Retro Reviews

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Streaming Sleepers: In MERCENARIES FROM HONG KONG, Wong Jing’s Fresh 80s Action Classic

Mercenaries From Hong Kong was previously reviewed for the twenty-sixth edition of Fantasia Festival. The film is currently available to stream via Arrow Player. Undoubtedly, one of the most well-received aspects of being an avid Arrow Video collector nowadays means being exposed to rounds of cult classic titles long-adorned by certain niches. Specifically, we’re talking those of the Hong Kong cinema kind and folks especially fond of Arrow’s Shawscope 2K restorations of late, including and not limited to Wong Jing’s third directorial outing in his career with Ti Lung starrer, Mercenaries From Hong Kong. Ti Lung plays Lok Li, a hired killer working in Hong Kong already wanted for murdering the son of a crimeboss. Before he can escape to Thailand until the heat blows over, Lok gets enveloped into even more trouble at the behest of Ho Ying (Candice Yu), a wealthy tycoon’s daughter who claims she is being […]

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Eureka Blu-Ray Review: In MARTIAL LAW: Lo Wei’s Wuxia World, A Worthy Snapshot Of A Celebrated Director’s Career

• THE BLACK BUTTERFLY• DEATH VALLEY• VENGEANCE OF A SNOW GIRL• Extras• Conclusion Legendary director Lo Wei is front and center once more for another dose of classic Shaw Brothers action by way of Eureka Entertainment with Martial Law: Lo Wei’s Wuxia World. The bundle herein lends restored classics including The Black Butterfly (1968), Death Valley (1968), and Vengeance Of A Snow Girl (1971), along with a lean addition of extras to boot. The bundle also serves up an ample grouping of titles in which Lo himself also makes appearances. In The Black Butterfly, he plays Gai Tian Lui, the sinister head of Five Devil Rock whose collection of wealth is the latest ensnared by The Black Butterfly, a thief who haunts the night stealing from the rich to give to the poor. Efforts to investigate who the mysterious figure is and their whereabouts lead to a remote tavern run […]

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