Review, buy Martial Arts: Martial Arts Extreme: Edge of Fury/Snake-Crane Secret (REGION 1) (NTSC), Extreme Action: Bruce Lee - The Real Bruce Lee/Bruce Lee Fights Back From the Grave (REGION 1) (NTSC), Ultimate Martial Arts (REGION 1) (NTSC), Island On Fire [1992], Legend White Crane (REGION 1) (NTSC), Venom of the Ninja, Vol. 1 [1982] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Shaolin Kung Fu [1972], Rage of the Wind [1982] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Fist From Shaolin [2002], Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2: The Secret of the Ooze [1991] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Venom of the Ninja, Vol. 3 [1982] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Martial Arts Extreme: Edge of Fury/Breathing Fire/Blood of the Dragon/Snake Crane Secret (REGION 1) (NTSC), The Many Fists of Bruce Lee (REGION 1) (NTSC), Pride Fighting Championships: Cold Fury, Vol. 2 [2002] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Game Over [2005] (REGION 1) (NTSC), The 18 Bronzemen, Part 2 [1976] (NTSC), Oyama's Knockdown Karate - Vol. 1, The Street Fighter/Return Of The Street Fighter/The Street Fighter's Last Revenge/Sister Street Fighter (REGION 1) (NTSC), Ultimate Fitness for Martial Arts [2007] (REGION 1) (NTSC), The Protector [1985] (REGION 1) (NTSC)

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Martial Arts Extreme: Edge of Fury/Snake-Crane Secret (REGION 1) (NTSC) (Platinum Disc)

Actors & Directors

Michael Danna

Release date: 1999-06-29
Run time: 183 min.
Price: £3.55

Review Martial Arts Extreme: Edge of Fury/Snake-Crane Secret (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Platinum Disc:

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Extreme Action: Bruce Lee - The Real Bruce Lee/Bruce Lee Fights Back From the Grave (REGION 1) (NTSC) (B/Brenhardt, D Yeung)

Release date: 1999-06-29
Run time: 206 min.
Price: £27.95

Review Extreme Action: Bruce Lee - The Real Bruce Lee/Bruce Lee Fights Back From the Grave (REGION 1) (NTSC) / B/Brenhardt, D Yeung:

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Ultimate Martial Arts (REGION 1) (NTSC) (B/Chong, J Yeung)

Release date: 1999-06-29
Run time: 288 min.
Price: £14.21

Review Ultimate Martial Arts (REGION 1) (NTSC) / B/Chong, J Yeung:

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Review Mia Video Entertainment Ltd / Island On Fire [1992]

Island On Fire [1992] (Mia Video Entertainment Ltd)

Actors & Directors

Jackie Chan
Andy Lau
Tony Leung Ka Fai
Sammo Hung Kam-Bo
Yen-ping Chu
Yu Wang

Release date: 1995-06-12
Run time: 92 min.
Creator: Yun Chiao Yeh
RRP: ~~£12.99~~
Price: £10.98

Review Island On Fire [1992] / Mia Video Entertainment Ltd:

Island on Fire is, as the trailer says, "five films in one!". Despite the packaging headlining Jackie Chan this violent modern-day prison drama is an ensemble piece with Chan, a pool-player in prison for accidentally stabbing a man to death, on screen for no more than a quarter of the 92 minutes. Anyone buying this as a Chan movie may be seriously disappointed, for apart from the brevity of his role there is no trademark Chan humour. Also in the brutal and corrupt prison is Andy Lau, an undercover cop searching for the murderer of his professor, and Sammo Hung offering comedy and pathos as an inmate who keeps escaping to visit his son. There are many more characters, together with one subplot involving a mouse which anticipates The Green Mile (1999) and another concerning an assassination conspiracy which parallels Nikita, also released in 1990. Island of Fire is an uneven, always entertaining, sometimes moving film which packs an incredible amount of incident into its running time. However, it should be noted that it is an imitation of, rather than an official entry in, Ringo Lam's Fire series, which includes Prison on Fire (1987) and City on Fire (1987). On the DVD: The anamorphically enhanced 1. 77-1 picture is a very good transfer of a rather grainy print, though given the many darkly lit scenes, this grain is probably part of the original film. The mono sound is fine. [+]

The film can be watched with the original Mandarin soundtrack and English subtitles, or with a much better than average English dub. The packaging claims there are over 60 minutes of extras. In fact there are nine deleted/extended scenes of variable quality, the best of which give more emotional depth to Sammo Hung's character, together with video interviews with Sammo Hung, Jimmy Wong Yu and director Chu Yen Ping. These total around 20 minutes and are interesting but not specific to the film. Also included is the theatrical trailer, Hong Kong Legends' own "music promo" trailer and eight trailers for further releases. There is also a six-page "animated" biography of Jackie Chan. -Gary S Dalkin.

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