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• 2046 | DVD | (23/05/2005) from £10.48   |  Saving you £12.50 (166.89%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Director Wong Kar-Wai goes focuses on the imagination of a sci-fi writer in this avant garde offering.

• House Of Flying Daggers | DVD | (02/05/2005) from £5.04   |  Saving you £14.95 (296.63%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The central force in the film is a shadowy revolutionary alliance known as the House of Flying Daggers. Their leader is assassinated, but a mysterious new leader quickly takes over.

• Police Story | DVD | (24/09/2001) from £10.49   |  Saving you £9.50 (90.56%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Jackie Chan has become a genre unto himself, and watching Police Story, you'll understand why. The plot is minimal: Chan is a hero cop involved in a raid that goes wrong. He's assigned to guard a witness, the kingpin's attractive female secretary (Brigitte Lin). For the rest of the film, Chan's protecting himself from the secretary, from the gangsters out to silence her and from his own jealous girlfriend (Maggie Cheung). But watching Chan for plot is like watching porno for existential themes. While most modern action films steal cues from Westerns, Chan condenses those open mesas into the dense throngs of modern Hong Kong--and tosses in Buster Keaton slapstick. For example, when the opening raid goes haywire, there's an unbelievable car chase through the steep huddle of a hillside shantytown. That's through. No roads, just shacks. Flimsy shacks. As the film progresses, Chan scales a speeding bus using an umbrella, uses cow dung as an excuse to break into some Shaolin moonwalking and transforms an urban shopping mall into a demented gymnasium (think clothes racks, escalators, and lots of plate glass displays). Chan is amazingly versatile both physically and emotionally--and he's a secure enough star-director to let his co-stars shine, too. --Grant Balfour

• Odd Couple (Eureka Classics) Special Edition Blu-ray | Blu Ray | (21/03/2022) from £10.75   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Widely considered the greatest classical weapons movie ever made, Odd Couple stars Sammo Hung, Lau Kar-wing (also directing) and Bryan Beardy Leung Kar-yan (Dreadnaught, The Victim) in a classic tale of rivalry and vengeance. Two ageing masters of the spear and sword engage in an epic mountaintop battle every ten years, but the outcome invariably ends in a draw. Realising that neither one of them will ever outclass the other, they each agree to take on a younger student and train them to champion their cause, thus putting an end to their longstanding rivalry. Showcasing some of the most intricate and explosive weapons choreography ever seen, this masterpiece remains a quintessential classic from the Golden Age of Hong Kong Cinema, and now makes its UK debut on Blu-ray from a brand new 2K restoration! Bonus Features Limited Edition O-Card slipcase featuring new artwork by Darren Wheeling Original Cantonese mono audio Optional English dubbed audio Optional English Subtitles Brand new feature length audio commentary by Asian film expert Frank Djeng (NY Asian Film Festival) and martial artist / actor Robert Bobby Samuels Brand new feature length audio commentary by action cinema experts Mike Leeder & Arne Venema Archival interview with director Lau Kar-wing | Archival interview with Bryan Beardy Leung Kar-yan Trailers PLUS: A Limited-Edition collector's booklet featuring new writing by James Oliver

• Casino Tycoon (Blu-ray) | Blu Ray | (26/12/2017) from £16.25   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Mega star actor Andy Lau (INFERNAL AFFAIRS/ A MOMENT OF ROMANCE) teamed up with his GOD OF GAMBLERS muse - director Wong Jing for another classic tale of casino corruption and money making ambition in colonial Macau with 1992's CASINO TYCOON. An instant hit in its native Hong Kong, this slick and suave period thriller, set during World War 2, is a tense adventure into the shady Macanese underworld and should appeal to any buff of the golden age of Cantonese crime shockers! Also starring the stunning Hong Kong cinema legend Chingmy Yau - who became an over night sensation in the West thanks to 1992's torrid actioner NAKED KILLER - CASINO TYCOON is another ace in the sleeve of 88 Films' ever expanding and acclaimed Asian cinema collection!

