Burning Paradise | Blu-ray (Vinegar Syndrome)
Vinegar Syndrome will be releasing a Blu-ray for Burning Paradise (aka Rape of the Red Temple), a 1994 martial arts film from Hong Kong filmmaker Ringo Lam (City on Fire, Maximum Risk, Sky on Fire) and producer Tsui Hark (The Blade, Once Upon a Time in China V).
Burning Paradise will be Newly scanned and restored in 2K from its 35mm original camera negative. It can be pre-ordered as part of their Black Friday Sale (Nov 25-28) deal.
Burning Paradise stars Willie Chi (Drunken Master III), Carman Lee (Too Many Ways to Be Number One), Wong Kam Kong (Tiger Cage 3) and John Ching Tung (Return to a Better Tomorrow).
Director Ringo Lam ventures away from modern realism to direct this cynical, claustrophobic martial arts epic. Then-newcomer Willie Chi stars as Chinese folk hero Fong Sai Yuk (an angrier one than in the two Jet Li/Corey Yuen films), an imprisoned martial artist who must team up with fellow hero Hung Hei-kwan in order to defeat a powerful dictator and escape from a booby trap laden temple.
Superb cinematography sets the dark tone of this production. That element, along with fast paced editing and slick wire-fu helps rank this one among Lam’s most accomplished films.
We’ll have more information about Vinegar Syndrome’s release as we learn more. Until then, don’t miss the film’s classic Trailer:
This one is highly regarded but I cant get into it. The leading man is terrible
got the italian DVD “Duello al Tempio Maledetto”
nice flick i saw it half a dozen times or so
Out of all the Ringo Lam films to be released in the west this is the last one I would have expected. I often wonder who’s advising the companies on what to purchase.
I was thinking the same thing. Now that the companies have gone through all the JC and Donnie Yen films, seems like they’re going for the rest of the Hong Kong cinema greats. Definitely a good thing!
I remember to watch this movie many times when I was a kid.
The feeling of darkness, affliction and breathless still remains even today. Marvelous movie!