Your Lucky Day Blu-ray Review

 

• Director ‏ : ‎ Dan Brown
• Actors ‏ : ‎ Angus Cloud, Elliot Knight, Jessica Garza, Sterling Beaumon, Mousa Hussein Kraish
• Studio ‏ : ‎ Well Go Usa
• MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ R (Restricted)
• Country of Origin ‏ : ‎ USA
• Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1
• Media Format ‏ : ‎ Widescreen, Subtitled
• Run time ‏ : ‎ 1 hour and 29 minutes
• Release date ‏ : ‎ January 23, 2024

         If believability is something you look for in your gritty crime thrillers, it is best to avoid Your Lucky Day. Despite the story being grounded with real-world problems and believably cynical characters, the plotting simultaneously demands far too much suspension of disbelief from the audience. But if you are willing to dismiss absurd sequences with a pregnant woman able to physically overpower large men with weapons, it isn’t a film without glimpses of inspiration. Just don’t go in expect Angus Cloud to be treated with reverence, even if the film is dedicated to him and unjustly gives him top billing due to the actor’s untimely death.

 

The Flying Swordsman DVD Review

 

• Director ‏ : ‎ Qiao Lei
• Actors ‏ : ‎ Zhao Huawei, Chen Yusi, Wu Yijiang, Zheng Haonan, Lu Liangwei
• Studio ‏ : ‎ Well Go Usa
• MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ NR (Not Rated)
• Country of Origin ‏ : ‎ USA
• Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1
• Media Format ‏ : ‎ Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
• Run time ‏ : ‎ 1 hour and 44 minutes
• Release date ‏ : ‎ January 9, 2024

         It took a bit of searching online for information about the Chinese martial arts epic, The Flying Swordsman, before I realized the reason that I was finding little was because the title has been changed from the original translation, The Hidden Fox. The Hidden Fox may be a better name for the film’s narrative, though The Flying Swordsman is likely a choice intended to signal to audiences what genre this film falls into. Unfortunately, the storytelling is unnecessarily convoluted regardless of what it is called.