In the Line of Duty I-IV box set (1985-1989) (88 Films)

[Decepticon07]

$61.99 at Grindhouse. I preordered there a few days ago.

[filmlover22]

wow! already dropped in price? I don't think Diabolik has a preorder price guarantee like Amazon and you cannot cancel and reorder. Which means people like me who ordered on day one are paying more money than people who waited. Doesn't seem right to me.

[russweiss1]

Originally Posted by filmlover22

wow! already dropped in price? I don't think Diabolik has a preorder price guarantee like Amazon and you cannot cancel and reorder. Which means people like me who ordered on day one are paying more money than people who waited. Doesn't seem right to me.

I like Diabolik but they do have a few polices that I'm not fond of. You are correct that they don't price match. The also don't typically allow you to cancel pre-orders.

[annubis44]

Originally Posted by Decepticon07

$61.99 at Grindhouse. I preordered there a few days ago.

Ooh. Glad I didn't pull the trigger anywhere yet. I'll have to squeeze this into my budget somehow.

[hanz0]

I was told by 88 customer services that this is down for release on March 14th

[DukeTogo84]

Originally Posted by hanz0

I was told by 88 customer services that this is down for release on March 14th

I wish, but it already has a May date. Pre-orders are already up and I don't think titles are ever really pushed forward often. Pushed back yes, but pushed forward? Not really.

[AnimalCMan]

Originally Posted by DukeTogo84

I wish, but it already has a May date. Pre-orders are already up and I don't think titles are ever really pushed forward often. Pushed back yes, but pushed forward? Not really.

They said when that initial May date was given that it wasn't a firm date and they were targeting February/March. I think they didn't want another delay situation so they just told retailers a further out date hoping to surprise consumers. But still, you are right, I have never heard of a situation like this. LOL.

[hanz0]

Originally Posted by DukeTogo84

I wish, but it already has a May date. Pre-orders are already up and I don't think titles are ever really pushed forward often. Pushed back yes, but pushed forward? Not really.

I remember when this was first announced, it was mentioned that it would be feb/march despite being listed for may. Managed to find the post, we shall see.

From 88's FB:
IN THE LINE OF DUTY Limited Edition BOXSET featuring rigid slipcase, posters and a 100-page booklet with brand new writing and interviews is now finally available to pre-order on Amazon USA! Release Date Feb/March despite currently being listed for May and the price will drop from its current listing so get your preorders in now and don't miss out.

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.p...1&postcount=36

[DukeTogo84]

Originally Posted by hanz0

I remember when this was first announced, it was mentioned that it would be feb/march despite being listed for may. Managed to find the post, we shall see.



https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.p...1&postcount=36

I hope you're right, but with all of their titles being postponed constantly, I can't imagine a boxset of films getting an earlier release that what's on the retailers website. Weirder things have happened, but I'd put money on the table that we'll get this in May if we are lucky.

[reason108]

Had a previous awesome experience with Grindhouse. Having never heard of them before they had the SB Vol II set from Arrow available for shipping like 3 months early. Though, I remember paying pretty much full price for it, it's all water under the bridge at this point. But, yeah, the product certainly shipped early and it arrived in one piece and wasn't messed up like I've had with another online shipper whose name I won't mention. Anyways, just bought Yes, Madam and Royal Warriors from Eureka. Have never seen ITLOD III but am a huge fan of IV. Thinking about getting the 88 release box set though I have those two Eureka titles and will probably get their IV. Maybe even their III, but might wait until after this box set it released to get III if I like it. At least with Eureka and 88 they normally have their own set of extras and is sometimes worth the double-dip. And, I've always preferred box sets over individual titles just sitting on my shelf. Though I have probably 800 million copies of the 4 (or 5 if you count GOD) Bruce Lee movies (as an adult martial artist movie maker), I took all of them off my shelf except Criterion's box set version; though Shout`s Select blu-ray releases rival Criterion. I really need to buy some more shelves and re-organize and condense my titles. Or, I could just sell some stuff!

[Doc Samson]

Originally Posted by hanz0

I was told by 88 customer services that this is down for release on March 14th

If so, then Amazon Canada better get on finally making the preorder available for this. I've been checking daily. Just says "Temporarily Out of Stock".

[MovieBuff647]

For those who missed it, multiple Michelle Yeoh films are going to be on Criterion Channel starting next week, including Police Story 3, Magnificent Warriors, and the first two In the Line of Duty films.

https://thefilmstage.com/the-criteri...on-trier-more/

[cooey]

The Amazon.com listing has been updated with these -

ROYAL WARRIORS

Returning from her holiday in Japan, Inspector Yip (Michelle Yeoh, Everything Everywhere All At Once) foils a daring mid-air rescue of a gangster being returned to Hong Kong for trial. But Inspector Yip needs to watch her back: that gangster has friends.

ROYAL WARRIORS - SPECIAL FEATURES:

* 2.0 Cantonese Mono Theatrical & Alternate Mixes
* 2.0 Classic English Dub + 5.1 New English Dub
* Newly translated English subtitles
* Audio Commentary by Hong Kong Film Expert Frank Djeng
* Missing Aeroplane Inserts
* Cantonese & English Trailers and more!

YES, MADAM!

