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88 Films Reveal Upcoming Releases
Posted February 8, 2024 08:34 PM by
British distributors 88 Films have revealed their next batch of 4K Blu-ray and Blu-ray releases. Among them are: Shock Waves (1977), The Beast in the Cellar (1971), Gator (1976), and Evolution (2001).
UNITED STATES AND CANADA RELEASES
The Project A Collection 4K Blu-ray PROJECT A - Dragon Ma (Jackie Chan, Rush Hour) is a lieutenant in the 19th-century Hong Kong marines. Pirates have been terrorizing local waters, with assistance from the corrupt authorities. Dragon Ma hopes to defeat the evil pirate clan led by Sanpao (Dick Wei), but his plan is short-circuited. Ma then teams with a navy admiral (Hak Suen Lau), a police captain Tzu (Biao Yuen) and a crafty thief (Sammo Hung) in a new round of high-seas battles with Sanpao and his pirates.
PROJECT A: PART II - Corrupt police inspector Chun (David Lam) has made himself the most powerful law enforcement officer in Hong Kong by staging high-profile arrests of the criminals and mobsters with whom he's in cahoots. The British authorities know Chun is a dirty cop but have not been able to infiltrate his inner circle. Enter fearless and incorruptible military policeman "Dragon Ma" Yun (Jackie Chan), who comes back to his hometown to pose as Chun's new right-hand man and take down both cops and criminals.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
DOLBY VISION/HDR PRESENTATION OF THE HONG KONG CUT (106 min)
DOLBY VISION/HDR PRESENTATION OF THE TAIWAN CUT (115 min)
CANTONESE DOLBY ATMOS TRACK and Cantonese 1.0 and with newly translated subtitles + English Dub
NEW Interview with Stuntman Mars (2024)
Interview with Jackie Chan
Interview with actor Lee Hoi San
Interview with actor Yuen Biao
Interview with actor Dick Wei
Interview with producer Michael Chan Wai-Man
Interview with composer Michael Lai
Interview with writer and producer Edward Tang
Interview with stuntman Mars
LIMITED EDITION EXCLUSIVE - Perfect-bound book
LIMITED EDITION EXCLUSIVE - Six Replica Lobby Cards
Description: Inspector Kan (Stanley Fung), now married to Madame Wu (Sibelle Hu), has been instructed to train the Banshee Squad Members after Madame Wu goes into semi-retirement. For their next mission, the Squad is assigned to go undercover into a Casino Ship to nab a group of thieves responsible for stolen law enforcement and military weapons.
Description: To save the Hong Kong Police Force's Banshee Squad from becoming defunct, the struggling new squad members seek the help of former officers Amy (Sandra Ng Kwan Yue), now a divorced mom with a young kid, and May (Kara Hui), now partially mentally-unstable, to help them with their training regiment, lead by Madame Yang (Cynthia Khan). Their police skills are put to the test when they are ordered to nab a band of brutal thugs in the city.
Description: Inspector Kan (Stanley Fung), now married to Madame Wu (Sibelle Hu), has been instructed to train the Banshee Squad Members after Madame Wu goes into semi-retirement. For their next mission, the Squad is assigned to go undercover into a Casino Ship to nab a group of thieves responsible for stolen law enforcement and military weapons.
Description: To save the Hong Kong Police Force's Banshee Squad from becoming defunct, the struggling new squad members seek the help of former officers Amy (Sandra Ng Kwan Yue), now a divorced mom with a young kid, and May (Kara Hui), now partially mentally-unstable, to help them with their training regiment, lead by Madame Yang (Cynthia Khan). Their police skills are put to the test when they are ordered to nab a band of brutal thugs in the city.