• RICH AND FAMOUS / TRAGIC HERO (Eureka Classics) Special Edition 2-Disc Blu-ray | Blu Ray | (24/07/2023) from £16.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Eureka Entertainment to release Rich And Famous / Tragic Hero, the triad crime saga of brothers caught up in a war between rival syndicates. Presented as part of the Eureka Classics range in its UK debut on Blu-ray from stunning new restorations. Available from 24 July 2023, the first print run of 2000 copies will feature a Limited-Edition O-card Slipcase and Collector's Booklet. A two-film saga influenced by The Godfather and Once Upon a Time in America, Taylor Wong's Rich and Famous and Tragic Hero tell a decades-spanning tale of brotherhood and betrayal with a heroic bloodshed twist. In Rich and Famous, in order to pay off a gambling debt two brothers Yung (Alex Man) and Kwok (Andy Lau) enter a dangerous world of violent criminals. Crossing paths with the charismatic gangster Li Ah Chai (Chow Yun Fat), the two brothers join his gang and quickly rise through the ranks. Then in the spectacularly action-packed Tragic Hero, the fortunes of all three characters has changed significantly, with one of the brothers now a violent Triad leader seeking revenge. Also starring Danny Lee (who would reunite with Chow Yun Fat two years later for John Woo's The Killer), Rich and Famous and Tragic Hero make their Blu-ray debuts in the UK from new restorations. Product Features Limited Edition slipcase (First Print Run of 2000 copies only) featuring artwork by Grégory Sacré (Gokaiju) 1080p presentations on Blu-ray from new restorations of the original film elements Original Cantonese audio tracks Optional English dubbed audio options Newly translated English subtitles (optional) Brand new audio commentaries on both films by Asian film expert Frank Djeng (NY Asian Film Festival) Brand new video piece looking at the dubbing of Hong Kong films into English during the 80s, featuring an interview with Simon Broad who was the voice of Chow Yun Fat for the English language releases of many of his films Interview with Manfred Wong (archival) Interview with Michael Mak (archival) Trailers PLUS: A Limited Edition Collector's Booklet (First Print Run of 2000 copies only) featuring new writing on both films by James Oliver *All extras subject to change

• The Wave | DVD | (12/01/2009) from £8.64   |  Saving you £9.35 (108.22%)   |  RRP £17.99

  A high school teacher's unusual experiment to demonstrate to his students what life is like under a dictatorship spins horribly out of control when he forms a social unit with a life of its own.

• The Great Revival | DVD | (03/09/2012) from £5.82   |  Saving you £10.17 (174.74%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Chow Yun Fat (Confucius, Bullet Proof Monk, Crouching Tiger) gives a phenomenal performance as a powerful warlord in this jaw dropping action adventure, with stunning cinematography. Based on a true story, The Great Revival is the epic re-telling of the revolutionary army who rose against the tyranny of an empire to take back their land. This is a star studded heroic journey for freedom against all the odds.

• The Wandering Earth II | Blu Ray | (11/12/2023) from £11.75   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  In the near future, the sun is rapidly expanding and will engulf the Earth within 100 years. To ensure the survival of humankind, nations join hands to form an unprecedented, ambitious global project to build powerful engines on the earth's surface and propel the planet away from impending doom. Meanwhile, protests have broken out to demand the restart of the controversial Digital Life Project, which digitalises human beings after they have passed. Tensions soon escalate and the protestors plan to sabotage the Wandering Earth Project by attacking the Ark Space Station... Based on the popular novella by science fiction author Liu Cixin, The Wandering Earth II is a true sci-fi blockbuster directed by Frant Gwo (The Sacrifice) and starring Andy Lau (House of Flying Daggers, Infernal Affairs) and Wu Jing (The Battle at Lake Changjin, Wolf Warrior).

