information from deep behind enemy lines.

THE WANDERING EARTH 2 U.S. Trailer Arrives For The Frant Gwo-Directed Space Epic!

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Well Go USA is taking the reins this week with the first title on its 2023 roster, The Wandering Earth 2. The company announced its acquisition of the film a few days ago via Instagram with a teaser poster, launching a brand new campaign that now has its first official trailer dating its January 22 release which which you can view below, just beneath the company’s description. The much-anticipated prequel to 2019 sci-fi blockbuster THE WANDERING EARTH—the #5 highest-grossing non-English film of all-time—lands in North American theaters just in time for Chinese New Year. In the near future, after learning that the sun is rapidly burning out and will obliterate Earth in the process, humans build enormous engines to propel the planet to a new solar system, far out of reach of the sun’s fiery flares. However, the journey out into the universe is perilous, and humankind’s last shot at […]

A Case For Better Action Movies: Kim Hong-Sun’s PROJECT WOLF HUNTING Is A Rousing, Gory Action Horror Spectacle

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Project Wolf Hunting arrives on Digital, Blu-ray & DVD February 14 from Well Go USA Entertainment. TIFF programmer Peter Kuplowsky’s use of the term “bloody bedlam” in his notes for director Kim Hong-sun’s Midnight Madness title, Project Wolf Hunting, is something I never thought would stick with me. Its recurrence comes now, juxtaposed alongside citations in various online blurbs and reviews comparing the film’s propulsive violence to that of Timo Tjahjanto or even Jesse Johnson. They’re not wrong, and to add, the levels of violence this film reaches certainly serve as a visual compliment to the film’s nascency as a potential franchise starter for action horror moviegoers looking to get their kick. I haven’t seen any of Kim’s prior work before this film either, although the five-time filmmaker’s representation at WME as of last September following the film’s Toronto premiere, and the grand reception and ceremony it’s been receiving since […]

Well Go USA Nabs THE WANDERING EARTH 2 For North American Release

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It continues to be a blaring mystery how actor Wu Jing will somehow manage to reappear in The Wandering Earth 2, director Frant Gwo’s sequel to his blockbuster 2019 adaptation of Liu Cixin’s novel. In the meantime, moviegoers in China are already poised for its Chinese New Year relaase on January 22, will folks in North America can now rest its sights on Well Go USA who’ve acquired the pic, as announced via Instagram in the post below: The sun is about to be destroyed, and humans have built huge engines on the earth’s surfaces to help them find a new home. However, the road out into the universe is perilous. In order to save the earth, a group of young people of the wandering earth era again stepped forward to begin a battle against life and death. That’s the official logline for the film out of the mainland as […]

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PROJECT WOLF HUNTING Terrorizes On Disc And Digital From Well Go USA In February!

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Currently slated for a streaming run this summer for Cinedigm’s Screambox and Well Go USA’s Hi-YAH!, Kim Hong-sun’s brutal new action horror thriller, Project Wolf Hunting, is making its first stop of the new year this February on Blu-Ray, DVD, and Digital beginning February 14. A new trailer is now online as well to boot. During transport from the Philippines to South Korea, a group of dangerous criminals unites to stage a coordinated escape attempt. As the jailbreak escalates into a bloody, all-out riot, the fugitives and their allies from the outside exact a brutal terror campaign against the special agents onboard the ship. This film happens to be just one of maybe a few titles I regret not being able to catch during the festivals this year or at the movies when it opened back in October, but you can believe for certain it’s on my list of titles […]

THE AMBUSH: Win A Blu-Ray Copy Of Pierre Morel’s Explosive War Thriller Now Available From Well Go USA!