Chicks with kicks! When gangsters murder her friend, Inspector Ng (Michelle Yeoh, Tomorrow Never Dies) is drawn into a deadly search for the men who did it. Just as well she's got backup from British supercop Carrie Morris (the legendary Cynthia Rothrock, China O'Brien).

YES, MADAM! - SPECIAL FEATURES:

* Hong Kong Cut featuring: Cantonese Original Theatrical Mix Mono & Cantonese (Home Video Mix) Mono Original Effects
* 5.1 New English Dub + Export Version with classic English Dub
* Audio Commentary by Frank Djeng (HK Version)
* Interview with Cynthia Rothrock
* Select Scene Commentary with Cynthia Rothrock and Frank Djeng
* Interview with Men Hoi
* Archive Interview with Michelle Yeoh
* Archive Battling Babes Featurette
* Hong Kong Trailer

IN THE LINE OF DUTY III

How do you top the first two In The Line of Duty films? Easy… bigger explosions, wilder fights and even crazier stunts! This time, two Japanese thieves have fled to Hong Kong with a tough J-cop (Cynthia Khan, Blade of Fury) hot on their heels. It's up to Hong Kong's finest to stop the villains before too much damage is done!

IN THE LINE OF DUTY III – SPECIAL FEATURES:

* 2.0 Cantonese Mono with English Subtitles + 2.0 English Mono
* Audio Commentary by Frank Djeng and Michael Worth
* Interview with John Sham by Frederic Ambroisine
* Hong Kong & English Trailers and more!

IN THE LINE OF DUTY IV

The fourth (and for some fans… the best) of the In the Line of Duty series, sees the return of Cynthia Kahn (The Avenging Quartet) as Inspector Yeung. This time, she's on the trail of some ruthless international drug dealers, ably assisted by Donnie Yen (John Wick: Chapter 4, Ip Man) and Michael Wong (Royal Warriors).

IN THE LINE OF DUTY IV – SPECIAL FEATURES:

* Hong Kong cut, featuring: 2.0 Cantonese Mono with English Subtitles + 2.0 English Mono
* Export Version of the film featuring the Classic English Dub
* Audio Commentary with Frank Djeng and F.J. DeSanto (HK Cut)
* Archive Interview with Donnie Yen
* Hong Kong & English Trailers

[filmlover22]

this set seems to have significantly less special features than the Eureka equivalents. Of course, I preordered the 88 set...

[kem71]

Originally Posted by filmlover22

this set seems to have significantly less special features than the Eureka equivalents. Of course, I preordered the 88 set...

Yeah, that's true. But for me personally, I rarely watch special features(just don't have the time!) so that doesn't bother me too much. I also pre-ordered the 88 films set just to have all 4 films in a box set. And that box set looks so damn cool, I prefer the 88 Films packaging to Eureka's, for sure. Purely superficial preference, I know, but hey, I have read posts on this forum where people admit to buying movies they don't even like just for a cool looking slipcover (cough cough Vinegar Syndrome thread cough cough).
So, I am still pretty happy with going for the 88 Films set. Hopefully the box set won't be delayed for several months.

[Labor_Unit001]

Less features than the Eureka set, but significantly cheaper ($61.99 vs ~$86). I'm still torn on whether to buy the Eureka's individually or 88's set. This 100 page booklet also sounds tempting.

[hanz0]

Originally Posted by hanz0

I was told by 88 customer services that this is down for release on March 14th

Surely this was a mistake from the 88 customer service rep, the reason i asked them was because i was able to grab 88's US release of Gestapo's Last Orgy from their eBay account which required no importing for me in the uk.

I asked about ITLOD set and was told there may be some office copys put on eBay but not for release date.

[filmlover22]

Originally Posted by Labor_Unit001

Less features than the Eureka set, but significantly cheaper ($61.99 vs ~$86). I'm still torn on whether to buy the Eureka's individually or 88's set. This 100 page booklet also sounds tempting.

Whoa! a 100 page booklet? I missed that in the description. to me, that changes a lot. A nice case and a 100 page booklet makes up -at least to me - some missing extras.

[AnimalCMan]

Yeah, admittedly, it’s sad this has less features than Eureka, even if I don’t think they’re a dealbreaker.

I do wonder though why some from Eureka are present here and others are not? Usually archival stuff is easy to get, it’s the new stuff which can sometimes necessitate extra costs labels want to avoid, but some have carried over and others have not.

Noticed all Eureka releases have an extra commentary track in addition to the Frank Djeng one. There’s also the following that’s on Eureka and not 88.

Royal Warriors
John Sham interview
Locations feature

Yes Madam
Surprisingly has all the same features!

In the Line of Duty 3
Cynthia Khan Interview
Michiko Nichiwaki Interview

In the Line of Duty 4
Additional archival commentary
Donnie Yen Action Featurette
New cast and crew interviews

[DukeTogo84]

Originally Posted by hanz0

Surely this was a mistake from the 88 customer service rep, the reason i asked them was because i was able to grab 88's US release of Gestapo's Last Orgy from their eBay account which required no importing for me in the uk.

I asked about ITLOD set and was told there may be some office copys put on eBay but not for release date.

The customer service rep lady from 88 Films has a lot of bad information sometimes. I had asked her a long time ago about Righting Wrongs coming to the US from 88 Films and she said to it was! Obviously, that didn't happen and Vinegar Syndrome released it.