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VALLEY OF THE GODS: Well Go USA Snags Josh Harnett/John Malkovich Fantasy Drama For August Release

Lee B. Golden III

Well Go USA has acquired Valley Of The Gods (Dolina Bogòw), the 2019 fantasy drama epic from acclaimed Polish-American filmmaker Lech Majewski. The Josh Harnett/John Malkovich ensemble feature will have a physical and digital release on August 11, 2020, and also stars Bérénice Marlohe (Skyfall), Keir Dullea (2001: A Space Odyssey) and John Rhys-Davies (Lord of the Rings trilogy). Per the company’s announcement, Valley Of The Gods “contrasts opposing social extremes—namely abundance and poverty––through three separate storylines, which revolve around a middle-class writer, an eccentric trillionaire and members of a struggling nearby Navajo community. After a difficult divorce, copywriter John Ecas (Josh Harnett) takes on the biography of the richest man on earth (John Malkovich), who is both his boss and the man behind a plan to mine sacred Navajo lands for uranium. However, when modern advancement runs afoul of the long-dormant protectors warned of in ancient legend, even the […]

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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 […]

A SOLDIER’S REVENGE Trailer: A Bounty Hunter’s New War Begins

Lee B. Golden III

Well Go USA’s 2020 home entertainment roster is looking proud and upward having already announced a stack of upcoming MOD releases next to others. Among the lot will be director Michael Feifer’s Western thriller, A Soldier’s Revenge, which will get its day on Digital, Blu-Ray and DVD beginning June 16. Haunted by wartime horrors, Civil War soldier-turned-bounty-hunter Frank Connor (Neal Bledsoe) spends his time post-war polishing off two things: whiskey and fugitives. When two desperate children arrive on his doorstep and enlist his help to find their missing mother (AnnaLynne McCord), Frank must face his past in order to take down the notorious Major Briggs (Rob Mayes), with whom he has a score all his own to settle. The film also stars Val Kilmer and Jake Busey.

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SAMURAI MARATHON Review: A Marathon To Defend A Nation, Turns Into A Race Of Survival Towards A New Era

With the threat of American ships off the coast of Japan, the leader of the Samurai clan Annaka, concerned about the invasion of the foreigners, decides to organize a marathon to prepare his men, who after many years of peace are out of shape. However, and due to lack of communication with one of his spies, the shogun believes that the race is about a coup d’état, and sends a group of assassins to finish off the runners. What was originally a race to defend the nation ends up turning into a bloody battle to survive. Based on a novel of the same name written by Akihiro Dobashi, that was inspired by a marathon held annually in Japan, the film explores a time of change in the history of Japan, through characters that hide different motivations to participate in the marathon, without even being aware that this race will be […]

Well Go USA Acquires Indo-Superhero Thriller GUNDALA, Announces MOD Release Slate With UNSTOPPABLE, CHASING THE DRAGON 2, LINE WALKER 2 And More

Lee B. Golden III

Well Go USA is ramping up its acquisitions this season with a raft of titles. The latest in the pile as of Thursday will be Indonesian superhero actioner, Gundala, the brainchild of Harya “Hasmi” Suraminata’s 1969 comic character, the film is directed by Joko Anwar (Satan’s Slaves) for Screenplay Films, and centers on Sancaka (Abhimanyu Arysatya – The Night Comes For Us, 3: Alif – Lam – Mim), an orphan raised to adulthood surviving the tough streets of Jakarta. When he is struck by lighting and gains supernatural abilities, he finds his new calling with the emergence of a ruthless local mob boss and his loyal army of sworn assassins. Premiere Entertainment Group snagged worldwide rights excluding Indonesia, following its Midnight Madness premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival last year. The film, which also stars Tara Basro and Bront Palarae, inaugurates the Marvel-style Bumilangit Cinematic Universe announced last summer. […]

Well Go USA Announces A DOG’S COURAGE For April, May For Derek Tsang’s BETTER DAYS

Lee B. Golden III

Well Go USA has two promising releases in April heading for Digital, Blu-Ray and DVD. Chun-Baek Lee and Oh Sung-Yoon (Daisy, a Hen Into the Wild) proudly presented their 2018 Bucheon opener, Underdog which the Planos-based firm is now shepherding as A Dog’s Courage set for April 14. The award-winning South Korean animated adventure tells the story of Jacob, a feisty and playful dog abandoned by his owners, who joins a pack of strays and embarks on a journey filled with fun adventures and life lessons in their pursuit to find a new and loving home. The film won Best Animated Feature Film at the Golden Silk Road Media Awards, as well as the Special Award at last year’s Seoul International Cartoon & Animation Festival. It was also nominated as Best Animated Feature Film at the 2019 Asia Pacific Screen Awards. On May 5, the company will release Derek Tsang’s […]

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NE ZHA: BIRTH OF THE DEMON CHILD Review: Get A Grip Of Destiny And Make It Yours!

