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Slightly off-topic but HARD BOILED is playing in New York City in June 23rd. I already odered tickets. It's supposed to be John Woo's personal print. I strongly recamend anybody in the area go see it on the big screen.

Also I have heard A Better Tomorrow. I hope Shaolin Temple is the one with Jet Li.

I am catching up on the Dragon Dynasty releases. I am disappointed that ABOVE THE LAW will only have one version. The old DVD had two versions. It was a little more of a difference than just an extra few scenes. As far as the KILLER goes, here is everything I know about it...

Battle Royale has a couple of different versions out there. I think many are region 0. Try HKFLIX.com or Pokerindustries.com. They should both have it. Matt

For those interested, I am almost done with an article for my web site that pretty much shows the history of the "Apeal to Miramax" site and petition and where it stands now. What started as a strong movement to stop companies such as Miramx from releasing movies cut and with dubbed soundtracks...

Paula - I am trying to get a list of the next batch but my contact doesn't have one yet. I agree that Fox has really done a great job. Matt

Miles - Thanks! For the KILLER, the only real competition for the Fortune Star Version is the Hong Kong Legends version. Both are anamorphic. The difference in picture quality is that the HKL is slightly cropped and has been digitally enhanced which smooths out the picture a little so...

I believe HEROES SHED NO TEARS almost wasn't released. It's not great but I like to watch it every now and then. That kid cracks me up! That box set of The Killer and BITH is probably the best there is at the moment if you don't have an all-region player. I will have a review on my site...

Paula - Fox will be releasing more. I think it is possible they may even be bringing over that Bruce Lee box set that was region 3. That's rumor at the moment. I wouldn't be surprised if they release all the Fortune Star titles they can as long as they don't interefere with what others...

Here are links to reviews of most of Fox's recent releases. Knockabout should be up any day now as will Battle Creek Brawl. http://www.loveandbullets.com/foxifm.htm http://www.loveandbullets.com/foxmv.htm http://www.loveandbullets.com/foxtpfb.htm Matt

Fox and Fortune Star have both been wonderful in listening to the fans. As far as the rape scene goes in Iron Fisted Monk, I am really surprised that not only is it not mentioned under the rating, but Naked Killer was cut and it wasn't as bad. I emphasized this in my review because I...

Lorenzo - Those releases include the original mono tracks. I have reviews of Mr. Vampire, Postman Fights Back, and Iron Fisted Monk on my site. Knockabout should be up in a night or so. The image quality is very good on Iron Fisted Monk and Mr. Vampire. Postman Fights Back looks...

Thanks to Ron and Parker for giving the OK to post the following! Since it's inception, my web site, Love and Bullets has been a one person operation. Do to a lot of factors I think it's time (again) to recruit some reviewers for the site. This will prevent lulls in updates and also freshen...

I finally reviewed the A BETTER TOMORROW Box set. http://www.loveandbullets.com/abttrilogy.htm I was going to post it here but it's too long and has several screen shots. Overall, if you don't have the movies, it's a nice way of getting all three. If you have them, you may think twice...

For those interested, my site, www.loveandbullets.com finally has the whole recent wave of Fox releases reviewed. What I find interesting is that on some forums people are knocking some of them because of film grain. I welcome the grain over the lack of detail on some releases by other...

Brian -- Is that the HK or Korean version? I just got the HK version and checked Game Of Death 2 and it has English 5.1 or DTS. This looks packaging and feature-wise almost identical to the new Fox version. I should be finished with the Fox version tonight and then I have two more Fox titles...

Jay - The POLICE STORY Box Set will probably look much better then the HKL versions. The IVL and Korean Box Sets are using remasters from Fortune Star, much like Fox is. The HKL versions both have issues. The image on Police Story is slight squished vertically. If your DVD player has X-Y...

I forgot to mention before that I have every reason to belive that the boxset that has THE KILLER and BULLET IN THE HEAD will look much better than their HKL counterparts. The titles that are also owned by FOX will most likely be the same. These are all from Fortune Star which owns the best...

Brian - LOL! I'm lucky that my wife is very supportive of my addiction for these movies. She gladly accompanies me to the Subway Cinema shows. We just saw ROYAL WARRIORS on the big screen. Just a note on the box sets. The ABT one looks like the Korean one. There are two versions apparently...

Brian - For the Bruce Lee set, www.asiandvdguide.com. You may need to scroll down a bit. For the A BETTER TOMORROW set, http://www.dvdasian.com/cgi-bin/dvdasian/17348.html . I haven't seen the others yet. Matt

The Celestial Shaw Bros. movies vary in quality. That being said, this is still the best they have looked. Some of them have different running times than previous home incarnations. This is do to different versions of the movies being used. As far as picture quality, some are "fake anamorphic"...

Brian - There are some screenshots from the extended scenes on my site, http://www.loveandbullets.com/killerhkvideo.htm . For the most part, the editing isn't as tight. There are slight differences to a lot of scenes. Sometimes it brings about continuity problems but nothing that changes the...

Chris_Morris - I always welcome reviews. I am not really big on the setup people have. As long as it's stated in the review for comaprison's sake, it's not a big deal. I will be reviewing the Taiwanese DVD of HARD BOILED soon. I have a backlog of other movies but this is jumping ahead of...

Chris_Morris- Have you tried the HKL web site? I can get the link if you need it. They are pretty competitive with the prices and I have had good luck with them. In fact, I may have ordered and extra IRON MONKEY Platinum Edition DVD so whe I get it, I can offer it to you at a very fair price...

Brian - I love putting togther these videos. Here's another I made. http://www.loveandbullets.com/punk/hkflix.mpg I did one using clips from BRIDE WITH WHITE HAIR but the end product doesn't look that good because it's from a tape master. I wanted to do a Young And Dangerous one to a...

Chris - Here's a review on my site of ITLOD IV. http://www.loveandbullets.com/foxitlod4.htm It is a great entry into the Girls With Guns movies. Not sure if I posted this here before, but I made a little trailer featuring lots of scenes from these movies...

Matt - We have a popular name! When I got my job, there were literally 3 others. LOL! The FOX releases looks better but it really depends on how picky you are if its worth an upgrade. The FOX releases are from different masters so that means that less was done digitally to them. They are...

Lloyd - Please check out this link. http://alliance.hellninjacommando.net/ It will very soon have a very complete cut list if not already. As far as Hong Kong Legends goes, the only cuts they have are ones madated by the BBFC. These usually include animal violence or references to rape...

Brian - You make an excellent point about the HK Cinema books always mentioning the same directors and actors. With all the movies I've seen, I still feel like I am only scratching the surface. It's hard to move forward and see new movies because of all the old ones I try to catch up on...