Blood Heat

Starring:Kane Kosugi
Studio: Tokyo Shock
Product Type: DVD

Editorial Review:
Description
Welcome to Tokyo 2009 where ruthless gangsters are pushing a new designer drug called `Blood Heat.' The highly addictive narcotic is a sinister steroid that gives people super strength with a slight adverse side effect- it induces a murderous rage and drives them to kill! When Joe (Kane Kosugi), a US Navy Seal, and a Japanese detective, join forces to stop the circulation of Blood Heat, they find themselves as contestants in an extreme underground martial arts `fight club' run by the Yakuza and hidden inside the infamous "Muscle Dome." When Blood Heat is pumped into the fighter's veins they transform them into vicious, unstoppable fighting machines chemically programmed to annihilate their opponents!

20 Years After - Woodstock Reunion Concert / Timothy Leary, Blood Sweat & Tears, Canned Heat, Iron Butterfly
Average customer rating:

Christmas Gift

I only wish i could rate a zillion stars....

Don't Make The Same Mistake I Made!

STOP THE WHINING! GOOD DVD!

What brainchild put THIS mess together?

20 Years After - Woodstock Reunion Concert / Timothy Leary, Blood Sweat & Tears, Canned Heat, Iron Butterfly
Starring: Timothy Leary , and Canned Heat
Manufacturer: Standing Room Only
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ASIN: B000294SES
Release Date: 2004-07-27

Description

Nearly 20 years after the original Woodstock Festival, the biggest names in rock were brought back to recapture the mood and sound of that historic event. The sights and sounds are led by psychedelic tour guide Dr. Timothy Leary. The Peace Disc: The Chambers Brothers Time Has Come Today, Iron Butterfly In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida, The Spencer Davis Group I'm A Man, Melanie Brand New Key, Canned Heat On The Road Again, Going Up The Country, Leon Russell & Edgar Winter Delta Lady, Blood, Sweat & Tears Spinning Wheel. The Love Disc: Melanie Lay Down (Candles In The Rain), What Have They Done To My Song Ma, Electric Flag Groovin' Is Easy, Mark Farner of Grand Funk Railroad Bad Time, I'm Your Captain, Closer To Home, Heartbreaker. Super Jam Goin' Down Slow, Blood, Sweat & Tears Hi-De-Ho (That Old Sweet Roll), And When I Die, You've Made Me So Very Happy. The Consciousness Disc: It's a Beautiful Day White Bird, Country Joe McDonald Bring Back The 60's Man, The "Fish" Cheer, I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-To-Die Rag, Save The Whales! Humble Pie 30 Days In The Hole, Melanie Beautiful People, Buddy Miles & A Band Of Gypsies Them Changes, Canned Heat Let's Work Together.

Customer Reviews:

Christmas Gift .......2007-01-11

This purchase was a gift for Christmas for someone who is extremely hard to buy for. She Loveddddd it.

I only wish i could rate a zillion stars...........2005-06-21

Wow, I've just been sitting here getting totally blown away these acts are so good, and the music oh so fine. This was 1989, Dr Tim was alive, God bless him, and these wonderful musicians are still at top form. Many of these groups like It's a Beautiful Day, Leon Russell, Edgar Winter, Iron Butterfly, Blood Sweat & Tears, Spencer Davis, and Grand Funk were never featured on the Woodstock movie, were only there in spirit, or were under played on that heavy edit, given maybe a single song. Just think that Warner Bros movie is only 3 hours long out of 3 days of peace and music! Many acts were practically ignored, and days worth of film remains on the cutting room floor suppressed by who knows who for who knows what reason. What 20 Years After excells at is creating the atmosphere, and making you wish for a "40 Years after" if that would be possible. I'll be there fer shure! God is, Love is, I am.... nice sentiment quoted from the art! Find a friend or a few, drop a hit, load your dvd carosel, and enjoy this 147 minutes of bliss. Sound and video quality are excellent!

Don't Make The Same Mistake I Made!.......2004-10-02

Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed the performances. Vision was O.K. - I could even live the faux psychadelic effects, and the sound was good. Why oh why everytime there's an instrumental break do we have to put up with Timothy Leary crapping on about heaven knows what?? Surely with the high tech wizardery available to DVD producers these days we could at least have the option of switching Leary off. The DVD went back on the shelf and will stay there. US$20+ down the toilet. Save your money, don't make the same mistake I made.

