new police story coming to region 1....

saltysam · Post by **saltysam** » 23 Mar 2006, 22:17

specs could be wrong but english dub with cantonese subtitles

http://www.davisdvd.com/news/news.html

gasteropod · Post by **gasteropod** » 23 Mar 2006, 22:54

They incorrectly refer to it as a sequel...

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 23 Mar 2006, 23:12

Semi-sequel would be more accurate.
There's a reason why it's called "New Police Story" IMO.

thelostdragon · Post by **thelostdragon** » 24 Mar 2006, 00:22

English dub? That's kinda pointless. Even more because of the "I hate English (dubbing)"-feature on the disc.

Cool extras, though. Might get it.

gojensen · Post by **gojensen** » 24 Mar 2006, 09:48

So... it has Cantonese subs (on a US R1 disc?!) but no original soundtrack?

Hmm...

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 24 Mar 2006, 11:37

BTW, I've never seen any "cantonese subs" anywhere before.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 24 Mar 2006, 11:39

Maybe they just mean Chinese subs?

Does seem a bit wierd to offer Chinese subs but only an English dub????

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 24 Mar 2006, 15:16

There's no such thing as Cantonese Subs - it's obviously a mistake.

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 24 Mar 2006, 23:22

Looks like Sony's marketing dept. have been collectively hitting the bong.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 26 Mar 2006, 23:27

I'm willing to bet it's:

English dub
Chinese subs

That wouldn't be uncommon for New Line. That said WTF? -

"I Hate English (dubbing)" featurettes"

The extras don't look to bad but I'd say the HK DVD is still the winner. Only the Selected Scene Commentary looks like a worthwhile addition.

thelostdragon · Post by **thelostdragon** » 26 Mar 2006, 23:45

Yes... Jackie Chan commentaries are a rarity. Even on HK discs, so it's not due to his bad English (which has become really good IMO).

The JC commentary on the Columbia/Tristar DVD release of "Georgeous" is the only reason why I bought this cut version of the film. IIRC there are also a few scenes in it that are not in the HK cut. But lucky I have the HK disc as well. Love Stephen Chow's guest appearance in it.

The DVD of "Shanghai Noon" also features him on the commentary along with Owen Wilson and director Tom Dey. However, he isn't sitting with them in the studio which they mention during the commentary. The scenes he comments on are played from a recording as he was busy with shooting "The Accidental Spy" in Korea. He has some interesting stories to share, though.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 27 Mar 2006, 09:33

That sounds interesting LD, may pick up Shanghai Noon then

(Don't laugh, was a good fun film IMO!)

thelostdragon · Post by **thelostdragon** » 27 Mar 2006, 10:06

Filmwise, I liked "Shanghai Noon" the most of all JC Hollywood-films. I love the first fight against the Indians. He does that wonderful slo-mo roundhouse kick in the little water stream which looks just awesome, combined with a great sound effect.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 27 Mar 2006, 10:12

Shanghai Knights was good fun too

thelostdragon · Post by **thelostdragon** » 27 Mar 2006, 11:14

Yeah, but it wasn't as good as the first part. The music in part 1 was better and the cinematography was better, too in my opinion. Jackie's acting was also really good in the first part. The jokes weren't as childish as in part 2 with that Charlie Chaplin-kid-freak either. One thing that was better in part 2 though were the fights. I liked the market scene fight and the library fight. Unfortunately, the Donnie vs. Jackie fight was wasted.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 27 Mar 2006, 11:19

Yeah, I thought the kid in "Knights" was annoying.

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 27 Mar 2006, 13:07

Personally I thought Knights was painful to sit through and found it utterly terrible.

thelostdragon wrote:Unfortunately, the Donnie vs. Jackie fight was wasted.

Definitely, the action was badly shot and what happens in the end? Donnie is blown up by a firework?! What a fucking cop out.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 27 Mar 2006, 19:07

I couldn't agree more Eva. I like Noon but Knights was awful.

saltysam · Post by **saltysam** » 12 May 2006, 12:58

review of the region 1 disc here

http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/read.php?ID=21623

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 12 May 2006, 13:20

Stupid dubtitles.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 12 May 2006, 13:33

Wouldn't it have been easier and cheaper to just buy the HK English subs?