Legendary Cat III film UNTOLD STORY coming to Blu-ray

[Alex K. Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Alex K.]

Nice.

[Ian Jane Administrator Find all posts View Profile Close Ian Jane]

Release date for the Unearthed Blu-ray is 10/13/20.

[Jack J Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Jack J]

LOL. Fun trailer.

[Alex K. Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Alex K.]

I approve.

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Bruce Holecheck confirmed that he and Art Ettinger have recorded a commentary for the upcoming Unearthed Blu-ray.

[Matt H. Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Matt H.]

This will be a thing of beauty. I'm hoping for newly-translated subtitles as well.

[Alex K. Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Alex K.]

Bruce Holecheck confirmed that he and Art Ettinger have recorded a commentary for the upcoming Unearthed Blu-ray.

Two names I haven't heard in a long while.

[Mark C. Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Mark C.]

Release date for the Unearthed Blu-ray is 10/13/20.

Undisputed masterpiece of the golden age of CAT III. Glad to see this finally coming out.

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Final list of extras for the Unearthed Films release.

DVD SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES:

Commentary with Anthony Wong
Commentary with Herman Yau
Q&A with Herman Yau
Commentary with Art Ettinger (ULTRA VIOLENT) and Bruce Holecheck (CINEMA ARCANA)
Category III: The Untold Story of Hong Kong Exploitation Cinema
Cantonese Carnage: An Interview with Rick Baker
Trailer

BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES:

Slip Cover (ON FIRST PRESSING ONLY)
Liner Notes by Art Ettinger (ON FIRST PRESSING ONLY)
Commentary with Anthony Wong
Commentary with Herman Yau
Isolated Film Score
Q&A with Herman Yau
Commentary with Art Ettinger (ULTRA VIOLENT) and Bruce Holecheck (CINEMA ARCANA)
Category III: The Untold Story of Hong Kong Exploitation Cinema
Cantonese Carnage: An Interview with Rick Baker
Trailers

[Matt H. Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Matt H.]

I watched the Unearthed disc last night and it looked and sounded good. I hadn't seen this in at least 20 years and I didn't really like it this time around. The tone is wrong and too often I was questioning the director's choices - a lot of them were dumb and childish and it was disappointing considering that Wong is really, really good in it and the climax is still just as shocking and harrowing as you remember (maybe even more so - I forgot how far it actually goes). I was tired when I started looking at the special features, but there's an 83-minute documentary on the history of Cat. III that seemed really good and I put the commentary on as I was falling asleep and it sounds very informative (from what I could tell, it seems to be dominated by Holecheck, who goes Tim Lucas-style with mucho info on everything).

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I watched the Unearthed disc last night and it looked and sounded good. I hadn't seen this in at least 20 years and I didn't really like it this time around. The tone is wrong and too often I was questioning the director's choices - a lot of them were dumb and childish and it was disappointing considering that Wong is really, really good in it and the climax is still just as shocking and harrowing as you remember (maybe even more so - I forgot how far it actually goes). I was tired when I started looking at the special features, but there's an 83-minute documentary on the history of Cat. III that seemed really good and I put the commentary on as I was falling asleep and it sounds very informative (from what I could tell, it seems to be dominated by Holecheck, who goes Tim Lucas-style with mucho info on everything).

The director of said Cat III documentary insists that Taxi Hunter is a Cat III film despite star Anthony Wong telling him it's ONLY Cat II (probably would be Cat IIB after the Cat II rating was split into 2 ratings in 1995).

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The director of said Cat III documentary insists that Taxi Hunter is a Cat III film despite star Anthony Wong telling him it's ONLY Cat II (probably would be Cat IIB after the Cat II rating was split into 2 ratings in 1995).

Hmm, my first reply seems to have gone AWOL so if there's suddenly two replies that's why!


I guess said director doesn't know what he's talking about. TAXI HUNTER was always CAT II. My old ex-rental HK VHS and VCD both say Cat II and so does the HKMDB.

[ChicGandil Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close ChicGandil]

Hopefully Unearthed follows this with more Category III releases. It seems like no one has really tapped into this vein yet.

[Bruce Holecheck Member Find all posts View Profile Close Bruce Holecheck]

I guess said director doesn't know what he's talking about. TAXI HUNTER was always CAT II. My old ex-rental HK VHS and VCD both say Cat II and so does the HKMDB.

We get into it a little bit on the commentary, but it's worth noting that the CAT III designation became more than just a rating, it was also a marketing tool, so it's not uncommon to see titles like TAXI HUNTER, BLUE JEAN MONSTER, etc. promoted as CAT III films when they actually received a lesser rating. A good example is this laserdisc of RETRIBUTION SIGHT UNSEEN (aka 3 DAYS OF A BLIND GIRL) that just popped up on eBay -- the film is officially a II, but that didn't stop them from slapping a big old CAT III sticker on it:



Or what about Herman's Yau's ALL OF A SUDDEN? Officially a CAT IIB, but some DVDs promote it as a III.

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The Untold Story has been passed uncut by the BBFC after being submitted by 88.