On October 15, 2024, 88 Films (U.S.) will be releasing The Project A Collection on 4K Ultra HD. The set will include both 1983’s Project A and 1987’s Project A Part II.
In Project A, fighting against pirates at the turn of the 20th century, the Hong Kong navy are failing miserably. It’s up to Sergeant Lung (Jackie Chan) and his buddies (Sammo Hung, Yuen Biao) to take matters into his own hands.
In Project A II, Sergeant Lung (Chan) is now transferred to be the police head of Sai Wan district, and has to contend with a gangster kingpin, anti-Manchu revolutionaries, some runaway pirates, Manchu Loyalists and a corrupt Police Superintendent.
Collectively, the films also star Maggie Cheung (As Tears Go By), Mars (Lackey and the Lady Tiger), Ray Lui (Sakra), Regina Kent (Legacy of Rage), Ricky Hui (The Private Eyes), Rosamund Kwan (The Head Hunter), Bill Tung (Police Story), Carina Lau (Warriors of Future), Dick Wei (Final Run), John Cheung (Kung Fu Master Named Drunk Cat) and Kenny Ho (The Occupant).
Limited Edition Features:
- Rigid Slipcase featuring new art by “Kung Fu” Bob O’Brien
- Six double-sided collectable art cards
- Double-sided foldout posters for both films
- 100-page Illustrated collectors’ book featuring Labor of Love: Jackie’s PLAN A Worked Out by Thorsten Boose Project A, No Plan B: A Look into how Project A I & II defined the Jackie Chan 1980s style by Paul Bramhall PLUS Someone Will Know Me an interview with Assistant Director Roberta Chow
- Double-sided artwork for both sleeves featuring new art by “Kung Fu” Bob O’Brien & original Hong Kong posters
Project A – Features:
- Brand new 4K Remaster of the Hong Kong Cut [106 mins] from the Original Negatives presented in Ultra High Definition (2160p) in original 2.39:1 Aspect Ratio with Dolby Vision encoding (HDR10 Compatible)
- Brand new 4K Remaster of the Extended Taiwanese Cut [115 mins] from the Original Negatives presented in Ultra High Definition (2160p) in original 2.39:1 Aspect Ratio with Dolby Vision encoding (HDR10 Compatible)
- Cantonese & Mandarin-language options in Dolby Atmos and mono with newly translated subtitles and English Mono Dub [Mandarin Inserts during extended scenes in Taiwanese Cut]
- New] Audio commentary by Frank Djeng and FJ DeSanto [Hong Kong Cut]
- [New] Solo audio commentary by Frank Djeng [Hong Kong Cut]
- [New] Interview with Jackie Chan’s Best Stunt Double, Mars Cheung
- Dancing With Danger — Interview with Stunt God Mars
- Master Killer — Interview with Grandmaster Lee Hoi-san
- The Elusive Dragon — Interview with Yuen Biao
- The Pirates Den — Interview with Dick Wei
- Can’t Stop the Music – Interview with Composer Michael Lai
- [New] Project Collector with Paul Dre and Matt Routledge
- Plan B — Writer Edward Tang on Project A
- Out-takes
- Japanese Version Ending
- The Making of Project A
- Lunar New Year Introduction
- Hong Kong Trailer
- English Trailer
- Stills Gallery
Project A 2 – Features:
- Brand new 4K Remaster of the Hong Kong Cut [107 mins] from the Original Negatives presented in Ultra High Definition (2160p) in original 2.39:1 Aspect Ratio with Dolby Vision encoding (HDR10 Compatible)
- Brand new 4K Remaster of the Export Cut [98 mins] from the Original Negatives presented in Ultra High Definition (2160p) in original 2.39:1 Aspect Ratio with Dolby Vision encoding (HDR10 Compatible)
- Cantonese-language options in mono and Dolby Atmos and Mandarin mono with newly translated subtitles [Hong Kong Cut]
- English Mono Dub [Export Cut]
- [New] Audio commentary by Frank Djeng and FJ DeSanto [Hong Kong Cut]
- [New] Interview with Anthony Carpio
- The Big Boss — Interview with Chan Wai-Man
- Someone Will Know Me — 1988 documentary focusing on three members of the Jackie Chan Stunt Team
- Japanese Ending
- Full-Screen Jackie Chan Recording Session
- Hong Kong Trailer
- Export Trailer
- Tai Seng Trailer
- Stills Gallery
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 88 Films’ Trailer below:
I’ve been happy with my MegaStar DVDs for a long time, but I guess it’s time for an upgrade.
That’s certainly an understatement. Their blu-ray was pretty awesome so I am hoping this will be even better.
Back in the day, the Hong Kong Legends DVDs were super expensive only a few days after they came out, so I just stuck with what I had. It would be nice to watch the movie in anamorphic instead of looking through a rectangle. (Which all Mega Star DVDs look like on modern TVs.)
Damn. It got delayed from today to July 9th.
Despite what some contrarians and edgelords like to claim, these two movies are top tier maybe even the best movies Chan ever made. Top notch production values, action design and creativity in every frame of these movies. Lets hope they preserve the correct color grade and don’t do a revisionist Criterion Collections hack job on Police Story 1&2.
Its also been obvious for a while that while these Fortune Star licenses have been top notch visually , the extras are kinda lacking. Everyone involved in the making of these movies is too old /dead. Those Hong Kong Legends extras from the early noughties that are included are amazing in retrospect, getting those interviews when the creative team had some distance from the movies to give it perspective but not too far away that they can’t remember what happened in the creative process
I’m unaware of a cabal that’s trying to ruin the reputation of these films. Is this in line with the apophenic references to Paul Saladino and alt-right streaming? Tee hee hee.
Criterion’s release of Police Story 1&2 have fantastic picture quality. I’m not an expert on what a proper Blu Ray should look like, so those review websites will never hire me, but I do like high definition picture quality where I can see the detail in everything, and I haven’t seen too many Blu Rays that betray my preferences.
I consider the Project A dualogy to be among Jackie Chan’s best, but the best ever? I’m not so sure. Although since they’re technically cop films, I think Jackie Chan still would have done Police Story even if he didn’t do The Protector.
Criterion uses this company which has a reputation for revisionist nonsense instead of following the reference material already available. Did you buy Criterion’s Wong Kar Wai bluray set? Every single movie on that set doesn’t have the same color scheme as the previous blurays released only 5 years prior. I got blocked on their forums for pointing this out LOL
I don’t think Criterion actually cares about HK movies. Their Once upon a time in China set was also a downgrade over the Eureka set in terms of picture quality. And Arrow pissed all over Criterion when they released their Bruce Lee set. And no I’m not an expert either but like other movie nerds have been collecting since an early age and have multiple copies of my fav movies
Just a quick one – I presume that this boxset is going to be Region A only, since it is distributed by 88 Films US or there is a chance it comes to UK in Region B release too? I know that Eureka did them last time on BD format for UK market, but I am not sure in regards to the actual rights for distribution in 4K set.
Kiril – It’s 4K Ultra Ultra HD release, so unlike normal blu-rays, there is no Region lock.
I didn’t look carefully. I guess each movie isn’t 2 discs which include normal Blu Rays.
Never mind, it’s a 4-disc set according to other sites, so it includes the regular Blu Rays as well.
I think I will check this out
Can you listed to both of the project a films from 88 to be released soon in dubbed English?
Do both films also have English subtitles available for Chinese versions?