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We’ll start the ball rolling here by saying we think the cover art is a tad hokey, but that minor niggle falls by the way side, because Martial arts icon Donnie Yen is bringing his trademark action to Us Dvdv...in Iceman...from Well Go USA Entertainment. A remake of the 1989 film Iceman Cometh, Yen plays a Ming era warrior who, along with his three traitorous childhood friends, are accidentally buried and kept frozen in time. 400 years later, they are defrosted and continue their battle in modern times where they left off. Directed by Law Wing Cheong (Punished, The Wrath of Vajra), Iceman also stars Eva Huang (Kung Fu Hustle, Race to Witch Mountain), Wang Baoqiang (Lost in Thailand), Simon Yam (The Thieves, Ip Man franchise), Mark Wu (Due West: Our Sex Journey), Gregory Wong (Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen) and Yu Kang (Special ID...

Because Madman's massive giveaway competitions have been so popular with our Australian readers, we are running not one, but two giveaway competitions with Madman this month! Competition #1To celebrate the release of the action-packed The Wrath Of Vajra and Unbeatable on DVD, Madman is giving you, our dear readers, the chance to win a DVD pack that includes some of the best Chinese action films. First prize (one winner): All of the DVDs shown in the picture above - The Wrath of Vajra, Unbeatable, Spl, The Myth, Ip Man, Legend of the Fist: Return of Chen Zhen, Ip Man: Legend is Born, Drug War, Wu Dang, Badges of Fury  Second prize (three winners): Either Unbeatable or The Wrath of Vajra on DVD.For a chance to win, all you have...

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In his review last week here at We Are Movie Geeks, Sam Moffitt called The Wrath Of Jajra “a kick ass martial arts movie with a dynamite blu-ray presentation” (read all of Sam’s review Here) http://www.wearemoviegeeks.com/2014/03/wrath-vajra-blu-review/

Now The Wrath Of Vajra is out on Blu-ray and We are Movie Geeks wants to give away three copies!

It’s so simple!

All you have to do to win is leave a comment below and let us know what your favorite martial arts movie of all time is. If you win, we’ll contact you next week!

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Blu-Ray Review by Sam Moffitt

Directed by Law Wing Cheong

Starring Xing Yu, Sun- Jung Yu, Heon Jun Nam

Here’s a kick ass martial arts movie with a dynamite blu-ray presentation, the kind we’ve come to expect from new releases, especially from Asia.

A long title card at the beginning tells us that Japan, in trying to destroy China set up a special temple, the Temple of Hades, to train master assassins. Highly trained killers and turn them loose on the Chinese populace. They kidnap many young Chinese boys and drill them mercilessly, along with some American and other nationalities.

Years later they round up several prisoners of war, all of whom are graduates of the temple training program. One graduate in particular, known as King of Vajra comes back to the temple to exact some old fashioned martial arts justice. It is never really explained if Vajra...

Law Wing-Cheong's Hong Kong fight flick The Wrath Of Vajra hits home video and VOD in the USA next week and just in case you're wondering just how much wrath Vajra has, well, the answer is a lot as evidenced by the exclusive clip below.Before the West entered World War II, a Japanese death cult called the Temple of Hades is ordered to aid in the spiritual destruction of China. Their method - abduct their enemies' children and train them as killers for the Emperor. Young Vajra was especially gifted, but swears a secret oath of revenge when his brother dies. Now the greatest assassin in the temple, Vajra escapes to China and begins his quest to protect the innocent, and destroy the ones responsible...

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Martial arts films are a dime a dozen in Southeast Asia, however, finding a really good one is pretty difficult these days. Either the film's action is overly dependent on goofy wire work, or the filmmakers let ridiculous things like plot get in the way of a good ass-whuppping. Thankfully, director Law Wing-cheong has learned from the mistakes of the past and puts his best foot forward in what is one of the most fun martial arts films I've seen in years with The Wrath of Vajra.Any real attempt to describe the plot is beside the point, the film's action is where the real meat is. There are some bad guys, a secret clan of trained assassins controlled by Japanese occupation forces in the 1930's,...

