Four more VHS action favourites on Blu-ray/UHD from Toy Robot Video in November
Toy Robot Video has announced its November releases, a temptingly-priced slate of high-octane titles including Steven Seagal’s explosive star-packed debut in 4K, Chow Yun-Fat and Mark Wahlberg in a restored 90s actioner, a top-notch, contemporary Korean gangster thriller from Jung Woo-sung, and a Japanese fantasy epic making its UK Blu-ray 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 – and at pocket money prices, so you’ll have money left over for snacks! Full details follow.
ABOVE THE LAW (USA 1988)
4K UHD & Blu-ray | 9 November 2026 | Pre-order price: £25
Nico Toscani (Steven Seagal), a former Special Operations Vietnam vet, Aikido expert and Chicago cop finds himself onto something big while investigating an international drug ring. However, when the suspects are allowed to walk free, Nico is ordered to turn in his badge and gun. With his back against the wall and his friends and family in harm’s way, Nico decides he’s not out of the action, and no one is above the law…
Steven Seagal makes his explosive screen acting debut, smashing his way into the top ranks of action stars as he tracks ex-CIA operatives trafficking drugs and plotting a political assassination. Director Andrew Davis (Code of Silence, The Fugitive) unleashes the fury all over the Windy City as Nico and his partner Jax (Pam Grier – Jackie Brown) close in on the psychotic crime lord (Henry Silva – Sharky’s Machine).
TOY ROBOT VIDEO UHD/BLU-RAY FEATURES:
- NEW 4K restoration from the original camera negative, approved by director Andrew Davis
- NEW Audio Commentary with director Andrew Davis and actress Pam Grier
- NEW Sounds of Seagal, interview with composer David Michael Frank
- Archival interview with Steven Seagal during the promotion of Above the Law
- Theatrical Trailer (New 2K scan from the interpositive)
THE CORRUPTOR (USA 1999)
4K UHD & Blu-ray | 9 November 2026 | Pre-order price: £25
NYPD Lieutenant Nick Chen (Chow Yun-Fat, The Killer, Hard Boiled), the head of the Asian Gang Unit in Manhattan’s Chinatown, is secretly entangled with the local triads. But when an idealistic rookie detective, Danny Wallace (Mark Wahlberg, The Departed), is assigned as his partner the two quickly become immersed in a brutal turf war between the established Tong factions and the upstart Fukienese Dragons.
Directed by James Foley (Glengarry Glen Ross) with breathtaking cinematography and spectacular action sequences, this stylish action thriller culminates in violent confrontations that force Chen and Wallace to choose between survival, loyalty, and the badge – and the blurred thin line of morality between cop and criminal.
TOY ROBOT VIDEO UHD/BLU-RAY FEATURES:
- NEW 4K restoration from the original camera negative
- NEW The Music of Chinatown, interview with composer Carter Burwell
- NEW Turning Toronto Into Chinatown, interview with production designer David Brisbin
- NEW Chow’s Right-Hand Man, interview with action director Robert Samuels
- Archival Audio Commentary with director James Foley
- From the (Under)Ground Up, archival featurette of the making of The Corruptor
- UGK “Take It Off” Music Video
- Theatrical Trailer
- TV Spots
A MAN OF REASON [BOHOJA] (South Korea 2022)
Blu-ray | 16 November 2026 | Pre-order price: £16
After spending a decade in prison, former hitman Su-hyuk (Jung Woo-sung – The Good, The Bad, The Weird) learns he has a daughter and decides to take a chance at a normal life. His former mob boss, Eung-gook (Park Sung-woong – Netflix’s Bloodhounds), feels betrayed and orders his right-hand man, Seong-joon (Kim Jun-han) to watch over the reformed hitman, who in turn hires two merciless assassins. Ruthless in their own brutal ways, the motorbike-bound killers quickly approach Soo-hyuk with deadly intentions.
The acclaimed directing debut of Korean superstar Jung Woo-sung, A Man of Reason is a fast-paced rollercoaster ride of action and mayhem.
TOY ROBOT VIDEO BLU-RAY FEATURES:
- Pre-production featurette
- Production featurette
- Interviews with director Jung Woo-sung and cast, including Kim Nam-gil, Park Sung-woong and Kim Jun-han
- Deleted scene with optional commentary
- Theatrical and teaser trailers
ZIPANG [JIPANGU] (Japan 1990)
Blu-ray | 16 November 2026 | Pre-order price: £16
Set in an alternate Japan, where modern technology meets an ancient legend, samurai outlaw Jigoku (Masahiro Takashima – Godzilla vs. Mechgodzilla II) and his motley band of renegades discover the keys to a mythical kingdom of gold. Unfortunately for them, they also attract the attention of a beautiful female bounty hunter, Yuri the Pistol (Narumi Yasuda – Peacock King), an ace gunslinger who soon gets hot on their tail.
With supernatural ninja warriors, astonishingly choreographed sword play and wildly unpredictable plot twists, Zipang is a Japanese fantasy epic in a class all of its own.
TOY ROBOT VIDEO BLU-RAY FEATURES:
- NEW Audio Commentary by Jasper Sharp and Joe Hickinbottom
- Theatrical trailers
- Stills Gallery