On May 28, 2024, Well Go USA is releasing the Blu-ray for Creation of the Gods I: Kingdom of Storms (read our review). This fantasy-actioner is directed by Wu Ershan, who is perhaps best known for 2012’s Painted Skin 2: The Resurrection and 2015’s Mojin: The Lost Legend.

Details and Trailer: https://cityonfire.com/well-go-usa-creation-of-the-gods-i-kingdom-of-storms-trailer/

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Hi-YAH!, Well Go USA’s very own Asian/martial arts streaming channel has just announced their New Release line up for the month of May, which includes a New title added to Hi-YAH! every Friday.

If you want to give Hi-YAH! a go, visitors of this site can use the promo code “CITYONFIRE” for a FREE 30 Day trial!

5/10/24 | The Mob (Hi-YAH! Original)

Ready for some fast-paced gangster sh*t!? After the murder of its high-profile patriarch, the Zhou family seeks revenge against a ruthless rival clan moving to expand its own territory, sparking a brutal conflict between the warring families that throws Shanghai into chaos.

Directed by Zhao Cong (Rise of the Jurassic), The Mob stars Xu Fangzhou (All These Years), Zhang Junran (Trace), Yan Jiaying (Tiger Killer), Chen Junxi (Annals of Longevity), Guan Xiaotian (Switch), and Zhang Zhiwei (The Woman Knight of Mirror Lake)

5/17/24 | City Cops

You can never get enough of Cynthia Rothrock! Also known as Beyond the Law, this 1989 Hong Kong actioner is directed by Lau Kar-Wing (Dirty Kung Fu), who also handles the martial arts action. It centers on a tough FBI cop (Rothrock) high-kicking her way to the final showdown with a Chinese Mafia boss.

City Cop features an all-star cast that includes Michael Miu Kiu-Wai (Final Run), Kent Tong Chun-Yip (Police Story), Suki Kwan Sau-Mei (High Risk) and Nishiwaki Michiko (My Lucky Stars).

For the full list: https://cityonfire.com/gangsters-cynthia-rothrock-stephen-chow-andy-lau-and-simon-yam-heres-whats-streaming-on-hi-yah-for-the-month-of-may/

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Here’s an offer you can’t refuse… On May 10, 2024, the gritty gangster actioner The Mob will arrive exclusively on the martial arts streaming service Hi-YAH! This fast-paced thriller is directed by Zhao Cong (Rise of the Jurassic).

Trailer and Details: https://cityonfire.com/the-mob-hi-yah-well-go-usa-martial-arts-chinese-kung-fu-movies-trailer-zhao-cong-xu-fangzhou/

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I saw it on the el rey network many years ago. It had (i think) a warlock as the antagonist. It was very bizzare compared to the rest of the 60s-70s kung fu movies appeared to me. Any help is appreciated

Hey Guys!

So long story short. Myself and friends around the world remember this film and have been looking for this movie for many years. Some of us have been in the hunt for over 20 years! Including myself. We have done podcasts explaining it and multiple posts about it. It most likely was made and set in anywhere between the 1970s to 1990s. Not exactly 100% sure of the time frame though. Judging from my memory, I would say more 1970s to late 1980s maybe. Before I start describing the film. I want to make a point that this film is 100% not American Samurai, The Best Of The Best 2, Shoot Fighter 1 & 2, The Quest, Bloodsport, Kickboxer, Bloodfist 2 or Gladiator Cop. (More on what films we have confirmed it is not later) But we want everyone to know before proceeding reading the description of the film that we have confirmed all the details below to be mostly accurate and true. The movie I am searching for with all of the others in the hunt to is 100% a different story to the films listed above and I have actually gained new and confirmed details by others along the way over the months and years.

