Tiger Cage Trilogy | Blu-ray (Shout! Factory)
RELEASE DATE: May 9, 2023
On May 9, 2023, Shout! Factory will release a Blu-ray (Region A) set for Yuen Woo Ping’s Tiger Cage action trilogy, which includes 1988’s Tiger Cage, 1990’s Tiger Cage 2 and 1991’s Tiger Cage 3.
Collectively, the series is headlined by Jacky Cheung (High Risk), Carol Cheng (Armor of God II: Operation Condor), Simon Yam (Final Run), Donnie Yen (Raging Fire), Rosamund Kwan (Armor of God), Cynthia Khan (Eternal Fist), Sharla Cheung (Cheetah on Fire) and Michael Wong (Knock Off).
Co-stars include Cheung Kwok-Leung, Lo Lieh, David Wu, Robin Shou, Ng Man Tat, Michael Woods, John Salvitti, Leung Kar Yan, Irene Wan and Vincent Lyn.
As stated in our review: Tiger Cage opens with a drug-bust that includes one of the best HK-style shoot-outs ever seen. Yuen Woo-Ping obviously takes a page from John Woo but clearly departs from Woo’s style by not using slow motion and allowing the characters to leave the confines of the warehouse the bust starts in. The shoot-out gets taken to the bustling streets of Hong Kong where cops and Triad members alike climb across neon signs, run through traffic, and dive off of freeway over-passes. It’s incredibly intense and brilliantly directed by Yuen Woo-Ping.
Details for this release are still pending, so stay tuned!
If you can’t wait, 88 Films’ (Region B) version of Tiger Cage Trilogy is currently 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!
