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TECH NOTES:
92 min. This print is lousy. The contrast is low (several low lit scenes are difficult to see), there are plenty of scratches (mostly in the first 10 minutes), colors are faded, the resolution is mediocre, and approximately one minute of footage midway through is replaced by a full screen version from another print (you can't miss it). The Cantonese audio track is superior to the Mandarin one, but neither have been re-mastered. The original soundtrack awkwardly switches between contemporary synthesizers to more traditional Chinese instruments. English and Chinese subtitles are imbedded on the screen in white, contain frequent translation & grammatical errors, and are occasionally difficult to read. Extras include trailers for Shaolin Temple, Kids from Shaolin, Born to Defence, Deadend of Besiegers, Heroes Among Heroes, Naked Killer, The Invincible Fighter, The Green Dragon Inn, The Fatal Flying Guillotine, The Revenger, The Story of the Dragon, The Eight Escorts, Blooded Treasury Fight, South Shaolin Master II, Sword Stained with Royal Blood, The Assassin, and The Legend of the Liquid Sword. Other extras include a filmography and biography of Yuen Biao provided by Kung Fu Cinema (we're sorry to see that they're presented as auto-scrolling text). |
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| | | | | This DVD is slightly letterboxed, despite claims to the contrary by World Video. The letterboxing is bizarre, however, and drifts back and forth from the top to the bottom of the screen. The picture quality is a vast improvement over the previous DVD from Thundermedia. The imbedded subtitles are fairly bright, but sometimes go off the screen, the translation is fair. A Cantonese audio track is thankfully available (note: the Cantonese and Mandarin audio tracks are both listed as "English" in your DVD player's audio menu). Frustratingly, the same technical problem plagues this DVD as most World Video DVDs: pauses between all the chapters! Why World Video hasn't rectified this problem by now is beyond us... |
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