New Year Martial Blowout

Yes Happy New Year to all , over the past 7-8 weeks we have been busy on site putting together some new event features and special articles based on Famous Martial artists / History of  Hong Kong Cinema in the UK in the 80' /90's as well as quite a few reviews. 

Since last time there have been quite few reviews listed on site :

We have had two Bluray reviews go live ,the first being the 2009 Jingle Ma film Mulan.

The second featured Bluray title is The Banquet from 2006.

Vicki Zhao in Mulan

We have also taken a look at American releases Six Bullets with Jean Claude Van Damme and also his turn in Expendables 2 with Stallone and the likes of Chuck Norris, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Bruce Willis.

Another great film reviewed is the quirky but 70's style Japanese film Karate Robo Zaborgar from Noburo Iguchi.

Karate Robo Zaborgar ,one crazy film ,but so much fun!

Go On guess the name of this Guy

Karate Robo Lives

Could be a romance here!

There are still a couple to come from our Christmas list but let us tell you what's coming your way in films over the next 6-8 weeks.

We have some classic films heading your way ,with a look at the Cynthia Rothrock and Richard Norton film Rage and Honour . Then our Bluray special this month is ''By the Will of Genghis Khan'' with Edvard Ondar.

Our new release film films ( subject to availability) are Forced to Fight which sees Gary Daniles return to a full blooded martial arts movie in the lead role and action film ''Kill'em All '' from the producers of Bangkok Adrenalin.

Gary Daniels is Back to Fight!

Games front : our resident games expert will be giving the , lowdown on a couple of Wii U titles ,namely  Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Wii U edition and  Darksiders 2 ,which tells the story of  one of the four horsemen of the apocalypse on a quest to return the balance of Humanity to the world, well that's what I've read any how.

Wii U magic

Events are a bit scarce this time of year but do catch up with our Look at the Christmas Hyper Japan show which we attended just before Christmas, we will also be doing a special feature on one of the acts of the show to coming soon.

Take a Massage at Hyper Japan Christmas

The show floor

Cosplay on Stage

Spend your money at Hyper Japan

Kamui Sword masters on Stage on Friday 23rd November

Kamui Workshop

Kamui and Tomoyasu Hotei on stage on Friday 23rd November

That's all for now ,but hey i hoped i have whet your appetite and given you some browsing to do. So till next time ,and i promise it be as long before i update this blog for K.I.T.G. again. 

Stay Well ,Train Hard and remember where here to keep you in the know about what floats your boat!

Sertes Nake

Six weeks of action on site in our Christmas run-up

Hi all

Yes back with a another installment in what's going down on K.I.T.G.

Well since last update we have been quite busy with our Korean special on site and all this has fallen inline with the London Korean Film Festival which we have attended on a few occasions in the last ten days.

Reviews up now on site include

War of Arrows on Bluray

The Sword with No Name  on Bluray

The Kick -a Thai / Korean co-production about a family of Taekwondo experts living in Thailand who get involved in a plot to steal national treasures .

Continuing with the Korean theme we will have a review of The Thieves from director Choi Dong-Hun and KPOP comedy ''PAPA'' on site shortly ,all to tie in with our coverage of the Korean Film Festival in London.

KPOP comedy PAPA

The opening Gala film ,The Thieves

Future reviews and features on site include the new Wong Jing film which is the third in the Naked series of films ,yes Naked Soldier is imminent ,it stars Jennifer Tse and Sammo Hung among the players.

A scene from NAKED SOLDIER

Also look out for further Bluray features as we get through another couple of  Europe region Bluray's that offer more kick for your money.

Where also waiting on a couple of Japanese cult movies in the form of 2010's Mutant Girls Squad and 2011 Karate Robo Zarborgar. We just love these wacky flicks ,though there rarely for the faint of heart or those under 18 years of age.

We also look at what the likes of Steven Seagal and Jean Claude Van Damme have been doing of late as we tackle a couple of  recent straight to video releases.

On the games front ,our resident games expert has finalised his  Shenmue overview and it's up on site now. Also in the gaming department his coverage of the Eurogamer Expo is complete , published in three installments across each of the groups sites ,the first part appears on K.I.T.G. with successive installments appearing on Shoot'em in the Head.co.uk and Cosplay Heroes.co.uk  .

The new Devil May Cry reboot at Eurogamer Expo in September

Cosplay at Eurogamer Expo

This also means he's free to cover some more gaming gems and of course the new Nintendo Wii U launch which happens in a little under three weeks.

