Jackie Chan's First Strike (Blu-ray) (Plaion Pictures)

[cooey]

Plaion
Amazon.de
Release date: 15th August 24th October

In search of a contact woman in winter Ukraine, Supercop Jackie from Hong Kong comes on the trail of a dangerous conspiracy more by chance. Terrorists have stolen a nuclear warhead and are now planning blackmail on a very large scale. Without hesitation, Jackie takes up the fight against the bad guys across several continents. In the best James Bond manner, with incredible acrobatics and limitless humour, Jackie Chan does exactly what you like to see from him: With wild, breakneck stunts, he beats up the villains around the world. This fourth part of the legendary POLICE STORY series appears in this edition for the first time in the uncut version in addition to the regular cinema version.

[the13thman]

So far the specs are very disappointing:

Sprachen: Deutsch, Englisch
Tonformat: DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0/5.1
Untertitel: Deutsch

However, the picture above has the DVD logo on the spine while Plaion's listing is for a 2 Blu-ray edition so perhaps there may still be hope.

[cooey]

Originally Posted by the13thman

So far the specs are very disappointing:

Sprachen: Deutsch, Englisch
Tonformat: DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0/5.1
Untertitel: Deutsch

If you followed the DM2 release then you'll know that the specs on the website can mean nothing. That came with Cantonese and English audio options, as well as better English subtitles so I'm holding out hope.

[the13thman]

Originally Posted by cooey

If you followed the DM2 release then you'll know that the specs on the website can mean nothing. That came with Cantonese and English audio options, as well as better English subtitles so I'm holding out hope.

Yeah, I've learned not to trust website specs, Plaion have to know that if they get this one right it will sell better than DM2.

[Danespina]

Uncut version is terrific to hear. And I just love that a shark is seemingly being blasted into the sky in that cover.

[levcore]

Originally Posted by Danespina

Uncut version is terrific to hear. And I just love that a shark is seemingly being blasted into the sky in that cover.

So that's what they cut!

[Pochacco]

Originally Posted by levcore

So that's what they cut!

To think that the original UK cover had this showing!

[Telemachus]

I'm down but not going to be a beta tester for this release, will wait to hear what's what

[Telemachus]

The sharks were my least favorite part about the added footage in the HK cut. Just like in videogames I would hate "water levels" so when those diving sequences are even longer in the HK cut it's what made that cut a slog for me. I think I liked the added shark punch/kick scene though, can't remember what he did been years since I saw it.

[Ben_C]

Hope we get a decent release of this in the UK from one of the usual suspects. Saw it at the cinema when it originally came out, owned the VHS but not the DVD, so don’t think I’ve seen it since those old pre-DVD days.

[cooey]

I've sent Plaion an email asking for more info

[Ill_Be_Back]

I'm hoping there is English subs. This site shows everything but English subs included.

[Telemachus]

They really tried to play up the James Bond aspect of that poster, huh? Not even a sniper rifle just a dart gun he uses in one scene. Also makes you think the entire film is in snow locations. The best part about the Miramax English dub are some of the memes "Wow now I'm 007!" that I don't think are in the HK version.

[cooey]

Had a reply….

Hello,

English sound and subtitles will be included, but we can't make any promises about subtitles yet.

Best regards
Andrea

PLAION-PICTURES-Team

[Ill_Be_Back]

Originally Posted by cooey

Had a reply….

We'll have to wait and see. I'll hold off until everything is set in stone.

[cooey]

Originally Posted by Ill_Be_Back

We'll have to wait and see. I'll hold off until everything is set in stone.

I’m sure TheMole will get it and let us all know, just like they did with DM2

[saltysam]

Their release of Accidental Spy (back when they were Koch Media) had both versions of the movie, the long version had english subs,unfortunately they were throughout the movie when switched on, so english subs for the large amount of english dialogue.

[navydavey]

Originally Posted by saltysam

Their release of Accidental Spy (back when they were Koch Media) had both versions of the movie, the long version had english subs,unfortunately they were throughout the movie when switched on, so english subs for the large amount of english dialogue.

Strange how that set is still the best blu-ray version of that movie, I get that it isn't top tier Chan but it's arguably better than The Medallion so it's odd 88 Films haven't given it a UK release yet.

Amazon Germany state First Strike isn't available to ship to my location (UK), I wonder if that will change prior to release. Seems there are a fair few movies on Amazon Germany that won't ship to me for some reason or another?

[drush9999]

Along as it's not exclusive to Plaion's site, you should be able to pre-order it from jpc.de

[cooey]

Originally Posted by drush9999

Along as it's not exclusive to Plaion's site, you should be able to pre-order it from jpc.de

It's not exclusive to them; the listing is already up at Amazon.de