Texas-based distributors Well Go USA will release on Blu-ray Jing Wong's The Last Tycoon (2012), starring action superstar Chow Yun-Fat, Sammo Hung, Francis Ng, and Huang Xiaoming. The release will be available for purchase on September 17th.
From Hong Kong action superstar Chow Yun-Fat and powerhouse director Jing Wong comes a story of the rise and fall of real-life gangster Cheng Daqi, spanning 30 tumultuous years in Shanghai. For Cheng, innocence and young love are shattered by circumstance, wrongful imprisonment, murder, and escape. He finds himself in the crime gangs of Shanghai and apprenticed to the local "tycoon" (Sammo Hung). As the years pass, Cheng rises to the upper echelons of power and finds himself torn between the love of two women, the murderous plots of the secret service, and the looming threat of war that may destroy the entire city.