We extend our coverage of the Jackie Chan 90s Special (available HERE) with a commentary on the often hated, sometimes hailed ensemble prison drama, co-starring Sammo Hung, Tony Leung and Andy Lau. For shits and giggles, Stoo and Ken decides to NOT prepare with any research. An experiment that may mean our worst commentary yet? Play your Hong Kong Legends dvd along with us and find out!

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Excuse the audio problems during the last 30 minutes or so on primarily Ken’s end.

 

 Commentary On Fire: Island Of fire [95:11m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Set during the Ming Dynasty, the Emperor creates a secure group of bodyguards called the “Jinyiwei”, the group is led by Qinglong (Donnie Yen) bestowed upon him is the deadly 14 Blades, 8 of the blades are used for interrogation and the remaining 4 are used for execution.

When the Imperial Court is seized by the evil eunuch Jia, Qinglong is assigned to steal a list identifying those still loyal to the Emperor. But unknown to him, the Jinyiwei themselves have double crossed Qinglong for Jia, who, in league with an exiled noble, Prince Qing (Sammo Hung), is plotting to rebel against the Emperor and seize power.

During his mission to obtain the list, Qinglong is betrayed by his own men and barely escapes with his life. Now, a wanted man, he must seek out and rally the loyalists to rise against Jia and restore the Emperor to power. But standing before him are the deadliest assassins in the land – his former brothers-in-arms, the Jinyiwei. (continue reading…)

Our partners over at Asia On Film have emailed to report that “The Legend is Born: Ip Man” is now in stock for our UK Audience. The Legend is Born: Ip Man is directed by Herman Yau, the movie focuses on Ip Mans younger days (portrayed by Dennis To) and features a strong cast including; Sammo Hung, Fan Siu-Wong, Yuen Biao, Lam Suet and the real life son of Ip Man!

The Hong Kong DVD is Region 3 release from Universe and includes the special features; Audio Commentary, Cast & Director interviews, Trailers and Making Of. You can order film now by clicking on this link.

Icon Home Entertainment are helming the release of the latest Donnie Yen feature to these United shores. A DVD and Blu-Ray release have been planned for the 16th August (My birthday is Friday 13th btw, pre-orders will be accepted…). At this time no special features have been splashed out, give it a few weeks yet and we will do a complete update. In the meantime check out the full post for the DVD/BR Artwork;

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Just to get the excitement up to lethal levels, here you’ll find the rather insane trailer to the even more insane Scared Stiff by Lau Kar-wing. Made in 1987 and starring Miu Kiu-wai, Eric Tsang and with an appearance by the hard working Chow Yun-fat,  in the Hong Kong cinema tradition the trailer reveals a lot so proceed at your own risk if you haven’t yet had the pleasure to screen the film. You owe it to yourself and coming soon you can hear Stoo and Ken’s Commentary On Fire on said flick!

Those of you wonderful folks who also joined the forums will also get a chance to TODAY hear to  our commentary on the trailer! If you want to access this exclusive extra, just complete the simple registration on the forums. (continue reading…)

The long overdue return of our series of audio commentaries continues with a dissection of Sammo Hung’s Enter The Fat Dragon. Joining Stoo and Ken is Mike Leeder and expect a whole lot of fun with discussion on Bruce Lee, Bruceploitation and Sammo’s loving, comedic tribute to the late legend. Excuse some of the audio problems at a few points. We’re still a low-fi unit at POF HQ.

For those with out the Crash Cinema DVD, we’ve got your back with the YouTube Edition.

 

 Commentary On Fire - Enter The Fat Dragon [93:56m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Plot: Detective Chan (Simon Yam) is forced into a early retirement when he diagnosed with a  brain tumor. This was discovered when he was involved in an car  crash when transporting valuable witnesses to court. Our antagonist, notorious gang leader Wong Po (Sammo Hung) is released from prison when his witnesses died in the crash.

Detective Chan tries his best in the next following years to put the wicked crime lord behind bars, but can’t quite cut it. On his last days of the job he is introduced to his replacement, Officer Ma (Donnie Yen) a young fierce cop with a bad ‘ass reputation. (continue reading…)