So Close | Blu-ray (88 Films)
Now available is 88 Films’ Blu-ray (Region B) for So Close, a 2002 martial arts film from Corey Yuen (No Retreat No Surrender 2) that stars Shu Qi (Visible Secret), Vicky Zhao Wei (Shaolin Soccer) and Karen Mok (King of Comedy).
A conflict of interest between two high-kicking assassin sisters is complicated as they’re pursued by the criminals who hired them and an equally high-kicking female cop. The film is known for its grand finale, featuring the blade work of none other than Yasuaki Kurata (Eastern Condors) – a fight classic, employing some ferocious, acrobatic, and intense choreography.
So Close also stars Ben Lam Kwok Bun (Flash Point), Song SeungHeon (2010’s A Better Tomorrow), Gam Hing Yin (Black Mask) and Henry Fong Ping (A Hero Never Dies).
Features:
- Limited Edition Double Walled Silver Board Slipcase
- HD (1080p) Blu-ray™ presentation in 1.85:1 Aspect Ratio
- English 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio
- Cantonese 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio with English Subtitles
- Mandarin 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio with English Subtitles
- Interview with Karen Mok
- Interview with Shu Qi
- Interview with Vicky Zhao Wei
- Hong Kong Promotion Featurette
- Japanese Press Conference
- Yasuaki Hurats’s Action commentary
- Trailer
- Reversible Sleeve featuring 2 Key-art options
This title is now 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!
Agh! Why does it have to be Region B only!? This was a fun movie!
This is a movie that needed the best release possible. It was annoying to have to switch between language tracks because Shu Qi and Zhao Wei were speaking Mandarin while Karen Mok and some others were in Cantonese. (although she dubbed her Mandarin self too)
There had to have been a lot of extras and behind the scenes material that was never included in any release. It’s funny how when this movie came out, people were bitching about HK cinema being dead, but now people wish more movies like So Close were still made.
From what I gathered it was Region B (they seem to label their A/B releases pretty good, as they did with their graphics for Inspector Wears Skirts 2 and Beauty of Beauties), but who knows to be 100% sure.
I’ve learned over time that when a release has that red rating icon at the bottom corner, it’s outside of North America. Maybe that can change too?
The actually do both (one with, one without) on some of their US/UK releases.
Instead of doing a star wars fan edit for 97456th time, someone could lend their skills and make a combined sync sound language track like Wong Kar Wai did for ashes of Time Redux