• SHE SHOOTS STRAIGHT (Eureka Classics) Special Edition Blu-ray | Blu Ray | (18/09/2023) from £14.55   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Tracy Beaker - The Movie Of Me | DVD | (25/07/2005) from £7.27   |  Saving you £-1.32 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.95

  Tracy is loud funny gutsy brittle and creative. She's bright as a button with an answer for everything and always thinks she knows best. Tracy is a born leader who loves bossing everyone around. She has not seen her mum for quite a while and things weren't that great when she was with her. Then on the eve of her 13th birthday...

• Shockwave - Destruction Hong Kong | DVD | (07/06/2021) from £7.09   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  When a bomb went off unexpectedly during a police operation to disarm it, Poon Shing-Fung, a bomb disposal officer, got caught in the blast and thus lost one of his legs. Poon decided to leave the police service. Three years later, the police suspect Poon, who was found in a coma at the spot of a terrorist bombing attack, of being involved in several bombing attacks in the past two years. Poon can hardly remember his past and even his own identity due to Post Traumatic Amnesia. He plans to escape to find out the truth. Meanwhile, knowing the terrorist organization's schemes of destroying Hong Kong landmarks, Poon, as the key person between the police and the terrorist organization, would possibly save or destroy lives of the innocent civilians in the city.

• Last Hurrah For Chivalry & Hand Of Death: Two Films By John Woo (Eureka Classics) Blu-ray edition | Blu Ray | (24/06/2019) from £15.05   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Eureka Entertainment to release LAST HURRAH FOR CHIVALRY & HAND OF DEATH: TWO FILMS BY JOHN WOO, an essential pair of early films from one of the greatest action directors of all time, presented for the first time ever on Blu-ray in the UK in a 2-disc set taken from brand new 2K restorations. Released as part of the Eureka Classics range from 24 June 2019, the first 2000 copies will feature a Limited Edition Collector's booklet. A decade before he would change action filmmaking forever with A Better Tomorrow and The Killer, director John Woo was directing martial-arts films for the two biggest studios in Hong Kong, Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest. Under the mentorship of the great Chang Cheh (Five Deadly Venoms), Woo began to develop his signature style, films that featured slick, stylish and often violent choreography, with dramatic plots that revolved around brotherhood, honour and redemption. Presented here are two of his early works from this period. In Last Hurrah for Chivalry, two killers (Pai Wei and Damian Lau) agree to help a man exact vengeance upon a kung fu master. Woo's first cinematic masterpiece, Last Hurrah for Chivalry is a dark and violent revenge film, featuring lightning fast swordplay and stylish cinematography. In Hand of Death, a young Shaolin monk must train to defeat a dangerous Manchu warlord (James Tien) who is intent on wiping out the Shaolin once and for all. Featuring early performances from Jackie Chan and Sammo Hung (both also handled the film's stunts, along with third brother Yuen Biao), Hand of Death is an exquisitely stylish example of old school kung fu filmmaking. Obscure and largely unseen for many years, Eureka Classics is proud to present these two early films from one of action cinema's all-time greats for the first time ever on Blu-ray, from brand new 2K restorations. Features: Stunning 1080p presentation of both films on Blu-ray, from brand new 2K restorations Cantonese, Mandarin and English audio options Optional English subtitles Brand new audio commentaries on both Last Hurrah for Chivalry and Hand of Death, by martial-arts cinema authority Mike Leeder Archival interviews with director John Woo Trailers for both films Reversible inlay featuring original poster artwork Limited Edition Collector's booklet featuring new writing by film writer Matthew Thrift [First 2000 copies only]

