Welcome To WAFU!

News: Weird Science remake on the horizon, more Star Wars/Disney bollocks, The Tomb changes its title, Splinter cast in Ninja Turtles reboot, Stallone tweets about Snipes, Star Trek Into Darkness/Man Of Steel trailers.

Review: Evil Dead (2013) [Spoilers]

Got a question? Some feedback? A film recommendation? Please brutalise an email our way! wafupodcast [@] gmail.com

Or like and post something over at the Facebook page! 

Check out our new YouTube channel!

And also, if you enjoyed the show, rate and/or review the show on iTunes (link below). It would be most appreciated!

Enjoy!

- DOWNLOAD -

News: CZ 12 wins awards, S.H.I.E.L.D pilot, Street Fighter: Assassins Fist needs your help, The Overlook Hotel, Man Of Steel is starting to sound really lame, Stallones “Mel Gibson” tweets, Elysium trailer.

Reviews: Violence Jack (Evil Town, Hell’s Wind, Slum King) + Goku: Midnight Eye 1 & 2

Got a question? Some feedback? A film recommendation? Please jack knife powerbomb an email our way! wafupodcast [@] gmail.com

Or like and post something over at the Facebook page! 

Check out our new YouTube channel!

And also, if you enjoyed the show, rate and/or review the show on iTunes (link below). It would be most appreciated!

Enjoy!

- DOWNLOAD -

Violence Jack Vol 1-3 [DVD] [2005]

Incase you Shervan fans haven’t been following the developments over at the Amir Shervan Facebook page, Cinema Epoch are releasing their special edition of the great Samurai Cop today. Featuring a brand new transfer from the original 35 MM negative which looks head and shoulders above the old release…

Also included are new interviews with Robert Z’Dar (Yamashita), Gerald Okamura (Okamura) and cinematographer Peter Palian. And if you haven’t seen the update to my old Shervan article, Cinema Epoch also have the rights to Killing American Style, Young Rebels and Gypsy…which will all hopefully be coming soon, as well as Shervan box set containing a bonus disc full of extra material including an interview with Mark Frazer (the legendary Frank Washington).

So yeah, head on over to amazon and pick this up!

News: RIP Roger Ebert, Wesley Snipes released from jail, Ninja Turtles casting, Kriss vents about Pixar’s un-originality these days. Trailer discussions [Only God Forgives, The Conjuring, Carrie]

Reviews: Chinese Zodiac (Contains spoilers)

Got a question? Some feedback? A film recommendation?
Please hurricanrana an email our way!
wafupodcast [@] gmail.com

Or like and post something over at the Facebook page! 

Check out our new YouTube channel!

And also, if you enjoyed the show, rate and/or review the show on iTunes (link below). It would be most appreciated!

Enjoy!

- DOWNLOAD -

News: ’Escape From New York’ casting rumours, He-Man cast in ‘Grayskull’?, Jackie Chan’s ‘Police Story 2013′ plot details, Evil Dead “remake” gets out of control with it’s sequel plans, ‘Dredd 2′ isn’t happening, Chevy Chase to go on ‘Vacation’ again?

Reviews: Deadly Reactor

Got a question? Some feedback? A film recommendation?
Please slap an email our way!
wafupodcast [@] gmail.com

Or like and post something over at the Facebook page! 

Check out our new YouTube channel!

And also, if you enjoyed the show, rate and/or review the show on iTunes (link below). It would be most appreciated!

Enjoy!

- DOWNLOAD -

Deadly Reactor

News: Escape From New York remake back on + plus loads of other complete guff.

Reviews: Maiden Voyage: Ocean Hijack

Got a question? Some feedback? A film recommendation?
Please helicopter kick an email our way!
wafupodcast [@] gmail.com

Or like and post something over at the Facebook page! 

Check out our new YouTube channel!

And also, if you enjoyed the show, rate and/or review the show on iTunes (link below). It would be most appreciated!

Enjoy!

- DOWNLOAD -
Our usual host seems to be having a few issues lately, so if the previous download link doesn’t work you can download the show HERE

Maiden Voyage – Ocean Hijack [DVD]

Haywire (2011)

OK, so Gina Carano was the only reason I watched this and she didn’t disappoint, she’s proven she can act with this film and will only get better, she looks great kicking peoples heads in, as she should considering how much arse she kicks in real life.

