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Coming from Eureka on March 18th.
From a brand new 2K restoration comes perhaps the greatest martial-arts comedy of all time, Sammo Hung s Wheels on Meals, starring Hung, Jackie Chan, and Yuen Biao as the most exciting triple act in action movie history!
Fast food chefs Thomas (Chan) and David (Biao) find themselves cooking up trouble when detective Moby (Hung) involves them in the case of a missing heiress. The three friends need all of their daring and physical dexterity when they find themselves facing a triple helping of danger.
Also starring Lola Forner ( Armour of God) and Benny The Jet Urquidez ( Dragons Forever), who faces off against Chan in an incredible fight sequence that is legendary amongst martial-arts film fans, Wheels on Meals has to be seen to be believed. Eureka Classics is extremely proud to present this iconic piece of action cinema on Blu-ray for the first time ever in the UK!
BLU-RAY SPECIAL FEATURES
Limited edition slipcase [4000 copies ONLY]
Stunning 1080p presentation from a brand new 2K restoration
Optional English subtitles
Original Cantonese audio track, available in both original mono (LPCM) and newly restored DTS-HD MA 5.1
Optional English audio from the film s international release, featuring an alternate (and much funkier) soundtrack, available in both original mono and 5.1
Alternate English dub track from the films 2006 DVD release (available in 5.1 only)
New and Exclusive audio option - a custom audio option featuring the original Cantonese dialogue track, but mixed with the alternate soundtrack from the international release
On Giant s Shoulders An archival interview with Sammo Hung [7 mins]
An additional archival interview with Sammo Hung [10 mins] | Born to Fight An archival interview with Yuen Biao [15 mins]
Jet Fighter An archival interview with kickboxing champion and martial-artist Benny The Jet Urquidez [28 mins]
King of the Ring An archival interview with martial-artist Keith Vitali [33 mins]
The Inside Track An archival interview with director and action choreographer Stanley Tong [34 mins]
Spartan X Alternate Credits The original Japanese version of Wheels on Meals featured these alternate blooper reel credits which would later become a traditional feature of films starring Jackie Chan (can be viewed isolated or as part of the main feature)
Additional Outtake footage [4 mins]
Original Theatrical Trailer
International Release Trailer
Original Japanese Spartan X trailer
PLUS: A Limited Edition Collector s Booklet featuring a new essay by James Oliver [4000 copies ONLY]
PRESS "Breath-taking stunts, stunning fights and slapstick comedy" Home Cinema Choice "The sheer haphazardness of the happenings recalls Hollywood's golden slapstick comedies. " Time Out "It's just as you would expect - funny, ballsy set pieces all the way" EmpireRock! Shock! Pop!Comment
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Boom!
https://www.criterion.com/boxsets/15...police-story-2
The jaw-dropping set pieces fly fast and furious in these breathtakingly inventive action comedies, two smash hits that made Jackie Chan a worldwide icon of daredevil spectacle. The director/star/one-man stunt machine plays Ka-Kui, a Hong Kong police inspector whose methods are, ahem, unorthodox; the phenomenal Maggie Cheung, in a star-making role, plays his much-put-upon girlfriend, May. Packed wall-to-wall with astoundingly acrobatic fight choreography, epic explosions, charmingly goofball slapstick, and awesomely 1980s electro soundtracks, Police Story and Police Story 2 set a new standard for rock-'em-sock-'em mayhem that established Chan as a performer of unparalleled grace and daring and would influence a generation of filmmakers, from Hong Kong to Hollywood.
Police Story:
The jaw-dropping set pieces fly fast and furious in Jackie Chan's breathtakingly inventive martial-arts comedy, a smash hit that made him a worldwide icon of daredevil action spectacle. The director/star/one-man stunt machine plays Ka-Kui, a Hong Kong police inspector who goes rogue to bring down a drug kingpin and protect the case's star witness (Chinese cinema legend Brigitte Lin) from retribution. Packed wall-to-wall with charmingly goofball slapstick and astoundingly acrobatic fight choreography—including an epic shopping-mall melee of flying fists and shattered glass—Police Story set a new standard for rock-'em-sock-'em mayhem that would influence a generation of filmmakers from Hong Kong to Hollywood.
