Hong Kong Legends was a United Kingdom DVD distribution company, based in Hertfordshire and operating from the UK and Australia between 1999 and 2007.
Hong Kong Legends was initially part of Medusa Communications, who, along with Soulblade bought up the UK distribution rights for film titles previously owned by Eastern Heroes label.
Hong Kong Legends released 101 Hong Kong classic films, primarily martial arts films and other action films. In preparing the DVDs, they gained access to the vaults of Hong Kong studios such as Golden Harvest, selecting the films with the highest quality prints available.
Hong Kong Legends added audio commentaries most notably by Hong Kong cinema expert Bey Logan, conducted interviews with key actors, directors and other film crew, performed new translations for subtitles and cleaned up damage to the films.
Their catalogue of films included releases featuring Hong Kong stars such as Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung, Yuen Biao, Jet Li, Chow Yun-fat and Michelle Yeoh.
On November 5, 2007,
Hong Kong Legends DVD label was discontinued, after Cine Asia DVD label was formed.
On March 18, 2011, Cine Asia announced a revival of the
Hong Kong Legends titles under the banner of Cine Asia Presents Hong Kong Legends. The press release featured new artwork for The Big Boss, Fist of Fury, Game of Death, and Way of the Dragon.
The website easternkicks.com has an interesting article about the demise of
Hong Kong Legends here.
You can pick up used
Hong Kong Legends titles on ebay between AU $15 - $40 depending on the title and the release type.
I kept my 2 disc LE versions of Bruce Lee titles as some of the extras/ features on these haven't been ported over to local blu-ray releases.
Release dates on the discs below were 2004-2005.
