![Review Mia Video Entertainment Ltd / Night Of The Warrior [1990]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51E2CVCC7EL._SL160_.jpg)
Actors & Directors
- Rafal Zielinski
- Richard Robert Redlin
- Robin Antin
- Ron Gilbert
- James Lew
- Felicity Waterman
Run time: 95 min.
Price: £10.99
Review Night Of The Warrior [1990] / Mia Video Entertainment Ltd:
Price: £8.99
Review Strife for Mastery:
Release date: 2001-02-26
Run time: 110 min.
RRP: £14.99
Price: £14.99
Review Big Trouble In Little Bangla Town - Vol. 2 / Jko Promotions:
Actors & Directors
- Kurt Roland Peterson
- Jet Lee
- Song Jia
- Jet Lee
- Zhao Er Kang
Run time: 89 min.
RRP: £12.99
Price: £2.19
Review Born To Defend / Mia Video Entertainment Ltd:
![Review Mia Video Entertainment Ltd / A Man Called Hero [1999]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51KGHSDSR1L._SL160_.jpg)
Actors & Directors
- Nicholas Tse
- Ekin Cheng
- Wai-keung Lau
- Qi Shu
- Kristy Yang
- Biao Yuen
Run time: 110 min.
RRP: £12.99
Price: £1.55
Review A Man Called Hero [1999] / Mia Video Entertainment Ltd:An example of Hong Kong action cinema at its most mainstream, A Man Called Hero owes perhaps more to the films of Steven Segal than it does those of John Woo. The tale of a mythical hero who borders on the status of superhero, the film is stripped of any potential credibility by some of the most appalling dubbing ever seen at the cinema. While the original Chinese cast may inject the movie with passion, their American voice-over replacements obviously never made it past the sincere section of acting class. Each line is delivered with such false earnestness that the film sounds like a cross between Days of Our Lives and an episode of Pokémon. No cinematic cliché is left untouched, suggesting that this is not just a case of something lost in the translation but just a bad film. in anybody's language. The world-wide success of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon has proved that there is a huge market for original Eastern cinema, even more reason to avoid the pointless rehashing of the worst of Hollywood that A Man Called Hero undoubtedly is. -Phil Udell.
![Review Mia Video Entertainment Ltd / What Price Survival [1994]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51QVPV4P1EL._SL160_.jpg)
Actors & Directors
- Jack Kao
- David Chiang
- Daniel Lee (II)
- Damian Lau
- Norman Chu
- Charlie Yeung
Run time: 90 min.
Price: £12.99
Review What Price Survival [1994] / Mia Video Entertainment Ltd:
![Review Warrior / Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo [1965]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/415XR24YAFL._SL160_.jpg)
Actors & Directors
- Masakane Yonekura
- Shintarô Katsu
- Shin Kishida
- Kihachi Okamoto
- Osamu Takizawa
- Ayako Wakao
Run time: 115 min.
RRP: £14.99
Price: £4.98
Review Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo [1965] / Warrior:
Actors & Directors
- Teresa Wu
- Hideki Saijo
- Elaine Lui
- Mona Lee
- Alex Fu
Review Iron Angels:The Government lays waste to Thailand's Golden Triangle poppyfields' production, and the Drug Lord seeks vengeance on the police forces involved. For 10 million Swiss Francs, he even buys the services of Madame Sue, a ruthless killer, to dispose of the Iron Angels, a trio of highly trained agents in martial arts and gunfighting.
Actors & Directors
- Bolo Yeung
- Jerry Trimble
- Brandon De Wilde
- Lou Kennedy
- Jonathan Ke Quan
Run time: 86 min.
Price: £10.99
Review Breathing Fire [1990] / Mia Video Entertainment Ltd:
![Review 4 Front Video / Way Of The Dragon, The / Fist Of Fury [1972]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51QBE9S5BFL._SL160_.jpg)
Actors & Directors
- Donnie Yen
- Eddy Ko
- Yee-Man Man
- Shiu-Kee Lung
- Chi-Wing Lau
Run time: 186 min.
RRP: £9.99
Price: £2.27
Review Way Of The Dragon, The / Fist Of Fury [1972] / 4 Front Video:
![Review Mia Video Entertainment Ltd / Dragons Forever [1988]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/516XCHCAW5L._SL160_.jpg)
Actors & Directors
- Benny Urquidez
- Yuen Biao
- Jackie Chan
- Sammo Hung
- Sammo Hung
Run time: 90 min.
RRP: £13.99
Price: £4.95
Review Dragons Forever [1988] / Mia Video Entertainment Ltd:
![Review Mia Video Entertainment Ltd / Born Invincible [2001]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51FPVTMC8YL._SL160_.jpg)
Release date: 2001-04-23
Run time: 83 min.
RRP: £9.99
Price: £7.99
Review Born Invincible [2001] / Mia Video Entertainment Ltd:Classic Kung Fu fare from the Hong Kong school directed by the old master himself, Joseph Kuo, Born Invincible has only been available in an extremely crackly print for years. Fortunately this version has been cleaned up, though lovers of Oriental kitsch will be glad to hear that the risible, excruciating dubbing remains intact. The plot revolves around the evil Ching Ying (Carter Wong), who has trained since the age of three in the near-impossible art of Tai Chi Kung Fu. His body has become tantamount to a single, deadly muscle, the 108 pressure points of human vulnerability reduced to just one-his sole weakness. His training has also left him with whitened hair and a voice that, dubbed, is a little too close to Harry Enfield's Grayson character from the Mr Cholmondley-Warner sketches in high excitement. Having killed two elders of the Lei Ping school in martial combat over an old score, it falls to the students of that establishment to avenge their masters, through three rigorous years of training. The awesome, though often-comical fight scenes (which in no way resemble Tai Chi) dominate the movie, involving as they do protracted acrobatic manoeuvres, few of which seem to involve actual contact with the human body. Still, lovers of The Matrix might care to revisit this, in order to check out how those moves were first committed to celluloid when editing was less of a fine art. -David Stubbs.