STOP THE WHINING! GOOD DVD!.......2004-09-28

this dvd isn't as bad as some have stated. no, the special effects aren't top notch, and leary does appear quite a bit. but nobody talks about the bands...yes, the bands. remember them? some of these bands are the best music has to offer from that time period. so stop whining about the stuff that is so unimportant, and start focusing on what is, the music. enough said! peace!

What brainchild put THIS mess together?.......2004-09-16

As soon as I loaded disc one and pushed play, I knew this release was a terrible joke. It should be called "The Timothy Leary Show". Who in the world would want spaced out Timothy Leary incoherently rambling on about God knows what on a dvd? If that wasn't bad enough he does it OVER many of the performances!!! Couple that with amaturistic video effects and superimposed images over the musicians as they play...ah nevermind. It's all been said before on here so it's redundant to continue.

This release will find itself in the bargin bin in no time. DO NOT BUY THIS no matter how cheap the price gets. I give it 1 star becuase it's not permitted to give any less.

Average customer rating:

2nd reviewer got it right, I felt absolutely nothing
Like father, like son.
UBER GODLIKE
A very good contemporary martial arts film!!
Hmm.. pretty bad

Blood Heat
Director: Ten Shimoyama
Manufacturer: Tokyo Shock
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ASIN: B00029NM5E
Release Date: 2004-08-31

Description

Welcome to Tokyo 2009 where ruthless gangsters are pushing a new designer drug called `Blood Heat.' The highly addictive narcotic is a sinister steroid that gives people super strength with a slight adverse side effect- it induces a murderous rage and drives them to kill! When Joe (Kane Kosugi), a US Navy Seal, and a Japanese detective, join forces to stop the circulation of Blood Heat, they find themselves as contestants in an extreme underground martial arts `fight club' run by the Yakuza and hidden inside the infamous "Muscle Dome." When Blood Heat is pumped into the fighter's veins they transform them into vicious, unstoppable fighting machines chemically programmed to annihilate their opponents!

Customer Reviews:

2nd reviewer got it right, I felt absolutely nothing.......2006-06-06

Luckily though, this movie has some of the most kick ass fight scenes I have seen in a long time. Kane Kosugi is certainly someone to look out for. Ken Lo did look a bit slow, but just so you know, his and jackie's legs on the close ups are slightly sped up for DM 2. But anyway, Lo looks really really good in this. Add in a fat guy who can SERIOUSLY fight(not the blonde guy, though I am sure he is a real fighter), and a final fight that will blow you away, it adds up to a flick that is AT LEAST worth a rental(if you can). But there I go mentioning the final fight, AWESOME, until the end of it. One word to describe it------dissapointment. That is the only word to describe it. Then they have the nerve to put a make it seem justified by making you think that you should have cared about the characters. What? Am I supposed to just now believe we are in in this futuristic world even though they don't even freaking dwell on it for more than 2 total minutes? And then throw in a spectacualr final fight with a dissapointing ending. You have a 3 star movie. A cool 3 starrer, but nothing more.

Picture is widescreened and near perfection. Sound is 2-channel and good with good subtitles. The extras are plentiful with GREAT behind the scenes stuff, this actually almost caused me to give the movie a 4. IMHO-the director had no idea what he was doing. It also has a couple other cool featurettes you will like.

5/5 for the dvd release itself.

But again, this movie is dissapointing and i have to make at least one more point why. And I can't name all my problems with this movie, so I will put in the one that it is fitting to the title. Blood Heat, they didn't really exlpain this so I will have to make a guess at it. It makes you stronger?

Dissapointment.
Dissapointment big time!!!!!
Dissapointment on many levels!!!!!!!!!!
Dissapointment.

Like father, like son........2005-12-06

With the news of Jet Li's intention to retire from martial arts movies, it seems that candidates to be his successor are popping up all over the world. In Thailand, Tony Jaa has shown fantastic promise with ONG BAK and TOM YUM GOONG. In France, his KISS OF THE DRAGON co-star Cyril Raffaelli strutted his stuff in the french flick BANLIEUE 13. And in Japan, Kane Kosugi, son of Ninja film legend Sho Kosugi, takes his shot a martial arts stardom with BLOOD HEAT and comes out a winner.

