By | Published January 5, 2009

UPDATE: Genius Products has issued a correction on the SRP of Dragon Dynasty’s release of SUPERCOP. The original press release stated $19.95. The updated suggested retail price is now $24.95.

The Weinstein Company and Genius Products have formally announced their January release of SUPERCOP (1992), the Hong Kong action movie classic featuring the unforgettable pairing of superstars Jackie Chan and Michelle Yeoh.

TWC’s Asian action label Dragon Dynasty has loaded this two-disc “Ultimate Edition” with exclusive interviews with Chan, Yeoh, director Stanley Tong, and even JC Stunt Team member Ken Lo. There is also the usual, fact-filled commentary from TWC’s Asian acquisitions chief Bey Logan.

The running time is 91 minutes, the same as the Weinstein’s previous Dimension Films release, suggesting that their version may be missing the same 10 minutes of non-action footage that appears in the Hong Kong print.

This new version comes with optional English 5.1 and DTS tracks. Unlike the Dimension version, it also includes the original mono Cantonese audio track.

SUPERCOP goes on sale January 19th with an SRP of $19.95 $24.95.

For a chance to win a year’s worth of Dragon Dynasty releases visit their official sweepstakes site.

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  • Killer Meteor

    Well you and me are two different people. I think the Image DVDs for the Shaws suck

  • slave

    or maybe a paradox has consumed us all and we are not focusing on what could be the potential cause of the devoid quality of these SHAW films. maybe the celestrial remasterings themselves are horrible which caused the movies to have this ghosting and this “supossive” interlaced displacement (whatever it maybe). Cuz if all the DVD releases of the Shaw films are nefarious, then perhaps we are vituperating the wrong people. cuz everyone saying everything sucks. it’s utterly cataclymic.
    when remastering a dilapidated film, color and texture is needed to abate and or succumb any deterioration like scratches and so forth. so maybe it’s not the fault of usa dvd distributors. maybe it’s the fault of celestrial for giving us horrible remasters.
    i’m not arguing right or wrong cuz i don’t deal in idealism. only theory and logic matter. do you think this is appropriote (misspelled i think) :)

  • Killer Meteor

    No, the restorations themselves are OK. Its because, for whatever reason, Celestial shortchanges some of their customers by providing inferior PAL-NTSC masters, where the incompatible speeds produce pernament ghosting on the VIDEO, not the film master

    This is not the case with the Dragon Dynasty, Media Blasters and BCI Shaws, which look far superior because they were properly corrected to NTSC speed

  • slave

    i don’t believe in absolutes but what you say is plausible enough. although i’ll have to confirm this myself since i own both ivl and dragon dynasty versions of 36th, one armed, and heroes of the east and the fact i have no life. if you’re right, i’ll suck you phallus…. sorry… :( and BCI IS GOOD?? too bad they are defunct.

  • slave

    sorry man but i see no difference between DD and IVL with HEROES and ONE ARMED and i check maybe 20 times. and if you question my visual assimilation process it’s a clear 20/20. but i’m gonna just let this futility end in neutrality. we’re two different people is the true logic.

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