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Pierre Morel’s hit war thriller, The Ambush, is now available on DVD and Blu-Ray from Well Go USA, but I’ll be hosting my final Blu-Ray disc giveaway of the year with this one which I’m happy to share as it’s one of the best films I’ve seen of late. For this, you simply need to answer to the following trivia below by clicking here: True or False: Pierre Morel learned to speak fluent Arabic to prepare for this production. Morel directs from a script by Kurtis Birtell and Brandon Birtell, the story of a unit of Emirati soldiers on a peacekeeping mission in 2018 following the fall of the Yemeni government at the hands of extremists three years earlier. When a unit on patrol during the final week of its tour gets ambushed by terrorists, the brave men and women of the Emirati forces will make a daring midnight-hour attempt […]

THE GRANDMASTER OF KUNG FU Comes Home From Well Go USA In January

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Well Go USA’s rollout of mainland kung fu thriller productions continues with the forthcoming January 31, 2023 Digital, Blu-Ray and DVD release of The Grandmaster Of Kung Fu, director Cheng Si Yu’s take on martial arts hero, Huo Yuan Jia. Near the end of the Qing Dynasty, a renowned Chinese martial artist engages in a life-or-death battle with a feared Japanese military commander in order to prevent Japan’s ultimate goal of seizing martial arts stronghold Tianjin. Dennis To, a former World Wushu Champion and best known for his performances in The Legend Is Born: Ip Man, and Kung Fu League, stars in the along with Gao Xuemei, Yang Yongfeng, Li Ruoxi and Zhuang Han. The film is currently available over at Well Go USA’s martial arts streamer, Hi-YAH!.

ALIENOID: Win A Blu-Ray Copy Of The Hit South Korean Sci-Fi Adventure From Well Go USA

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Fans are just days away from the home disc release of South Korean sci-fi fantasy thriller, Alienoid, on Digital, Blu-ray and DVD beginning December 6 from Well Go USA. The film will also land on the company’s in-house streaming channel, Hi-YAH! three weeks later, while fans can now take the reins and win one of two Blu-Ray discs of the film beginning this weekend. Just send an e-mail here and tell us your favorite alien sci-fi or Goryeo-era film, and be sure to include ALIENOID CONTEST in the subject header. The context expires on the morning of the film’s release and extends only to residents living in the United States. While seeking a legendary, time-bending blade, two Goryeo-era shamans cross paths with modern-era people hunting down a dangerous alien concealed inside a human’s body. Alienoid (my review here) is directed by Choi Dong-hoon (Assassination, The Thieves) and stars Ryu Jun-Yeol […]

Coming To Hi-YAH! In December: Kowloon Walled City, Epics Featuring Jet Li And Donnie Yen, And More!

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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. The action continues with two Jet Li headliners beginning with The Legend Of The Red Dragon (a.k.a. New Legend Of Shaolin) (1994) from directors Corey Yuen and Wong Jing, with Li joined by then-rising star Xie Miao for the story of a heroic father/son martial arts duo forced to mitigate poverty, and the exploits of a con woman and her mother while journeying to avenge the destruction of their village against a traitor during the government crackdown on Shaolin. Li will also be seen […]

Commentary: Eric Jacobus On RIGHTING WRONGS And Its Explosive Fight Finale

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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. The story, which runs high on pulse-pounding action and stunts as the story builds forward, hits a major climax with blockbuster fisticuffs featuring both stars, and if you haven’t seen the film yet, this latest cinematic action breakdown by stuntman, mo-cap artist and filmmaker Eric Jacobus could be something of a spoiler. Well Go USA allowed Jacobus the courtesy of using their footage to synthesize and study the gangbuster action and fight choreography by Yuen and Hong Kong action stalwart Sammo Hung, […]

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PROJECT WOLF HUNTING Lands U.S. Co-Distro Streaming Deal

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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!. During transport from the Philippines to South Korea, a group of dangerous criminals unites to stage a coordinated escape attempt. As the jailbreak escalates into a bloody, all-out riot, the fugitives and their allies from the outside exact a brutal terror campaign against the special agents onboard the ship. Kim directs from his own script with a cast led by Seo In-guk and Jang Dong-yoon along with Choi Gwi-hwa, Sung Dong-il, Park Ho-san, and Jung So-min among others. […]