Now available from Vinegar Syndrome is the Blu-ray for Chih-Hung Kuei’s 1976 Shaw Brothers thriller, Killers on Wheels.
Read the official details below:
This spot gloss slipcase edition (designed by Haunt Love) is strictly limited to 5,000 units and includes a 40-page perfect bound book. This release may (but probably not) be followed by a standard edition in the future.
A weekend pleasure trip to an isolated island off Hong Kong turns into hell on wheels (and sand) when a wild, unruly motorcycle gang winds up on the same ferry as Carrie and her guests Mei-Chuan and Chien-Chung. Landing on the island, where Carrie’s boyfriend Sze Wei welcomes them to his father’s lush waterfront villa, the bikers then commence to party, carouse, and race their Yamahas on the beach. Once a few of them hassle Carrie, and Sze Wei confronts them with a harpoon gun, inevitable tensions start to boil. With any police a day or so away, vandalism and cruel pranks soon turn into violent retribution, and suddenly, far worse. Who’ll remain alive when all the dust settles?
It took 1970s Shaw ingenuity to update the delinquent biker movie template into a brutal genre hybrid reinforced with a stiff dose of Straw Dogs, and director Chih-Hung Kuei (Corpse Mania, The Boxer’s Omen) was just the man for the job. Boasting a broad array of action stunts, casual sleaze, and a steadily escalating level of wanton destruction, this shocker boasts a screenplay by the prolific On Szeto (Killer Constable), and stars Yun Ling (Death Duel), Terry Liu (The Killer Snakes), and Danny Lee (City on Fire). Vinegar Syndrome Archive is revved and ready to bring you the Blu-ray premiere of this exploitation gem, newly scanned in 2K from its 35mm original camera negative.
directed by: Chih-Hung Kuei
starring: Yun Ling, Terry Liu, Danny Lee, San Chiang, Wen-Wei Lin, Sung-Ling Li
1976 / 103 min / 2.35:1 / Mandarin, English Mono
Additional info:
- Region A Blu-ray
- Newly scanned & restored in 2K from its 35mm original camera negative
- Presented with its original Mandarin language soundtrack with newly translated English subtitles, along with an English dub soundtrack
- Commentary track with martial arts film expert Frank Djeng
- “Killers on Wheels and the Biker Exploitation Film” (14 min) – a video essay by author and film historian Samm Deighan
- Locations featurette
- Locations featurette: behind-the-scenes
- Still gallery
- Reversible sleeve artwork
- Newly translated English subtitles
Watch the Trailer below:
