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Boom! 4K Chan

Eureka brings us three of Jackie Chan‘s (Drunken Master, City Hunter, Jackie Chan’s Who Am I?, Rush Hour, Shanghai Knights, Police Story: Lockdown) most iconic films, that show off his unique style of action, comedy and martial arts. After spending years as an uncredited extra, he suddenly became an overnight success in the late 1970s, and the legend of Jackie Chan was born. He is a writer, director and an unsurpassed stunt performer who has become loved in the Asian and Western cinemas.

1985 Hong Kong and Police Story heralds the dawn of the rise of Jackie Chan as a Western action hero. With Police Story I, II and III we see Chan’s finest stunt action work which he is now famous for, and this franchise has spawned six films ranging from 1985 – 2015.

Officer Chan Ka Kui (Chan) is a detective in the Hong Kong police force and a member of “Operation Boar Hunt” a task force brought together to take down drug/crime lord Chu Tao (Chor Yuen, The Seventh Curse, Hong Kong Graffiti). Headed by Supt. Raymond Li (Kwok-Hung Lam, Project A 2), he sets up a sting for Tao who is holed up in a shanty town just outside Hong Kong.

This sees one of the classic stunts in cinema history as the chase for Tao continues and some of Chan’s classic stunts.

Chan is successful in apprehending Tao, and they need his secretary Selina Fong (Brigitte Lin, Lady in Black, The Eagle Shooting Heroes) to testify against him, but this does not go the way Chan wants it as Toa does not want that to happen. This puts Chan’s relationship with May (Maggie Cheung, Hero, Comrades: Almost a Love Story) under great strain as he fights to protect his ward (great comedy).

Police story Two continues the story of Chan and the police force against Tao and then there is the leap into Police Story III: Super Cop where Chan teams up with the female power house that is Michelle Yeoh (Mechanic Resurrection, Star Trek: Discovery, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) up against a Chinese drug czar Chaibat (Kenneth Tsang, The Killer, The Replacement Killers), a drug lord based in Hong Kong, this one sees Chan step back from directing and puts this action packed film in the hands of Stanley Tong (First Strike, Rumble in the Bronx) with the first of their collaborations. Supercop is an all out action blockbuster, and fits in beautifully in this limited edition 4K release from Eureka.

Supercop is also out on Blu-ray from Eureka and if you already have Police Story 1 and II on Blu-ray from Eureka, this is the perfect way to make a cracking action packed trilogy.

Supercop sees Michelle Yeoh recreating some of the iconic stunts that Jackie did in the first Police Story, showing that she is just as crazy as he is in doing these epic stunts. Awesome mind-blowing stuff.

Jackie Chan films can never be equalled, never mind surpassed.

THE POLICE STORY TRILOGY 4K Ultra HD is out now.

Special Features

DISC ONE – POLICE STORY (1985)

4K (2160p) UHD presentation of the original Hong Kong theatrical cut | 1080p HD presentation of the alternate “Police Force” export cut of the film | Hong Kong Version– Original Cantonese mono audio, as well as optional restored 5.1 DTS-HD MA | Hong Kong Theatrical Version– Classic English dub (original mono) | Hong Kong Theatrical Version– Brand-new audio commentary with Asian film experts Frank Djeng (NY Asian Film Festival) and F.J. DeSanto | Hong Kong Theatrical Version– Brand-new audio commentary with action cinema experts Mike Leeder & Arne Venema | Police Force Version– Option of either the classic English dub track or a rare alternate audio track featuring the original Cantonese audio mixed with the Kevin Bassinson score | Newly revised English subtitles | Archival interview with Jackie Chan | Alternate and Deleted Scenes | Archival “Jackie Chan Stunts” promo | Trailers, including the films’ original theatrical and export trailers

 

DISC TWO – POLICE STORY 2 (1988)

4K (2160p) UHD presentation of the Extended cut of the film |  1080p HD presentation of the original Hong Kong theatrical version | 1080p HD presentation of the alternate export version | Extended Version– Original Cantonese mono audio, as well as optional restored 5.1 DTS-HD MA | Extended Version– English dub presented in restored 5.1 DTS-HD MA | Extended Version– Brand-new audio commentary with Asian film experts Frank Djeng (NY Asian Film Festival) and F.J. DeSanto | Extended Version– Brand-new audio commentary with action cinema experts Mike Leeder & Arne Venema | Hong Kong Theatrical Version– Original Cantonese mono audio | Hong Kong Theatrical Version– Archival audio commentary with Miles Wood and Jude Poyer | Export Version– Classic English dub track | Newly revised English subtitles | “Jackie Chan” episode of Son of the Incredibly Strange Film Show– documentary on Jackie Chan’s early career from cult film documentary series, presented by Jonathan Ross | Archival interview with actor and stuntman Benny Lai | Outtakes |Trailers, including the films’ original theatrical and export trailers

 

DISC THREE – POLICE STORY 3: SUPERCOP (1992)

4K (2160p) UHD presentation of the original Hong Kong theatrical cut from a brand-new restoration of the original film elements \ 1080p HD presentation of the alternate US version | Hong Kong Theatrical Version– Original Cantonese mono audio, as well as an optional alternate Cantonese audio track featuring original, unaltered, sound effects | Hong Kong Theatrical Version– Brand new Cantonese Dolby Atmos Surround Sound Audio | Hong Kong Theatrical Version– Classic English dub track | Hong Kong Theatrical Version– Brand-new audio commentary with Asian film experts Frank Djeng (NY Asian Film Festival) and F.J. DeSanto | Hong Kong Theatrical Version– Brand-new audio commentary with action cinema experts Mike Leeder & Arne Venema | US Version– “American English” dub track, including Jackie Chan and Michelle Yeoh voicing their own characters | US Version– Original Cantonese audio | Newly translated English subtitles | Brand-new interview with Stunt Coordinator and Action Film Historian John Kreng | New featurette on rarely seen Jackie Chan video games, Kung Fu Master&Fists of Fireby Arne Venema | New featurette on the filming locations of thePolice Storytrilogy | Archival interview with Jackie Chan | Archival interview with Michelle Yeoh | Archival interview with director Stanley Tong | Archival interview with Jackie Chan’s long-time bodyguard and co-star Ken Lo | Outtakes from the film | Trailers |