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Hotly anticipated Chinese martial arts/horror hybrid The Wrath of Vajra is scheduled to open theatrically in Hong Kong on March 6th, however, only 12 days later on March 18th it'll hit store shelves in the Us, thanks to Asian film superheroes, Well Go USA. Directed by frequent Johnnie To collaborator, Law Wing Cheong (Punished, Donnie Yen's upcoming Iceman) and starring Xing Yu (Journey to the West: Conquering Demons), a rising martial arts wunderkind, The Wrath of Vajra looks like a lot of punishing fun.Twitch has your first look at the official Us trailer and brand new poster for The Wrath of Vajra, a film that looks like it could be a hit with many of you readers. Check out the poster above and gnarly trailer...

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The martial arts extravaganza The Wrath Of Vajra, debuting on U.S Blu-ray™, DVD and Digital from Well Go USA Entertainment. The cast includes Steve Yoo (Man of Tai Chi), Poppin Hyun-Joon (Fly, Daddy, Fly), Jiang Baocheng (Legendary Assassin) and newcomer Ya Mei. March 11th is the date to get your latest fix of hard for fight fun! Synopsis: In 1930s Japan, a death cult working with the Imperial Army buys children and trains them as deadly assassins. When 8-year-old Vajrasattva accidentally kills his own brother in a fight for food, he makes a secret oath to take revenge. As an adult, he emerges as the cult’s best assassin, returning to China where he joins the Southern Shaolin Temple to protect his people from Japanese invaders. When the death cult opens a branch in China and starts buying local children, he sets out to save them and avenge his brother.

Hong Kong’s Media Asia has sold martial arts drama Wrath Of Vajra to India’s Zoom Entertainment Network and Taiwan’s Sky Films following a private screening in Toronto.

The $12m film also went to to Cambodia’s Westec Media and Myanmar’s Golden Yellow Tree. It was previously pre-sold to Well Go USA for North America, Korea’s Sonamu Pictures and Germany’s Splendid.

Directed by Law Wing-cheong, The Wrath Of Vajra is a martial arts drama about a young boy trained by a Japanese death cult who grows up to fight for the Chinese. It is tentatively scheduled for release in China in late September.

Produced by Kylin Network and Ningxia Movie Group (Painted Skin: The Resurrection ), the film stars Shi Yanneng , Kurata Yasuaki,Ikeuchi Hiroyuki, Tony Liu and Jiang Baocheng.

While the so-called Golden Era of Hong Kong cinema was fueled in large part by its kung fu cinema a major factor in the success of martial arts cinema was the extreme diversity within the genre. Unlike today's market which is overwhelmingly dominated by period pieces and gritty crime stories, Golden Era Hong Kong had room for far more. And notable among those sub-genres which have since largely disappeared is the horror-kung fu hybrid.And director Law Wing Cheong is bringing it back with The Wrath Of Vajra.Shaolin monk turned actor Xing Yu takes his first lead role in the picture, and if the trailers are anything to go by Hong Kong may have a significant new talent on its hands.In the 1930s, before the Western...

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At the Hong Kong Filmart today, Golden Network Asia Limited held a press conference to unveil the promo for The Wrath Of Vajra, a martial arts film from the producers behind the Painted Skin series. This marks Xing Yu's (aka Shi Yanneng) lead debut, and is being called China's answer to Rambo. The former Shaolin monk-turned-actor previously had supporting roles showcasing his martial arts talents in Kung Fu Hustle, Shaolin and Flash Point.According to director Law Wing Cheong, who is currently helming The Iceman Cometh with Donnie Yen, the film will explore themes of cultural pride and present a Chinese hero possessing a strong sense of justice and an indomitable spirit.  On the martial arts scenes, Cheong claims to revive a more realistic style than the recent...

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