But, it suffers from not having a plot…I don’t demand much story from my action movies, but this just felt like one giant McGuffin…I didn’t really know, or care about what was going on. And even though it seems like it has an all star cast its pretty much just an extended cameo fest. And Ewan McGregor should NEVER be hired to play anyone but a Scot, because he’s shit at accents. Shit.

Add on to that the mixed style of the movie, one minute it’s a cool, stylish chase movie, with the typical jazzy David Holmes score and the next it’s a stripped down “realistic” action movie where the fight scenes are void of score (because that means its gritty folks) and all the sound effects sound like a wet fish being slapped over Bruce Willis’s head. I HATE “realistic” sound effects in fight scenes, give me the sound of a melon being hit with a sledge hammer any day. If I wanted realism I’d watch two twats on YouTube fighting over a parking space or on a bus. No-one watches action films for realism.

So to sum up, I do look forward to more from Gina Carano because let’s be honest, there are no real genuine female action stars anymore, women who can genuinely pull it off, most of them are in semi-retirement or don’t really make action movies anymore. So yeah, ‘mon the Carano.

X Men: First Class (2011)

Thoroughly enjoyed it, especially Michael Fassbender as Magneto…and I managed to not be annoyed by James McAvoy too. Sir, you are now forgiven for starring in that piece of shit, Wanted.

Also, I’d forgotten that Jennifer Lawrence played Mystique…so that was a bonus. Mmm, MMM!… Yes, since I became a single man again a few months back I seem to have regressed back to my 14 year old mindset and started letting my penis review movies.

And speaking of my penis….Let’s talk about Beast. I wasn’t too fond of the look they gave Beast, he looked too cuddly and designed to sell toys at Christmas. But, a small quibble as I did enjoy Nicolas Hoult as McCoy.

So yes, I really enjoyed it and thought Kevin Bacon was superb too…but then again, I’d think Bacon was superb in a mobile phone advert….In fact, I do!

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre; The Next Generation (1996)

So, I’ve put off watching this for years…purely because of how bad i’d always heard it was. And I know you shouldn’t let other folks opinions sway you from watching a movie, but I love the first 3 Chainsaws, and even though some fan reaction from the first two sequels is mixed I haven’t come across one person that likes The Next Generation.

And now that I’ve seen it i’m not surprised. It’s terrible, and once again strengthens my theory that the original ‘Chain saw’ was a right time/right place/right people scenario. Look at Tobe Hooper’s filmography, nothing ever came close to that movie. And here you’ve got the writer of the original, writing and directing this movie. And in no way does it seem apparent that anyone from the original ‘Chain saw’ had anything to do with it. The writing is horrible…One teen witnesses a guy get his neck snapped by a member of the family, runs for his life and is chased. Then once he’s out of breath calmly says “Stop it, you’re scaring me”…I know it’s a horror movie and these characters aren’t geniuses but who the fuck reacts like that?

Then you’ve got the random addition of some shady government guys who appear at the house, lick Renee Zellwegger’s face for a bit and leave…only to reappear in the last five minutes to give Zellwegger a lift to the hospital. What the fuck is all that about? Is there a 2 hour work print lying in a vault somewhere that explains this incredibly random sub plot? There are hints that one of the members of the family works as a killer for the FBI (eh!?) or something but…why the fuck do they turn up again at the end?

I did like the WE Sawyer character, who speaks in quotes, he was quite amusing. Leatherface on the other hand is a disaster…all he does is fucking scream like he’s auditioning to be the lead singer in a shitty black metal band. And then goes full on transvestite during the 3rd act…the complete opposite of the subtle female mask and make up that he wore at the end of the original. “Oh lets put him in a dress, that’ll be fucked up”…it’ll be fucking stupid.

As for the very last scene where we get cameos from John Dugan, Paul Partain and Marilyn Burns from the original…well that’s all the scene is there for, to get cameos. They’re not clever, they’re just shoe horned in there. And when Zellwegger looks at Burns strangely and goes into a trance, the film ends. If Burns is indeed supposed to be playing Sally, then it’s quite nice in a way, two surviving females having a moment…but if the audience had no idea who it was then it just leaves you baffled. Hell, I knew who it was and I was still baffled by the ending, just because of the way it was executed.