Police Story 2:
Jackie Chan followed up the massive success of Police Story with an even bigger box-office hit. Having been demoted to a lowly traffic cop for his, ahem, unorthodox policing methods, Chan's go-it-alone officer Ka-Kui quits the force in protest. But it isn't long before he's back in action, racing the clock to stop a band of serial bombers and win back his much-put-upon girlfriend May (the phenomenal Maggie Cheung, reprising her star-making role). Boasting epic explosions, an awesomely 1980s electro soundtrack, and a showstopping finale—which turns an abandoned warehouse into a life-size pinball machine of cascading oil drums, collapsing scaffolds, and shooting fireworks—Police Story 2 confirmed Chan's status as a performer of unparalleled grace and daring.
SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES:
New 4K digital restorations of Police Story and Police Story 2
Alternate 5.1 surround and English-dubbed soundtracks for both films
Hong Kong-release version of Police Story 2, presented in a high-definition digital transfer for the first time
New programs on Chan's screen persona and action-filmmaking techniques featuring author and New York Asian Film Festival cofounder Grady Hendrix
Archival interviews with Chan and actor and stuntman Benny Lai
Television program from 1964 detailing the rigors of Peking-opera training, akin to the education that Chan received as a child
Chan stunt reel
Trailers
New English subtitle translations
More!
PLUS: An essay by critic Nick Pinkerton
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Good.Hong Kong-release version of Police Story 2, presented in a high-definition digital transfer for the first timeComment
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Good thing I held out and didn't buy that Eureka box set.Comment
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Snake & Crane Arts Of Shaolin pre-order is up now, a bit cheaper if you get in early.
https://88-films.myshopify.com/produ...eid=cee0cf41b2
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The Blu-ray.com poster that assisted Eureka with the original audio tracks for POLICE STORY and POLICE STORY 2 posted that Criterion got in touch with him the other day and he helped them with the original tracksComment
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Final specs for Criteiron's Police Story/Police Story 2 release:
New 4K digital restorations of Police Story and Police Story 2
Alternate 5.1 surround soundtracks
Alternate English-dubbed soundtracks
Alternate version of Police Story 2, presented in a 2K digital transfer for the first time from a subtitled 35 mm Hong Kong-release print
New interview with filmmaker Edgar Wright and a 2017 podcast conversation between Wright and actor-director Jackie Chan
New programs on Chan's screen persona and action-filmmaking techniques featuring author and New York Asian Film Festival cofounder Grady Hendrix
Episode of Son of the Incredibly Strange Film Show from 1989 featuring interviews with Chan and actor Maggie Cheung
Archival interviews with Chan and actor and stuntman Benny Lai
Excerpts from Jackie Chan: My Stunts, a 1999 documentary codirected by and starring Chan
Excerpt from a 2017 television program reuniting Chan with the original members of the Jackie Chan Stunt Team
Television program from 1964 detailing the rigors of Beijing-opera training, akin to the education that Chan received as a child
Chan stunt reel
Trailers
New English subtitle translations
PLUS: An essay by critic Nick PinkertonComment
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Police Story 3/Supercop got a Blu-ray release in Hong Kong, supposedly from a 4k remaster.
https://www.dddhouse.com/v3/product_...roductID=16899
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Just rewatched Drunken Master II for the first time in... I dunno, years. At any rate, I'd only ever seen it via the Miramax release, so seeing it in Cantonese with the original ending was rad. The movie is just fucking awesome.
I don't know how Jackie used to be able to move like he did in this movie, the guy is made of rubber or something.
That's all. It's just a rad fucking movie.Rock! Shock! Pop!Comment
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88 says they've got more Jackie Chan announcements coming later today.Rock! Shock! Pop!Comment
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So MIRACLES and DRAGONS FOREVER. Anything else announced?Comment
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Crime Story too.Rock! Shock! Pop!Comment
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I was hoping for THE KILLER METEORS.Comment
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