Don't Play with Fire Blu-ray

Cult Epics has provided final details for its upcoming Blu-ray release of Tsui Hark's Dangerous Encounters of the First Kind a.k.a. Don't Play with Fire (1980), starring Lo Lieh, Ray Lui, Deanie lp, Ronny Yu, and Tsui Hark The release is scheduled to arrive on the market on June 23.

Description: After a fatal hit-and-run, three high school friends flee the crime scene. They are witnessed by Pearl, a sadistic young girl, who pursues the group and blackmails them into more crimes, with increasingly disastrous consequences. Don't Play with Fire (aka Dangerous Encounters of the First Kind), directed by Tsui Hark (A Better Tomorrow), is one of the most controversial and violent crime films from the Hong Kong New Wave of the 1980s. Cult Epics presents a 2-disc limited edition of 3000 copies featuring three versions of the film including a new 2K transfer and extensive bonus features.

Special Features and Technical Specs:

DISC ONE

• NEW 2K RESTORATION OF THE UNCUT INTERNATIONAL VERSION OF THE FILM
• Audio Commentary by Frankie Balboa and Brandon Streussnig
• Interview with actor Paul Che
• Interview with actor Albert Au
• Interview with screenwriter Szeto Cheuk On
• Interview with assistant director O Sing Pui
• Original trailers
• In Cantonese, with English subtitles

DISC TWO

• PREVIOUSLY BANNED CHINESE VERSION OF THE FILM
• ENGLISH DUBBED VERSION OF THE FILM (SD PRESENTATION
• Original Theatrical Trailer
• New and Improved English subtitles
• Reversible sleeve w/original Poster art
• New Slipcase art design by Tony Stella