U.S. Navy Seal Joe Jinno (Kane Kosugi) is released from an American military detention center to the decrepit Tokyo of 2009 as an agent recruited by the Japanese government to bust drug traffickers. The most popular drug is an extrmely addictive steroid known as Blood Heat. Drug lords, hiding out in the worst parts of Tokyo, push their products while running a no-rules combat circuit where fighters, high on Blood Heat battle to the death. Joe's partner Aguri Katsuragi (Sho Aikawa) is captured by drug lord Kenji Rai (Masaya Kato)and forced to fight in the circuit against Blood Heat addict Lee Son-min (Ken Lo). He's brutally killed and Joe vows revenge. While Kenji attempts to force a scientist to manufacture more Blood Heat, Joe allies himself with Aguri's daughter and a group of orphaned children known as "Sewer Rats" and they declare war on the drug lord and his operation.

Let me just say that I, for one, am glad that drug dealers have finally made a name for a drug that can be an apprpriate action movie tittle. Kane has some of the fastest moves put on film.
He seems to always be attacking his opponents from every direction, and is able to deliver more punches in a split second than you can possibly count.

Several matches are worthy some karate oscar award. The hallway fight, which begins with Kane turning a corner and hurling two knives down the hall, is mind-blowing, and may be the the only scene since the original POLICE STORY to shatter so much glass. Kane's lenghty cage match with Ken Lo, who is aging but nevertheless can kick with the best of them, provides some of the best action. Kane's aggression in this scene is unparalled by any other fight in BLOOD HEAT.
The final match between Kane and Masaya Kato, of DRIVE fame, is also well done, and, to quote kungfucinema.com, "may be the first time in film history that two screen fighters duel with sledgehammers."
BLOOD HEAT ranks up with other great Japanese martial arts movies as THE PRINCESS BLADE and is fully worthy of repeated viewing. Kane's stepping out from his father's shadow mirrors Brandon Lee stepping out of Bruce's shadow and making a few great movies of his own before his tragic death (RAPID FIRE being the best one.) Kane may be new to having the lead in a martial arts movie, but if BLOOD HEAT is an indication of anything, it's of Kane's ability to carry an action movie.

UBER GODLIKE.......2005-08-19

BUY THIS MOVIE AND WATCH THE ULTIMATE FIGHTING GOODNESS.I GOT TIRED TIRED OF WATCHING AMERICAN MADE CRAP!THIS ROCKS LIKE A GOD SO BUY OR GET OWNED!!!!

A very good contemporary martial arts film!!.......2005-07-03

I really got this film based totally on some really good reviews I read online. I never saw a Japanese martial arts film before and I also have never heard of Kane Kosugi so I wasnt sure of what to expect. Man am I glad that I bought this movie!! The story involves a typical drug plot where there is a harmful designer drug called blood heat and its messing people up blah blah blah. I actually think the story wasnt the greatest but lets be honest why we all watch these movies, for the action/fight scenes. Kane is by far one of the fastest and most athletic martial artists today which is suprising considering this is his first major film. Im pretty sure english is his 1st language b/c he spoke it very clearly in the movie and also b/c he has very little lines in Japanese (in this movie). Anywayz, let me talk about the best part of the movie:
The first action scene is def the best. Kane and his partner go into this club and try to break up a drug deal going down. His partner begins to shoot in a john woo fashion while Kane confronts a couple of goons in a hallway. What ensues is an awesome series of arm deflections and my favorite part: a leeping spin kick that takes out guys on either side of Kane. Its so cool that you will be rewinding it over and over again. The second awesome fight is in another hallway but a little bigger than the one near the beg of the movie. Kane begins by going around a corner and throws 2 knives (in a nice slo mo) and just annihilates the baddies. The last kick he does is pretty cool since you think he is going to do a spin kick.........but i will let u see it for yourself.
HOnestly, i wasnt to thrilled with the UFC style fights partly b/c they involve aged super kicker Ken Lo who although isnt as good as he was in legend of drunken master, he still manages to play a sufficient and believable bad guy. The last fight scene is pretty unique as Kane and the head drug guy square off using sledgehammers. Awesome. Anywayz, Kane Kosugi will be the next big star. I just hope he doesnt start doing hollywoodized crap.

Hmm.. pretty bad.......2005-05-28

I do like Chinese/ Japanese action or kungfu movies in general. I picked up this one from Blockbuster expecting a so so martial arts movie but as it turned out I REALLY don't like it. Plot is an average B movie type. Acting is so bad it seems funny. Fighting scenes look like amateur work.

Hmm.. can't really find anything good to say about it.

Only rent it if you are okay with the worst of Van Dam movies.

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