|
59-63: DRAGON DYNASTY: 5 MOVIE COLLECTION: BORN TO DEFENSE/THE DEFENDER/THE LEGEND 2/ONCE UPON A TIME IN CHINA AND AMERICA/FROM BEIJING WITH LOVE
3DVD: October 6, 2015
List Price: $9.99
Publisher: anchorbayentertainment.com
Description
Born to Defense: Jet (Jet Li) is a WWII soldier returning after the war
to find he must continue to fight against abusive Americans now taking
advantage of citizens as well as adjust to the many changes apparent in
his hometown. Jet Li's directorial debut.
The Legend II: Fong Sai
Yuk and his fiancee Tin Ting are now members of the Red Flowers
Society, an underground organization dedication to the overthrow of the
Manchu dynasty. Chen Chia-lu, the Society's chief, has great hopes in
Fong. But the No. 2 man Yu who has been plotting to take over from Chen
is very unhappy. Fong is given the assignment of stealing a brocade case
guarded by eight samurai. Fong gets the case but loses it again when he
tries to save a beautiful girl. Many society friends are killed. Fong
is saved by his mother. Little does Fong know the girl he saved is none
other than the daughter of General Sun who is now master of the case.
The
Defender: School teacher Christy Chung discovers herself to be the only
witness to a brutal murder. Upon deciding to help prosecute the murder
suspect, she suddenly falls foul of a mysterious professional killer.
Christy's boyfriend, a wealthy but inattentive money-maker, immediately
hires the dynamic Jet Li - the former bodyguard to the most powerful
leader in China - to come to Hong Kong to protect the object of his
desire.
Once Upon a Time in China & America: During the late
Ching Dynasty of China, the head of Guangdong province s militia WONG
FEI-HUNG set up a kung fu institute and a medical clinic in Guangzhou to
cure patients and to help the weak, with a mission to advocate the
spirit of Chinese martial arts. Wong travels to the US to visit a branch
that one of his disciples set up, and ends up establishing himself as a
respected kung fu master and gains recognition for Chinese martial arts
in the West.
From Beijing with Love: A violent send -up of
Bond's 007, Ling Ling-Chat is the unlikely pork butcher/superspy sent to
Hong Kong to find a priceless stolen fossil. Assassins, spy gadgets,
stunts and chases ensue.
|
Recent Announcements
-
88 Asia Collection
Read More
Shaw Brothers
Associated Press is reporting that Run Run Shaw has passed away at the age of 106 (the report lists 107, but he was born on November 23rd, 1907).…
While U.S. companies have long abandoned re-releasing classic Shaw Brothers films in America (nobody will buy these Chinese films here), other countries, such as Hong Kong or the United Kingdom, they are still being re-issued. One of those UK companies, 88 Films (based in Lutterworth), have dedicated a whole line 88 Asia to important Hong Kong films.Looking over their film library, it would seem that 88 Films is a company interested in releasing very specific genres, particularly Martial Arts, Horror, and Slasher. While there ...
Posted Jul 21, 2020, 12:15 AM by Vu Nguyen
|