| IVL presents the film in an aspect ratio 1.82:1 approximately, with anamorphic enhancement. Although tacking on the old (and therefore inaccurate for a movie made in 1981) Shaw Scope logo in 2.35:1 at the beginning, we are the rest of the way given the original aspect ratio. At times grainy and a little dull colour-wise, most of the remastered print is of good quality, looking very natural throughout.
The Cantonese (with some English popping up) Dolby Digital 2.0 is actually not mono but a surround encoded track but it only occasionally uses front speakers for ambience. There are no signs of added effects and it all sounds clear. A Mandarin 2.0 option is also included.
The English subtitles are well-worded throughout and stumble very little upon grammar faults. Other options are Traditional Chinese, Bahasa Malaysia and Bahasa Indonesia.
Standard extras-package from IVL/Celestial turns up, starting with newly created trailers for One Way Only, Danger Has Two Faces, Kidnap, The Delinquent and Challenge Of The Gamesters. Movie Information-section contains 10 Movie Stills, an image of the original poster, production notes that as per usual is just the synopsis and finishing is Biography & Selected Filmography with sparse bios of Danny Lee, Robert Mak and Tai Liang-Chun. Sadly none for co-director Nam Nai-Choi. |
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