Description: The director of Ghostbusters and Ghostbusters II takes you on an evolutionary roller coaster ride with big laughs and even bigger special effects in EVOLUTION. Starring David Duchovny (The X Files, Return to Me), Orlando Jones(Say It Isn't So, Double Take), Seann William Scott(Road Trip, American Pie) and two time Academy Award®* nominee Julianne Moore (Hannibal, Magnolia, The End of the Affair).Community college teachers Ira Kane (Duchovny) and Harry Block (Jones) are inadvertently called to the site of a meteorite crash where they discover a variety of single-celled alien life forms. It seems that Earth's newest inhabitants hitched a ride on the meteorite and are quickly making themselves at home. Government scientist Allison Reed (Moore) gets involved and goes head to head with the local scientific duo. But when the alien cells begin evolving at the speed of sound and the monstrous creatures they become threaten the future of the human race, they find themselves playing on the same team. It's Darwin's biggest nightmare and survival of the fittest in the craziest, funniest, wildest comedy of 2001!
Special Features and Technical Specs:
HBO First Look Featurette
Original Trailer
Stills Gallery
Optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature
Description: When fresh-out-of-jail con artist Bobby 'Gator McKlusky is approached by Federal agent Irving to dish the dirt on his one-time associate and local crime boss Bama McCall, he at first refuses. But when he witnesses Bama's corruption and dirty dealing first-hand, he reconciles to bring the villain down. In this sequel to White Lightning, Burt Reynolds not only reprises his role as 'Gator he also directs this witty and action-packed follow-up.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
Burt Reynolds - Back to the Bayou: Part 2
Breaking the Waves - Charles Bernstein on Gator
Original Trailer
Image Gallery
Optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature
STREET DATE: APRIL 22.
Shock Waves
Description: Beneath The Living... Beyond The Dead... From The Depths of Hell's Ocean! In the dark days of World War II, the Nazi High Command ordered its scientists to create a top secret race of indestructible zombie storm troopers - un-living, unfeeling, unstoppable monstrosities that killed with their bare hands. They were known as The Death Corps. No member of this horrific SS unit was ever captured by the Allied Forces - and, somewhere off the coast of Florida, they have survived... Peter Cushing (STAR WARS), Brooke Adams (INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS) and John Carradine (THE BOOGEY MAN) star in this suspenseful and genuinely creepy shocker co-written and directed by Ken Wiederhorn (RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD PART II). One of the great horror "sleepers" of the 1970s, SHOCK WAVES has been freshly transferred and fully restored in High Definition from the only known surviving materials!
Special Features and Technical Specs:
Audio Commentary with Co-Writer/Director Ken Wiederhorn, Make-Up Designer Alan Ormsby and Filmmaker Fred Olen Ray
Nazi Zombies On A Budget - Interview with Producer/Cinematographer Reuben Trane
Notes For The Undead - Interview with Composer Richard Einhorn
Sole Survivor - Interview with Star Brooke Adams
From FLIPPER To SHOCK WAVES - Interview with Star Luke Halpin
Theatrical Trailer
TV Spot
Radio Spot #1
Radio Spot #2
Poster & Still Gallery
Optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature
Description: When soldiers stationed in the local community are mauled to death in the local woods, a wild cat is thought to be the culprit. However, two sisters, begin to suspect that their brother who has been locked in their cellar for 30 years may be responsible. This creepy early 70s horror starring Beryl Reid (Psychomania) and Flora Robson (Eye of the Devil, Fragment of Fear) carries a brooding tension that is both claustrophobic and horrible. A bonafide cult classic.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
2K RESTORATION FROM A 4K SCAN OF THE ORIGINAL NEGATIVE
Audio commentary by associate producer Christopher Neame and executive producer Tony Tenser, moderated by author John Hamilton
Audio Commentary By Film Critics David Flint and Allan Bryce
Beats in the Cellar - An Interview with Composer Tony Macaulay
Beast in the Cells - An Interview with Editor Nicholas Napier-Bell
Sound From the Cellar - An Interview with Sound Camera Operator Graham V. Hartstone
