One of a collection of films recently discovered in the Hong Kong film archives and now available for the first time in the UK. One of the most popular stars in the martial arts world Dragon Lee performs in this epic account of an attempt to overthrow the Ching government. The fighting is fast furious and brutal as you would expect from this master of Kung Fu. Dragon Lee was considered by many to have taken over the crown worn by the true master Bruce Lee and in 'The Angry Dragon'
PIERCING BRIGHTNESS is the debut feature film directed by acclaimed visual artist Shezad Dawood scripted by cult novelist Kirk Lake with an original score by Makoto Kawabata of Acid Mothers Temple (Japan) and featuring music by Alexander Tucker. Two youths land in a spaceship outside Preston. Their mission: to re-establish contact and effect the retrieval of the ‘Glorious 100’ sent to earth millennia ago in human form to study and observe the development of another race. After making contact with one of the 100 now a Pakistani shopkeeper (Bhasker Patel) they discover that many of their kind have become corrupted forgetting their original purpose and slowly becoming influenced by and in turn influencing their adopted home... Inspired by Lancashire having the highest rate of UFO sightings in the UK as well as hosting one of the earliest splinter Mormon communities in the world the film uses Preston and its inhabitants as a springboard to investigate religious racial and class- based social hierarchies.
Old skool martial arts from Hong Kong. Finally released from Hong Kong film vaults. Get ready for the amazing supernatural Kung Fu action....
A star-studded cast feature in this lavish swordplay and kung fu movie from Korea showcasing outstanding hand-to-hand combat wirework and action choreography. Non stop swordplay and blade wetting guaranteed to please any martial arts fan!
Prolific Hong Kong producer Joseph Lai brings a new hero to the Jade screen. Inspired by the Bruce Lee classic 'Fists of Fury'. Dragon arrives in town looking to meet up with his fiancee. The town is run by the evil Tang who controls gambling prostitution and loan sharking with an iron fist. When Dragon finds out that Tang's gang have kidnapped his fiancee he wastes no time getting even!
The stars of SECRET RIVALS reunite in this most action packed of films. Wong Tao and John Liu play a pair of Ming patriots who are trying to stop the Ching Army from crossing the Formosa Straits and attacking the remnants of the Ming troops residing in Formosa (Taiwan). Their plight is made more hazardous as news of their presence spreads to the capital. What follows is nearly an hour of superb fight choreography set against the beautiful backdrop of South Korea.
Preston is a hot spot for UFO sightings and also has the UK's fastest-growing Chinese population. This was the starting point for artist Shezad Dawood film - a woozy socially-conscious science fiction movie. Avoiding Northern clichés Piercing Brightness is a tale of alien emissaries and interracial love that has a real sense of place with wig-out moments provided by Acid Mothers Temple and a climax on the roof of the brutalist Preston Bus Station.
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