88 Films: First Look at New 2K Restoration of Spiritual Kung Fu with Jackie Chan
Home88 Films: First Look at New 2K Restoration of Spiritual Kung Fu with Jackie Chan
Posted September 28, 2020 04:30 PM by Webmaster
British distributors 88 Films have released an original trailer for the recent 2K restoration of Lo Wei's film Spiritual Kung Fu (1978), starring Jackie Chan, James Tien, Li Tong-Chun, Lee Kwan, and Wu Wen-Siu. The restoration will be released on Blu-ray on October 26.
Synopsis: Hong Kong Legends unearth a wonderfully bizarre Jackie Chan classic and apply the Ultra-Bit treatment to show it off like never before. This time we join Jackie with his head in a book and some helpful ghostly kung fu teachers! Believe it or not that spells action scenes aplenty as Jackie needs a manual which has been stolen from his temple in order to combat the '7Fists'. In the wrong handsthis knowledge could spell disaster so it's up to Jackie to track down the traitor and counter the deadly fight moves that the book has endowed upon the thief.
This early Jackie Chan gem lets him play the type of bumbling student role he perfected in Drucken Master and Snake in the Eagle's Shadow to great effect. Cue a raft of amusing fight scenes under the direction of Lo Wei (Fist of Fury) and you've got quality armchair comic action viewing that's not to be missed!
Special Features and Technical Specs:
Synopsis: Hong Kong Legends unearth a wonderfully bizarre Jackie Chan classic and apply the Ultra-Bit treatment to show it off like never before. This time we join Jackie with his head in a book and some helpful ghostly kung fu teachers! Believe it or not that spells action scenes aplenty as Jackie needs a manual which has been stolen from his temple in order to combat the '7Fists'. In the wrong handsthis knowledge could spell disaster so it's up to Jackie to track down the traitor and counter the deadly fight moves that the book has endowed upon the thief.
This early Jackie Chan gem lets him play the type of bumbling student role he perfected in Drucken Master and Snake in the Eagle's Shadow to great effect. Cue a raft of amusing fight scenes under the direction of Lo Wei (Fist of Fury) and you've got quality armchair comic action viewing that's not to be missed!
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- NEW 2K RESTORATION of the Hong Kong Cut of the film from the original 35mm negatives
- NEW Audio Commentary by Hong Kong cinema experts Mike Leeder and Arne Venema
- NEW Rick Baker on Spiritual Kung Fu
- Audio options
- Cantonese Mono
- English Mono
- Mandarin Mono
- Alternate Cantonese Mono featuring different music
- Newly Remastered English Subtitles
- Fighting Style Interviews with Jackie Chan, Stanley Tong and Sammo Hung
- Scenes From the Korean Version
- Alternate Shot
- Original trailers
- Hong Kong Trailer
- English Trailer
- Japanese Trailer
- Reversible sleeve with new artwork from R.P. "Kung Fu Bob" O'Brien and Original HK Poster Art
- Limited Edition Slipcase
- Limited A3 Poster
- Limited Postcards x 4
- REGION-B "LOCKED"
