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In Memory of Brad Harris
10th November, 2017
It was recently reported that the actor and stuntman Brad Harris died on November 7th after a short illness in Santa Monica, USA. He was 84 years old. Brad was best known for his work in sword-and-sandal movies in Europe but Bruceploitation fans may remember him for his role in the Bruce Le classic, CHALLENGE OF THE TIGER (as pictured).VETERAN HONG KONG ACTOR HON KWOK-CHOI PASSES AWAY
10th October, 2017
I am sad to announce that 韓國材 Hon Kwok-choi has passed away from lung cancer at the age of 69. He had a long career in the Hong Kong movie industry, working both behind and in front of the camera on over a 130 films. Early roles included work as an extra at the Shaw Brothers studio and in Bruce Lee’s Fist of Fury.
Amongst his huge list of film credits, Bruceploitation fans may remember him from the Bruce Li movies “Gold Connection” and “Fist of Fury 3” and alongside Bruce Le in “Bruce King of Kung Fu” and “Bruce Le’s Greatest Revenge”. He also starred in several films with Bruce Leung Siu-Lung, often showing his great comedic skills. Thoughts go out to his friends and family. May he rest in peace.EDGE OF FURY - New 35mm DVD release from Germany
7th September, 2017
Out now from the Asia Line collection, EDGE OF FURY. This is the longest version currently out on release and includes both German and English dubbed language options. I’ve never seen a better looking print of this movie. The print is sourced from a 35mm print (with inserts from a lesser print).
This release is once again limited to 1000 copies worldwide, so be sure to grab yourself a copy before it’s too late!
You can order from: AMAZON.DE
New DVD release of "Dragon Bruce Lee part 2" from Germany
2nd June, 2017
Asia Line continue their release of Bruceploitation titles with this new release of “The Big Boss 2: Rache in Shanghai” better known as “Dragon Bruce Lee part 2”.
This is the first time this movie has been released on DVD in it’s full glorious original aspect ratio. It comes with both English and German language tracks. Also as an extra added bonus, “The Clones of Bruce Lee” is included on the disc that is taken from an original 35mm print.
This release is limited to 1000 copies worldwide, so be sure to grab yourself a copy today!
You can order from: AMAZON.DE
New Bruce Lee bio-pic "Little Dragon"
8th May, 2017
Shekhar Kapur is set to direct “Little Dragon”, an authorised biopic of Bruce Lee. It will produced by Bruce’s daughter, Shannon Lee, under her production company Bruce Lee Entertainment. Shannon also co-wrote the screenplay with the director that focuses on Lee’s early life in Hong Kong. A subject that was previously covered in several recent films including 2010’s Bruce Lee My Brother. Filming is due to start in July 2017 with no word yet on who will be playing Bruce Lee.
Phillip Ko Fei Passes away
30th March, 2017
It’s with great sadness that I report that the legendary PHILLIP KO FEI has passed away. Clone fans may remember him from “The Dragon The Hero”, “Dragon on Fire”, “Gold Connection” to name but a few of his film roles.
Phillip had a long career in the film industry, serving as stutman, actor, action director, director and producer on 100’s of movies. His acting credits alone span to more than 200 movies. He will be greatly missed and is a great loss to the world of kung fu cinema.
Deepest condolences to his friends and family.
EDGE OF FURY - New 35mm DVD release from Germany
14th March, 2017
New from the guys at Severin Films Films comes the follow up to last year’s Kung Fu trailer mayhem. RETURN OF THE KUNG FU TRAILERS OF FURY once again features over 2 hours of Kung Fu action with trailers from classic movies such as “Thundering Mantis”, “Snuff Bottle Connection”, “The Avenging Boxer”, “Revenge of the Shaolin Kid”, “Bruce Against Iron Finger” and many more. Be sure to pick up your Blu ray or DVD today!
Available to buy from:
AMAZON USA
***UPDATE!***
The first “Kung Fu Trailers of Fury” is now getting released in the UK on July 3rd. So for any UK fans who haven’t got this yet, now is your chance.
You can order yours from:
Amazon UK
Soul Brothers of Kung Fu
30th March, 2017
The German company that released “Fist of Fury 2” on DVD for the first time in widescreen last year are back with the second Bruceploitation title in their ASIA LINE collection. The new release DVD of “Soul Brothers of Kung Fu” (aka Last Strike/ Tiger Strikes Again) comes with both German and English language options and is once again sourced from an original 35mm print.
Lots more martial arts titles are planned from the company including more Bruceploitation coming soon!
The DVD is available to order from:
AMAZON DE
Ng Kit-Keung, Harold 'oddjob' Sakata & Ho Chung-Dao (Bruce Li) on the set of "Counter Attack" (aka The Chinese Stuntman) #bruceploitation #bruceli #jamesbond #oddjob https://t.co/12I4cTWpoF
Exclusive to the site; Interview with Caryn White Stedman who appeared in "He's a Legend, He's a Hero" (aka The Dragon Lives) as Bruce Lee's wife, Linda.
https://t.co/BKy5pUqgWU
IMPORTANT NOTICE: The Clones of Bruce Lee website now has a new url: https://t.co/65847xxV3p
Please update your bookmarks #bruceploitation
Some sad news to announce today as Jon Benn has passed away. Most fans will remember him from for his role as the Mafia boss in Bruce Lee's "The Way of the Dragon" and as the mad scientist in "The Clones of Bruce Lee". May he rest in peace. #jonbenn #bruceploitation #brucelee https://t.co/CUbWWIUCMX
Raymond Chow has sadly passed away at the age of 91. Raymond was the founder of Golden Harvest, the film studio that launched many Hong Kong cinema legends careers, including Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan. May he rest in peace. #brucelee #goldenharvest #raymondchow #jackiechan https://t.co/PcGDicdrs8
