| IVL presents Celestial's remaster in an aspect ratio of 1.85:1, with anamorphic enhancement. Sporting fine colours and sharpness, the print is in top shape and a way too good showcase for the poor movie. The old time Shaw Brother's logo has been cropped and crudely inserted before the movie.
The Cantonese Dolby Digital 2.0 track suffers from no apparent problems. A Mandarin Dolby Digital 2.0 selection is also available.
The English subtitles are flawless throughout and even helps to explain a pun on words during one scene. Traditional Chinese subtitles are also included.
Standard extras-package from IVL/Celestial turns up, starting with newly created trailers for Cherie, Hong Kong Hong Kong, The Illegal Immigrant and Let's Make Laugh II. No original trailer is included. Movie Information-section contains a Photo Gallery with sub-sections named "Behind The Scenes" (4 images accompanied by text) and "Movie Stills" (10 images). Furthermore we get a screen of the original posters, production notes that as per usual holds the synopsis and finishing is Biography & Selected Filmography with basic bios of Cherie Chung, Tony Leung Ka-Fai, Chor Yuen, Ng Ha-Ping and Patrick Tam. |
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