Toy Robot Video has announced plans to kick off 2027 with a bang, beginning with an action-packed slate for January, including two top notch knockout hits starring Jet-Li and DMX, both restored from the original 35mm negative, and a quirky Japanese drama making its UK debut.
Toy Robot Video – a subsidiary of Arrow Video – aims to recreate the wondrous experience of browsing titles at the local video store – except this time they’re yours to own and cherish, with fabulous new cover artwork, film masters transferred from the best elements available, colourfully-branded OBI-Strips, slip cards, art cards, and plenty of extras.
Romeo Must Die
Released on dual format 4K UHD and Blu-ray January 4
The word on the street is… Romeo must die!
Jet Li, in his first English language lead role, and singer Aaliyah in her screen debut, star as lovers caught up in a vicious blood feud, in this modern-day action-packed Romeo and Juliet. Packed with gravity-warping martial arts action, cool visual effects and an all-star music soundtrack, including Aaliyah, Destiny’s Child and Timbaland. Also starring DMX (Cradle 2 the Grave) and Delroy Lindo (Sinners), this release, with a new director-approved 4K scan, is now fully uncut for the first time in the UK.
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Cradle 2 the Grave
Released on dual format 4K UHD and Blu-ray January 4
Born 2 the life. True 2 the code. Bad 2 the bone.
Romeo Must Die producer Joel Silver and director Andrzej Bartkowiak take their fusion of martial arts and hip-hop to the next level with action hero Jet Li (The One) and the late, great DMX starring as rivals-turned partners in a volatile street war ignited by kidnapping, stolen black diamonds and a sadistic crime lord (Mark Dacascos, John Wick: Chapter 3). Featuring a gold-certified hardcore hip-hop soundtrack and exceptional fight choreography, the release is newly restored in 4K scan from the 35mm negative, and approved by the director, and is loaded with new extras.
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Hakuchi: The Innocent
Released on Blu-ray January 18
Don’t be afraid! Don’t leave me!
A beautiful relationship develops between two deeply lonely souls, played by Tadanobu Asano (Emmy-nominated for 2024’s bit series Shōgun) and avant-garde singer Miyako Koda, in director Macoto Tezka’s haunting, surreal dystopian drama, set in an alternate Japan where World War II never ended and nightly bombing raids have reduced the country to ruins.
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