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Mr Sausage wrote: Thu Jul 10, 2025 4:34 pm I don’t know who’s right on this, I just know I roll my eyes whenever someone says they’ve been gaslit because someone else disagreed with them.

yoloswegmaster wrote: Fri Jul 18, 2025 4:26 pm Pretty big news as Shout have announced that they located the negatives for Day of the Dead and are working on a 4K restoration.

I won't elaborate, but come Monday, this thread will become very heated.

ENTER THE HIGH-STAKES WORLD OF HONG KONG'S MOST NOTORIOUS PLAYERS WITH THIS SPECIAL COLLECTION!

Celebrating the popular gambling and crime drama subgenres of Asian cinema, Hong Kong Gamblers & Gangsters presents six films that deal out intrigue and thrills in equal measure. Taking viewers from the glitz and glamor of the casino floors to the seedy underbelly of the city streets, this collection is one you won't want to bet against.

CASINO TYCOON (1080p High-Definition Widescreen (1.85:1) / Cantonese DTS-HD Master Audio Mono / 130 min.)
Benny Ho San, a refugee (Andy Lau, Infernal Affairs) with luck, charm, and skills to spare rises to the top of the thrilling world of gambling.

CASINO TYCOON II (1080p High-Definition Widescreen (1.85:1) / Cantonese DTS-HD Master Audio Mono / 112 min.)
Andy Lau doubles down in this sequel, reprising his role as Benny Ho San. Now a casino boss, his power is tested by forces from without and within.

CHALLENGE OF THE GAMESTERS (1080p High-Definition Widescreen (2.35:1) / Cantonese DTS-HD Master Audio Mono / 104 min.)
The money and the mahjong tiles fly in this precursor to the New Wave of Hong Kong gambling films, from acclaimed director Wong Jing.

DESTINY'S CHAMPION (1080p High-Definition Widescreen (1.85:1) / Cantonese DTS-HD Master Audio Mono / 101 min.)
When an aging fighter crosses paths with a streetwise kid, the boxer finds himself reliving his own violent past and the mistakes he made along the way.

GODFATHER FROM CANTON (1080p High-Definition Widescreen (1.85:1) / Cantonese DTS-HD Master Audio Mono / 85 min.)
After saving a government official, a man is offered a job as a policeman. Through treachery and corruption, he rises through the ranks of the police, then becomes a brutal gangster.

LOVING YOU (1080p High-Definition Widescreen (1.85:1) / Cantonese DTS-HD Master Audio Mono / 83 min.)
Struggling in a loveless marriage, a hard-drinking workaholic cop finds a chance at redemption after a fateful accident leaves him wounded.

Bonus Features for Blu-ray
DISC ONE: CASINO TYCOON (1992)

Audio: Cantonese DTS-HD Master Audio Mono
NEW Optional English Subtitles Newly Translated For This Release
NEW Audio Commentary With Critic And Author David West
NEW “Money Makes Macau” – An Interview With Academic And Author Dr. Victor Fan
NEW “Lisbon On The South China Seas” – An Interview With Macanese Historian Dr. Helena Lopes
Celestial Trailer
DISC TWO: CASINO TYCOON II (1992)

Audio: Cantonese DTS-HD Master Audio Mono
NEW Optional English Subtitles Newly Translated For This Release
NEW Audio Commentary With Critic And Author David West
NEW “Fame and Fortune” – Hong Kong Film Critic James Mudge On Actress Chingmy Yau
NEW “Gambling With Success” – An Interview With Film Historian Frank Djeng
Celestial Trailer
DISC THREE: CHALLENGE OF THE GAMESTERS (1981)

Audio: Cantonese DTS-HD Master Audio Mono
NEW Optional English Subtitles Newly Translated For This Release
NEW Audio Commentary With James Mudge, Hong Kong Film Critic At easternKicks
Gangsters & Gamblers Poster Gallery
Celestial Trailer
DISC FOUR: DESTINY’S CHAMPION (1984)

Audio: Cantonese DTS-HD Master Audio Mono
NEW Optional English Subtitles Newly Translated For This Release
NEW Audio Commentary With James Mudge, Hong Kong Film Critic At easternKicks
NEW “Champion of the Silver Screen” – An Interview With Academic And Author Dr. Wayne Wong On Actor Ti Lung
Celestial Trailer
DISC FIVE: GODFATHER FROM CANTON (1982)

Audio: Cantonese DTS-HD Master Audio Mono
NEW Optional English Subtitles Newly Translated For This Release
NEW Audio Commentary With James Mudge, Hong Kong Film Critic At easternKicks
Celestial Trailer
DISC SIX: LOVING YOU (1995)

Audio: Cantonese DTS-HD Master Audio Mono
NEW Optional English Subtitles Newly Translated For This Release
NEW Audio Commentary With James Mudge, Hong Kong Film Critic At easternKicks
NEW – “Romantic Reflections” – An Interview With Screenwriter Nai-Hoi Yau
NEW – “For the Love of To” – An Interview With Author And Critic David West On The Films Of Johnnie To
Celestial Trailer

DISC ONE (4K UHD):

NEW 4K Restoration Approved By Director/Co-Writer Derek Cianfrance
Audio: English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 & 2.0
Audio Commentary With Director/Co-Writer Derek Cianfrance
DISC TWO (BLU-RAY):

NEW 4K Restoration Approved By Director/Co-Writer Derek Cianfrance
Audio: English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 & 2.0
Audio Commentary With Director/Co-Writer Derek Cianfrance
Deleted And Extended Scenes
Going To The Place Beyond The Pines

Matt wrote: Sat Aug 09, 2025 1:16 am Hard Boiled (as well as City on Fire and A Better Tomorrow I and II) are on Tubi with Shout! Factory "Hong Kong Cinema Classics" logos. Dubbed and original versions. Impossible to tell with Tubi's streaming quality if these are the 4K restorations—and I have not seen the films in decades—but they look very good.

EDIT: Just noticed that they're also on VOD services to rent/buy in 4K.

Mr Sausage wrote: Sat Aug 09, 2025 2:44 am And both Better Tomorrows have the original sound effects/mix, making these the best current versions to watch.

Having watched several of these theatrically in the past two weeks, my personal feeling is the subtitles for City on Fire are appreciably worse than those for the other titles. They have a weird brevity to them, many of the words monosyllabic and little in the way of any conversational quality about them. The other titles seemed to me totally normal as far as subtitles go, but this one just struck me as being plainly off.