2025 Feature Film Programme
Our Feature Film Line up for 2025
Super Courier
Olzhas Ibraev | 2025 | Kazakh with English subtitles | 18 | 96 mins
Kazakh actor and producer Timur Baktybayev made an impression in 2024 with his debut film 'Kung Fu Rookie', an exciting tribute to Jackie Chan and Hong Kong cinema. Now he returns with his second film 'Super Courier' - another action packed film that brings more Hong Kong styled martial arts action and a generous dose of comedy.
In the film Timur is a good-hearted food delivery courier who, after stopping some thugs from assaulting a respected judge, gets hired as the bodyguard for Sabina, the judge’s daughter. When a powerful enemy of the judge decides to kidnap Sabina, Timur must let go of fear and become a hero to protect her.
In partnership with director Olzhas Ibraev, Baktybayev ups the ante in this feature, bringing bone breaking stunts, extended fight scenes, and a generous dose of comedy in this good hearted feature from Kazahkstan.
Kung Fu Games + Q&A with actor Mark Strange
Ryan C Jaegar | 2024 | English | 15 | 98 mins
Martial arts cinema has experienced a resurgence recently, with Tiger Style Media being one of the companies aiming to be at the forefront of this. Founded by producer Shannon McIntosh (Once Upon A Time In Hollywood, The Hateful Eight) and Daniel Gross (Halloween: Resurrection, Highlander:End Game), Tiger Style Media aims to revive classic English Language Martial Arts films in a modern setting. 'Kung Fu Games' was one of a quartet of films that Tiger Style released in 2024, paired with 'Lady Scorpions' in a limited US cinema run.
In this action-packed thriller starring British actor Mark Strange (Deadpool & Wolverine, Redcon-1), world champion martial artist Caitlin Dechelle (Wonder Woman, The Mandalorian), and three-time Wushu/Kung Fu world champion Jade Xu (Black Widow, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings), a group of renowned but notorious fighters find themselves ensnared in a deadly martial arts game show orchestrated by a powerful magnate with a thirst for violence. Armed only with their elite hand-to-hand combat skills, each battle pits the contestants in a brutal broadcasted fight for survival, where advancing means eliminating the competition in a kill or be killed showdown.
Evoking memories of grind-house cinema double bills, 'Kung Fu Games' is a standout from Tiger Media Style and a welcome new entrant into the genre.
This feature will be accompanied by an introduction and Q&A with the lead actor Mark Strange
Armour of God 2: Operation Condor
Jackie Chan | 1991 | Cantonese with English subtitles | 15 | 107 mins
The sequel to Armour of God — the seminal Hong Kong action classic which premiered in Japan in 1985 (when a peak Jackie Chan was enjoying superstar status there) and showcased at FSFF 2021. Condor sees the long awaited return of Jackie’s take on an Indiana Jones stye hero, the Asian Hawk, a renowned daredevil adventurer and finder of lost relics. In this new adventure, Hawk becomes entwined in the search for missing Nazi gold, buried deep in an abandoned German military base in the Sahara Desert.
Building on Part I, Operation Condor is a lavish, internationally shot adventure which takes the series to new levels of action; with huge set-pieces and broader, less esoteric comedy for a wider international audience. Over a year in production, the film was epic by typical Hong Kong standards of the day, and went hugely over time and budget, resulting in Jackie taking a backseat from directing for the next few years.
Operation Condor will forever be known as the sequel to the film that almost killed Jackie Chan early in production. More than that, the accident filming Armour of God in former Yugoslavia in 1984 caused Jackie to take a well earned break from his relentless early fame schedule and take a fresh look at his own personal style. The completed Armour of God stands out as a fresh volley of action set-pieces and Operation Condor builds upon it.
Presented in a new restoration from a 4K master by 88 Films.
四十九 - SEEK
Shane Kosugi | 2025 | Japanese with English subtitles | 18 | 93 mins
Fighting Spirit regulars will remember SEEK showing up as a short film entry in our 2024 edition — an exciting and stylish short, with an excellent visual aesthetic. We’re now happy to introduce SEEK as a complete feature project by first time director Shane Kosugi.
Set in contemporary Japan, where legendary Ninjas are thought to have disappeared, SEEK centres around Kyohei Aizawa, an assassin for a covert non-governmental espionage group called "四十九" or "SEEK". Grieving over the loss of his girlfriend, Kyohei is approached by SEEK leader Ryo Mikumo – the emergency mission is to save a fellow agent, recover a new highly explosive liquid called “RDX@“ and stop ruthless Yakuza leader Sojiro Kotsuki and his gang before they take over Japan.
First time feature director Shane Kosugi delivers a thrilling and unique action drama set in a world of Ninja traditions and deadly Yakuza gangsters. And yes, it should be noted that the Los Angeles born director is the son of Ninja film legend Sho Kosugi – so expect a high standard of swift, sleek and stylish action throughout.
Gunner
Dimitri Logethetis | 2024 | English | 15 | 106 mins
Best known for reviving the 'Kickboxer' franchise, director Dimitri Logothetis' presents his latest film 'Gunner', a new action vehicle starring Luke Hemsworth and Morgan Freeman.
Special forces veteran Colonel Lee Gunner returned home from the war in Gunner. Determined to reconnect with his family, he takes his sons and his brother in law Jon on a camping trip. However, things take a dark turn when they stumble across a massive drug operation that ends with Gunner's family being kidnapped. Gunner then embarks on a one man quest to save them, and stops at nothing along the way.
Logethetis' knows exactly what his audience wants here, delivering pulsating action design on a limited budget. Firefights, hand to hand combat, and some death defying stunts underline make this an exciting entrant into the one man wrecking machine genre.
Blade
Stephen Dorff | 1998 | English | 18 | 120 mins
Originally released in 1998, 'Blade' stood out immediately from the usual comic book adaptations and quickly became a cult classic. It was Marvel's first successful film, and spawned two sequels that were also commercial successes.
The title character Blade grows up to become a vampire hunter, swearing vengeance on the creatures that killed his mother. He teams up with a man called Whistler, a retired vampire hunter and weapons expert. Meanwhile, in the urban underworld, a feud is started between "pure-blood" vampires and those who had been human, but were "turned". Blade becomes aware of this and investigates further, uncovering a plot to raise the blood god La Magra, something he must stop at all costs.
Presented from a new 4K restoration, this classic remains as a seminal comic book film, and one of Snipes' most iconic roles.