• KNOCKABOUT (Eureka Classics) Blu-ray | Blu Ray | (25/04/2022) from £12.15   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Eureka Entertainment to release KNOCKABOUT, the fast and furious kung fu comedy classic directed by Sammo Hung, on Blu-ray for the first time in the UK from a brand-new 2K restoration as a part of the Eureka Classics range. Available from 25 April 2022, the first print-run of 2000 copies will feature a Limited-Edition O-card Slipcase & Collector's Booklet. Another fast and furious kung fu comedy classic directed by Sammo Hung (The Millionaires' Express), Knockabout features a cast of martial arts movie legends including Yuen Biao (The Prodigal Son), Bryan Beardy Leung Kar-yan (Warriors Two), and Lau Kar-wing (Odd Couple) alongside Hung himself. Brothers Yipao (Yuen Biao) and Taipao (Leung Kar-yan) are a couple of down on their luck conmen. After getting soundly defeated by the kung fu master, Silver Fox (Lau Kar-wing), the brothers realise it would be in their own self-interest if they learn how to fight, and they ask him to train them. Unfortunately, their new master is actually a ruthless killer, and when the brothers realise this, one of them is murdered. To get revenge, the surviving brother must learn a unique form of kung fu from an unlikely source, a beggar who just happens to be a master fighter! Featuring one of the greatest action finales in the history of Hong Kong cinema, Knockabout is yet another classic of martial arts filmmaking from the legendary Sammo Hung, and Eureka Classics is proud to present the film in its UK debut on Blu-ray from a brand new 2K restoration. Features Limited Edition O-Card slipcase featuring new artwork by Darren Wheeling Reversible sleeve design featuring original poster artwork Original Cantonese mono audio Optional English dubbed audio Optional English Subtitles, newly translated for this release Brand new feature length audio commentary by Asian film expert Frank Djeng (NY Asian Film Festival) Brand new feature length audio commentary by action cinema experts Mike Leeder & Arne Venema Archival interview with Sammo Hung Archival interview with Bryan Beardy Leung Kar-yan Archival interview with Grandmaster Chan Sau Chang (aka The Monkey King), a master of Monkey Style kung fu Deleted Scene Trailers PLUS: A Limited Edition collector's booklet featuring new writing by James Oliver *All extras subject to change Directed by & stars Sammo Hung (The Millionaires' Express) Features a cast of martial arts movie legends including Yuen Biao (The Prodigal Son), Bryan Beardy Leung Kar-yan (Warriors Two), and Lau Kar-wing (Odd Couple) On Blu-ray for the first time in the UK from a brand-new 2K restoration The first print-run of 2000 copies will feature a Limited-Edition O-card Slipcase & Collector's Booklet Features one of the greatest action finales in the history of Hong Kong Cinema

• Three...Extremes | DVD | (21/08/2006) from £16.45   |  Saving you £-1.46 (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  A collection of three horror shorts from three of Asia's most revered directors: Fruit Chan Takashi Miike and Park Chan-Wook. This anthology offers three inventively chilling tales from three masters of Asian terror. Takashi Miike's Box presents us with a troubled writer haunted by the memory of her sisters death. Park Chan-wook's Cut delights in more revenge with a film extra deciding to torture a director and his wife. And the final terror tale is Fruit Chan's bite-size version of Dumplings.

• Zu Warriors From The Magic Mountain | DVD | (27/05/2002) from £29.99   |  Saving you £-10.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The ground-breaking 'Zu Warriors from the Magic Mountain' is undoubtedly one of the most famous and influential films to emerge from Hong Kong - the inspiration for John Carpenter's 'Big Trouble In Little China' and heavily borrowed by director Ang Lee to re-create the style for his epic 'Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon'. Featuring breath-taking art design striking cinematography and stunning locations in the Sichun Mountains Zu Warriors revolutionised the Hong Kong special-effect

• Victoria | DVD | (23/05/2016) from £6.99   |  Saving you £9.00 (128.76%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Exhilarating and astonishingly ambitious, Victoria is an adrenaline-fuelled heist thriller set on the streets of nighttime Berlin that features the staggering technical feat of being shot in a single, unbroken take.

• Infernal Affairs | DVD | (28/06/2004) from £13.85   |  Saving you £1.14 (8.23%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Explosive prequel to last year's Hong Kong hit about an undercover cop and triad mole in the police force.