This past year, this Chinese animated film became in one of the most successful animated films ever made, grossing worldwide more than $725 million. A total success for Chinese cinema and Chinese animation. But letting money aside, the film is a reimagined version of Nezha, a character from Chinese mythology that has appeared in countless different films, videogames and even novels, such as ‘Journey to the west’ where he is the villain of a really funny chapter. The story of this film was loosely based in the novel “Investiture of the Gods” by Xu Zhonglin . The plot revolves around the birth of a kid, Nezha. who has been cursed to born as a demon and die at the age of 3, however, his parents refuse to kill him, and tricked the evil kid making him believe that he is destined to use his powers to be a great demon […]

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Your Next Viewing: ABIGAIL

Christina Ortega

All around, things are changing. Stores are limiting their hours, places like restaurants and gyms have closed. Some people have been laid off from their jobs. So how are you spending your time if you’re not working or are quarantined at home? How about watching a good film (or more than one)? Well Go USA Entertainment’s Abigail is now available on Blu-ray, DVD, and digital, and if you like adventure, fantasy, and steampunk, you’ve got to see this one! When townspeople start dying from a mysterious illness, Abigail’s town closes itself off from the outside world and takes away everyone infected with the disease, including Abigail’s beloved father, to be executed. Ten years later, as she’s trying to escape the town’s security forces, Abby uncovers a shocking truth – her father may still be alive. Filled with danger and discoveries, Abby sets out on a magical steampunk adventure that overturns […]

Well Go USA Picks Coming Soon To Blu-Ray And DVD: THE WITCH: SUBVERSION And THE CAPTAIN

Lee B. Golden III

Well Go USA is on a roll this week in Berlin seeing what’s what in global cinema. For now, two more of their latest announcements are heading to physical media with New World and The Tiger helmer Park Hoon-jung’s suspenseful supernationl actioner, The Witch: Subversion, and Andrew Lau’s harrowing in-flight ripped-from-the-headlines survival adventure, The Captain. Award-winning actress Kim Da-mi stars in The Witch: Subversion, playing title role of a young girl ten years since having escaped a secure facility, who now in her budding teens suddenly finds her life in turmoil when mysterious people begin turning up. Actor Choi Woo-shik (Parasite, Train To Busan) also stars for the film’s forthcoming Digital, Blu-Ray and DVD release on March 10. On March 31, the Planos, Texas firm will also take off on Digital, Blu-Ray and DVD with The Captain, which took home ample accolades for actrees Quan Yuan (Actress of the Year […]

PENINSULA: Yeon Sang-Ho’s ‘Train To Busan’ Successor Lands At Well Go USA Amid Massive Sales In Berlin

Lee B. Golden III

Psychokinesis helmer Yeon Sang-ho’s forthcoming zombie follow-up, Peninsula, was acquired in Berlin by Well Go USA according to Screendaily‘s EFM coverage. The film, currently in post-production, serves as a shared-universe successor to his 2016 hit zombie opus, Train To Busan, and its corresponding animated Cannes trailblazer, Seoul Station. Produced by Redpeter Films and set four years after Train To Busan with twice that film’s budget, Peninsula stars Gang Dong-won and Lee Jung-hyun in the story of a former soldier who finds himself on a mission back into the ravaged country where there are still survivors. Contents Panda is repping the film in Berlin whose sales extend to well over a dozen territories globally outside the U.S., with Next Entertainment World (NEW) reportedly planning a post-Cannes summer release in Korea. Esther Yeung, general manager, head of Sales & Distribution at Edko Films, said: “We’re thrilled to be joining again Yeon Sang-ho’s […]

