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Podcast On Fire 153: Once Upon A Time In China And America & Iron Monkey

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Stoo and Andy screw the cap on the journey through the Once Upon A Time In China– series with Once Upon A Time In China And America. We then keep things even by discussing Yuen Woo-Pings Iron Monkey, featuring the adventures of the young Wong Fei-Hung! Tweet, twat, tate, fellate and enjoy!

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Podcast On Fire 150: Once Upon A Time In China 2 & 3

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The Scottish edition of Podcast On Fire with Stoo and Andy carry on with their Once Upon A Time In China coverage, with towel- and flaming arrows action from Jet Li and Donnie Yen. Which can only mean parts 2 and 3 are up for discussion. The audio is a little wonky, but that thankfully should be the last…the last of the wonk.

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Podcast On Fire 128: Tom On Fire aka Handover to Blu?

After a well received trial run, Tom On Fire returns with Kenny B and Tom K-W discussing  Hong Kong cinema post-Handover and validness of home video format such as Blu Ray, dvd and laserdisc. Also included are network updates recapping this past week that included THREE podcasts including this one, fan mail, Tom’s views on Little Big Soldier, A Better Tomorrow 3 and more.

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14 Blades (2010)

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. Read More

“14 Blades” flying your way this August!

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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Kill Zone (2005)

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. Read More

Ip Man released this Month!

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Cine-Asia prepare for their next big DVD Release this month. Already playing in selected cinemas across the United Kingdom, Ip Man (Winner of Best Picture & Best Action Choreography at the 2009 HKFAs) starring Donnie Yen (fan favorite!), Simon Yam (Election & The Sparrow) and Fan Siu-Wong (Righting Wrongs & The Story of Ricky) and directed by Wilson Yip (Dragon Tiger Gate and Bullets over Summer) will most likely be CA’s most popular DVD Release this year.

Being released on two disc DVD (RRP of £15.99) and single disc Blu-Ray (RRP of £19.99) on 26th October.

Special Features include: Trailer Gallery; Interview Gallery; “Making Of” Gallery; Location/Set Design Gallery; Gala Premiere footage; Deleted Scenes Gallery; Cantonese 2.0 and 5.1 (with English subtitles) audio options; Cine Asia trailers.

We’ve spoke about the movie on several occasions on our show as well as a STFU written about it’s awesome fight scenes. If they are not enough for you, check out the awesome trailer here.