14th Jun2023

Signature announce UK release of Donnie Yen’s ‘Sakra’

by Phil Wheat

Signature Entertainment have announced the UK release of the Donnie Yen (John Wick 4) directed-and-led fantasy epic Sakra, which releases on Digital Platforms, DVD and Blu-ray on 24th July. A fantastical action spectacular directed by and starring action legend Donnie Yen. When a respected martial artist is accused of murder and subsequently exiled, he must […]

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28th Mar2023

‘John Wick: Chapter 4’ Review

by Alex Ginnelly

Stars: Keanu Reeves, Ian McShane, Laurence Fishburne, Bill Skarsgård, Hiroyuki Sanada, Shamier Anderson, Rina Sawayama, Donnie Yen, Clancy Brown, Lance Reddick, George Georgiou | Written by Shay Hatten, Michael Finch | Directed by Chad Stahelski John Wick: Chapter 4 takes Keanu Reeves further than he’s ever been, with more locations, bigger set pieces, and a […]

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27th Jan2023

In The Line of Duty III and IV make UK Blu-ray debut!

by Phil Wheat

Eureka Entertainment have announced the UK release of In The Line of Duty III and In The Line of Duty IV, the third and fourth instalments in the action film series. Both titles will be presented in individual releases as part of the Eureka Classics range in their UK debuts on Blu-ray.  Available from 20 March […]

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13th Feb2018

Review Round-Up: ‘Chasing the Dragon’ & ‘Skybound’

by Phil Wheat

CHASING THE DRAGON Stars: Donnie Yen, Andy Lau, Philip Keung, Wilfred Lau, Wilfred Lau, Kent Cheng, Bryan Larkin, Ben Ng, Ken Tong, Niki Chow, Michelle Hu, Wai-Man Chan, Lawrence Chou, Wong Chun, Jai Day | Written and Directed by Wong Jing Crippled Ho, an illegal immigrant from mainland China sneaks into British-colonized Hong Kong in […]

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23rd Jan2018

Competition: Win ‘Chasing the Dragon’ on DVD

by Phil Wheat

To celebrate the release of Chasing the Dragon – on DVD 22nd January – we are giving away a DVD courtesy of Well Go USA. Screen legends Donnie Yen and Andy Lau star in an action-packed Hong Kong crime thriller, based on the life of a real-life drug lord and Triad gang leader, and his […]

12th Feb2017

Cine-Sunday: ‘Ip Man 2’ Review

by Guest

Stars: Donnie Yen, Sammo Hung, Darren Shahlavi, Huang Xiaming | Action direction by Sammo Hung | Directed by Wilson Yip Review by Baron Fortnightly Ip Man 2, from Cine Asia, is a semi-biographical martial arts film loosely based on the life of Wing Chun grandmaster, Ip Man. The film was directed by Wilson Yip and […]

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20th Jan2017

‘xXx: The Return of Xander Cage’ Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Vin Diesel, Ruby Rose, Donnie Yen, Rory McCann, Toni Collette, Tony Jaa, Nina Dobrev, Deepika Padukone, Danny Wu, Ariadna Gutierrez | Written by F. Scott Frazier | Directed by D.J. Caruso xXx: The Return of Xander Cage starts off strong (and ridiculous) and keeps on going at a hundred miles per hour. You know […]

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15th Dec2016

‘Rogue One: A Star Wars Story’ Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Felicity Jones, Diego Luna, Alan Tudyk, Donnie Yen, Wen Jiang, Ben Mendelsohn, Forest Whitaker, Riz Ahmed, Mads Mikkelsen, Jimmy Smits, Alistair Petrie, Genevieve O’Reilly, Ben Daniels | Written by Chris Weitz, Tony Gilroy | Directed by Gareth Edwards The new revival of the Star Wars franchise, post Disney purchase, seemed at first to be […]

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13th Oct2016

Awesome new trailer & poster for ‘Rogue One’

by Phil Wheat

From Lucasfilm comes the first of the Star Wars standalone films, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, an all-new epic adventure directed by Gareth Edwards and starring Felicity Jones, Diego Luna, Ben Mendelsohn, Donnie Yen, Mads Mikkelsen, Alan Tudyk, Riz Ahmed, with Jiang Wen and Forest Whitaker. In a time of conflict, a group of […]

15th Apr2016

5 Reasons every action fan will love ‘Ip Man 3’

by Phil Wheat

Former boxing champion and the “world’s most dangerous man” Mike Tyson is back doing what he does best – fight – battling Hong Kong’s greatest action star, Donnie Yen (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: The Green Legend, Ip Man, Ip Man 2) – in Ip Man 3, which marks Yen’s final showdown before taking his incredible […]

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14th Apr2016

Competition: Win ‘Ip Man 3’ on DVD

by Phil Wheat

To celebrate the home entertainment release of Ip Man 3, which releases on digital download Monday 18th April, and DVD & Blu-ray from Monday 25th April, we have a copy of the DVD up for grabs courtesy of Kaleidoscope Home Entertainment! Former boxing champion and the “world’s most dangerous man” Mike Tyson is back doing […]

07th Apr2016

Teaser trailer for ‘Rogue One: A Star Wars Story’

by Phil Wheat

Rogue One is the first film in the new standalone movies from Lucasfilm. It tells the story of how a group of unlikely heroes unite to undertake a daring and seemingly impossible mission to steal the plans for the Death Star – a prequel to the first film (and no I don’t mean the prequels) […]

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26th Sep2015

‘Iceman’ DVD Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Donnie Yen, Baoqiang Wang, Shengyi Huang, Yu Kang, Simon Yam, Suet Lam, Singh Hartihan Bitto, Mark Wu, Hoi-Pang Lo | Written by Fung Lam, Mark Wu | Directed by Wing-Cheung Law Any film that opens with a massive car crash and thens sees Donnie Yen, now defrosted following the accident, take a massive piss […]

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21st Sep2015

Competition: Win martial-arts action ‘Iceman’ on DVD

by Phil Wheat

To celebrate the release of Iceman – out now on DVD & 3D Blu-ray – we have a copy on DVD to giveaway! Starring action legend Donnie Yen and top comedy star Wang Baoqiang, this reimagining of the classic kung-fu The Iceman Cometh tells the story of a Ming Dynasty warrior transported to modern-day Hong […]

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27th Feb2015

Interview: Michelle Bai talks ‘Kung Fu Killer’

by Phil Wheat

In Kung Fu Killer, Ip Man star Donnie Yen plays martial arts instructor Hahou, working with the police to bring down a vicious killer targeting various kung fu masters to prove himself the greatest. Amidst a variety of situations and settings – a film studio, a dinosaur skeleton, a tattoo parlour – each fight scene […]

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03rd May2013

‘Dragon’ Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Donnie Yen, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Wei Tang, Kara Hui, Zheng Wei, Li Jia-Min, Wu Jiang, Yu Kang | Written by Joyce Chan, Oi Wah Lam | Directed by Peter Chan Prolific producer and director Peter Chan steps into the wu xia genre with Dragon, which is set in 1917 in early Republican China and tells the […]

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