Getting in the Cellar - An Interview with Actor Christopher Chittell
Original Trailer
Optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature
Description: K2, a 28,250-foot mountain in Pakistan's Karakoram Range, is the setting for this adrenaline-pumping action-adventure. It's a race against time when a retired mountain climber (Chris O'Donnell) leads a rescue mission to save his estranged sister (Robin Tunney) and other members of her team who have become trapped on K2 after a deadly avalanche. Martin Campbell, the celebrated director of The Mask of Zorro and GoldenEye, delivers high-voltage action and exhilarating suspense in a film that pits man against his own limitations and the awesome power of nature's uncontrollable elements.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
High-definition presentation
Audio Commentary by Director Martin Campbell and Producer Lloyd Phillips
Vertigo Magic Featurette
As Easy As Falling Off A Cliff Featurette
Avalanche Featurette
The Death Zone Featurette
Peak Performers Featurette
Elixir Of Life Featurette
Original Trailer
Stills Gallery
Optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature
Description: By the early 1980s, Jackie Chan's popularity made him box-office gold. Thus when, midway through filming the sequel to his hit The Fearless Hyena, Chan walked off the production to defect to rival studio Golden Harvest, producer Lo Wei opted to complete the film with the help of stunt doubles and recycled footage. The result—the tale of two lazy cousins (Chan and Austin Wai Tin-chi) who join forces to avenge the deaths of their fathers—may not be pure Chan, but there are plenty of loony pleasures (including our hero fighting an adversary with his feet!) to be had.
The ones that already have a US BD also appear to be UK-only, along with a couple others. This, rather inadequate announcement, also fails to mention that there will be a BD-only release of the Project A Collection for those of us who can't drop $100 on 2 movies that likely will enjoy a subjectively marginal upgrade in 4K, considering the nature of their cinematography.
Given the end results, it's somewhat ironic that the cover of Fearless Hyena Part II obscures the first letter of its stars name, reading: "Tacky Chan".
For anyone wondering about Vertical Limit, I compared the special features to the existing UK release and the old mone is better.
The old release has all of the features and commentary listed above for the new disc, but also included the 'Surviving The Limit' production featurette, some trailers and credits.
As the new release doesn't mention any new scan or added benefits, then go forn the old one.
I have only seen Inspector Wears Skirts 1, and it is Ok. For me it’s too much of a screwball romantic comedy thing and not enough fight scenes with Cynthia Rothrock. Her fight scenes in it are really well done though. How are the sequels? Any of them any good? Are they more comedy again for do they bring in more action than the first one had?
@callahan09: To answer your question, here's a fun anecdote: I once met Kara Hui at an official event and got her to sign a bunch of DVDs. Among them were old Shaw Brothers' kung-fu spectaculars and The Inspector Wears Skirts II (I hadn't seen any of that series at the time; I just grabbed this one in a hurry because I wanted her to sign one were she was prominently on the cover and that was the only one I had where she was). Anyway, she grabbed the pile and started signing them, commenting on the movies as she went along. She seemed super proud of her Shaw work (as she should), especially Cat vs Rat, which she had a lot of fun making, Eight-Diagram Pole Fighter, Lady is the Boss, and My Young Auntie. Then she grabbed the Inspector Wears Skirts DVD. She looked at it in disbelief for a second, then me, then she asked dumbfounded "did you buy that?!". I could tell, all the good she might have thought of my movie tastes went right out the window the moment she saw that DVD. You've been warned.
Haha that's a hilarious story @takeshi2010, thank you for sharing! I'm gonna be honest, I'm addicted to 70s thru 90s Hong Kong movies of all flavors and I'll probably buy the 3 sequel anyway, but I'm not under any delusions that they'll actually be any good haha.
Regarding the reference to a "fresh transfer" in relation to "Shock Waves", we'll have to see if further technical details are provided. Otherwise, it may be the same transfer used by the existing Blue Underground version.
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