Mei Ah "Grand Collection" Boxsets

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 12 Dec 2005, 11:34

Was browsing through ADVDG and these caught my eye:

A Grand Collection Of Swordsman II Box Set (does this mean Swordsman 2 and 3 then?)

Swordsman 2 (1991)

Letterboxed and 16x9 enhanced
Cantonese, Mandarin (DTS + Dolby Digital)
Chinese (Traditional), English, and Chinese (Simplified) subtitles

East Is Red (1992)

Letterboxed and 16x9 enhanced
Cantonese, Mandarin (DTS + Dolby Digital)
Chinese (Traditional), English, and Chinese (Simplified) subtitles

Mei Ah December 9 DVD Covers/Synopsis
On The Mountain Of Tai Hang (2005)
Director: Wei Lian
Cast: Tony Leung Ka Fai, Wong Wufu, Xu Guangming, Liu Dekai

Synopsis
On the Mountain of Tai Hang tells the story of the Sino-Japanese war and the commander-in-chief, Zhu De, leading the main force of the Eighth Route Army to the battlefront against the Japanese invaders. Presented are several important campaigns, from September 1937 to May 1940, including the Pingxingguan victory, the surprise attack on Yangmingbao, Xinkou campaign and Huangtuling campaign, where Abuguixiu, lieutenant general of the Japanese army, was shot down. The film also reflects the close relationship between the Eighth Route Army and the people.
Letterboxed and 16x9 enhanced
Mandarin (DTS + Dolby Digital)
Chinese (Traditional), English, and Chinese (Simplified) subtitles
DVD-9

A Grand Collection Of Black Mask Box Set
Black Mask (1996)
Director: Daniel Lee
Cast: Jet Li, Lau Ching Wan, Karen Mok, Francoise Yip

Letterboxed and 16x9 enhanced
Cantonese, Mandarin (DTS + Dolby Digital)
Chinese (Traditional), English, and Chinese (Simplified) subtitles

Black Mask 2 (2002)
Director: Tsui Hark
Cast: Andy On, Tobin Bell, Jon Polito

Letterboxed and 16x9 enhanced
Cantonese, Mandarin (DTS + Dolby Digital)
Chinese (Traditional), English, and Chinese (Simplified) subtitles

I hear Black Mask is good, Black Mask 2 is supposed to be crap, so crap even Romero won't touch it

I'm interested in the Swordsman and Black Mask sets, and the standalone movie (On The Mountain of Tai Hang) looks good also.

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 12 Dec 2005, 13:21

the standalone movie (On The Mountain of Tai Hang) looks good also.

https://www.bulletsnbabesdvd.com/forums/ ... .php?t=926

I saw it recently. Well shot but not very good.
Too much propaganda for my taste.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 12 Dec 2005, 13:26

Yes Grim these are just re-releases of the existing DVDs but in box set form.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 12 Dec 2005, 13:45

Tom re: Chinese Taeguki,
Merci

Is there a DVD available? The trailer makes it look decent IMO

Brad,
Do you think the Swordsman/Black Mask boxsets are worth getting? What about Running Out of Time?

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 12 Dec 2005, 15:39

Black Mask no as I hear Black Mask 2 is awful. The rest I don't know as I've not seen them but they have their fans.

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 12 Dec 2005, 16:07

Swordsman 2 (1991)
Inferior to the first Swordsman movie despite the presence of Jet Li and Brigitte Lin but still a good WuXia.

East Is Red (1992)
AKA Swordsman 3. The best of all three movies IMO. You can't go wrong with Brigitte Lin and Joey Wong.

On The Mountain Of Tai Hang (2005)
Well-shot war movie full of propaganda.

Black Mask (1996)
Low-budget dark superhero movie that would have been extremely crappy if there hadn't been Jet Li and Karen Mok in it.

Black Mask 2 (2002)
Haven't seen it yet, but some people have been comparing it to Legend of Zu, so I'm sure it's good.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 12 Dec 2005, 16:11

Agree about Joey Wong and Brigitte Lin

Is Black Mask available by itself?

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 12 Dec 2005, 16:16

I've seen all of those your mention, Grim, except the new Mainland movie, and I would recommend BLACK MASK and SWORDSMAN II.