Now to the movie: The story we all seem to remember was about a white protagonist we believe, that is portrayed as a hero. He is potentially special forces or some really good fighter. He is in search of something or after something. Others in the search have confirmed he is in search of his missing brother. (No its not American Samurai as the brother is a villain in that film). The hero/main protagonist I think is captured by this crime syndicate or bad people while looking for the brother. I will now explain what we truly remember about the film. There is some sort of illegal barefist fight to the death tournament that starts in the film. There are no weapons involved apart from one fighter which I will get to shortly. This tournament occurs at some point through the movie. The main thing here is that all the fights are to the death or there is a 50/50 chance of survival. You are at the mercy of your opponent. There are no KOs or submissions from memory. Most fights are to the death with no rules. The fights take place in some sort of old abondoned building or like a huge secluded indoor area. It feels like it's set in some Oriental area and the fighters are there with no escape from the area. The actual fights themselves take place in a big sandpit (actual sand like beach sand) in a torch lit or low light environment in a building of some sort. I am sure there was a big black cage surrounding the pit. There was a small audience from memory that was watching (mostly all the fighters). Before a fight, I think from memory a gong is sounded, (almost like Shootfighter, American Samurai or The Quest). When fighters are defeated, there was a scene or two of bodies being taken to this chute or hole like drain near the sandpit and they are then dumped down there and disposed of. It's almost like a modern day martial arts gladiator tournament. We feel the fighters there are all there against their will. Like they must fight to win their escape. There are scenes to that we remember in which fighters are being held behind these cell doors or steel bars watching over the sandpit or ring. It feels almost like the fights are taking place in an old abandoned prison cell block with a mortar.

There are a few fighters in the film with different styles. The main character we all remember is the fighter with the blades or blade attached at the end of his hair in his very long braid or long hair. When I say long I mean it was very long and thick! From memory he is not white. Definitely that of potentially Asian, Dark Asian or maybe Brazilian race. He has a very long braid for hair and at the end there are steel tips or a big blade that he uses to kill or slice other fighters up during the fight sequences. We think he might have worn either long red pants with black shoes, or long black pants with black shoes and is very well built. This fighter is also the only fighter we think that cheats by using the weapon in his hair. He fights shirtless and gets the momentum for the blades in his hair by using a capoeira or wushu type of fighting style so he can swing the hair around and stab his opponents with his hair. A few fighting scenes with this fighter I remember are:

One fight he was just dancing around and just toying with his opponent. Eventually he beat his opponent to death.

Another fight was when he started slicing a guy with his hair and then either strangled the guy or caught him in the throat with the hair blades which killed him.

Then the final fight with this guy I remember was when he was against the hero (main protagonist). The hero faces him and the blade fighter's ponytail gets caught and he is then stabbed to death with his own hair blades im pretty sure by the main protagonist and hero.

There's another fighter I remember to. He was a very well built, big and muscular Asian man. He had a shaved head with a moustache or a fu man chu/goatee style of facial hair. Pretty sure he had a shaved head but also he had a chonmage style haircut with a long ponytail on the back of his head. (No it's not Tong Po from kickboxer lol) He would wear long black pants and a sleeveless black top or gi from memory with black wrist gaunlets almost leather like. He looked Chinese or Japanese. When he would fight I think the top was removed. This guy was like one of the main villains the main character was after. He is the final fighter of the tournament and the last fighter the hero faces from memory. The scene I distinctly remember from him was a scene where he enters the building or fighting area through a cell door of some sort. Very menacing and intimidating. He closes the door behind him and he then walks along I believe maybe a walkway, balcony or upper floor and proceeds to go and sit down and watch a death match between fighters. It's either this man or the fighter with the blade in his hair that the hero/main protagonist is after. Now we are not too sure if possibly this fighter here is the one who has the blade in his hair. However there is definitely a fighter in long red pants and black shoes that is shirtless or this Big Asian man that is described here that are both villains and bad guys in the film and fighting tournament.

I think from memory, the main reason the hero is there, is to find his brother and take down this crime syndicate or stop this from happening to someone else. Others have also said the movie had a 80s bombshell or good looking love interest female during that time that is involved with the main character and there was a training montage. (This last detail could be wrong) but a couple of people have mentioned this).

The fights in the film are extremely brutal, confronting and violent. Quite realistic and particularly when I saw this 15 to 20 years ago now it's always stayed in my mind with just how riveting it was. The whole movie was very dark (as in, it had a very eerie and gritty tone to it). Even the music was very eerie and had a dark tone to it to.

More backstory on the film as well as confirmed films it's not in the comments. I saw this film on late night Australian TV in the early 2000s. I have confirmed that a lot of other people have also seen this film to at some point years ago. But they cannot place the name themselves. Some have also claimed to have owned the film on VHS at some point and some have also rented it from a video store in the 90s. But no one can remember the name!

