This collection is FAT! Details and Trailers for Shout’s ‘Chow Yun-fat Collection’ on 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray

11 Responses to This collection is FAT! Details and Trailers for Shout’s ‘Chow Yun-fat Collection’ on 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray

1. CJ says:

   August 31, 2026 at 11:10 am

   It’s a real shame they seemingly can’t get Chow to participate in any of these re-releases.

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2. Callum says:

   August 31, 2026 at 3:39 pm

   Hopefully the Arrow release of City War isn’t too far off, still waiting for 4K version of Full Contact from them too.

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3. Ska Martes says:

   August 31, 2026 at 9:49 pm

   If this is the final list of extras then Shout really are doing the minimum amount of effort and just rushing these out of the door to try and recoup the cost of licensing these movies in the first place. This is the opposite of what should be done with these titles. Fact check me but isnt Eight Happiness one of Chow’s highest grossong movies in HK?

   They started off really well with their first batch of titles even if they weren’t perfect but at least it looked like someone at the company loved the movies. They interviewed John Woo and his team, dragged in Grady Hendrix. Now all you get is a trailer and a James Mudge audio commentary. The worst part is I’m not even sure Arrow when or if will ever release these movies themselves.

   Look at the artwork of this fking boxset ffs. I’m sure any one of us could have done better with photoshop and 2 hours of free time. Between the amateur hour artwork , subs done by dudes who don’t understand a word of Cantonese, this is really is bottom of hte barrel stuff. Do Shout think there is no ROI on these titles because they are the more western acclaimed John Woo/Ringo Lam efforts. Thats evden more reason to put effort into these titles some of which have never sdeen a proper western release and make them the first and only definitive version.

   I noticed on the newer Shout releases they are now part of a bigger comoany. Maybe this change in mamangement don’t beleive in the Golden Princess/Cinema City library at all.

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4. Andrew Hernandez says:

   September 1, 2026 at 3:35 am

   I’m pleased with Eighth Happiness and City War being included. I haven’t seen the others, so it’s a good time to get acquainted with Chow Yun-Fat’s earlier works.

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   • Ska Martes says:

     September 2, 2026 at 1:16 am

     If you like Eight Happiness you probably will enjoy Fractured Follies and Diary of a Big Man. The Occupant and Why Me are more of an “acquired” taste. Why Me is basically an extended cameo by Chow if I remember correctly

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     • Paul Bramhall says:

       September 2, 2026 at 1:27 am

       ‘Diary of a Big Man’ should be in any discerning HK cinema fans Chow Yun Fat Top 5, simple as that. “Very Nice!”

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       • Ska Martes says:

         September 2, 2026 at 9:09 am

         Nice to see some love for something other than Chow’s collaborations with John Woo/Ringo Lam, God of Gamblers and Hong Kong 1941….even if all of those are stone cold classics as well.

         I think the only movie of Chow’s I actively dislike is The Greatest Lover. Taking the piss out of Chiu Chow immigrants is low hanging fruit and not even particularly funny.

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         • Throwdown says:

           September 7, 2026 at 3:46 am

           I’m impressed you can tell the difference – unfortunately like most Americans, my knowledge started and stopped with the idea that China, Japan and Korea were distinct, and that’s about it. I had no idea of any of the stereotypes or tropes (like Southern Fist and Northern Leg) or the differences within regions until I saw all these films.

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           • Ska Martes says:

             September 9, 2026 at 11:07 am

             I may or may not know some Cantonese/Mandarin because of work!

             In real life its not so obvious but they really amp it up for the movies. Chasing the Dragon for example, Donnie Yen really amps up the accent and the country numpkin vibes. Also Bu Ni A Moh is as famous in Teochew as Diu Ne LoMou is in Cantonese. Thats a sign that you are watching a Chiu Chow character. The other big one for us Sammo/Jackie fans is the My Lucky Stars HK version where the gang have that accident with the mini bus drivers and Stanley Fung has to de-escalate the situation by telling the bus drivers that everyone is from Chiu Chow. And it works until Eric Tsang is forced to say some Teochew and the only thing he can say is Seven Eleven with an accent. To me this is comedy gold but I can see why it was cut from the Export Cuts that made its way to VHS in the 80s

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       • Throwdown says:

         September 7, 2026 at 3:44 am

         Such a slept-on classic! I remember watching this right after my first ever viewing of ABT back in the late 90s, and having my mind blown to see CYF and Waise Lee in a slapstick comedy. The versatility and deft tonal changes made me a fan of HK cinema for life (and right after this, I saw Full Contact, and then The Greatest Lover, so it was very much tonal whiplash with regards to CYF’s genre-hopping charisma).

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5. Ningen says:

   September 2, 2026 at 4:55 am

   Speaking of CYF, Criterion uploaded a sample of their Woo Killer commentary, the rest of which is on their channel. https://youtu.be/ae01EGHg01A?is=87zfgipyrlmx9lrl

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