| Picture: Full-screen. Cropped, washed out, worn out, on its last legs print. Okay, so I’ve seen worse. Sure, two years ago I would have been more forgiving. But with Celestial doing a fair job with Shaw Bros HK releases and Fox stateside doing some admirable effort towards presenting old school kung fu films in a more pleasing light, well, I’ve become jaded.
I realize it is one of the more difficult markets in terms of securing decent prints, so sometimes one has to make do with release es that are basically cobbled form poor sources. And of course, the better the film the more forgiving you are. In this case, the muddy color, vhs contrast, scratchy, soft print did’nt help what was an already less than fantastic viewing experience.
Sound: Mono. English dubbed. Typical. Muffled. Reverb drenched. At one point the dub refers to a martial move as “Chinese karate” which lets you know the people behind the English language versions of these films were pretty clueless.
Extras: Chapter and Fight Scene Selections.— Crash trailers.
Conclusion: Lackluster quality and pretty mediocre film make this a casual purchase at best for fans, at the most a rental for most chop socky fans. |
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