Prince of the Sun Blu-ray

[toddly6666]

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Just blind-bought this Bluray since im a fan of Cynthia Rothrock. This movie is surprisingly awe...some!!!

Sort of like the Golden Child. Buddha boy is reincarnated. His master is killed. An evil monk is after the boy. Boy hides with Conan Lee doing a good impersonation of Jackie Chan. Boy and Conan hide with mean auntie Shiela Chan doing a good Anita Yeung impersonation. Cynthia Rothrock is a Buddhist monk guardian angel who protects the boy, Conan and Sheila from the Evil Monk's goon squad. Even though most of the movie focuses on a funny relationship between the boy, Conan and Sheila, the martial arts scenes are actually pretty incredible. I mean there are plenty of famous Jackie Chan movies praised only for the action where we hear the "who's watching this for the story anyway" excuse. Well, the story here isnt that bad anyway but the action is so sweet! I rank this as Rothrock's second best film after Righting Wrongs. She is so amazing here! And all the fight scenes are exciting!

The Blu-ray is surprisingly good. The widescreen video transfer is way better than any previous video. No English subs on this though. Here's where some people may get upset but I thought the highlight was the dubbed English audio - it's funny. It makes the movie way better! It's not a serious film first of all so the silly English dubbing is a huge plus! Also included is the full-screen Hong Kong version which I watched too - the video is fine, nothing special - like a fair dvd but better quality than a VCD. Here we have the option of watching it with English subs with the Chinese audio.

Extras - besides the bonus HK version - are a bunch of trailers.

Movie: 3.5
Video: 3.5
Audio: 3
Extras: 3
Overall: 3.5

[Monroville]

I concur with your synopsis. The image is a bit rough (considering that it is a non-remastered 16mm or 35mm negative), but no excessive DNR or post modifications, and it is true HD quality.

[toddly6666]

Originally Posted by Monroville

I concur with your synopsis. The image is a bit rough (considering that it is a non-remastered 16mm or 35mm negative), but no excessive DNR or post modifications, and it is true HD quality.

Do you by chance have the German Blu of No Retreat No Surrender? I love how Germany always whips out obscure blurays such as this movie and others.

[Monroville]

Originally Posted by toddly6666

Do you by chance have the German Blu of No Retreat No Surrender? I love how Germany always whips out obscure blurays such as this movie and others.

I don't have it (yet), but you can see screen caps here.