Kung Fu Cult Master | Blu-ray (Eureka)
On January 29, 2024, Eureka Entertainment will release their Blu-ray (Region B) for Kung Fu Cult Master, a 1994 Hong Kong martial arts film directed by Wong Jing (The Saint of Gamblers, Chasing the Dragon) that stars Jet Li (League of Gods, Last Hero in China) and features choreography by Sammo Hung (Knockabout, Project A).
The film also stars Sharla Cheung (Handsome Siblings), Gigi Lai (A Wicked Ghost), Chingmy Yau (Lover of the Last Empress), Sammo Hung (My Flying Wife), Francis Ng (Final Run), Bryan Leung (Master and the Kid), Collin Chou (License to Steal), Richard Ng (Vampire Cleanup Department), Ekin Cheng (Return to a Better Tomorrow) and Lam Ching-ying (The Big Boss).
One of director Wong Jing’s most underappreciated films is this wuxia extravaganza based on Jin Yong’s The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber.
While various martial arts sects fight over a pair of mythical swords that grant great power, Zhang Wuji (Jet Li) goes on a quest to become a great martial artist and end the conflict.
Features:
- Limited Edition O-Card slipcase featuring new artwork by Darren Wheeling [2000 copies]
- 1080p HD presentation on Blu-ray of the original Hong Kong theatrical cut from a new restoration of the original film elements
- Original Cantonese mono audio
- Optional English Subtitles
- Brand new feature length audio commentary by Asian film expert Frank Djeng
- Archival Interview with Sammo Hung from 2004 by Frédéric Ambroisine
- Trailer
- A Limited Edition collector’s booklet featuring new writing on the film by Simon Abrams [2000 copies]
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!
Watch Eureka’s Trailer below:
We already gave the Pandora version region A. Hoping 88 films will do a 2/4k remaster and also includes the additional cuts and alternative scene.
That would be awesome and a United States release as well
What alternative scenes? Been forever since I saw this one
Even with Jet and Sammo, this is the nadir of the kungu new wave of the 90s. Action so undercranked it looks silly, half-assed production value and box-office so bad they never made a part 2
One of the most over-the-top of Wong Jing’s martial comedies. Can’t wait for this new pressing with all the extras. Wong Jing recently remade this movie with an all new cast, though not yet available with English translation.
This was the last “classic” Jet Li movie I watched. I kind of had high hopes for it, but I felt the movie was a bit unremarkable. Maybe I need to re-watch, but I don’t remember there being and crazy and cool fight scenes, the humor was milder compared to other Wong Jing films, and I didn’t care for the cliffhanger ending.
I still find it a job to enjoy any HK Jet Li movie lol I’ve said it once, and I’ll say it again, Jet Li’s best work is Danny the Dog, Kiss of the Dragon and LW4 =)
Hmm thats like saying Rush Hour and The Tuxedo is better than Project A and Police Story but ok!!! Wong Fei Hung 1-3, Hero, The Warlords and Oceans Heaven being worse than the shieeetest of the Lethal Weapons?
That’s being a little extreme. Unleashed and KOD are worlds apart from Rush Hour and Tuxedo. (Those 2 movies aren’t the same either and LW4 is the best of that series!)
JJ may have forfeited his HK film card years ago, but he’s not bad!
He didn’t say anything about ‘Cradle 2 the Grave’, so we’re all good. 🙂
Honestly this is the first time I am hearing that LW4 is the best of the four. I might accept, racial stereotypes aside, it has better bad guys and action than 3 but to say its better than peak Richard Donner/Shane Black of 1 and 2? Whats next. AvP is better than Alien. Halloween 5 The Curse of Michael Myers better than Halloween 78?
The reason why Lethal Weapon 4 is my favorite of the series is because the characters have grown, the fun factor has increased, and everything is on a larger scale. Riggs conquered his demons and can now turn his killer instinct on and off like a switch, and has a lot to live for.
Murtaugh after thinking he needed to retire for the millionth time still had another mission in him, and when Riggs is faced with the same epithany, they decide to be defiant of being “too old.”
It was also great to have Riggs and Murtaugh be in the final fight with Wah Sing Ku, and it was believable because Wah is fighting with anger and recklessness, which allows Riggs and Murtaugh to attack him in all directions.
And then the finale was just right. Everything closed off the way it should have and there was no need to do a 5. The idea of a 5 still happening is questionable.