Arrow Video Announces May Releases
HomeArrow Video Announces May Releases
Posted February 27, 2026 10:12 PM by Webmaster
Arrow Video has announced its May batch of releases. They are: Blue Thunder (1983), G.I. Samurai (1979), Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991), Nightbreed (1990), Mona Lisa (1986), and The Dollars Trilogy (1964-2017).
Blue Thunder 4K Blu-ray
In 1983, director John Badham (WarGames) followed his smash hit Saturday Night Fever with Blue Thunder, an adrenaline-packed fusion of techno-thriller grit and blockbuster spectacle. This tale of airborne surveillance and institutional overreach became a defining genre snapshot of Reagan-era anxiety, shot through with Hollywood muscle and a prescient distrust of unchecked technology.
Roy Scheider (Jaws) stars as Frank Murphy, a veteran LAPD helicopter pilot picked to test-fly Blue Thunder, an experimental attack chopper bristling with unprecedented surveillance capabilities. When Murphy uncovers a covert plot to weaponize the aircraft for domestic policing, he takes to the skies in open rebellion. Hunted through the city by his own unit and shadowy government architects, Murphy's final patrol becomes a white-knuckle fight for justice – and survival.
Co-starring Warren Oates (Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia), Malcolm McDowell (A Clockwork Orange), and Candy Clark (American Graffiti), Blue Thunder delivers heart-pounding suspense and sky-high stakes. A landmark of analog-age futurism, it remains a razor-sharp thrill ride that fires on all cylinders from beginning to end.
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G.I. Samurai
G.I. Samurai sees action superstar Sonny Chiba (The Street Fighter) heading the cast in a rip-roaring time-slip action blockbuster in which guns, tanks and helicopters come up against katana-wielding warriors on horseback!
During a routine military exercise, modern-day soldiers led by Second Lieutenant Iba (Chiba) find themselves transported back in time four hundred years to war-torn feudal Japan. Facing attack by samurai warriors from rival clans, frictions rapidly emerge among these modern-day soldiers, whisked from a time of peace, freed from the strictures of a higher authority and stranded in one of the bloodiest and most decisive periods in Japan's history.
Based on a novel by Ryo Hanmura and directed by Kosei Saito (Ninja Wars), G.I. Samurai's epic battle scenes wowed Japanese audiences upon release in 1979 and are now more awe-inspiring than ever in a new 4K restoration by Kadokawa Pictures.
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Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves 4K Blu-ray
From Errol Flynn to Disney, Hollywood has long been fascinated with the legend of Robin Hood. Helmed by director Kevin Reynolds (Waterworld, The Count of Monte Cristo), Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves pays homage to the past while transforming the famous outlaw of Sherwood Forest into a movie icon fit for the 1990s.
Robin of Locksley (Kevin Costner, Waterworld) returns from the Crusades to find his father dead and vows revenge. With his Moorish companion Azeem (Morgan Freeman, Unforgiven), he joins a band of peasant rebels to do battle against the wicked Sheriff of Nottingham (Alan Rickman, Die Hard) and win the hand of the fair Maid Marian (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, The Abyss), cousin of the absent King of England.
This grand, swashbuckling adventure in the classic tradition is brought to life by an all-star supporting cast, including Christian Slater (True Romance), Brian Blessed (Flash Gordon) and a memorable cameo from Sean Connery (himself a former Robin Hood), plus an instantly recognizable score by Michael Kamen (Highlander) – not to mention a chart-topping Bryan Adams theme song. Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves dazzles in a stunning 4K restoration, accompanied by a king's ransom of bonus features.
