Fiercely-independent Taiwanese filmmaker Joseph Kuo's alternately shoddy, epic, quirky, and never dull martial arts oeuvre gets a mammoth overview in the eight film set CINEMATIC VENGEANCE!
REVIEW LINK: Eureka Video (UK) Region B Blu-ray (DVDCompare)
CINEMATIC VENGEANCE! Blu-ray specs:
- Disc One:
- The 7 Grandmasters (1977):
- 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.35:1 Widescreen
- Mandarin, Cantonese, and English LPCM 1.0 Mono Audio Options
- Optional English Subtitles
- Audio Commentary by Asian film expert Frank Djeng and martial artist/filmmaker Michael Worth
- The 36 Deadly Styles (1982):
- 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.35:1 Widescreen
- Mandarin and English LPCM 1.0 Mono Audio Options
- Optional English Subtitles
- Audio Commentary by action cinema experts Mike Leeder and Arne Venema
- Disc Two:
- The World of Drunken Master (1979):
- 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.35:1 Widescreen
- Mandarin, Cantonese, and English LPCM 1.0 Mono Audio Options
- Optional English Subtitles
- Audio Commentary by Asian film expert Frank Djeng and martial artist/filmmaker Michael Worth
- The Old Master (1979):
- 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.35:1 Widescreen
- Mandarin, Cantonese, and English LPCM 1.0 Mono Audio Options
- Optional English Subtitles
- Audio Commentary by action cinema experts Mike Leeder and Arne Venema
- Disc Three:
- Shaolin Kung Fu (1974):
- 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.35:1 Widescreen
- Mandrin and English LPCM 1.0 Mono Audio Options
- Optional English Subtitles
- Audio Commentary by action cinema experts Mike Leeder and Arne Venema
- The Shaolin Kids (1975):
- 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.35:1 Widescreen
- Mandarin and English LPCM 1.0 Mono Audio Options
- Optional English Subtitles
- Audio Commentary by action cinema experts Mike Leeder and Arne Venema
- Disc Four:
- 18 Bronzemen (1976):
- Japanese Version:
- 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.35:1 Widescreen
- Mandarin LPCM 1.0 Mono
- Optional English Subtitles
- Audio Commentary by Asian film expert Frank Djeng and film writer John Charles
- Hong Kong Version:
- 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.35:1 Widescreen (with SD inserts)
- Mandarin and English LPCM 1.0 Mono Audio Options
- Optional English Subtitles
- Return of the 18 Bronzemen (1976):
- 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.35:1 Widescreen
- Mandarin and English LPCM 1.0 Mono Audio Options
- Optional English Subtitles
- Audio Commentary by Asian film expert Frank Djeng and film writer John Charles
- Comes in a limited edition hardbound case featuring newly commissioned artwork by Darren Wheeling with a 60-page booklet featuring new writing on the films included in the set by James Oliver, illustrated with archival imagery and materials, as well as a set of 8 facsimile lobby cards.
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