Of note the sites Virtua Fighter page is offline now while it under go's a revamp ,will be back in the new year with a new look and brought bang up to date.

Feature wise we will be attending the Hyper Japan Christmas show at the end of November ,so look  out for a feature on the event with photos and video.

Another feature is we take a preview look at the forthcoming Jackie Chan film CZ12 .it's out on the 12-12-2012 in Asian cinemas ,so a DVD and Bluray release will be shortly afterwards. We build up to the launch of the film and show how Jackie really is the Man and still has what it takes to astonish audiences like he did way back in the 80's.

One of twelve new posters for Jackie Chan's new film -CZ12 aka Armour of God III

Jackie returns to the big stunts in his role as The Asian Hawk

So keep tuned and keep checking the site ,Facebook and twitter for news of what's going down on Kick'em in the Ghoulies.

Till next time ,Train Hard,Be Safe and enjoy Christmas.

The Snake

Will u Wii U ?

November 30th  is a date Nintendo fans in Europe  will rejoice as it's then that they will be able to get there hands on the new Wii U console,Coming in two variations ,White and Black , with the Black version having a larger memory storage at 32gb compared to the White's 8gb.

Prices seem to be around £260 for the White and £309 for the Black package .

There's also  Zombie U package  in Black for around £350. But give or take £10.00 either way most Online retailers are giving these prices. 

It was the one thing on the  mind of everyone ,and as European Law states that Nintendo could not iterate a selling price leaving it up to retailers to set there own prices. 

Coming up to the launch date we will keep you informed and hope to get a hands on experience at the Eurogamer EXPO in London in September.

So will u Wii U?  

Will U ?

Taekwondo gets showcased in The Kick

The review of Thai/Korean co-production ''The Kick'' is live now on site ,Directed by Prachya Pinkaew ( Ong Bak / Chocolate) ,the Story surrounds a Korean family living in Bangkok who just happen to be Taekwondo experts .Film also stars Jeeja Yanin (Chocolate / Raging Pheonix) and Petchtai Wongkamlao ( Ong Bak/The Bodyguard 1+2) ,new star Taejoo looks like one to watch as he spins about on screen.

The Kick

Click here for Review

Classic N64 SUMO game 64 Ozumo - review soon

Copyright :Bottom Up -1997

Just received a Classic Japanese N64 game , 64 Ozumo came out in 1997 ,though it was thought to be mediocre at the time a sequel was released in 1999. Just got to get my head round the Japanese  text and I'll be fine.

Street Fighter models

If your into Street Fighter (like we are) then I'm sure  your  be wanting to get your hands on these collectable figurines of the fighters , available from retailers ,like Forbidden Planet,specialist game stores and of course online sites and eBay of course if  your after a rare discontinued model.

The Girls are all  here !

Remy and Akuma look awesome

Olympic Battles and Korean film fest

It's all go at K.I.T.G. we have had some great reviews up on site with coverage of the Hong Kong 15 Film Festival in July , reviews of the classic One Armed Swordsman ,White Vengeance are up on site now. We also did another double header looking at Shaw Brothers classic ''14 Amazons and it's recent remake by Frankie Chan , Legendary Amazons, visit the site to see if the classic has stood the test of time or if the remake has knocked it for six.

Not many events happening at the moment ,other then the Olympics, by now the Olympics have come and gone ,but the Para- Olympics have just started ,so please visit our page (which is still in the compiling stage ) to see results for the Boxing,Wrestling,Taekwondo,Judo  and hopefully the Para-Olympic Judo to.

Arsen Galstyan goes for Gold in the 2012 Olympic Judo competition 

New Films coming over the next few weeks include a KOREAN fest with War of Arrows and Sword with no Name ,both on Bluray. Also look out for a special feature on Korean Director Ryoo Seung-Wan as we look at four of his films including ''Crying Fist'' and ''City of Violence''.

There's new music to from Boa and Miss A to. Game wise our feature on one of the most important games ever from a Martial arts point of view ,but also from the point of it's scope and what it achieved at the time of it's release in 2000  and how people are still talking about it today, YES ''SHENMUE '' is our feature game this month.

Shenmue truly is a Magnificent game

US cover for SHENMUE

So there you go a full house and there's still more news to come ,I've probably left something out ,so keppa eye on Kick'em in the Ghoulies.com for the full lowdown and some great pictures in the photo galleries and more!