EAST IS RED is generally regarded as the weakest of the trilogy, BLACK MASK 2 is hated, but it's mediocre rather than abysmal, and I didn't care at all for the over-rated RUNNING OUT OF TIME. I actually preferred the much-maligned sequel, but wouldn't buy it.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 12 Dec 2005, 16:20

Thankyou Mark and Tom

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 12 Dec 2005, 17:00

EAST IS RED is generally regarded as the weakest of the trilogy

No wonder I love it.

BLACK MASK 2 is hated

I'll probably update the Top 10 in my sig after watching it.

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 12 Dec 2005, 17:12

Tom: the arbiter of bad taste.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 12 Dec 2005, 17:24

Romerojpg and Tom2681: Loves the films you hate! (R)

gasteropod · Post by **gasteropod** » 12 Dec 2005, 17:59

Black Mask isn't available in uncut form, though, is it? Well, on a decent DVD anyway.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 12 Dec 2005, 18:16

The HK DVD is uncut, no?

Isnt the Taiwanese version for a different market? Thats in Mandarin anyway.

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 12 Dec 2005, 18:43

The HK DVD is cut as per the theatrical version.

The Taiwanese DVD is uncut, but Mandarin dubbed only.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 12 Dec 2005, 18:50

The thing is guys to get it truly uncut you have to put up with the woefully unwatchable Taiwanese DVD.

Which has AWFUL AV and even poorer burnt in subs. Don't bother and get the Remastered HK DVD.

grim_tales wrote:Is Black Mask available by itself?

Yep and it has been for some time.

Bugger it used to be £5.99 at CD WOW but they no longer stock it. I hate when that happens

. Try e-mailing them, if not pay a bit more and get it from DDDHouse.

CD WOW do have Swordman 2 though:

http://www.cd-wow.com/detail_results_2. ... code=19326

gasteropod · Post by **gasteropod** » 12 Dec 2005, 20:53

I'd rather wait for a decent uncut DVD than buy one that is cut.

thelostdragon · Post by **thelostdragon** » 13 Dec 2005, 10:49

The German DVD of "Black Mask" is uncut as well. But it doesn't feature English subs. These DVD companies are so dumb. Don't they know they are releasing an exclusive DVD? Why not put English subs on it (which costs like nothing) and by doing so increase the sales.

As for "On the Mountain of Tai Hang"... I saw the trailer back in August or so and as soon as it was up for pre-order at YesAsia, I ordered it. Should be here by the end of this year.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 13 Dec 2005, 11:31

thelostdragon wrote:The German DVD of "Black Mask" is uncut as well.

What's the quality like?

It's definitely the same cut as the Taiwanese DVD?

gasteropod wrote:I'd rather wait for a decent uncut DVD than buy one that is cut.

I can't see it ever coming though. The uncut version was only released in Taiwan (like The Killer and Hard Boiled extended cuts) and going by past experiance I can't see this changing anytime soon.

A French company may release the Taiwnese cut but it will be like The Killer and be tosh quality.

Remember the HK DVD isn't really cut it's just the Taiwanese cut is an extended cut, that's a better way of looking at it.

The HK cut is the official cut. It may even be the DC??? That said strangely the English dub only R1 which is also cut features some of the footage from the Taiwanese cut.

ReconFive · Post by **ReconFive** » 27 Dec 2005, 08:24

Does anyone know if this new "Jackie Chan's Kung Fu Classic Collection" with "Drunken Master" and "Snake in the Eagles Shadow" is any good?

I've been waiting so long for a dvd of Drunken Master with a decent 2:35:1 OAR and a non-fucked-up audio track.

http://us.yesasia.com/en/PrdDept.aspx/p ... on-videos/

sky75 · Post by **sky75** » 28 Dec 2005, 16:05

Don't they know they are releasing an exclusive DVD? Why not put English subs on it (which costs like nothing) and by doing so increase the sales.

Exactly. what's worse is when you get DVD companies like "Face" in China putting English subtitles on the director's cut of Hero but then ruining the film by having a logo pop up every 10 minutes or so which cannot be removed unless you watch the film without English subtitles. :x they would have made an absolute fortune if they hadn't done that especially since large parts of the English-speaking world hadn't even received hero at the cinema at the time of release let alone the directors cut.