NOW CLOSED – You’ve made it to the Boss Level – bad news is you’re going to have to repeat it, over and over and over and over…

Starring Mel Gibson, Frank Grillo, Naomi Watts, Michelle Yeoh, Ken Jeong and more, BOSS LEVEL is the story of a retired special forces officer trapped in a never ending time loop on the day of his death.

Thanks to our mates at Rialto Cinemas STG has FIVE Double Passes up for grabs.

To Enter our Boss Level Double Pass Giveaway you must answer this question correctly:

Mel Gibson’s breakout role was in which film?

A: Braveheart

B: Mad Max

C: Lethal Weapon

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Boss Level is released in cinemas on the 25th of February 2021.

Important stuff: Winner(s) will be randomly selected from those that Comment below / Facebook Comment / Email in accordance to the above Question. Winner(s) will receive a Double Pass ticket redeemable for the film Boss Level. Boss Level is rated M15+ in New Zealand – you MUST be of age 15 years or over to enter this promotion. Winner(s) must adhere to the conditions on the Double Pass ticket. Tickets are not transferable. Competition ends on the 25th of February 2021. Competition entrants must be from New Zealand. 

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NOW CLOSED – From the makers of Resident Evil comes the remake of cult horror film; Wrong Turn.

Wrong Turn sees friends hiking the Appalachian Trail being confronted by ‘The Foundation’, a community of people who have lived in the mountains for hundreds of years.

What plays out can only keep you in the realm of fear and on the edge of your seat.

Thanks to our mates at Rialto we have FIVE Double Passes to giveaway (if you’re brave enough to enter).

To Enter our Wrong Turn Double Pass Giveaway you must answer this question correctly:

What year was the release of the original Wrong Turn film?

A: 2006

B: 1965

C: 2003

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Wrong Turn is released in cinemas on the 18th of February 2021.

Important stuff: Winner(s) will be randomly selected from those that Comment below / Facebook Comment / Email in accordance to the above Question. Winner(s) will receive a Double Pass ticket redeemable for the film Wrong Turn. Wrong Turn is rated R18 in New Zealand – you MUST be over the age of 18 to enter this promotion. Winner(s) must adhere to the conditions on the Double Pass ticket. Tickets are not transferable. Competition ends on the 18th of February 2021. Competition entrants must be from New Zealand. 

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Kung Fu movies have never been a genre I have been massively into.

I watch one now and then to satisfy my craving for a different action movie, then wait until I next have that itch. So when I decided to give Ip Man: Kung Fu Master a watch I had no idea that I was diving into a long standing series. Still, even with no prior knowledge, there is some fun here.

If you start googling this series, you will get confused, especially when you expect Donnie Yen to pop on the screen as the titular character. I read a lot of pieces about the movies, finding Dennis To was in minor roles in those movies but is now the Ip man in this one, or something.  Either way it took longer to Google that than watch the movie, so I don’t recommend it.

I do recommend checking out Ip Man: Kung Fu Master and enjoying it for what it is.

Ip Man: Kung Fu Master follows a cop who is ethical to the bone in Foshan, a region in China before their revolution. Tension is high between Japan and China, and the gang known as the Axes love their crime but hate opium being imported from Japan.

The Axes’ boss gets taken out when some Japanese officers and drug runners get involved in the import of opium, and the corrupt police chief gets out of the way leaving Ip Man and his unlikely ally who took over the Axes to save the day. The story is… fine.  Apparently Ip Man was the nickname of the Kung Fu master that trained Bruce Lee, but I suspect that there was a lot of creative freedom used in this movie.

This is especially apparent with the sheer number of Kung Fu trained people in Foshan.  Everyone from the gangs’ kicking ass with Kung Fu, especially when armed with axes, to the Kung Fu loving Japanese officer, and of course Ip Man. The reality is the story is thin, but despite trying to add weight with Ip Man having a baby during the movie to raise the stakes, it’s a bit dull.

Fortunately while the story isn’t strong, the Kung Fu certainly is. The movie kicks off with Ip Man having to fight gangsters armed with axes, and it keeps going from there. They do a relatively good job of making it feel less like the annoying old trope of everybody running lined up to be attacked one by one. Multiple attackers are taken out using weapons such as poles for example, so it disguises the trope better than I have seen before.

