Cashing in on the karate kid name? i think so, which is what companys normally do to sell more dvds.

PLOT
A 15-year-old Chinese boy spends his days dreaming of what it would be like to meet his idol, martial arts superstar, Jackie Chan. Unable to concentrate in school he heads to his grandparents in the city and devotes himself to tracking down the Kung Fu legend. On his epic journey of discovery, our want-to-be karate kid learns the fighting skills he desires, but also valuable lessons in life from the different people and strange places he finds himself in. The biggest test awaits however, when he is kidnapped by a torn apart family that has suffered a tragic loss. Can the dreamer become a Kung Fu hero himself? And can Jackie Chan rescue him from his nightmares?

The dvd will be released on the 9th August, 2010 through Kaleidoscope Entertainment.

Sources:fareastfilms

PLOT
“Senior Inspector Don Lee (Cheung) relies heavily on the information provided by stool pigeons in his job. Barbarian is a painstakingly meticulous armed robber. Don needs an informant to infiltrate his gang so he recruits street-racer Guy (Tse). Guy provides information on Barbarian’s next job, but Don is unable to effectively act on them until the final moment. Since Barbarian has not left any evidence, Don is pressured to convince Guy to become a witness for the prosecution.

Don promises to provide Guy with a new identity in another country, but the departure is beset by accidents and Guy only barely makes it to safety. Haunted by his ruined relationships with his ex-wife and former stool pigeons, Don no longer wants to be part of a world that is one betrayal after another”.

Nicholas Tse has been really busy the past few years starring in movies such as Bodyguards and Assassins, Storm Warriors, Invisible Target, Rob-B-Hood and New Police story.

The movie is set for release on the 26th August, 2010.

Sources:far east films

Source:  Filmsmash.com

Directed by Benny Chan (New Police Story/Rob-B-Hood), which is probably one of his best movies to date, bringing action and martial arts to the big screen.

DVD Details
Special Features include: audio commentary by stars Jaycee Chan, Shawn Yue, Andy On and Hong Kong cinema expert Bey Logan; ‘Orchestrated Mayhem: The Making Of Invisible Target’ featurette; interview gallery (Benny Chan, Jaycee Chan, Shawn Yue, Wu Jing, Philip Ng, Vincent Sze, Andy On); deleted and extended scenes with commentary by director Benny Chan; ‘Fight For Glory: Constructing The Action Sequences Of Invisible Target’ featurette; storyboard comparisons; Gala Premier footage; trailer gallery; Cantonese 5.1 and English 5.10 audio options; optional English subtitles.

Invisible Target is out on UK DVD and Blu-ray through Cine Asia on 2nd August 2010

Sources:Twitch Film

PLOT
“Life appears to be rosy for Teiko (Hirosue Ryoko) as she looks forward to beginning a new life with her new husband Kenichi (Nishijima Hidetoshi). Just after their honeymoon, Kenichi goes off to Kanezawa for what he promises to be brief business trip. However, he ends up going missing without a word. Worried, Teiko goes to Kanazawa to investigate her husband’s disappearance, meeting wealthy socialite Sachiko (Nakatani Miki) and receptionist Hisako (Kimura Tae) along the way. Soon, Teiko realizes how little she really knows about her husband, and what these two women have to do with his disappearance”.

Zero Focus will be released on 20th July, 2010.

Sources:Far East films

The premise of Bedevilled is far from the simplicity that accompanies most slasher movies. Bedevilled is about a young woman named  Hae-won  who retreats from her life in Seoul City to a small undeveloped island called Moodo.  While there, she meets up with a childhood friend,  Bok-nam, and discoveries that she is being used as a slave.  Bok-nam pleads with Hae-won to help her escape but Hae-won refuses, not wanting to get involved with the complicated situation.  Bok-nam attempts to escape with her daughter without Hae-won’s help and  her daughter is killed and she is recaptured.  This pushes Bok-nam over the edge.  She picks up a sickle and begins seeking vengeance on those who did her wrong.

PLOT
“Set in China during the warring 1920s, notorious bandit chief Zhang descends upon a remote provincial town posing as its new mayor, an identity that he had hijacked from Old Tang, himself a small-time imposter. Hell-bent on making a fast buck, Zhang soon meets his match in the tyrannical local gentry Huang as a deadly battle of wit and brutality ensues”.

Cast :
Jiang Wen
Chow Yun Fat
Ge You
Carina Lau Kar Ling
Hu Jun
Chen Kun
Liao Fan
Zhou Yun
Feng Xiaogang
Shao Bing

The movie has a budget of $18 million and is scheduled to open across China on 1st October 2010.

Sources: Film Smash

Byung-Hun Lee (Good, The Bad, The Weird, GI Joe)

PLOT
“Kyung-chul is a dangerous psychopath who kills for pleasure. He has committed infernal serial murders in diabolic ways that one cannot even imagine and his victims range from young women to even children. The police have chased him for a long time, but were unable to catch him. One day, Joo-yeon, daughter of a retired police chief becomes his prey and is found dead in a horrific state.

Her fiance Dae-hoon, a top secret agent, decides to track down the murderer himself. He promises himself that he will do everything in his power to take bloody vengeance against the killer, even if it means that he must become a monster himself to get this monstrous and inhumane killer”.

The movie is due for release in August.

Soucres:/www.slashfilm.com

Bear with me on this synopses as I had to painstakingly make sense of this through Google Translate.  The plot seems to have to do with found camera footage shot by 8 Chinese backpackers who venture to 31 degrees north latitude which is located in a remote area of China called Shennongjia.  31 degrees north latitude is apparently a mysterious area that is known to be a “ghost band” and a hot spot for paranormal activity.   When the 8 backpackers arrive violent supernatural phenomenon erupts.

According to G-film.com the movie has already been released in China and is now starting to get some international buzz going via this recently released trailer:

source:  G-film.com