Now available for Pre-order is the Blu-ray (Region A/B) for Magnificent Bodyguards, which will be reelased on July 13, 2026. This 1978 kung fu oddity is directed by Lo Wei (The Big Boss) and stars the one and only, Jackie Chan (Hidden Strike, Ride On).
Jackie leaps out of the screen in Magnificent Bodyguards, the first Hong Kong movie shot in 3D! The icon joins a team of guards who are escorting an ill man across a land filled danger and possible death, a land known as Stormy Hills, but does the man hold a deadly secret?
Directed by Wei Lo, the person who gave the world the Bruce Lee classics The Big Boss and Fist of Fury, this is prime mandarin madness with a score which will be familiar to lovers of a certain successful sci-fi saga.
Magnificent Bodyguards also stars James Tien (Seaman No. 7), Bruce Leung (Bruce and the Iron Finger) and Wong Ping (The Big Boss Part II).
Limited Edition Features:
- Lenticular cover featuring new artwork by “Kung Fu Bob” O’Brien
- One pair of anaglyph 3D glasses (red and blue)
- Booklet with notes by Thorsten Boose and map drawn by “Kung Fu Bob” O’Brien
- 3D anaglyph Blu-ray – only in this print run
Features:
- Disc 1 // 3D Blu-ray Disc
- Disc 2 // 2D Blu-ray Disc
- Disc 3 // 3D Anaglyph Blu-ray Disc (EXCLUSIVE to this release]
- Brand New 2K Restoration From the Original Camera Negatives
- High Definition (1080p) Presentations in 2.39:1 Aspect Ratio
- 2.0 Mandarin Dual Mono with English Subtitles
- 2.0 Cantonese Mono with English Subtitles
- 2.0 English Mono
- 2.0 English Mono with Alternate Music Cues
- Audio Commentary by Frank Djeng and F.J. DeSanto
- Punching Into the 3rd Dimension – James Mudge on Magnificent Bodyguards
- Magnificent Bodyguards – A New Dimension in Action?- By Steve Lawson
- Mandarin Trailer
- English Trailer
- Reversible Sleeve
Footnote: Magnificent Bodyguards has never been legitimately released to Western audiences on VHS, DVD or Blu-ray, until now. And unless you caught it in Hong Kong or grindhouse theaters in late 70s/early 80s, it’ll be the first time most of us will be seeing in 3D.
Pre-order today at The Goodie Emporium, a U.S.-based online store that currently has many Import Shaw Brothers/Golden Harvest/martial arts DVD/Blu-ray movies in-stock – with New titles being added regularly!
Watch 88 Films’ Trailer below, followed by screen shots from 88 Films’ upcoming release!
It looks interesting.
Hopefully Fortune Star gives 88 films a decent remaster to work with because all versions on bluray to date have looked like an upscaled vcd
So glad that I preordered this in June 2024, lol.
Thought we were never gonna get this, hopefully it’s a sure thing this time round.
Why do I think I should take an I’ll believe it when I see it approach with this announcement? That’s not to say I’m not very much looking forward to this release, it’s just that it’s already been delayed so many times that at this point I don’t trust any date given.
I appreciate efforts made to “perfect” the 3D viewing aspects, but I don’t expect perfection, I’m just hoping for, well, not painfully terrible! And some good bonus features, please!
I am Japanese, but due to work, I visited Jackie Chan at Hong Kong Golden Harvest several times in the early 1990s. During one of those visits, I asked Jackie about “magnificent-bodyguards” and he answered with a nostalgic expression.