Thank you in advance guys.

We all know the wild ride that is the 90's Hong Kong Jackie Chan and Wong King's 'City Hunter'. This newest adaptation from Japan captures the humour and insanity of what I assumed the manga is like (I've never read the manga or watched the anime), and most importantly, the action is fantastic.

Clearly a lot of work went into the action, very well choreographed, and clearly shot, so you can see exactly what's going on. The camera moves pretty fast, and there's lots of cuts, but it does not interfere with the action, you see all the techniques and hits. Unlike the most recent Monkey Man: clearly they worked really hard on the martial arts, but the camera was so nauseatingly shaky, zoomed in so close, and cut so much, you couldn't see anything or see any of the moves the fighters were doing.

Back to the new City Hunter: The story is good too, very well paced, the movie flew by and I loved every second of it. And if you've seen the Jackie Chan/Wong Jing movie or read the manga/anime, you know that City Hunter is a scumbag and horny af, and true to the source material, he is horny af, and the jokes had me laughing.

As for what style of action, there's a lot of variety. There's hand to hand, melee weapons, and lots of gun fu, the gun fu was my favorite part, and I saw some really unique ideas I never saw before.

4.5 ot of 5 stars, strongly recommend!

Just curious if anyone has seen a remastered release? My current set is clearly an upscale from the DVDs but wanted to see if there is a new 2k scan or something coming?

This week I watched:

1.Masked Avengers (1981) with The Venoms

2.Shaolin Abbott or A Slice of Death(1979) with David Chiang

3.Karate Bearfighter with Sonny Chiba

4.Karate Warriors (1976) also with Sonny Chiba

5. Karate For Life or Karate Baka Ichidai (1977) again with Sonny Chiba

6.Avenging Warriors of Shaolin (1979) again with The Venoms

In a world where it’s perfectly normal to wait a couple of years for a sequel to land, The Roundup rebranded follow-ups to 2017’s The Outlaws have looked to buck the trend. Audiences only had to wait 11 months between the release of 2022’s The Roundup and 2023’s The Roundup: No Way Out, and in my review for the latter I’d expressed that “I hope we’ll get a little more breathing space before the next round.” Such hopes were futile though, as barely 11 months later the 4th instalment has already hit the screens in the form of The Roundup: Punishment, which sees everyone’s favourite burly bruiser Ma Dong-seok return to the role he was born to play.

Read full review: https://cityonfire.com/the-roundup-punishment-2024-review-ma-dong-seok-don-lee/

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Martial arts stars Xie Miao (My Father is A Hero, Eye for an Eye: The Blind Swordsman), Joe Taslim (The Raid, The Night Comes for Us), Jeeja Yanin (Chocolate, Triple Threat) and Yayan Ruhian (The Raid, Beyond Skyline) are teaming up for the Edko/XYZ Films English-language actioner, The Furious.

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Read the details: https://cityonfire.com/martial-arts-the-furious-tanigaki-kenji-xie-miao-jeeja-yanin-yayan-ruhian/

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On July 22, 2024, Eureka is releasing the Blu-ray (Region A/B) for The Double Crossers, a 1976 Golden Harvest actioner from director Jeong Chang-hwa (The Devil’s Treasure, King Boxer) that stars South Korean martial artist Shin Il-ryong (The Dragon Lives Again) and featuring the legendary Sammo Hung (The Magnificent Butcher).

Details and Trailer: https://cityonfire.com/the-double-crossers-blu-ray-eureka/

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The story was they were escorting this politician to a meeting and they had to protect him and it was by a palanquin, there were 2 palanquins to distract the attackers and i think someone cose to the politician was in the other one. A really strong and big guy threw like a log into the diversion and killed him. There might've been a longer haired swordsman who died fighting multiple people on stairs. the protectors were bald or had just a ponytail

From what I remember, each brother had a specific Kung Fu style, and there were people looking to kill them. One was caught and halfway stuck in the belly button with a hot poker, so to end his pain he ran into a wall and fully impaled himself so he could die. The last major scene I remember had the bad guy with a sword stabb the last brother inbetween the legs as he delivered a flying kick to his(the bad guy's) head, killing them both. That's basically all I can remember. Any help on this would be appreciated.