Man from Hong Kong (english language!)

[monk sante]

www.dddhouse.com/v3/produ...uctID=6684 (http://www.dddhouse.com/v3/product_details.php?ProductID=6684)

[morgoth]

Sweet. Are Joysales movies sold in any stores?

[Chinatown Kid]

I have the Screensound DVD from Australia and the quality is great, anyone know if the Joysales version is worth upgrading to or is the Aussie DVD still the best around?

[chen lung]

It has nice extras and the international version for sure (we don't know what JS will offer, even if it does say 'English').

[Chinatown Kid]

Thanks chen lung, I guess I'd better wait and hear some opinions on this Joysales version before upgrading because the Aussie DVD may still be the best....

[dager in the cotton]

stick with oz print it's a great disc, loved tha footage of jimmy arriving at the airport in his MFHK suit, talk about bring your own wardrobe productions

[killer meteor]

Oz print is cropped from scope to 1.85:1. That's terrible.

[Linn1]

while I like the extras on the disc, the film being cropped could use some improvement.

[Shaolin Patriot]

However, missing from the list of extras is the director's commentary, which I understand is available. Perhaps it is an Australian rights issue to include it on discs other than region 4 (Australia).

[Chinatown Kid]

Well if the JS version has the original 2.35 aspect ratio I will consider upgrading, I doubt it could beat the extra's on Screensound Australia's version though!

[shukocarl]

A nice extra would have been to bring Jimmy & George together for a chat!

[Tommy September]

Will be getting 3 days.... I'll post a result.

[Chinatown Kid]

Please let us know Tommy, I saw on Yesasia that the aspect ratio is 2.35:1 w/s so if that's true I'll be upgrading. ;)

[Markgway]

Menucaps confirm that it will be the English language version.

There's not even a Chinese language option on the disc.

[Brigadier Chow]

I think this must be an error on the part of DDD.House. All other Fortune Star releases have been in Cantonese/Mandarin w/ eng sub option. Unless this film was originally filmed in english, which I doubt.

[Chinatown Kid]

I think this film was originally filmed in English being a Australian/Hong Kong(Golden Harvest) co-production. The director, Brian Trenchard Smith, was Australian. I believe they dubbed it in Chinese for the HK release. Tai Seng was selling the chinese dubbed version on vhs before it became available on DVD by Screensound Australia.

[Linn1]

it was originally English. But I'm shocked it doesn't at least have a Cantonese or Mandarin soundtrack.

[killer meteor]

Game Of Death and Game Of Death II didn't have Chinese tracks because FS used the English versions.

[Markgway]

I can only assume there's no Mandarin language track than matches the English language version?

[chen lung]

Spannick said the Mandarin version on VHS was shorter than the international English version, so that's probably why. Look at 'Game of Death', that didn't have Cantonese/Mandarin because they were differently edited.

[monk sante]

Here are some more details about the fortune star DVD.

www.asiandvdguide.com/ (http://www.asiandvdguide.com/)

[chen lung]

It's Joy Sales.

[monk sante]

Joy Sales April 4 Fortune Star Digitally Remastered Releases:rolleyes

[Tommy September]

Hello,

Just got MFHK joy sales DVD!

its Eng dubbed, no chinese language availabled.
( of course, Chinese sub is are include )

nice W/S transfer, and lovely remastered as well.
But not much extra include though :(

Anyway, worth to buy this classic gems.

[spannick]

well we all know THAT. what we REALLY would love to know is the exact Runtime, please? ;)

[Bidou Laloge]

can we have much review on this fortune star dvd,

Thanks

[kermit]

can we have much review on this fortune star dvd

tut tut tut
How could you make such a mistake?

I'm sure Chen Lung will correct it for you.

[gfanikf]

:rollin :rollin :rollin :rollin :rollin :rollin

[Bidou Laloge]

funny but does someone have the running time of this fortune star dvd

Thanks

[Tommy September]

APP 103 min

[tigerstyles]

just got it the deleted scene is actualy in the Aus DVD and so makes this version trimmed then.. great print proper ratio and i think the original traile ris different from the Aus DVD tooo.

sound is downmix not original mono..

[tigerstyles]

just uploaded these bits from the new dvd (http://youtube.com/profile?user=tigerstyles)

[monk sante]

Thanks for sharing!:D

[Chinatown Kid]

Just got the Joy Sales DVD yesterday and definately have to say it's worth upgrading to. It's got the original aspect ratio plus the pic quality is excellent and alot better than the Aussie DVD's pic quality.

[killer meteor]

BUT its cut. And the sound is a downmix. A half way decent version still eludes us

[the dirty tiger]

The Aussie DVD is good enough for me. Got a spare for sale if anyone wants it :D

[Chinatown Kid]

Yeah it is cut, they have 2 deleted scenes in the extra features.....

Still can't beat the Aussie DVD for extra features, glad I own both! ;)

[tigerstyles]

i own both too i also have a spare Aus DVD ( not the US ripoff version) i totally love this movie.. various differences in the HK edit too. anyone care to list them?

[Ivy Ling Po]

Is this a good movie, a must-have?

[Yakuza954]

No, Jimmy Wang Yu has done much better

[Chinatown Kid]

I'm not really that big a fan of Wuxia/Swordplay films so this film is one of my favorite's of Wang Yu. I thought the basher style fights were pretty good and brutal, especially the scene where Jimmy takes on the dojo full of Karate students. It's cool to see the Australian sights in it, Sammo makes a cameo, and I always thought the theme song used in the film(Sky High sung by Jigsaw) was quite catchy. :D

[Yakuza954]

You forgot to mention Jimmy Wang Yu's killer tounge kissing too.

[Chinatown Kid]

:lol Well actually I was trying to forget that.....;)

[VonHumboldtFleischer]

I actually liked it. Not "it made me feel funny in my tummy"-type liked it, of course. It was just nice to see a HK movie star making out with a girl with real passion. Not the kind of robotic, asexual face-mashing Bruce Lee got up to.

[Chinatown Kid]

Yeah you have a point there Von, Wang Yu was portrayed as a hip and sexually suave man of the world in that film unlike most Chinese stars of that time. The filmmakers seemed to want to portray him as an Asian James Bond type character that the ladies(including non-Asian) were quite attracted too which was something new.

[Markgway]

Wang Yu's modern attitude to sex was one of the better aspects. How often do you seen a Chinese hero cavorting with a topless white woman? Usually they're asexual like Eunuchs or act gay like they'd rather feel the Abbot's balls that touch a fresh tit. If I were co-starring with Lily Li or Ching Li et al I'd make sure I got a juicy love scene that's for damn sure. ;)

[dager in the cotton]

you tube MFHK extra

youtube.com/watch?v=SeAm0...ed&search= (http://youtube.com/watch?v=SeAm0dVohDg&mode=related&search=)

[chen lung]

Usually they're asexual like Eunuchs or act gay like they'd rather feel the Abbot's balls that touch a fresh tit.
:rollin You and your "willy" ways Mark.

[Brigadier Chow]

:rollin You gotta love this board!!!!!!!

[Markgway]

Jigsaw theme song: best part of the movie.

[Chinatown Kid]

You've blown it all Skyhigh, by tellin me a lie, without a reason why.....I believe this was Jigsaw's only #1 hit, guess you could call them a one hit wonder. I like the song as well.

[Tigerstyles]

Collectable Austrailian Edition on Ebay (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=120741938479&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT#ht_499wt_1416)