ABIGAIL: Aleksandr Boguslavskiy’s Steampunk Fantasy Epic Gets A U.S. Trailer

Lee B. Golden III

Well Go USA is rolling out another of its particular tastemaker titles this week with the official trailer for Aleksandr Boguslavskiy’s Russian steampunk fantasy adventure, Abigail. The film is led by actress Tinatin Dalakishvili in the title role along with Rinal Mukhametov and Eddie Marsan (Atomic Blonde, Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw, “Ray Donovan”) also starring. When townspeople start dying from a mysterious illness, Abigail’s town closes itself off from the outside world and takes away everyone infected with the disease, including Abigail’s beloved father, to be executed. Ten years later, as she’s trying to escape the town’s security forces, Abby uncovers a shocking truth – her father may still be alive. Filled with danger and discoveries, Abby sets out on a magical steampunk adventure that overturns everything she once knew about the world, her family and even herself. Abigail arrives on Digital, Blu-Ray and DVD beginning March […]

Win Your Copies Of FIRST LOVE And WARRIORS OF THE NATION From Well Go USA

Lee B. Golden III

It’s giveaway time! And we’re rolling out a dual set of titles for this one with the approaching releases of Takashi Miike’s hit romantic crime thrillride, First Love, and Marko Mak’s latest kung fu outing, Warriors Of The Nation. Well Go USA is releasing both titles respectively on February 11 and February 18 on Blu-Ray, and so to score the films for yourself, all you simply need to do is e-mail us (with WARRIORS/FIRST LOVE in the subject header) at filmcombatsyndicate@gmail.com, and attach an answer AND a YouTube link to the following question: What is your favorite Wong Fei-Hung fight scene? AND/OR What is your favorite Takashi Miike movie fight scene? The contest is solely attributed to U.S. residents, and the deadline to make your entries is February 18. Good luck from now until then, and click the gallery below to learn more about the films (be sure you are […]

ENTER THE FAT DRAGON: Donnie Yen Outweighs The Competition In The Official U.S. Trailer

Lee B. Golden III

I’ve heard some good things thusfar with respect to action maestro and regular Donnie Yen cohort Kenji Tanigaki’s recent directorial feat, Enter The Fat Dragon, a derivative and tributary action comedy nod to Sammo Hung’s 1978 Bruce Lee riff. Tanigaki’s own resumè consists of a sprawling list of who’s-who in hit Asian action films, including and especially in his purview as an elite stunt professional on films like the Rurouni Kenshin trilogy and the Dynasty Warrior game franchise. He rejoins Yen with a script by co-star Wong Jing, and writers Lui Koon-nam and Ronald Chan. Sent to Japan on a routine police escort, Officer Zhu is excited to have the chance to requalify for full time duty as a police officer. However, after a series of mishaps, the mission goes terribly wrong and the suspect Officer Zhu is escorting suffers a mysterious death. Zhu enlists the help of wok-wielding restaurant […]

Daniel Lee’s THE CLIMBERS Lands A February Blu-Ray/Digital Release From Well Go USA

Lee B. Golden III

Invariably one of the most fun screenings I had last year was director Daniel Lee’s The Climbers, a compelling and epic survival drama with Wu Jing and Zhang Ziyi. It’s a film that this website is especially proud to have reviewed with respect to now sharing the frontal artwork for its home release in a quote from our review in September. Here’s a longer excerpt from that piece: Lee’s take on the historic journey of The Climbers is beholden to the usual array of interpersonal relationships to cohese to drama and enhance the imminent danger our protagonists face. Wu’s Fang proves to be the most physically apt and capable through as he performs impressive feats of climbing, course running and stunts – from what would have been one of the most endearing on-screen marriage proposals, to pulling grand-scale feats of life-and-death manuevers akin to those seen in movies like Cliffhanger […]

NE ZHA: Well Go USA Hits Back Into Theaters With An English-Dubbed Re-Release On January 31

Lee B. Golden III

Well Go USA has proudly debuted an English-dubbed trailer announcing a select theatrical re-release of Jiao Zi’s animated epic, Ne Zha. The move comes in honor of Chinese Lunar New Year, as well as a conciliatory gesture for concerned moviegoers stateside as China mitigates an ongoing viral crisis in several cities, forcing an influx of theater cancellations, and the closure of millions of theaters this weekend. The Planos-based distribution firm previously released Ne Zha in Mandarin last Summer and Fall, including in IMAX 3D, after becoming a high-earning milestone animated success on several fronts for the Chinese film industry. The film’s sequel, Teng Chen and Wei Li’s Jiang Ziya (locally titled Legend Of Deification), had its Lunar New Year release temporarily shelved in China, as well as in the U.S. with Well Go USA delaying the film’s February 7 release until further notice. In NE ZHA, a young boy, Ne […]

Lunar New Year Weekend Releases Delayed As China Faces Coronavirus Outbreak [UPDATED]

