French DVDs and Blu-Rays of Asian Movies

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 21 Sep 2006, 15:56

That cover for "The Promise" is beautiful

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 26 Sep 2006, 14:27

Update:

Studio Canal will be busy in October.

2:35 anamorphic, DD 5.1 Cantonese (no DTS), French subs, Interviews.

Same specs as usual + audio commentary and interviews.

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 28 Sep 2006, 13:53

Update:

HK Vidéo will release a second boxset in the Contes du Sabre series in November (the first boxset had Patrick Tam's The Sword and Duel to the Death).

It will contain The Sword of Many Lovers (Poon Man-Kit - Leon Lai - Cheung Man)

And Handsome Siblings (Eric Tsang - Andy Lau - Brigitte Lin)

Don't pay attention to the covers, they're from the old french VHS.

Knetan · Post by **Knetan** » 28 Sep 2006, 15:23

hey,

am not looking to upgrade either of those. Both being fairly ordinary 90s wuxia efforts and Sword Of Many Loves was definitely too long. But it's still great to see someone unearth these flicks again.

HungFist · Post by **HungFist** » 05 Oct 2006, 20:46

dvdrama Cat III reviews
EBOLA SYNDROME
RAPED BY AN ANGEL
DAUGHTER OF DARKNESS
RED TO KILL
RUN AND KILL

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 05 Oct 2006, 22:29

HK Vidéo: they've got balls... 8)

Knetan · Post by **Knetan** » 06 Oct 2006, 04:10

hey,

doesn't suggest uncut versions have been located (especially sad if so in regards to Run And Kill as Laser Paradise in Germany used an uncut print to cut up their version). Still, it's welcome.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 06 Oct 2006, 19:00

Is the Tai Seng DVD of RBAA the same as the HK DVD?

Knetan · Post by **Knetan** » 06 Oct 2006, 19:12

hey,

yea, the universe dvd with a Tai Seng sticker.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 06 Oct 2006, 19:20

Are interviews the only IA2/3 extras? My god they've taken their time with those.

MOAG looks lovely but it's bound to twice the price to the R1 which is also 2 discs. We got fleased on UK R2 (and R4 I suspect) with only a cut down 1 disc version, there is a R3 2 Disc DVD.

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 06 Oct 2006, 20:16

Are interviews the only IA2/3 extras?

IA2:
16-minute in-depth interview with Cast and Crew. Supposed to be quite interesting.

IA3:
13-minute interview with Cast and Crew (same ones, different segments).

"How can we make the second movie interesting ?"

"I was too tired and not motivated enough to do IA3."

"I chose the craziest character."

My god they've taken their time with those.

Originally they wanted to release them both in theaters first, but they changed their minds.

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 06 Oct 2006, 20:22

Update:

November 14th... HK Vidéo... Sonny Chiba's Killing Machine

Don't ask me why the original french title is Shaolin Karaté.
I really don't know.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 06 Oct 2006, 20:27

Originally they wanted to release them both in theaters first, but they changed their minds.

Even so the UK discs came out yonks ago.

Those extras suck, where's the IA2 commentary? Admittedly it never made it to the UK or R4 discs but I'm sure those at least had a bit more.

HungFist · Post by **HungFist** » 06 Oct 2006, 20:42

I think Shaolin Karate is closer to the original title; Shôrinji kenpô, while The Killing Machine sounds more like a made for US grind house cinemas title.

Interesting to see how HK Video compares with the other releases. I have the Adness which is pretty good, but has incorrect color scheme. Optimum has the intended green tint and even seems to feature a native PAL transfer but still... well... it's Optimum. Probably a dvd-5.

I'll think wait for Toei before getting another release of this film

thelostdragon · Post by **thelostdragon** » 06 Oct 2006, 23:41

bradavon wrote:We got fleased on UK R2 (and R4 I suspect) with only a cut down 1 disc version, there is a R3 2 Disc DVD.

The UK disc is cut? Or cut down in respect of the fact that there is only one disc? The German disc does only have 1 disc, too. Why? Idiots.

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 07 Oct 2006, 00:20

Rrraaaaahh !!

If only it had DTS.

Such a beautiful cover.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 07 Oct 2006, 08:58

Knetan wrote:hey,

yea, the universe dvd with a Tai Seng sticker.

Thanks. I read RBAA was cut by the HK censors and THEN chopped a further 11 minutes by the BBFC (!)

LD, Brad just means our release of MOAG is "cut down" in terms of extras, he doesnt mean the film is cut - right Brad?

Knetan · Post by **Knetan** » 07 Oct 2006, 09:49

hey,

unless HKV have restored bits, although I doubt/can't confirm, these dvd's are as complete as it gets currently.

Despite, I would consider getting Ebola, Run and Red and doing subtitles for them.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 07 Oct 2006, 09:54

I might get the Tai Seng RBAA disc at some point to check it out, not sure

Naked Killer was a fun and entertaining CAT III so how is this?

HungFist · Post by **HungFist** » 07 Oct 2006, 10:09

Knetan wrote: Despite, I would consider getting Ebola, Run and Red and doing subtitles for them.

I would consider getting them them if someone made subs for them

Knetan · Post by **Knetan** » 07 Oct 2006, 12:03

hey,

Raped By An Angel merely has its striking title and poster art. Otherwise is pretty much a standard Wong Jing exercise within the rating. Lots of dopey humour, fairly menacing tone at times and of course, the best comeuppance for a bad guy...EVER. So you'll get through it but don't pay a lot for it.
http://www.sogoodreviews.com/reviews/r.htm#raped1

Run And Kill subs I'll gladly type up. Ebola and red of course needs re-timing as they have releases where they're optional.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 07 Oct 2006, 12:18

The Tai Seng DVD (which is the same as the Universe disc) is about a fiver from HK Flix AFAIK.

thelostdragon · Post by **thelostdragon** » 07 Oct 2006, 12:27

DVD Compare says the HK disc is uncut?
http://www.dvdcompare.net/comparisons/film.php?fid=2803

Knetan · Post by **Knetan** » 07 Oct 2006, 12:40

hey,

bullshit.

Anyone with eyes and ears will be able to detect where Hong Kong censors required cuts to even get the III rating.

"The cuts aren't hard to spot (music cues 'jump' awkwardly) but for those that must know: references to anal rape, forced oral sex, and the details of the chainsaw dismemberment and subsequent acid purging of the body parts have all been significantly reduced."

http://www.sexgoremutants.co.uk/rangel.html

thelostdragon · Post by **thelostdragon** » 07 Oct 2006, 12:45

So is there a version out there that contains these scenes? Or would JoySales look for the original prints and re-submit them to the HK board?