Vinegar Syndrome Brings Jet Li’s MY FATHER IS A HERO To US Shores
Boutique Blu-ray specialists, Vinegar Syndrome, anoounced their new slate of releases today and Corey Yuen’s 1995 wire-fu classic, My Father is a Hero, is amongst them. The film stars Jet Li, Anita Mui, and Xie Miao.
While it was recently released as part of a Blu-ray three-pack by Eureka! Entertainment, this is the official US release. Previously, it was only available in the form of Miramax’s godawful rebrand , The Enforcer. Complete with horrific dub and horrific score. VinegarSyndrome’s release will be freshly restored and a breath of fresh air in comparison.
Gong Wei is an undercover cop living in mainland China. He is so deep undercover that his own wife and son don’t even know he’s a cop. After a mid-level gangster nicknamed Blackie is arrested, Wei is ordered by his superiors to help Blackie escape back to Hong Kong in an attempt to gain his trust and infiltrate his gang. When an arms deal goes wrong, Wei attracts the attention of a female Hong Kong detective named Anne Fong who begins investigating him. Things become more complicated for Wei when his own son soon ends up in danger and Wei has no choice but to team up with Anne in order to save his son and stop the gangsters from pulling off a deadly heist.
Released in America under the alternate title The Enforcer, MY FATHER IS A HERO teams up international martial arts superstar Jet Li (Once Upon a Time in China, Lethal Weapon 4) with renowned action director Corey Yuen (Righting Wrongs, The Transporter). Showcasing the lightning fast fight scenes and gravity-defying stunt work that Jet Li has become known for, MY FATHER IS A HERO also has an emotional storyline thanks in part to the performances by Anita Mui (Rumble in the Bronx) and child actor Tse Miu (Ip Man: The Awakening), who also has some impressive fight scenes of his own. Vinegar Syndrome Archive is proud to present this thrill-a-minute martial arts actioner on Blu-ray for the first time in America, newly restored from a studio-supplied 4K master, and featuring an insane fight where Jet Li’s character uses his own son as a human weapon!
directed by: Corey Yuen
starring: Jet Li, Anita Mui, Tse Miu, Rongguang Yu, Collin Chou, Ken Lo
1995 / 104 min / 1.85:1 / Cantonese & English 2.0 StereoAdditional info:
- Region A Blu-ray
- Newly restored by VS from a studio-supplied 4K master
- Presented in its original Cantonese 2.0 stereo soundtrack along with the ‘classic’ English dub soundtrack
- Commentary track with martial arts film historian Frank Djeng
- “Interview with Wong Jing” (3 min) – a brand new interview with producer Wong Jing
- “Crowd Pleaser” (18 min) – an archival interview with producer Wong Jing
- “Like Father, Like Son” (16 min) – an archival interview with actor Tse Miu
- “Born to be Bad” (20 min) – an archival interview with actor Ken Lo
- Deleted scene
- Image Gallery
- Original Hong Kong Trailer
- Reversible sleeve artwork
- Newly translated English subtitles (English SDH for the English dub)
You can pick up Vinegar Syndrome’s release. Check out the artwork and trailer below!
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