Heroes and Villains: Three Films starring Jet Li | Blu-ray (Eureka)
On November 20, 2023, Eureka will be releasing the Blu-ray (Region) B for Heroes and Villains: Three Films starring Jet Li, which will include 1995’s The Enforcer (aka My Father is a Hero), 1996’s Dr. Wai in the Scripture Without Words and 1998’s Hitman.
The film are directed by Corey Yuen (No Retreat, No Surrender 2), Ching Siu-tung (Wonder Seven) and Stephen Tung Wai (Fox Hunter), respectively.
Official details:
After the massive success of the Once Upon a Time in China series, Jet Li moved away from period settings and started to focus on action films set in the modern-era, a decision that would make him an international icon and of the biggest stars in the history of Hong Kong cinema.
In The Enforcer (aka My Father is a Hero) Li is an undercover police officer tracking down a notorious Hong Kong crime lord. Teaming up with his martial-arts prodigy son and a female officer (Anita Mui, Drunken Master 2), together they lay down the law! In Dr Wai in “The Scripture with No Words” a down on his luck pulp fiction author (Li) lives vicariously through one of his characters, an Indiana Jones-esque adventurer searching for a mythical scripture. Then, in Hitman (aka Contract Killer), Li plays Tai Feng, a young assassin with a “sense of justice” who crosses paths with the “King of Killers” — a legendary vigilante with a huge bounty on his head.
Eureka Classics is proud to present three of Jet Li’s most beloved action films on Blu-ray for the first time ever in the UK.
Collectively, the film also star Tse Miu (Ip Man: The Awakening), Blacky Ko (Master Killers), Bonnie Fu Yuk Jing (Full Contact), Yu Rong Guang (Big Bullet), Ken Lo (Police Story 3), Damian Lau (Zu: Warriors from Magic Mountain), Collin Chou (Special ID), Rosamund Kwan (The Head Hunter), Charlie Young (High Risk), Takeshi Kaneshiro (The Odd One Dies), Law Kar Ying (Shaolin Soccer), Billy Chow Bei Lei (The Blonde Fury), Eric Tsang (Crazy Couple), Simon Yam (Black Cat), Gigi Leung (The Monkey King), Keiji Sato (A Hero Never Dies) and Jude Poyer (The Medallion)
Features:
- Limited Edition O Card slipcase featuring new artwork by Sam Gilbey [2000 copies]
- All three films presented in 1080p HD from new restorations across three Blu-ray discs
- Limited edition collectors booklet featuring new essays by Simon Abrams and David Desser [2000 copies]
Disc 1 – The Enforcer
- 1080p presentation of the fully uncut Hong Kong theatrical cut from a new 4K restoration
- Original Cantonese mono audio
- “Classic” English dubbed audio
- Newly translated subtitles
- Brand new audio commentaries
- Archival interview with producer Wong Jing
- Archival interview with actor Tse Miu
- Archival interview with actor Ken Lo
- Trailers
Disc 2 – Dr. Wai And The Scripture Without Words
- 1080p presentation of the original Hong Kong theatrical cut from a new 2K restoration
- Original Cantonese mono audio
- “Classic” English dubbed audio
- Original Mandarin mono audio
- Newly translated subtitles
- Brand new audio commentaries
- Two archival featurettes on Jet Li and the making of the film
- Trailers
Disc 3 – Hitman
- 1080p presentation of the original Hong Kong theatrical cut from a new HD restoration of the original film elements
- 1080p presentation of the US “Contract Killer” release version
- Original Cantonese mono audio
- “Classic” English dubbed audio
- Newly translated subtitles | Brand new audio commentaries
- Archival interview with Jet Li
- Archival interview with Simon Yam
- Archival interview with Keiji Sato
- Archival “Making of…” featurette
- Archival footage from the film’s première
- Trailers
This title will soon be available 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!
If it sells, I hope they can get Black Mask, next.
Of course they’re gonna go with My Father is a Hero’s stupid American title, and pretend it’s the original. It just doesn’t sound “cool” or “macho” enough.
This is what Dragon Dysentery did way back when for their DVD, and they didn’t have the original language track because of licensing issues, so it was just like the Dimension DVD with some extras.
I guess I’m gonna get an all region Blu Ray player just so I can have a proper release of that movie since all other versions have badly translated subtitles and an inferior picture quality.
It’s funny that they don’t have a choice between the two cuts for Dr Wai. I actually prefer the version released on the UK DVD which limits the number of non fantasy scenes and makes the film run more smoothly.
I’m losing track of how many times I’ve bought Hitman.
I’ve only seen the HK Bluray of My Father is a hero….does the Dragon Dynasty version include Jet Li beating up some prison dogs
DD’s release was uncut. The lack of the original language track made it a no-buy for me. (Although it was available on Netflix streaming for a time.)
Not bad, at least its not 6th version of the Wong Fei Hung trilogy. Stupid name for a boxset though unless you’re the Beach Boys
My father is a hero: I’m in.
I’m one the guys who actually really likes Dr Wai (the Hong Kong version, the other cut doesn’t work for me, too much “Le magnifique”). Question: the two cuts for Dr Wai?
Hitman’s fine with me.
So…when for the full uncut version of High risk and The new legend of Shaolin?
I’d like a special edition of High Risk. I remember when the first HK DVD had the ridiculously edited version, and the reissue with the DTS soundtrack had the fully uncut.
Well, it seems that for Dr Wai only the Hong Kong cut will be available. Not a big deal and I’ll keep my French DVD from HK VIDEO.
I was wrong, sorry.
Dr Wai’s Hong Kong cut is the one I don’t really like (with lots of scenes like Le magnifique…critics prefer that version), the international cut is the less “original” version (that I prefer).
Still strange they don’tpropose the two cuts…
Enforcer trailer now up. https://youtu.be/hBHnI4e-SKw?si=dh9kH-W9xnMO02zS
I finally watched this version of My Father is a Hero, and it felt like I was watching the movie for the first time all over again. The subtitles made much more sense out of the story and made the cast more relatable.
It is kind of funny though how this is a movie with a heart dealing with a father/son relationship, yet it’s also quite violent and has a lot of uses of “fuck” and “motherfucker.” Wong Jing must have had a field day when he wrote the script with Sandy Shaw.
Previous releases didn’t translate most of the vulgar dialogue, and the new subs make more sense of the jokes such as when Anita Mui pretends to be selling pornographic films, but the Cantonese words for it sound like the Mandarin words for salted eggs.
Unfortunately, the picture quality is so crisp and detailed, that you can see the wires more clearly now.
Now I have to watch the other films and see how they look.