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Nightbreed 4K Blu-ray
From the mind of writer/director Clive Barker - the macabre visionary responsible for Hellraiser and Candyman - comes Nightbreed, a nightmare-induced fantasy set in a world like nothing you've ever experienced before... one which will leave you questioning who the real monsters are. By night, Aaron Boone (Craig Sheffer, Teen Wolf) dreams of Midian, a hidden subterranean world where monsters have created a haven from humanity. Under pressure from his girlfriend Lori (Anne Bobby, Born on the Fourth of July), he attends psychotherapy sessions, unaware that his shrink, Dr Decker (Videodrome director David Cronenberg), is setting him up to take the fall for a series of violent murders. Convinced he no longer belongs in the human world, Boone goes in search of Midian - not realising that the real killer has plans for both him and the colourful cast of outsiders who call it home... The victim of studio interference and an unrepresentative marketing campaign, Nightbreed was poorly received by critics on its initial release and failed to ignite the box office, but has since undergone a radical reappraisal. Arrow Films is proud to present two versions of this depraved cult classic: the studio-approved theatrical cut and the reconstructed, reinvigorated director's cut, for the ultimate nightmarish viewing experience. CONTENT AND SPECIAL FEATURES:
Mona Lisa 4K Blu-ray
Five years after The Long Good Friday, Bob Hoskins returned to the gangster genre, but his character George is a mere underling this time, a chauffeur hired by a mesmerisingly slimy gangland kingpin (Michael Caine) to transport a high-class prostitute (Cathy Tyson) from client to client. When she enlists his help in tracking down an old friend, George finds himself exploring a hellish underworld that he never imagined existed.
Hoskins' immensely complex, subtle and moving performance hoovered up almost every Best Actor award going (Cannes, a BAFTA, a Golden Globe) and remains one of his greatest roles - a man sucked by circumstance into a life of crime but still righteous enough to seize the opportunity to do good when it presents itself.
Director Neil Jordan (The Company of Wolves, The Crying Game) and co-writer David Leland (Made in Britain) achieve a perfect blend of hard-edged realism and unexpected fantasy, with the regular appearance of the Nat King Cole title song turning seedy British locations (Soho, Brighton) into something far more romantically evocative.
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The Dollars Trilogy 4K Blu-ray
A Fistful of Dollars wasn't the first spaghetti western, but the genre was never the same again after Sergio Leone's audacious breakthrough. Starring Clint Eastwood in the role that made him an international icon, the film introduces a nameless stranger who rides into a Mexican border town torn apart by a vicious power struggle between two rival families, the Baxters and the Rojos. His only chance of escape is a standoff against the latter's merciless leader, Ramón (Gian Maria Volonté).
With For a Few Dollars More, Leone expanded the canvas of his mythic, feverish vision and refined his unmistakable signature. Two rival bounty killers (Eastwood and Lee Van Cleef) hunt the same target: the psychopathic bandit "El Indio" (Volonté). Forming an uneasy alliance, the pair infiltrate El Indio's gang... but as greed begets violence, the hunters become the hunted, leading to a final showdown in a circle of death.
Leone's trilogy concludes with The Good, The Bad and The Ugly, a violent, picaresque epic of operatic scale. When Blondie (Eastwood) and the treacherous Tuco (Eli Wallach) learn of a buried cache of Confederate gold, they are drawn into a desperate race against Angel Eyes (Van Cleef), a ruthless mercenary with his own twisted code of honour. Set against the devastation of the American Civil War, their pursuit builds to one of cinema's most iconic three-way standoffs, bringing Leone's grand sense of dramatic scale to its apotheosis.
Arrow Films is proud to present this landmark Western trilogy in the most comprehensive edition ever assembled, all meticulously restored in glorious 4K, with a wealth of new and archival bonus materials.
UK STREET DATE: MAY 18.
Blue Thunder 4K Blu-ray
In 1983, director John Badham (WarGames) followed his smash hit Saturday Night Fever with Blue Thunder, an adrenaline-packed fusion of techno-thriller grit and blockbuster spectacle. This tale of airborne surveillance and institutional overreach became a defining genre snapshot of Reagan-era anxiety, shot through with Hollywood muscle and a prescient distrust of unchecked technology.
Roy Scheider (Jaws) stars as Frank Murphy, a veteran LAPD helicopter pilot picked to test-fly Blue Thunder, an experimental attack chopper bristling with unprecedented surveillance capabilities. When Murphy uncovers a covert plot to weaponize the aircraft for domestic policing, he takes to the skies in open rebellion. Hunted through the city by his own unit and shadowy government architects, Murphy's final patrol becomes a white-knuckle fight for justice – and survival.
Co-starring Warren Oates (Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia), Malcolm McDowell (A Clockwork Orange), and Candy Clark (American Graffiti), Blue Thunder delivers heart-pounding suspense and sky-high stakes. A landmark of analog-age futurism, it remains a razor-sharp thrill ride that fires on all cylinders from beginning to end.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- 4K RESTORATION FROM THE ORIGINAL CAMERA NEGATIVE
- DOLBY VISION/HDR PRESENTATION OF THE FILM
- Original restored lossless 2.0 stereo audio
- Optional DTS-HD MA 5.1 remix
- Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- Archival audio commentary by director John Badham, editor Frank Morriss, and motion control supervisor Hoyt Yeatman
- Flight Risk, a brand new interview with director John Badham
- A Rollercoaster Ride, a brand new interview with actor Candy Clark
- Catching Up, a brand new interview with actor Malcolm McDowell
- Ride with the Angels: Making Blue Thunder, an archival three-part documentary from 2006
- The Special: Building Blue Thunder, an archival featurette from 2006 on the design and construction of the iconic helicopter
- Archival 1983 promotion featurette
- Extended scene
- Theatrical trailer
- Image gallery
- Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Chris Skinner
- Collectors' booklet featuring new writing on the film by Dennis Capicik and original production notes
G.I. Samurai
G.I. Samurai sees action superstar Sonny Chiba (The Street Fighter) heading the cast in a rip-roaring time-slip action blockbuster in which guns, tanks and helicopters come up against katana-wielding warriors on horseback!
During a routine military exercise, modern-day soldiers led by Second Lieutenant Iba (Chiba) find themselves transported back in time four hundred years to war-torn feudal Japan. Facing attack by samurai warriors from rival clans, frictions rapidly emerge among these modern-day soldiers, whisked from a time of peace, freed from the strictures of a higher authority and stranded in one of the bloodiest and most decisive periods in Japan's history.
Based on a novel by Ryo Hanmura and directed by Kosei Saito (Ninja Wars), G.I. Samurai's epic battle scenes wowed Japanese audiences upon release in 1979 and are now more awe-inspiring than ever in a new 4K restoration by Kadokawa Pictures.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- High-definition transfer
- Original lossless Japanese mono and 4.0 stereo surround audio, and remixed 5.1 surround audio
- Optional newly translated English subtitles
- Two optional viewing modes via seamless branching: the original Japanese version or the uncut English-language version titled Time Slip, with lossless English mono audio
- Brand new audio commentary by Samm Deighan and Tom Mes
- The Good Fight, an introduction by Japanese film specialist Mark Schilling
- Acting in Self Defence, an appreciation by Matt Alt, author of Pure Invention: How Japan's Pop Culture Conquered the World
- Back in Time, a discussion of the film by authors and film critics Masaaki Nomura and Tatsuya Masuto
- Cast and crew interviews from 2005 with Sonny Chiba, Isao Natsuyagi, Hiromitsu Suzuki, Kamayatsu Monsieur, Jun Eto and Isao Kuraishi
- Original theatrical trailers
- Image gallery
- Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Ilan Sheady
- Collectors' booklet featuring new writing on the film by Josh Slater-Williams
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves 4K Blu-ray
From Errol Flynn to Disney, Hollywood has long been fascinated with the legend of Robin Hood. Helmed by director Kevin Reynolds (Waterworld, The Count of Monte Cristo), Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves pays homage to the past while transforming the famous outlaw of Sherwood Forest into a movie icon fit for the 1990s.
Robin of Locksley (Kevin Costner, Waterworld) returns from the Crusades to find his father dead and vows revenge. With his Moorish companion Azeem (Morgan Freeman, Unforgiven), he joins a band of peasant rebels to do battle against the wicked Sheriff of Nottingham (Alan Rickman, Die Hard) and win the hand of the fair Maid Marian (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, The Abyss), cousin of the absent King of England.
This grand, swashbuckling adventure in the classic tradition is brought to life by an all-star supporting cast, including Christian Slater (True Romance), Brian Blessed (Flash Gordon) and a memorable cameo from Sean Connery (himself a former Robin Hood), plus an instantly recognizable score by Michael Kamen (Highlander) – not to mention a chart-topping Bryan Adams theme song. Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves dazzles in a stunning 4K restoration, accompanied by a king's ransom of bonus features.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- PREVIOUSLY RESTORED IN 4K BY ARROW FILMS
- DOLBY VISION/HDR PRESENTATION OF THE FILM
- Original uncompressed stereo and DTS-HD MA 5.1 surround audio
- Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- Audio commentary with director Kevin Reynolds and actor Kevin Costner
- Audio commentary with actors Morgan Freeman and Christian Slater and writers/producers Pen Densham and John Watson
- Here We Are Kings: Making Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, a multi-part documentary featuring interviews with Densham, Watson, director of photography Douglas Milsome, editor Peter Boyle, costume designer John Bloomfield and many more members of the creative team
- Robin Hood: The Myth, the Man, the Movie, an archival 1991 documentary hosted by Pierce Brosnan
- One-on-One with the Cast, archival 1991 interviews with Costner, Freeman, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Slater and Alan Rickman
- Bryan Adams "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" performance at Slane Castle, Ireland
- Music soundtrack cues
- Theatrical trailer
- TV spots
- Image gallery
- Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Paul Shipper
- Collectors' perfect-bound booklet featuring writing on the film by Jackson Cooper and Mark Cunliffe
- Double-sided fold-out poster featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Paul Shipper
- Double-sided fold-out poster featuring newly commissioned artwork by José Saccone
- Six postcard-sized art cards
Nightbreed 4K Blu-ray
From the mind of writer/director Clive Barker - the macabre visionary responsible for Hellraiser and Candyman - comes Nightbreed, a nightmare-induced fantasy set in a world like nothing you've ever experienced before... one which will leave you questioning who the real monsters are. By night, Aaron Boone (Craig Sheffer, Teen Wolf) dreams of Midian, a hidden subterranean world where monsters have created a haven from humanity. Under pressure from his girlfriend Lori (Anne Bobby, Born on the Fourth of July), he attends psychotherapy sessions, unaware that his shrink, Dr Decker (Videodrome director David Cronenberg), is setting him up to take the fall for a series of violent murders. Convinced he no longer belongs in the human world, Boone goes in search of Midian - not realising that the real killer has plans for both him and the colourful cast of outsiders who call it home... The victim of studio interference and an unrepresentative marketing campaign, Nightbreed was poorly received by critics on its initial release and failed to ignite the box office, but has since undergone a radical reappraisal. Arrow Films is proud to present two versions of this depraved cult classic: the studio-approved theatrical cut and the reconstructed, reinvigorated director's cut, for the ultimate nightmarish viewing experience. CONTENT AND SPECIAL FEATURES:
- DOLBY VISION/HDR PRESENTAITON OF TWO VERSIONS OF THE FILM
- Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing for both cuts
- Reversible sleeve feature original and newly commissioned artwork by Gilles Vranckx
- Perfect-bound collectors' booklet featuring writing on the film by Mark Salisbury, co-author of Clive Barker's Nightbreed: The Making of the Film, and Barker archivists Phil and Sarah Stokes
- Double-sided fold-out poster featuring newly commissioned artwork by Gilles Vranckx
- Audio commentary by critics Adrian J. Smith and David Flint
- Vintage introduction by writer/director Clive Barker
- Monsters, Maniacs and Midian: The Making of Nightbreed, a brand new feature-length documentary incorporating never-before-seen interviews and behind-the-scenes footage shot on location at Pinewood Studios for an Electronic Press Kit in 1989
- Memories of Midian, an interview with actor Nicholas Vince
- Walking the Line Between Heaven and Hell, an interview with critic Kat Ellinger
- Speaking up for the Monsters, an interview with critic Kim Newman • Deleted and alternate scenes • Extended torture scene
- Theatrical trailers and TV spots