Lee B. Golden III

UPDATE #2: On Thursday, Well Go USA signaled its own tentative delay of their U.S. release of animated Ne Zha sequel, Jiang Ziya. The movie was to premiere this weekend in China, with the Planos-based Texas distributor slating a February 7 release. The move falls in line with other planned releases overseas from China for Lunar New Year titles as China continues to mitigate its ongoing crisis with the deadly coronavirus outbreak. Well Go USA has issued the following statement: Because of contractual obligations, Well Go USA must postpone our release of the film as well. We understand that this will be frustrating but we will keep our fans up to date. We ask that you stay patient, and keep the Chinese community in your thoughts during this time. UPDATE #1: On Thursday, Warner Bros. Pictures and CMC Pictures have shelved their respective North American releases of Detective Chinatown 3 […]

NE ZHA: Jiao Zi’s Enchanting Chinese Animated Milestone Epic Comes Home In February And March From Well Go USA

Lee B. Golden III

Well Go USA is still well on the way to deliver plenty of wholesome entertainment this year to Asian cinema fans. That especially includes the forthcoming sequel release, Jiang Ziya, and if you’re keen on catching it, you may also take interest in the Planos-based firm’s pending home release of its predecessor, director Jiao Zi’s critically acclaimed animated epic, Ne Zha. The film drew one of the biggest successes in the history of animation and Chinese cinema in the past year with its storied focus on a young boy born with unique powers who is recruited to fight demons, and save the community that initially fears him. The internationally-acclaimed film was also first of its kind to be selected as the Chinese entry for Best International Feature Film at the 92nd Academy Awards. Well Go USA Entertainment is proudly sharing the adventure on digital beginning February 25, and on DVD, […]

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JIANG ZIYA: Catch The Official Trailer For The Spectacular CG-Animated Feature Follow-Up To ‘Ne Zha’

Lee B. Golden III

Well Go USA is taking the reigns this season for sweeping fantasy adventure, Jiang Ziya. Following Jiao Zi’s 2019 blockbuster summer hit, Ne Zha, the new Chinese CG-animated sequel from debut directors Cheng Teng and Li Wei will open on February 7, which sits two weeks after its China bow. Jiang Ziya, a top commander in the divine army of the Kunlun Sect, is victorious in the battle between the Heavenly powers and the Shang dynasty. Before he can ascend to his new position among the Gods, he is ordered to execute the Nine-Tailed Fox Demon who threatens the mortals’ very existence. But when the Fox Demon shows him the secret to her power, an innocent human girl, he is unable to complete his task resulting in his banishment to the mortal realm forever. Ten years later, atop the ruins of war, Jiang Ziya is again given a task that […]

IP MAN 4: THE FINALE Opens In More Cities In The U.S. And Canada This Friday

Lee B. Golden III

It’s well past the stroke of midnight as we enter 2020. So continues the fervor behind actor Donnie Yen who rung out last year with his cinematic kung fu genre diptych, Ip Man 4: The Finale, and the swarm of reviews pouring online to its massive benefit as Well Go USA maintains its international rollout in select theaters. Yen punches his way into the 1960s as Ip Man, the legendary Wing Chun grandmaster whose private battle with cancer signals his latest struggle to sustain his beleagured youngest son’s future in America. Ip Man will soon be forced to employ his fists one last time when his efforts fall short of diplomacy, between an embittered Chinese American community leader disproving of Ip’s prominent pupil, Bruce Lee, and a racist U.S. Marine Sergeant bent on weaponizing his Karate training to terrorize the Chinese. FCSyndicate was fortunate to include two reviews of the […]

BATLLE OF JANGSARI Lands On U.S. Blu-Ray Combo Pack And DVD In January

Lee B. Golden III

Following up John H. Lee’s taut espionage overture with Operation Chromite, Kwak Kyung-taek (Friend) and Kim Tae-hun (Iris 2) arrived this year set upon 2019 to release Battle Of Jangsari, continuing the epic, chapterized saga chronicling the Korean War during the 1950s. Well Go USA released the feature film in theaters back in October featuring headliners like Kim Myung-min (Detective K), Choi Min-ho of K-pop boy band SHINee, and Megan Fox (Transformers). My review is available by clicking here, while the distro outlet is now setting a digital, Blu-ray Combo Pack and DVD release for January 28. At a critical point in the Korean War, a small, inexperienced battalion of student soldiers are tasked with liberating the strategic location of Incheon. With little ammunition, low food supplies and second-hand weapons, the soldiers head for the frontlines of Jangsari beach. Based on the true story of forgotten heroes of the Korean […]