Description:Featuring some of the most dangerous stunts ever performed on camera, the Police Story trilogy represents the pinnacle of Jackie Chan's unique style of Hong Kong action filmmaking. A dazzling blend of gritty action cop drama, impeccably choreographed martial arts sequences and bone-crunching stunt work, this series of films revitalised the Hong Kong action genre and established Jackie Chan as a worldwide superstar.
In Police Story, Chan stars as "super cop" Chan Ka-kui, who faces off against a notorious crime lord in a series of escalating set-pieces that hospitalised several members of the stunt team. Police Story 2 sees Chan demoted to traffic cop after the events of the first film before he is reinstated to the detective unit to tackle a deadly gang of explosive experts in one of the greatest action films ever made. Finally, action superstar Michelle Yeoh joins the series in Police Story 3: Supercop, in which her Inspector Yang Chien-hua teams up with Chan to take down an international drug smuggling ring.
Jackie Chan considers the original Police Story to be his finest film in terms of pure action, while all three entries in the trilogy stand at the pinnacle of genre filmmaking in Hong Kong and consistently appear on lists of the best action movies ever made. Eureka Classics is proud to present all three films from astonishing 4K restorations in limited edition SteelBook packaging.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
Limited Edition Steelbook [2000 copies]
SteelBook packaging featuring new artwork by Robert Bruno
4K (2160p) Blu-ray presentations of all three films across 3 Ultra HD Blu-ray Discs in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible)
DISC ONE POLICE STORY (1985)
4K (2160p) presentation of the original Hong Kong theatrical cut [100 mins] | 1080p HD presentation of the alternate "Police Force" export cut of the film [88 mins] | Hong Kong Version Original Cantonese mono audio, as well as optional restored 5.1 DTS-HD MA | Hong Kong Theatrical Version Classic English dub (original mono) | Hong Kong Theatrical Version Audio commentary with Asian film experts Frank Djeng (NY Asian Film Festival) and F.J. DeSanto | Hong Kong Theatrical Version Audio commentary with action cinema experts Mike Leeder & Arne Venema | Police Force Version Option of either the classic English dub track or a rare alternate audio track featuring the original Cantonese audio mixed with the Kevin Bassinson score | Optional English subtitles | Archival interview with Jackie Chan [19 mins] | Alternate and Deleted Scenes | Archival "Jackie Chan Stunts" promo | Trailers, including the film's original theatrical and export trailers
DISC TWO POLICE STORY 2 (1988)
4K (2160p) presentation of the Extended cut of the film [121 mins] | 1080p HD presentation of the original Hong Kong theatrical version [105 mins] | 1080p HD presentation of the alternate export version [95 mins] |Extended Version Original Cantonese mono audio, as well as optional restored 5.1 DTS-HD MA | Extended Version English dub presented in restored 5.1 DTS-HD MA | Extended Version Audio commentary with Asian film experts Frank Djeng (NY Asian Film Festival) and F.J. DeSanto | Extended Version Audio commentary with action cinema experts Mike Leeder & Arne Venema | Hong Kong Theatrical Version Original Cantonese mono audio | Hong Kong Theatrical Version Archival audio commentary with Miles Wood and Jude Poyer | Export Version Classic English dub track | Optional English subtitles | "Jackie Chan" episode of Son of the Incredibly Strange Film Show [41 mins] documentary on Jackie Chan's early career from the cult film documentary series, presented by Jonathan Ross | Archival interview with actor and stuntman Benny Lai [15 mins] | Outtakes | Trailers, including the film's original theatrical and export trailers
DISC THREE POLICE STORY 3: SUPERCOP (1992)
4K (2160p) presentation of the original Hong Kong theatrical cut [96 mins] from a restoration of the original film elements | 1080p HD presentation of the alternate US version [91 mins] | Hong Kong Theatrical Version Original Cantonese mono audio, as well as an optional alternate Cantonese audio track featuring original, unaltered, sound effects | Hong Kong Theatrical Version Cantonese Dolby Atmos Surround Sound Audio | Hong Kong Theatrical Version Classic English dub track | Hong Kong Theatrical Version Audio commentary with Asian film experts Frank Djeng (NY Asian Film Festival) and F.J. DeSanto | Hong Kong Theatrical Version Audio commentary with action cinema experts Mike Leeder & Arne Venema | US Version "American English" dub track, including Jackie Chan and Michelle Yeoh voicing their own characters | US Version Original Cantonese audio | Optional English subtitles | Interview with Stunt Coordinator and Action Film Historian John Kreng | Featurette on rarely seen Jackie Chan video games, Kung Fu Master & Fists of Fire by Arne Venema | Featurette on the filming locations of the Police Story trilogy | Three archival interviews with director Stanley Tong (Combined runtime approx 65 mins), including a half-hour interview from the 2005 Cannes Film Festival courtesy of the Frιdιric Ambroisine Video Archive | Archival interview with Jackie Chan (20 mins) | Archival interview with Michelle Yeoh (23 mins) | Archival interview with Jackie Chan's long-time bodyguard and co-star Ken Lo (21 mins) | Outtakes (50 mins) a huge selection of NG ("No Good") shots from the film | Trailers
At the beginning of his long and storied career as a director, the inimitable cult maestro Larry Cohen worked primarily in the crime genre, producing a trio of standout blaxploitation movies. The first his debut was Bone, swiftly followed by two films for American International Pictures that would firmly establish his reputation: Black Caesar and Hell Up in Harlem, in which Fred Williamson's hardened gangster works his way to the top of the New York underworld.
In Black Caesar, we meet Tommy Gibbs (Williamson), a criminal scarred by a childhood encounter with a police officer. As an adult, he has become the leader of a crime syndicate based in Harlem. Determined to grow his criminal empire, he wages war on both the Italian mafia and the NYPD. Gibbs returns in Hell Up in Harlem, in which he attempts to eradicate drug dealers from the streets he grew up on, while battling the corrupt District Attorney who wants to keep them there.
Quintessential examples of 1970s exploitation cinema, Black Caesar and Hell Up in Harlem are bona fide cult classics and launched Larry Cohen's career in the director's chair, setting him on the path to It's Alive, Q The Winged Serpent, The Stuff and The Ambulance. Eureka Classics is proud to present both films on Blu-ray for the first time in the UK.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
High definition transfers
Original English mono audio tracks
Optional English subtitles (SDH)
New audio commentaries on Black Caesar and Hell Up in Harlem with Steve Mitchell, director of the 2017 documentary King Cohen
Archival audio commentaries on Black Caesar and Hell Up in Harlem with writer, director and producer Larry Cohen
Godfather of Harlem a newly edited, previously unseen interview with Larry Cohen on Black Caesar and Hell Up in Harlem originally shot for King Cohen
Trailers
Limited edition O-card slipcover featuring new artwork by Sam Gilbey [2000 copies]
Limited edition collector's booklet featuring writing on Black Caesar, Hell Up in Harlem and the blaxploitation genre by Mikel J. Koven, author of Blaxploitation Films [2000 copies]