Release date: 2001-11-12
RRP: £9.99
Price: £1.73
Review Extreme Dragon / Third Millennium:
Release date: 1996-01-29
Run time: 90 min.
RRP: £12.99
Price: £10.40
Review The Water Margin - Nine Dozen Heroes And One Wicked Man / None Will Ever Escape Alive / The Water Margin:
![Review Mia Video Entertainment Ltd / Shaolin Death Squad [1976]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51YKCW635BL._SL160_.jpg)
Actors & Directors
- Lingfeng Shangguan
- Joseph Kuo
- Carter Wong
- Yih Yuan
- Cheung Yeh
- Kang Chin
Run time: 90 min.
Price: £9.99
Review Shaolin Death Squad [1976] / Mia Video Entertainment Ltd:
Price: £8.99
Review Avenging Boxer:
![Review Mia Video Entertainment Ltd / The Stormriders [1998]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41DGPRK0BWL._SL160_.jpg)
Actors & Directors
- Kristy Yang
- Aaron Kwok
- Qi Shu
- Wai-keung Lau
- Ekin Cheng
- Sonny Chiba
Run time: 130 min.
RRP: £13.99
Price: £1.93
Review The Stormriders [1998] / Mia Video Entertainment Ltd:The Stormriders transplants Macbeth into a medieval China in director Andy Lau's reinvention of classical tragedy as CGI-laden blockbuster. Officially the source material is a best-selling Manga, and the flying heroes with magical powers and the wild camera angles do indeed have a real graphic-novel flair. As the warlord Sonny Chiba is a commanding presence, while Ekin Cheng as Wind and Aaron Kwok as Cloud are perfect contrasting comic-book warriors. Kristy Yeung is a suitably lovely heroine, while Shi Qi provides irritating comic relief. There is style to burn, with beautiful imagery bearing the influence of Ridley Scott and, in the "blur-motion" duel in a bamboo forest, Wong Kar-Wai; indeed, Lau has served as Kar-Wai's cinematographer. Spectacular yet laden with symbolism The Stormriders is a film to bridge the appeal of Ashes of Time (1994) and The Bride with White Hair (1993) with the Superman (1978) and Mummy (1999) movies. The fights and a romantic flying sequence pay homage to the former, the computer effects update the groundbreaking Zu: Warriors of the Magic Mountain (1983) with the technology of the latter. Sometimes overly ambitious or just plain bizarre The Stormriders is an emotionally charged darkly romantic adventure which outclasses any comic-book adaptation Hollywood has made in years. On the DVD: The first disc presents the 127-minute director's cut in its original 2. 35:1 ratio with Dolby Digital 5. [+]1 sound. While the sound is clean, dynamic and makes great use of all the channels the picture is presented non-anamorphically, so that while well-focused, with strong colours and little sign of artefacting, it is not as solid or detailed as it could be. The main special features are two documentaries, a general "making-of" running 22 minutes, and a 20-minute "featurette" on the special effects. Both are promotional pieces made at the time of the film's release. The second disc features the US trailer and an object lesson in how to ruin a film, i. e. the "international" version ofThe Stormriders. Cut by 38 minutes, horribly panned and scanned and dubbed, this is a travesty that destroys all the beauty and atmosphere and renders the story incomprehensible. Why anyone would watch it when they have the complete film on the first disc is a mystery. The sound is again Dolby Digital 5. 1 and the 4:3 image is fair. -Gary S Dalkin.
Actors & Directors
- Steve Holdsworth
- Jamie Moore
- Rob Nutley
Run time: 75 min.
RRP: £14.99
Price: £8.98
Review Caged Combat / Lace Group:
Release date: 2003-04-07
RRP: £7.99
Price: £2.50
Review 8 Masters / Hollywood East:
![Review 4 Front Video / Kickboxer / Black Eagle [1989]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51YZTMF3W3L._SL160_.jpg)
Actors & Directors
- Eric Karson
- David Worth
- Jean-Claude Van Damme
- Sho Kosugi
Run time: 190 min.
RRP: £9.99
Price: £7.99
Review Kickboxer / Black Eagle [1989] / 4 Front Video:
| Models & Brands:
Night Of The Warrior [1990], Strife for Mastery, Big Trouble In Little Bangla Town - Vol. 2, Born To Defend, A Man Called Hero [1999], What Price Survival [1994], Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo [1965], Iron Angels, Breathing Fire [1990], Way Of The Dragon, The / Fist Of Fury [1972], Dragons Forever [1988], Born Invincible [2001], Extreme Dragon, The Water Margin - Nine Dozen Heroes And One Wicked Man / None Will Ever Escape Alive, Shaolin Death Squad [1976], Avenging Boxer, The Stormriders [1998], Caged Combat, 8 Masters, Kickboxer / Black Eagle [1989] |
