On May 26, 2026, Shout is releasing the 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray for I Love Maria, a 1988 sci-fi actioner from director David Chung Chi-Man (Royal Warriors, Magnificent Warriors).
The Hero Gang, a nasty group of thugs, are terrorizing Hong Kong with their killer robots. But when one of the robots gets damaged during a mission to kill an outcast, an inventor on the police force takes her and changes her programming. The new code, plus a few injuries to her logic center, transforms the automaton into a robot with a real personality.
The film features an all-star cast that includes John Shum Kin-Fun (Guns of Dragon), Sally Yeh Chian-Wen (The Killer), Tsui Hark (The Bodyguard), Tony Leung Chiu-Wai (The Magic Crane), Lam Ching-Ying (Mr. Vampire), Paul Chun Pui (The Gambling Ghost), Ben Lam Kwok-Bun (Holy Virgin Versus the Evil Dead) and Dennis Chan Kwok-San (Yes, Madam!)
Features:
- 4K Scan from the Original Camera Negative
- Presented in Dolby Vision
- Optional English Subtitles Newly Translated for this Release
- Audio Commentary with Film Historians Frank Djeng and Erik Ko
- From Brainwaves to Mainframes: Interview with writer Yuen Kai-Chi
- English Language Credits
- Image Gallery
- Theatrical Trailer
Watch the classic Trailer below:
Few people like that one. They’re wrong.
Clip. https://www.instagram.com/reel/DYz1PbZiWte/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==
I wonder whether this version includes the scenes shown in the trailer but missing from the currently available versions (e.g., John Shum kissing his colleague, Sally Yeh fighting a guy in a black tank top, John Shum being mocked by other police officers in a square, etc.). Given the 96-minute runtime listed on the Shout! website, I doubt it.