Knockabout/BluRay
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UK
- Label: Eureka
- Release date: April 25, 2022
- brand new 2K restoration.
- Limited Edition O-Card slipcase featuring new artwork by Darren Wheeling
- Reversible sleeve design featuring original poster artwork
- Audio: Original Cantonese mono | Optional English dubbed audio
- Optional English Subtitles, newly translated for this release
- Extras: Brand new feature length audio commentary by Asian film expert Frank Djeng (NY Asian Film Festival) | Brand new feature length audio commentary by action cinema experts Mike Leeder & Arne Venema | Archival interview with Sammo Hung | Archival interview with Bryan “Beardy” Leung Kar-yan | Archival interview with Grandmaster Chan Sau Chang (aka The Monkey King), a master of Monkey Style kung fu | Deleted Scene | Trailers | PLUS: A Limited Edition collector’s booklet featuring new writing by James Oliver | *All extras subject to change
- Buy now: From Amazon.co.uk
USA
- Label: Arrow Video
- Release date: March 2023
- Blu-Ray Transfer Rating:
- 2K restorations from the original elements by Fortune Star of both the original HK Theatrical Cut and the shorter Export Cut
- High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray presentation
- Original lossless Cantonese and Mandarin mono audio for the HK Theatrical Cut, plus lossless English mono for both cuts
- Two choices of English dubbed audio for the HK Theatrical Cut: the original export dub mono and the newer 5.1 dub created for international DVD presentations
- Optional English subtitles for the HK Theatrical Cut and English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing on the Export Cut
- Extras: Commentary on the HK Theatrical Cut by martial arts cinema experts Frank Djeng & Michael Worth; Commentary on the Export Cut by action cinema experts Mike Leeder & Arne Venema; Archival interview with Sammo Hung; Archival interview with Bryan “Beardy” Leung Kar-Yan; Archival interview with Grandmaster Chan Sau Chang (aka The Monkey King), a master of Monkey Style kung fu; Deleted “Red Room” scene, featuring stars Yuen Biao and Sammo Hung in a teaser promo for the film’s Japanese release; Original theatrical trailer
- Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Ilan Sheady
- FIRST PRESSING ONLY: Illustrated collectors' booklet featuring new writing by Simon Abrams and original press materials
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