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Posted on 05.09.06 by David @ 9:28 am
Joy Sales has released a complete list of movies from the Fortune Star catalogue that it intends to remaster and re-release on DVD. The majority of it is already available on DVD, and some of it is already available on clean anamorphic DVD, but here are some highlights. * Dreadnaught - This Yuen Biao starrer directed by Yuen Woo-ping is a personal favorite of mine, and features what may be the most amazing lion dance scenes ever committed to film. Also, medicine fu, dry-cleaning fu, and tailor fu. * The Fate of Lee Khan - Any release from King Hu is good news, though Raining in the Mountain still remains unavailable outside of a gorgeous but expensive French import. * Hapkido (aka Lady Kung Fu) - Finally, an Angela Mao film is seeing the light of day. Fu fans will recognize her as Bruce Lee’s little sister in Enter the Dragon. She has a huge back catalogue just waiting to be exploited, and this is a start. * Peking Opera Blues - Tsui Hark’s gender-bender operatic dramedy, with Brigitte Lin. Some think it’s the best HK movie ever made, others among our correspondents found it a big disappointment. Personally, I fall somewhere in between. Worth seeing for yourself though. Also, while I usually find Sally Yeh annoying (as in The Killer), here she’s cute as a button. * Dragons Forever - Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung, and Yuen Biao, the Dream Team. * The Miracle Fighters - Yuen clan wackiness, including a giant animated hammer man that looks like he escaped from a Peter Gabriel video. * Sex and Zen - The ultimate insane category III arty sex comedy. Only rivalled by A Chinese Torture Chamber Story, which isn’t the least bit arty. * One-Armed Boxer - More one-armed hijinks from Jimmy Wang Yu, perhaps the only actor in history to be typecast as missing an arm despite having a full set. Followed by the amazing Master of the Flying Guillotine. ![]() Sadly, many films which are very difficult to pick up did not make the list, including Devil Fetus (a wonderfully disgusting horror film), Robotrix (Amy Yip meets Robocop), I Love Maria (Sally Yeh meets Short Circuit) and numerous Angela Mao and Jimmy Wang Yu films. ::: Complete List of Titles to be Remastered ::: Fortune Star Catalogue Complete List (Excel File) Filed under: Movie News and Movie News: Hong Kong and DVD News and DVD News: Hong Kong and People: Stephen Chow Sing Chi and People: Sammo Hung and People: Jackie Chan Comments: 2 Comments |









