Fearless Hyena 2 (88 Films)

[cooey]

Pre-order: Amazon.co.uk
Release date: April 22nd, 2024

By the early 1980s, Jackie Chan’s popularity made him box-office gold. Thus when, midway through filming the sequel to his hit The Fearless Hyena, Chan walked off the production to defect to rival studio Golden Harvest, producer Lo Wei opted to complete the film with the help of stunt doubles and recycled footage. The result—the tale of two lazy cousins (Chan and Austin Wai Tin-chi) who join forces to avenge the deaths of their fathers—may not be pure Chan, but there are plenty of loony pleasures (including our hero fighting an adversary with his feet!) to be had.

Special Features:
High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray Presentation in 2.39:1 Aspect Ratio
2.0 Cantonese Dual Mono with English Subtitles
2.0 English Dual Mono
2.0 Alternate English Dual Mono
Audio Commentary by Frank Djeng
Export Opening Credits
Japanese Theatrical End Credits
Hong Kong Trailer
Japanese Trailer
Stills Gallery

[grim_tales]

Is Lo Wai Lo Wei's brother?
From what I read about this movie, Jackie's not really in it and it's meant to be rubbish, but part of me wants to check it out to see if it's so bad

[navydavey]

Hope this comes with a booklet or something, could do with some decent extras to counteract the fact it is barely a Chan movie.

Glad to see it getting a release but probably should have been included as an extra on the first movie.

[Markgway]

I'm sure the behind-the-scenes production controversy is way more interesting than the resultant film.

There's no doc on the disc, so I guess it's up to Frank to cover it in the com.

[drush9999]

I'll probably just watch it with Frank's commentary

[The Mole]

That figures. I bought the German Upscale-BD recently.

[cooey]

Live on HMV - https://hmv.com/store/film-tv/blu-ray/fearless-hyena-2

[drush9999]

Originally Posted by cooey

Live on HMV - https://hmv.com/store/film-tv/blu-ray/fearless-hyena-2

I literally just searched for that on HMV about an hour ago, and nada.

[Danespina]

Having just watched the Criterion version, I think there is enough interesting scenes of Jackie to make this a worthwhile watch for hardcore fans. But I think the main value of having this on physical media would be if someone could tell the story of its making, as well as breakdown where each scene with Jackie came from.

Frank Djeng is definitely the right man for the job, so his commentary here could be quite valuable.

[Alexcap]

I like Frank Djeng commentary's but not even his commentary makes me want to get the film and its not a Jackie Chan film its half of one and half of another and you can tell when its not him cause the one who plays the Jackie Chan character looks nothing like him' so this would be the first film by 88films with sort of Jackie in that I'm not getting.

[saltysam]

Originally Posted by Alexcap

I like Frank Djeng commentary's but not even his commentary makes me want to get the film and its not a Jackie Chan film its half of one and half of another and you can tell when its not him cause the one who plays the Jackie Chan character looks nothing like him' so this would be the first film by 88films with sort of Jackie in that I'm not getting.

i've never seen it but that description sounds like a Day 1 purchase.

[Danespina]

Originally Posted by Alexcap

I like Frank Djeng commentary's but not even his commentary makes me want to get the film and its not a Jackie Chan film its half of one and half of another and you can tell when its not him cause the one who plays the Jackie Chan character looks nothing like him' so this would be the first film by 88films with sort of Jackie in that I'm not getting.

I think that's fair.

I was kind of okay with using a non-lookalike to tie in some deleted scenes. But the biggest sin for me is that the ending is

[Show spoiler]the same as the first film.

[cooey]

Artwork updated

[backslashio]

Never seen this movie, heard poor reviews but never really knew why till I found out yesterday its almost a Game of Death result but with less recovered footage. Slightly interested since I liked 'Half a Loaf' but I'm not a fan of recycled material

[Danespina]

^ Game of Death at least had some iconic footage worth showing. If suffering through 75% of the movie meant getting to see it then so be it.

Fearless Hyena II has nothing that special. And unlike Game of Death, which ends with its best stuff. FHII starts with its highlights then continually becomes less worthwhile. It really only works as a curiosity for the hardcores, or as a supplement to part 1.

[Drunken+Master]

The artwork is excellent! Almost makes it worth buying the disc for….almost!

[dex14]

Seems like this isn't going to make the April 22nd release date. I emailed 88 about something else and asked about this as well and was told "delayed and I am now not sure of a release date"

[The Mole]

Received an e-mail yesterday from Amazon. Release has been delayed until the beginning of next year: Estimated delivery date January 8th - January 17th 2025.

[Danespina]

^That's ridiculous if true.

[cooey]

Originally Posted by Danespina

^That's ridiculous if true.

Of course it's not, it's just a placeholder date. The listing is up on 88's site and says pre-order coming soon. It'll only be a small delay, it won't be delayed like the Pete Walker set