DJariya

Coming May 26th







$17.99 each right now on Amazon






Not Cannon, but still a classic Norris 80's action movie.


Coming June 16th




Lots of really cool releases coming out. Kino Lorber is releasing a lot of good old Cannon releases.

Now I just need a newly remastered 16X9 version of Invasion USA and Platoon Leader.

DJariya

I'll definitely pick up Enter the Ninja, Revenge of the Ninja and the Norris movies.

I barely recall watching River of Death on VHS back in the early 90's. I don't recall if it was a good or bad Cannon film.

inri222

No Runaway Train, no sale.

Brian T

My only concern is paying the going rate for these (even the average going sale rate, which isn't particularly cheap), only to have them get re-packaged into budget-minded double-features, triple-features and four-packs down the road. Mind you, that would be better if the rights to these former MGM Home Video releases weren't arbitrarily scattered to Olive, Kino and Shout, but still each company (especially the first two) will have ample opportunity down the road to combine these into interesting "collections", much like MGM/Fox did with its various Chuck Norris Blu-ray combos (Total Attack Pack, 3 Chuck Norris Favorites, Missing In Action 1 and 2) and the Charles Bronson Triple Threat Collection (Death Wish 2-4), all of which routinely go on sale for less than the price of one Kino/Olive/Shout title. Being barebones (except trailers) probably accounts for that, I'm sure.

On a related note, I'm surprised one of these companies hasn't snapped up the rights to Mark Hartley's endlessly entertaining (and often downright hilarious) Cannon doc ELECTRIC BOOGALOO. It's an ideal companion piece to pretty much all of the film's in the OP's post, as they're all given face time in it. It's absolutely packed with great anecdotes that only make the films more endearing.

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Electric Boogaloo - The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films - Official Trailer from Wild Fury In Production on Vimeo.

Shannon Nutt

Hero and the Terror is one of Chuck's best (and most underrated) movies - I'll probably get that one when it dips under $10. Firewalker is just good, silly fun - although they forgot the other 't" on the end of Gossett.

PhantomStranger

It's much tougher economically for a small distributor licensing content from a studio to package like-minded releases together on Blu-ray in cheaper form. It is rarely done except for a place like Mill Creek that has blanket licenses to an entire catalog. I don't think you have to worry about it happening in this case with these BDs.
Agreed, I like them both. I will probably pick up several of these BDs if they hit my price point.

DVD Polizei

Get the Arrow release. Looks fabulous and they always include a booklet with a ton of info and extras.

Brian T

I still think it's just a matter of time, but I guess we'll see. Even factoring in the long tail of Amazon and other online retailers maintaining availability longer than ever, sales inevitably decline, and reducing prices or combining discs into new sets simply gives new life to old stock and potentially puts it in more hands at lower price points. In the long term, for companies like Kino and Olive (as opposed to Twilight Time with their limited pressings and Shout with their more elaborate supplements), that'll probably trump any economic hardships they may have faced in the early running.

In fact, Kino has already had one "set" on the market for a while now:
http://www.kinolorber.com/video.php?product_id=2569

I realize that's just a bunch of individual releases bundled together "as is", but it suggests to me that Kino, at least, is not above finding creative ways of combining existing product to potentially boost sales or save buyers a few bucks, and with so many great Cannon pictures coming in the months ahead, I have few doubts that we'll see something similar to this down the road. Obviously, my personal preference would be a "Michael Dudikoff Action Pack" or a "Killer Ninja Triple Feature" or what have you, with the existing discs in a single case with some fun new sleeve art, although obviously I wouldn't expect the kinds of bargain bin pricing we see when the big studios (or the mass-marketer type companies like Mill Creek) bundle old catalog titles together.

Regardless this is all a LONG way off, but I'm fairly confident it'll happen, and I know the temptation to double dip will personally be hard to resist. In the meantime, I just finished revisiting THE GREAT RAIN ROBBERY, JUGGERNAUT, AVALANCHE, METEOR, and AVENGING FORCE (with commentary!) thanks to Kino's lovely new Blu editions which, like so many others they've released so far, I leapt at when the price dropped a measly two bucks! And I've got about nine more in the stacks here. Trust me, as much as I suspect combo packs will appear some day, I can't close my wallet long enough to wait for them!

asianxcore

Loved that documentary! I know Magnolia released Not Quite Hollywood and Dark Sky Films released Machete Maidens.

I got lucky recently and picked up the German BDs of Enter The Ninja & Revenge of the Ninja off of Ebay for around $25.XX (shipped). I do like all of this Cannon Films love coming from Kino Lorber, Olive Films and Shout/Scream Factory though.

Hopefully someone releases Invasion U.S.A.!

Alan Smithee

Wish they'd do a 3D Blu-Ray of Treasure of the Four Crowns- I still have the original glasses from that which advertise Lou Ferrigno's Hercules on the inside (which wasn't in 3D.)

Looking forward to the Breakin' double feature; almost forgot about Rappin'- remember hearing a review of that on the radio when it came out where they were trying to be ironically clever and made the whole review rhyme, ending with "But Rappin' was crap, would I lie to you?"

PhantomStranger

I will probably get that Breakin' double despite the movies being not that great. I really want Beat Street.

DJariya

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00VHAG06A/...=I9YELPAM4WEX0

Hero and the Terror

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00VHAGG0U/...I3FDF81S4F6TII

An Eye for an Eye


Both are coming out June 16th and can now be pre-ordered. They are $17.99 each

DJariya

Another new Cannon Film announced from Kino Lorber. No date yet, just said coming soon. Lots of classic actors on this one.

Why So Blu?

I want Beat Street, too.

The Valeyard

Matthew Chmiel

Drafthouse Films is releasing it later this year.

DJariya

Just announced this past week on Kino Lorber's Facebook page.


Someone asked about Missing in Action III and someone from Kino said that another company has the rights. My guess it's Olive films.

By the way, did anyone pick up Hero and the Terror and An Eye for an Eye yet?

DJariya

Picked up An Eye for an Eye and Hero and the Terror during this Amazon Kino Lorber sale.

Started watching Hero and the Terror last night. I haven't seen it since the early MGM DVD and honestly it looks quite good for a movie that's almost 30 years old. Hard to believe that Norris was in his late 40's in it and now he's 75 years old.

No extras though. Just trailers.

Looking forward to seeing An Eye for an Eye next. I don't think I've seen that one since the old Embassy VHS.

OldBoy

i like the consistent labeling on the spine with these Kino Lorber titles...

DJariya

Artwork for Delta Force 2

Was released today (12/8/15)

DJariya

Coming from Kino Lorber on February 16, 2016


Trailer:

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Saw this years ago on VHS via CBS/FOX Home Video. Glad it's coming out.


Also coming in February






Spellbinder is coming January 5th. Not a great movie, but it features a really hot young Kelly Preston.

Saw it on MGM HD recently and it was decent.

hdnmickey

Will definitely pick up Sucka.

DJariya

Just announced:

Cop starring James Woods



Coming March 1st


Also coming:




No date announced yet.

stingermck

Yes! That leaves Murphys Law as the last Cannon Bronson movie to be released on Blu

DJariya

Makes no sense however that 10 to Midnight got released via Twilight Time at a much more expensive price point over all these other titles. I wonder why Kino or Olive didn't get/passed on the rights to it.

There's really no rhyme or reason how some of these Bronson and Norris movies are being released on BD. Some on FOX, some on Kino/Olive and now Norris has a few coming from Shout.

I'd like to get Murphy's Law too. Very trashy 80's cop thriller.