Code Red has detailed its upcoming Blu-ray release of Fernando Di Leo's action thriller
The Violent Breed (1984), starring Henry Silva, Harrison Muller, Woody Strode, Carole André, and Luigina Rocchi. The release, which will be distributed by Kino Lorber, will be available for purchase on April 5.
Official description: Danger and adventure are the business of The Violent Breed in this explosive action thriller from the maestro Fernando Di Leo, director of Caliber 9, The Italian Connection, The Boss and Shoot First, Die Later. Stone-faced CIA boss Kirk Cooper (Henry Silva, Almost Human) gets word of a renegade American working the world's richest drug source, the Golden Triangle. It's a billion-dollar business with Mafia connections on one side, and a Russian arms deal on the other. And it must be stopped. He sends Vietnam vet Mike Martin (Harrison Muller, She) into the jungles of Southeast Asia to eliminate the tough-as-nails kingpin, Polo (Woody Strode, The Professionals). It's one man against an army of cutthroats in The Violent Breed a.k.a. Real Soulja, also starring Carole André (Face to Face) and Luigina Rocchi (Slave of the Cannibal God) with a rousing score by Paolo Rustichelli (The Dirty Seven). Cinematography by Roberto Gerardi (
To Be Twenty). Soundtrack by Paolo Rustichelli (
The Dirty Seven).
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- BRAND NEW 2K RESTORATION OF THE FILM
- Theatrical Trailer
- Optional English Subtitles