88 Films: Three Upcoming Releases Detailed
Home88 Films: Three Upcoming Releases Detailed
Posted December 17, 2019 11:55 PM by Webmaster
British distributors 88 Films have detailed three upcoming releases: Umberto Lenzi's Paranoia (1970) and Brothers Till We Die (1978), and John Woo's Heroes Shed No Tears (1986).
Paranoia a.k.a. A Quiet Place to Kill
Synopsis: Synopsis: Helen, a race-car driver whose life, both personal and professional, is in a rapid downfall, is invited by her ex-husband Maurice's new wife Constance to stay at their plush estate. The two women form a bond, and it is not long before their mutual dislike for the husband culminates into a plan to kill him. Their plan to murder Maurice on a sailing trip goes awry, and Constance is accidentally killed instead. Helen and her ex seize the moment and dispose of Constance's corpse at sea, but when the dead woman's daughter Susan arrives, the young lady begins to suspect that her mother has been murdered. Cinematography by Guglielmo Mancori (Live Like a Cop, Die Like a Man).
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Brothers Till We Die
Synopsis: The"Hunchback", a notorious Italian gangster, returns from Rome from Corsica after his imprisonment. Together with his younger brother and other accomplices he plans to raid an armored truck. But things go awry.
A follow up to Lenzi's earlier The Tough Ones, Brothers Till We Die is one of the best of the Poliziotteschi cycle – the tough Italian action movies that gave Clint Eastwood such a run for his money is the seventies. Starring Tomas Milián, Pino Colizzi, Isa Danieli, Salvatore Borghese, and Luciano Catenacci.
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Heroes Shed No Tears
Synopsis: Master director John Woo (The Killer) traveled to Thailand to make this fast-paced action classic. A group of mercenaries are sent into the so-called 'Golden Triangle' to capture a drug baron, but nabbing him is the easy bit. He's not going to go quietly: with both by gangsters and the army on the tail, this wild bunch is going to need all the help it can get...
No one has ever filmed gunplay as well as Woo and this was the first film that showed what he could do with a semi-automatic. Filmed with the same mastery of action that made Hard Target and A Bullet in the Head genres classics, 88 Films are proud to present this Blu-ray premiere of a seminal action classic.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
Reversible cover art
Paranoia a.k.a. A Quiet Place to Kill
Synopsis: Synopsis: Helen, a race-car driver whose life, both personal and professional, is in a rapid downfall, is invited by her ex-husband Maurice's new wife Constance to stay at their plush estate. The two women form a bond, and it is not long before their mutual dislike for the husband culminates into a plan to kill him. Their plan to murder Maurice on a sailing trip goes awry, and Constance is accidentally killed instead. Helen and her ex seize the moment and dispose of Constance's corpse at sea, but when the dead woman's daughter Susan arrives, the young lady begins to suspect that her mother has been murdered. Cinematography by Guglielmo Mancori (Live Like a Cop, Die Like a Man).
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- BRAND NEW 2K REMASTER FROM THE ORIGINAL 35MM CAMERA NEGATIVE
- Audio Commentary by critic and author Troy Howarth
- Imperfect Crime: An Interview with Director, the late, great, Umberto Lenzi
- Alternate Opening Titles
- Alternate "Clothed" Scenes
- Remastered Uncompressed English Audio
- Remastered Uncompressed Italian Audio with newly translated Subtitles
- Reversible sleeve with alternative Italian poster
- Limited Edition illustrated booklet with notes by giallo expert Rachael Nisbet and technical credits
- REGION-FREE
Brothers Till We Die
Synopsis: The"Hunchback", a notorious Italian gangster, returns from Rome from Corsica after his imprisonment. Together with his younger brother and other accomplices he plans to raid an armored truck. But things go awry.
A follow up to Lenzi's earlier The Tough Ones, Brothers Till We Die is one of the best of the Poliziotteschi cycle – the tough Italian action movies that gave Clint Eastwood such a run for his money is the seventies. Starring Tomas Milián, Pino Colizzi, Isa Danieli, Salvatore Borghese, and Luciano Catenacci.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- Heart of Rome - an interview with composer Antonello Venditti
- Master of Funk - An Interview with Composer Franco Micalizzi
- Introduction by Mike Malloy (virector of Eurocrime)
- Audio commentary by author and critic Troy Howarth and critic Nathaniel Thompson from Mondo Digital
- Remastered Uncompressed English Audio
- Remastered Uncompressed Italian Audio with newly translated Subtitles
- Reversible sleeve with alternative Italian poster
- Limited Edition illustrated booklet with notes by Italian cinema expert Francesco Massaccesi and technical credits
- REGION-FREE
Heroes Shed No Tears
Synopsis: Master director John Woo (The Killer) traveled to Thailand to make this fast-paced action classic. A group of mercenaries are sent into the so-called 'Golden Triangle' to capture a drug baron, but nabbing him is the easy bit. He's not going to go quietly: with both by gangsters and the army on the tail, this wild bunch is going to need all the help it can get...
No one has ever filmed gunplay as well as Woo and this was the first film that showed what he could do with a semi-automatic. Filmed with the same mastery of action that made Hard Target and A Bullet in the Head genres classics, 88 Films are proud to present this Blu-ray premiere of a seminal action classic.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- NEW 2K REMASTER FROM THE ORIGINAL 35MM CAMERA NEGATIVE
- INTERNATIONAL CUT with Classic English Dub (85 min).
- Audio Commentary by Asian Cinema expert Brandon Bentley
- A Tale of Two Cuts: Brandon Bentley examines the difference between the film we know today and John Woo's original workprint (14 min)
- Interview with Eddy Ko (20 min)
- English Trailer
- Chinese Trailer
- Original Cantonese Mono with improved English Subtitles
- Remixed Cantonese DTS-HD MA 5.1 with improved English Subtitles
- Remixed English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 dub track
- Reversible sleeve with alternative artwork
- Limited Edition illustrated booklet with notes by Asian Cinema expert James Oliver and technical credits
- REGION-B "LOCKED"
Reversible cover art