Eureka Classics finds intrigue with SUPER SPIES AND SECRET LIES (review)

Hong Kong jumps into Bondmania with a trio of spy capers from Lo Wei and Chang Cheh.  In THE GOLDEN BUDDHA, a businessman gets entangled in murder and a treasure hunt when his luggage gets switched.  In ANGEL WITH IRON FISTS, Lily Ho is Agent 009 who infiltrates a gang of diamond thieves and discovers a supervillain bent on world domination.  In THE SINGING THIEF, an ex-con with ambitions to become a music star is the chief suspect in a series of robberies using his modus operandi in this Hong Kong take on TO CATCH A THIEF.

REVIEW LINK: Eureka Video (US/UK) Region A/B Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

SUPER SPIES AND SECRET LIES Blu-ray specs:

• Disc One:
• The Golden Buddha:
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.35:1 Widescreen
• Mandarin LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by action cinema experts Mike Leeder and Arne Venema
• Angel with Iron Fists:
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.35:1 Widescreen
• Mandarin LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by action cinema experts Mike Leeder and Arne Venema
• Disc Two:
• The Singing Thief:
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.35:1 Widescreen
• Mandarin LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by action cinema experts Mike Leeder and Arne Venema
• "International Super Spies" interview with James Bond expert Llewella Chapman
• "From Hong Kong with Love" interview with Hong Kong cinema scholar Wayne Wong, editor of Martial Arts Studies
• Limited edition of 2,000 copies includes an O-Card slipcase featuring new artwork by Darren Wheeling, reversible sleeve featuring individual sleeve artwork for each film, and a collector's booklet featuring new writing on all three films by Iain Robert Smith, author of "The Hollywood Meme: Transnational Adaptations in World Cinema". 

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Radiance Films pursues THE MAN FROM MAJORCA (review)

What do a post office heist, the body of a bum found in a garden shed, and a young ex-con run down by a car all have in common?  A pair of vice cops become entangled in murder and political conspiracies in the Swedish thriller THE MAN FROM MAJORCA from Bo Widerberg (ELVIRA MADIGAN).

REVIEW LINK: Radiance Films (UK) Region ALL Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

THE MAN FROM MAJORCA Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.66:1 Widescreen
• Swedish LPCM 2.0 Stereo
• Interview with Barry Forshaw, author of "Nordic Noir"
• Interview with assistant director Harald Hamrell
• 1983 on-set reportage
• 1984 interview with director Bo Widerberg
• Limited edition of 3000 copies, presented in full-height Scanavo packaging with removable OBI strip leaving packaging free of certificates and markings.
  Comes with a reversible sleeve featuring designs based on original posters, and a booklet featuring new writing.

Radiance Films hunts THE CAT (review)

Two robbers take the staff of a bank hostage one early morning drawing a massive police response.  As the robbers keep one step ahead of the police, the chief officer realizes that there is a third man on the outside watching and listening in on everything they do in this landmark eighties German thriller from Dominik Graf starring Gotz George (TATORT) and Heinz Hoenig (DAS BOOT).

REVIEW LINK: Radiance Films (US/UK) Region ALL Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

THE CAT Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 Widescreen
• German DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and LPCM 2.0 Stereo
• Optional English Subtitles
• "Good Times" interview with director Dominik Graf
• "Beyond Good and Evil" interview with screenwriter Christoph Fromm
• "Against All Odds" interview with producer Georg Feil
• Select Scene Commentary by director Dominik Graf
• Theatrical Trailer

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