THE POLICE STORY TRILOGY 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray LIMITED EDITION [2022]

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An even bigger boost is given to color, bringing out marvelous primaries and overall saturation. Brigitte Lin wears a number of colorful outfits, hopping from the screen with new density. Apartment decorations pop too, with deep, bold hues scattered around to create an attractive palette. Audio If you need any convincing about how good Police Story 3: Super Cop is, then know that Quentin Tarantino ranks the movie as one of the greatest action epics of all time, and who could argue with praise like that? The plot has returned to a simpler, more direct style but, unlike the first movie, there is actually a plot here, and one that gives its two leads a chance to shine with their fighting skills and their acting.

But some of his greatest and most famous stunts were in his epic Police Story Trilogy, the first - and best - three movies in a franchise that defined his career and saw him continually return to it for a further two decades in various attempts, often failed, to reboot or expand the series for international audiences. and the film currently under discussion, with Chan's Hong Kong policeman Chan Ka-Kui becoming something more of a spy himself in the third Three archival interviews with director Stanley Tong (Combined runtime approx 65 mins), including a half-hour interview from the 2005 Cannes Film Festival courtesy of the Frédéric Ambroisine Video Archive UHD presentation of the original Hong Kong theatrical cut [96 mins] from a brand new restoration of the original film elements \ 1080p HD presentation of the alternate US version [91 mins] The action in the first hour is spectacular. Fights in a restaurant and a playground are genuinely jaw-dropping displays of what Chan and his stunt team could do with props and their environment. The gags are endlessly inventive, and a running joke about the lead goon getting his glasses repeatedly broken is very funny in a Looney Tunes kind of way, which also fits the manic speed of the choreography (helped, of course, by some undercranking).Car chases pan around the field. Glass debris drops into the surrounds. Gunfire makes its way through each speaker. City ambiance enriches everything, and partway through, a dog barking in the left rear makes a convincing case for its presence. so-called mainland China, replete with its Communist ideology and militarized mien. That latter element may be played for some unexpected laughs Please note that all of the screencaptures that appear with this article are taken from the 4K Blu-ray and are downscaled to 1080p. Therefore, they do not accurately reflect the quality of the 4K content on the 4K Blu-ray disc, including the actual color values of this content. was notable for its conceit of naming each episode "Who Killed. . .?", with that ellipsis being filled by that week's victim. It also arguably attracted

Restoration Trailer - original trailer for the 4K restoration of Police Story. With music. (4 min). This release is sourced from the same 4K master that was used to produce this Blu-ray release in 2018. For the purpose of this article, I viewed the entire film with HDR. I am perhaps unusual among Western viewers, in that I’ve only ever seen this film in its uncut version, which here receives its first English friendly release, to my knowledge, since the Hong Kong Classics VHS. It is better known simply as Supercop, in the US cut released by Miramax, which stripped it of the context of its connection to the series. Ultimately, that’s probably okay. Unlike the previous film, Police Story 3 doesn’t ask Ka-kui to deal with the ramifications of his last adventure, and it takes him out of his usual environment, sending him on a special mission to partner with Interpol superintendent Yang (Michelle Yeoh) and take down a major drug dealer on the mainland.very pleasing looking 4K UHD presentation and again judging solely by screenshots (I do not have the Eureka release), I actually preferred the