So yeah, half a star for WE Sawyer and half a star for Renee Zellwegger looking cute in her nerdy glasses.

So yeah, its awesome I highly recommend it…

So here we are, our first audio commentary. And how could our premier commentary be anything other than ‘Street Fighter: The Legend Of Chun Li’.

If you want to listen along with the DVD, be aware that we were watching the theatrical cut on the region 2 UK release. So if you’re watching a release that isn’t PAL format it might not sync up perfectly. But, you can always watch a version of the film with the commentary already included below.

So download, sit back and prepare to walk through the raindrops…

DOWNLOAD

——————————————-

Regularly scheduled programming shall resume next week where we will be talking about both Cannonball Run movies, so if you’d like to share your thoughts on those movies, punt an email our way - wafupodcast [at] gmail [dot] com

[MAKE SURE TO ADD HTTP://WAFUFM.WORDPRESS.COM TO YOUR BOOKMARKS]

News: Oscars, Mad Max, The Crow, Ninja Turtles, Bruce Lee, Mortal Kombat!

Reviews: A Good Day To Die Hard, Hitchcock, Jaws, The Long Good Friday

Got a question? Some feedback? A film recommendation?
Please fling an email our way!
wafupodcast [@] gmail.com

Or like and post something over at the Facebook page! 

Check out our new YouTube channel!

And also, if you enjoyed the show, rate and/or review the show on iTunes (link below). It would be most appreciated!

Enjoy!

- DOWNLOAD - 

Haven’t done any wee written reviews for a while…So here ya are.

[Rec] 3: Genesis

One of the most entertaining horror movies I’ve seen for a while. Fair enough, there are parts that don’t quite meld well with the first two parts (the zombies/infected folk act really different for starters), plus a whole different tone, that doesn’t stop it from just being an entertaining, funny and splatterific good time. I feel like i’m in the minority on this one as after I watched it I read other folks thoughts and it seemed like the general consensus was negative for the most part…But I was a little dissapointed with [Rec] 2, which got glowing reviews from what I remember. Ah…

Continue reading »

I haven’t done ‘Fisticuffs Friday’ in a while, so here’s something rather tasty.

Kung Fu Fighting, a documentary made by the BBC featuring interviews with Donnie Yen, Tsui Hark, Cynthia Rothrock, Bey Logan, Moon Lee, Carter Wong, Jet Li, Raymond Chow, loads of folks.

This was originally shown during BBC 2′s great ‘Kung Fu Night’ they put on in 1997. I loved this doc ‘back in the day’, as the kids say. This came along just around the time when I was starting to explore Hong Kong cinema outside of Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan and Sammo Hung etc, and with all the great clips on show I remember watching it many times. Enjoy!

Coming soon to the site is WAFU FM, which will be the blogs new resident podcast. Yes, I know that this was ‘Top Quality Video Tapes’ job, but I’ve decided to shake things up a bit. Originally I was planning on doing a separate podcast as well as ‘TQVT’, but I’ve decided to combine the two into something new.

The structure of the show will be more like Revolving Video, with emphasis on movie news etc as well as reviews of course and numerous other segments.

My plan is to also switch up my co-host now and then too, both for variety for the listener and so I can do some shows with friends I never have before. The first show should be up before the weekend hopefully, so if you’d like to send an email for the show, be it movie recommendations, opinions on new releases/current movie news, whatever you like, we want to hear from you – wafublog [@] hotmail.com

So until then, keep it warm.

What can you say about Deadly Prey?

It’s a film that feels like it was made by a bunch of friends who had access to some film equipment, smoke machines and decided to go to the woods and make an action movie after watching First Blood a few too many times.

The story centers around a band of military goons who are in the process of honing their skills on the battle field by kidnapping random people, letting them loose in the woods and hunting them down (ala The Most Dangerous Game/Hard Target/Avenging Force etc etc), only they make the mistake of making Mike Danton, the hot pants wearing vietnam veteran loose cannon, their next target.

It doesn’t go well.

Continue reading »