- Extensive image galleries, including early sketches, set photos, poster and pre-production art, stills from the UK launch party at Tower Records, and more
- Original screenplay
- Introduction by Barker and restoration producer Mark Alan Miller
- Audio commentary by Barker and Miller
- Brand new audio commentary by critics Kim Newman and Stephen Jones, and Barker collaborator Peter Atkins
- Brand new audio commentary by Miller and director's cut editor Andrew Furtado
- Tribes of the Moon: Making Nightbreed, an extensive documentary on the making of the film, featuring actors Craig Sheffer, Doug Bradley, Anne Bobby and many more
- Making Monsters, a documentary on the film's creature designs, featuring special makeup designer Bob Keen
- Fire! Fights! Stunts!, an interview with second unit director Andy Armstrong
- Cutting Compromise, an interview with editor Mark Goldblatt
- The Painted Landscape, an exploration of the work of concept artist Ralph McQuarrie
- Monster Prosthetics Masterclass, an interview with Keen on the film's incredible prosthetic effects
- Matte painting tests
- Makeup tests
- An exploration of the film's abandoned stop motion animation tests, with special makeup designer Bob Keen
- Rehearsal test
- "Johnny Get Angry" music video
Mona Lisa 4K Blu-ray
Five years after The Long Good Friday, Bob Hoskins returned to the gangster genre, but his character George is a mere underling this time, a chauffeur hired by a mesmerisingly slimy gangland kingpin (Michael Caine) to transport a high-class prostitute (Cathy Tyson) from client to client. When she enlists his help in tracking down an old friend, George finds himself exploring a hellish underworld that he never imagined existed.
Hoskins' immensely complex, subtle and moving performance hoovered up almost every Best Actor award going (Cannes, a BAFTA, a Golden Globe) and remains one of his greatest roles - a man sucked by circumstance into a life of crime but still righteous enough to seize the opportunity to do good when it presents itself.
Director Neil Jordan (The Company of Wolves, The Crying Game) and co-writer David Leland (Made in Britain) achieve a perfect blend of hard-edged realism and unexpected fantasy, with the regular appearance of the Nat King Cole title song turning seedy British locations (Soho, Brighton) into something far more romantically evocative.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- NEW4K RESTORATION FROM THE CAMERA NEGATIVE, approved by director Neil Jordan
- DOLBY VISION/HDR PRESENTATION OF THE FILM
- Newly restored original lossless English mono audio
- Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- Audio commentary by Bob Hoskins and Neil Jordan
- Interviews with director Neil Jordan, writer David Leland and producer Stephen Wooley
- Original trailer
- Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Hannah Gillingham
- Collectors' booklet featuring writing on the film by critic Mike Sutton
The Dollars Trilogy 4K Blu-ray
A Fistful of Dollars wasn't the first spaghetti western, but the genre was never the same again after Sergio Leone's audacious breakthrough. Starring Clint Eastwood in the role that made him an international icon, the film introduces a nameless stranger who rides into a Mexican border town torn apart by a vicious power struggle between two rival families, the Baxters and the Rojos. His only chance of escape is a standoff against the latter's merciless leader, Ramón (Gian Maria Volonté).
With For a Few Dollars More, Leone expanded the canvas of his mythic, feverish vision and refined his unmistakable signature. Two rival bounty killers (Eastwood and Lee Van Cleef) hunt the same target: the psychopathic bandit "El Indio" (Volonté). Forming an uneasy alliance, the pair infiltrate El Indio's gang... but as greed begets violence, the hunters become the hunted, leading to a final showdown in a circle of death.
Leone's trilogy concludes with The Good, The Bad and The Ugly, a violent, picaresque epic of operatic scale. When Blondie (Eastwood) and the treacherous Tuco (Eli Wallach) learn of a buried cache of Confederate gold, they are drawn into a desperate race against Angel Eyes (Van Cleef), a ruthless mercenary with his own twisted code of honour. Set against the devastation of the American Civil War, their pursuit builds to one of cinema's most iconic three-way standoffs, bringing Leone's grand sense of dramatic scale to its apotheosis.
Arrow Films is proud to present this landmark Western trilogy in the most comprehensive edition ever assembled, all meticulously restored in glorious 4K, with a wealth of new and archival bonus materials.
UK STREET DATE: MAY 18.