Ip Man is what I have come to expect from Kung Fu movies. It doesn’t revolutionise the genre and won’t convert people who aren’t fans. But if someone is looking for a dumb action flick and wants to throw a different culture and setting in, as well as subtitles, then this could be a good watch for you.

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NOW CLOSED – Ip Man: Kung Fu Master is coming to the big screen.

Decades before becoming Bruce Lee’s legendary teacher, the young Ip Man, then a police officer in Foshan and soon to become a father for the first time, is targeted for vengeance by Qing Chuan, the dangerous daughter of a ruthless but honourable mobster who’s been killed under mysterious circumstances while in custody at the police station.  Soon, Ip Man must also contend with he arrival of the Japanese army in Guangdong province.

Now thanks to our mates at Rialto we have FIVE Double Passes to giveaway.

To Enter our Ip Man: Kung Fu Master Double Pass Giveaway you must answer this question correctly:

What is the other name that Ip Man is known by?

A: Ep Man

B: Yip Man

C: Jp Man

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Ip Man: Kung Fu Master is released in cinemas on the 5th of November 2020.

Important stuff: Winner(s) will be randomly selected from those that Comment below / Facebook Comment / Email in accordance to the above Question. Winner(s) will receive a Double Pass ticket redeemable for the film Ip Man: Kung Fu Master. Ip Man: Kung Fu Master is rated PG13+ in New Zealand. Winner(s) must adhere to the conditions on the Double Pass ticket. Tickets are not transferable. Competition ends on the 12th of November 2020. Competition entrants must be from New Zealand. 

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NOW CLOSED – From filmmaker Mark Williams (A Family Man), Honest Thief tells the story of a career bank robber intent on turning himself in for the sake of love, who gets caught up in a violent conflict with two crooked FBI agents intent on stealing his money.

Starring Liam Neeson (Taken, Schindler’s list, Star Wars, The Grey), Kate Walsh (Grey’s Anatomy), Jeffrey Donovan (Burn Notice), Jai Courtney (Suicide Squad, Divergent) and Anthony Ramos (Hamilton, A Star is Born, Godzilla).

Thanks to our mates at Rialto we have FIVE Double Passes up for grabs.

To Enter our Honest Thief Double Pass Giveaway you must answer this question correctly:

Liam Neeson is a diverse actor, most known for action film roles. But he did play a Star Wars character, who was it?

A: C3-PO

B: Darth Vader

C: Qui-Gon Jinn

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Honest Thief is released in cinemas on the 22nd of October 2020.

Important stuff: Winner(s) will be randomly selected from those that Comment below / Facebook Comment / Email in accordance to the above Question. Winner(s) will receive a Double Pass ticket redeemable for the film Honest Thief. Honest Thief is rated M15+ in New Zealand. Winner(s) must adhere to the conditions on the Double Pass ticket. Tickets are not transferable. Competition ends on the 20th of October 2020. Competition entrants must be from New Zealand. 

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NOW CLOSED – The Vigil is a horror film from the creators of Halloween and the Insidious series.

Set over the course of a single evening in Brooklyn’s Hassidic “Boro” Park neighborhood, The Vigil follows Yakov, a former Hassid, as he accepts a position as a shomer, hired to “sit the vigil” and watch over the body of a deceased community member.

Having lost his faith, Yakov isn’t eager to go back to the insular religious community he only recently fled. But when Reb Shulem, a rabbi and confidante, approaches Yakov after a support group meeting and offers to pay Yakov to be the shomer for a recently deceased Holocaust survivor, he reluctantly accepts the job.

It is a night that Yakov’s nightmares become reality.

Thanks to our mates at Rialto Films we have FIVE Double Passes to giveaway.

If you’re brave enough to enter The Vigil giveaway you must answer this question correctly:

What is the name of another horror film where Jewish lore and beliefs were the theme?

A: The Ring

B: The Possession

C: The Invisible Man

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The Vigil opens in New Zealand cinemas on the 16th of July 2020.

* Winner(s) will be randomly selected from those that Comment below / Facebook Comment / Email in accordance to the above Question. Winner(s) will receive a Double Pass ticket redeemable for the film The Vigil. The Vigil is rated R13+ in New Zealand. You must be over the age of 13 years in order to enter this promotion – STG may request age verification. Winner(s) must adhere to the conditions on the Double Pass ticket. Tickets are not transferable. Competition ends on the 19th of July 2020.

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