Released By: Well Go USA
Released On: October 30, 2018.
Director: Lee Hae-Young
Cast: Cho Jin-Woong, Ryu Jun-Yeol, Kim Sung-Ryoung, Park Hae-Jun
Year: 2018
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Believer - Movie Review: Proving that the Koreans are as adept at remakes as the North Americans, the 2018 film Believer borrows heavily from Johnnie To's Drug War, released just six years earlier. In this outing, Cho Jin-Woong plays Won-ho, a narcotics detective pursuing th...

Released By: Film Movement
Released On: October 11, 2016
Director: Takeshi Kitano
Cast: Takeshi Kitano, Yí»rei Yanagi, Yuriko Ishida, Taka Guadalcanal
Year: 1990
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The Film: You can say what you like about Takeshi Kitano (probably best when he's not around to hear you), but the man most definitely does not mess around. A year after successfully taking the reins from Kinji Fukasaku on 1989's Violent Cop, Beat Takeshi fou...

Released By: Film Movement
Released On: October 11, 2016
Director: Takeshi Kitano
Cast: Takeshi Kitano, Maiko Kawakami, Makoto Ashikawa
Year: 1989
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The Film: Though a film such as Violent Cop seems like a perfect vehicle for a character like Takeshi Kitano, known to most of his North American audience as a man more than capable of laying a beatdown on somebody for talking out of turn, it most definitely wasn't the ...

Released by: CJ Entertainment
Released on: February 18. 2014
Director: Woo-Suk Kang
Cast: Jeong-min Hwang, Woong-in Jung, Yu-won Lee
Year: 2013
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The Movie: A ratings hungry producer for a mixed-martial arts (MMA) TV show called Legendary Fighter convinces three high-school friends and old rivals to fight for a cash prize and their pride in this South Korean sports drama from director Woo-Suk Kang (Public Enemy Trilogy). ...

Released By: Well Go USA
Released On: 08/13/2013
Director: Andrew Lau
Cast: Zhang Wen, Xiaoming Huang, Shawn Yue, Yuchun Li, Ching-Tien Juan
Year: 2012
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The Film: Back in 1976, a really cool guy going by the name of Jimmy Wang Yu wrote and directed a martial arts flick that would have an impact on the generations to come; The Master of the Flying Guillotine. Also starring Jimmy, the film told the story of a ...

Released By: Well Go USA
Released On: 17/23/2013
Director: Park Hoon-Jung
Cast: Choi Min-Sik, Hwang Jung-Min, Lee Jung-Jae, Park Sung-Woong, Song Ji-Hyo
Year: 2013
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The Film: With an impressive array of Asian genre films on the market, it's safe to say that relative newcomer label Well Go USA has been more hit than miss when it comes to putting out great films. Flying out of the gate for 2013 is Park Hoon-Jung's New World, ...

Released By: Anchor Bay
Released On: 03/20/2012
Director: Kinji Fukasaku, Kenta Fukasaku
Cast: Takeshi Kitano, Tatsuya Fujiwara, Aki Maeda, Riki Takeuchi, Sonny Chiba
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The Film: I first saw Kinji Fukasaku's Battle Royale over ten years ago, courtesy of a rather dubious-looking bootleg. At the time, it was mentioned that the film would never see a North American release because of “that Columbine thing”. That might have ...

Released By: Cinema Epoch
Released On: 10/26/2010
Directed By: Fukuda Youhei
Cast: Shí´ichi Matsuda, Wataru Kaoru, Ishino Atsushi, Tsukamoto Sanae

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Despite the proverb, it is difficult to not judge a book by its cover. Or a DVD case, for that matter. So, when I found myself staring down at the cover of Death Tube, with the “YouTube” look-a-like logo and the comparison to Saw and Hostel, I was sceptical to say...