Last Hero in China [88 Films | Blu-ray]

[chen lung]

• HD Transfer in Original 1.85:1 Aspect Ratio
• High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray Presentation
• 2.0 Cantonese Original Theatrical Mono with English Subtitles and SDH
• 2.0 Cantonese Home Video Mix with English Subtitles and SDH
• 2.0 English Dub
• Audio Commentary with Hong Kong Film Expert James Mudge
• Deleted Scenes
• Jet Li’s UK Visit (2000)
• Hong Kong Trailer
• English Trailer
• Stills Gallery

Release date: 27th November 2023

[chen lung]

I believe the master is the same one provided by Gala Film Distribution to licensees such as Lionsgate, Vicol, and Splendid. In comparison to those, the one on this Blu-ray features the following improvements:

1. 'Po Chi Lam, Canton' caption reinstated.

2. Regraded visual, reinstating the blue colour scheme in some scenes found in the Hong Kong and Taiwanese versions (I'm unsure about the international ones, though).

Top-left: Metrodome [DVD]
Top-right: Scholar [DVD]
Middle: Gala Film Distribution
Bottom-right: Force Video [DVD]
Bottom-left: HK Vidéo [DVD]

[Massive thanks to David M. for performing the above corrections.]

Elsewhere:

• Re-translated English subtitles [most sets had been laden with errors]
• Additional SDH set for cues (dialect changes and identifiers, etc.) and the transcription of English dialogue
• Better audio for the Hong Kong trailer [Gala's was a bit muffled and had a jump-cut/repeat glitch]

[cooey]

Amazon pre-order - HERE £17.00

[chen lung]

Putting the additional scenes aside, the English version seems closer to the Taiwanese version in terms of editing (alternate shots during parody; different editing to a handful of shots here and there).

For their DVD, Metrodome may have used the English version as the visual base for their DVD (on account of there being no subtitles) and swapped out the credit sequences to the Hong Kong ones (although they replaced the title card with an English-only one), possibly unaware of its differences in relation to the Hong Kong one. Before their DVD, Metrodome issued two VHS: a Mandarin-language Hong Kong print (with a standards conversion), and the English version.

Incidentally:

[Show spoiler]Metrodome VHS [Mandarin-language edition] (Traditional Chinese subtitles for the Cantonese soundtrack):


Scholar DVD (Traditional Chinese subtitles for the Mandarin soundtrack):

[Pochacco]

I can retire my Prism Leisure DVD now!

[Orlac]

Finally, been eyeing up the HK BD for years now!

[chen lung]

Originally Posted by Orlac

Finally, been eyeing up the HK BD for years now!

How rude!

[Faustus]

Originally Posted by Pochacco

I can retire my Prism Leisure DVD now!

Same here. Besides the obvious PQ and AQ upgrades, the mention of new subs is especially welcome.

[ShawDonkey]

Great movie. Not up to standards of epics OUATIC I&II but better than part III&America. Some of comedy is bit off but have seen lot worse.

Cover(hk poster art) is quite ugly but it really does not matter as when in collection see spine anyway except when take it off from shelve for watching. But maybe new art will be produced too..

If/as Dragon Fight is unavailable(+maybe ST1&2 also in same situation) one Jet Li would like to see released is Bodyguard from Beijing.

[cooey]

Originally Posted by ShawDonkey

Great movie. Not up to standards of epics OUATIC I&II but better than part III&America. Some of comedy is bit off but have seen lot worse.

Cover(hk poster art) is quite ugly but it really does not matter as when in collection see spine anyway except when take it off from shelve for watching. But maybe new art will be produced too..

If/as Dragon Fight is unavailable(+maybe ST1&2 also in same situation) one Jet Li would like to see released is Bodyguard from Beijing.

You can say new art is guaranteed

[Orlac]

I wonder if Kung Fu Cult Master is on the cards too?

[Pochacco]

Originally Posted by ShawDonkey

one Jet Li would like to see released is Bodyguard from Beijing.

One of my faves and is features Christy Chung

I loved her in '97 Aces Go Places '97. It's a silly movie but she does her 007 thing that's fun to watch.

[Thunderleg]

Originally Posted by ShawDonkey

If/as Dragon Fight is unavailable(+maybe ST1&2 also in same situation) one Jet Li would like to see released is Bodyguard from Beijing.

With Hitman now already scheduled my most wanted would be the Shaolin Temple trilogy. Remember loving those on VHS but I haven't seen them since.

[The Mole]

Don't get your hopes to high in terms of the image quality. The HD transfer has quite some digitally processing done to it as is the case with many of these Gala Films titles. Not as heavy as e. g. STORY OF RICKY or GOD OF GAMBLERS 2 and 3, but it does not look as pristine as many other recently released titles.

[russweiss1]

Originally Posted by Pochacco

One of my faves and is features Christy Chung

I loved her in '97 Aces Go Places '97. It's a silly movie but she does her 007 thing that's fun to watch.

Bodyguard is one of my favorites as well. Chung was popular enough to get a hardcover book in HK.

Christy Chung A.JPG

[ShawDonkey]

Originally Posted by Thunderleg

With Hitman now already scheduled my most wanted would be the Shaolin Temple trilogy. Remember loving those on VHS but I haven't seen them since.

In case you missed ST3 is in Shawscope 2 by arrow. It pretty much terminates hope of having trilogy boxset(unless Arrow wants to release it). It also has individual BR release in Germany.

[chen lung]

I think only Eastern Heroes referred to the three Shaolin Temple-themed films as a trilogy when, strictly speaking, they aren't?

[Thunderleg]

Originally Posted by chen lung

I think only Eastern Heroes referred to the three Shaolin Temple-themed films as a trilogy when, strictly speaking, they aren't?

Those are the ones I saw. But yeah, Jet Li plays a different character in each.

I think Japan billed Kids as a sequel but not Martial Arts.

--edit

Found this where Jet Li does kind of group them together:

https://fvision.eu/bg/2016/07/12/jet-li-movies1/

[The Mole]

If the first two SHAOLIN TEMPLE films are released on BD in the UK the first part is guaranteed to be cut for animal cruelty.

[alexrinse]

Originally Posted by russweiss1

Bodyguard is one of my favorites as well. Chung was popular enough to get a hardcover book in HK.

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I bought this book as a teenager. Imagine my disappointment upon opening it only to find absolutely no discussion of her films, just pictures of the star.