• The Lady Assassin | Blu Ray | (24/02/2025) from £19.35   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• The Infernal Affairs Trilogy Criterion Collection - UK Only - Original titles: Mou gaan dou, II and III: Jung gik mou gaan | Blu Ray | (28/11/2022) from £64.79   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  The explosively stylish, gripping saga of two rival moles that jolted the Hong Kong crime drama to new life is now available in one box set.The Hong Kong crime drama was jolted to new life with the release of the Infernal Affairs trilogy, a bracing, explosively stylish critical and commercial triumph that introduced a dazzling level of narrative and thematic complexity to the genre with its gripping saga of two rival moles-played by superstars TONY LEUNG CHIU-WAI (In the Mood for Love) and ANDY LAU TAK-WAH (As Tears Go By)- who navigate slippery moral choices as they move between the intersecting territories of Hong Kong's police force and its criminal underworld.Set during the uncertainty of the city-state's handover from Britain to China and steeped in Buddhist philosophy, these ingeniously crafted tales of self-deception and betrayal mirror Hong Kong's own fractured identity and the psychic schisms of life in a postcolonial purgatory.Infernal AffairsTwo of Hong Kong cinema's most iconic leading men, TONY LEUNG CHIU-WAI and ANDY LAU TAK-WAH, face off in the breath-taking thriller that revitalized the citystate's twenty-first-century film industry, launched a blockbuster franchise, and inspired Martin Scorsese's The Departed.The setup is diabolical in its simplicity: two undercover moles-a police officer (Leung) assigned to infiltrate a ruthless triad by posing as a gangster, and a gangster (Lau) who becomes a police officer in order to serve as a spy for the underworld-find themselves locked in a deadly game of cat and mouse, each racing against time to unmask the other. As the shifting loyalties, murky moral compromises, and deadly betrayals mount, Infernal Affairs raises haunting questions about what it means to live a double life, lost in a labyrinth of conflicting identities and allegiances.Infernal Affairs IIThe first of two sequels to follow in the wake of the massively successful Infernal Affairs softens the original's furious pulp punch in favour of something more sweeping, elegiac, and overtly political. Flashing back in time, Infernal Affairs II traces the tangled parallel histories that bind the trilogy's two pairs of adversaries: the young, duelling moles (here played by EDISON CHEN KOON-HEI and SHAWN YUE MAN-LOK), and the ascendant crime boss (ERIC TSANG CHI-WAI) and police inspector (ANTHONY WONG CHAU-SANG) whose respective rises reveal a shocking hidden connection.Unfolding against the political and psychological upheaval of Hong Kong's handover from Britain to China, this elegant, character-driven crime drama powerfully connects its themes of split loyalties to the city-state's own postcolonial identity crisis.Infernal Affairs IIITONY LEUNG CHIU-WAI and ANDY LAU TAK-WAH return for the cathartic conclusion of the Infernal Affairs trilogy, which layers on even more deep-cover intrigue while steering the series into increasingly complex psychological territory. Dancing back and forth in time to before and after the events of the original film, Infernal Affairs III follows triad gangster turned corrupt cop Lau Kin-ming (Lau) as he goes to dangerous lengths to avoid detection, matches wits with a devious rival in the force (LEON LAI), and finds himself haunted by the fate of his former undercover nemesis (Leung). A swirl of flashbacks, memories, and hallucinations culminates in a dreamlike merging of identities that drives home the trilogy's vision of a world in which traditional distinctions between good and evil have all but collapsed.Product FeaturesNew 4K digital restorations, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtracksAudio commentaries for Infernal Affairs and Infernal Affairs II featuring codirectors Andrew Lau Wai-keung and Alan Mak and screenwriter Felix Chong Man-keungAlternate ending for Infernal AffairsNew interview with Lau and MakArchival interviews with Lau, Mak, Chong, and actors Andy Lau Tak-wah, Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Anthony Wong Chau-sang, Kelly Chen Wai-lam, Edison Chen Koon-hei, Eric Tsang Chi-wai, and Chapman To Man-chakMaking-of programmesBehind-the-scenes footage, deleted scenes, and outtakesTrailersNew English subtitle translationsPLUS: An essay by film critic Justin Chang