Remastered Police Story Trilogy box-set this month

£18 is a bargain

bassbar

Agreed. Big fan of these films and I always think fortune star have some of the coolest artwork on their releases.:D

mrarmageddon

For such a cheap price I just don't think there's any way I can say no to this set. *Adds this box set to his dvd wishlist immediately*

Kailem

I hope IVL/FS eventually release these films separately. I'd love PS3 and some of the Bruce Lee films (considering I have all of these from HKL) but I'm not buying the box sets when I don't want all the films. IMO only PS3 is worth getting, as I said IMO, for now I'll have to stick with my PS3 Megastar DVD which is a pity.

bradavon

bradavon: Really? I thought Police Story 3 was a handful of impressive stunts in desperate search of a reason to use them, whereas the first felt much more like a proper movie.

mfolwell

Has anybody reviewed any of the previous IVL releases? How do they compare picture and sound quality wise compared to the HKL releases?

jooppy

The picture/sound of IVL's remastered releases are probably slightly ahead of HKL overall. However, the difference is not generally significant enough to warrant a second purchase if you already own the HKL disc. They have been including the mono soundtracks though, which are great... I mean, The Killer has an entirely different song at one point which was replaced without any apparent reason when it was remixed to 5.1.

mfolwell

The Bruce Lee box set from IVL has been reviewed here at DVD Times. IMO the FS remasters are much better than the HKL remasters "In the Line of Duty" definitely is, the colours are much more vibrant and more vivid. It's worth mentioning in the case of Fox's R1 releases at least they are using dubtitles. I understand the HKL Killer DVD is spot on translation wise (except for the loss of Mickey and Dumbo). Personally I'm now getting the FS DVDs (IVL or Fox) and the HKLs for the extras (if I like the film enough), next February however HKL will be using the same FS remasters so we can have our cake and eat it. mfolwell To be honest I think all of the Police Story films are essentially a collection of action and fight scenes strung together with little story, none really feel like proper movies. Remember for the first at least JC created the film around the stunts! I just find the first 2 boring is all, the 3rd having Michelle Yeoh makes for a great bonus.

bradavon

hey bradavon, what are (or what do you mean by) dubtitles?

Gary D

Fair question, they are net slang for subtitles which are based on a dubbed soundtrack. If you've ever compared a proper subtitle translation (taken literally from the original language) to subtitles based on say an English dub you'd see the sub/dubtitles are very dumbed down and often don't reflect what the character is actually saying. This is fine for a dub soundtrack as they are made to dumb down the language: A: To fit with the mouth movements B: Because generally people who listen to them are less interested in authenticity. I said generally! But a subtitle stream needs to be as literal and authentic as possible, hence why dubtitles are evil and I'd be surprised if anyone likes them. You can always tell if a DVD uses them as the subtitle wording is identical to what the dub soundtrack is saying, studios create dubtitles when they are to lazy to create proper subtitles (early HKL DVDs mostly used dubtitles). In these cases however where most of these films it's the action that matters most I can live with dubtitles (especially as the picture/sound is much better). If the words used where very important as they are in some films I'd completely avoid dubtitles.

bradavon

Well yeah... I know that they are essentially created in a stunts/fights first, plot second kinda way, but the first one actually hung together like a movie should. With the third one, I think the original HK trailer is all I'd ever need, I think it includes every single moment worth watching in the entire film, and then some. Considering that it's somewhere around 5 minutes long I don't really take that as a good sign. Ah well, each to their own. I'm probably not the intended audience... apart from the first Police Story and Miracles, I've found most of his films to fall way back in the mediocre/just above average level, but with a few unforgetable sequences spread amongst them. Although I must admit I'm looking forwards to New Police Story. The trailers released so far seem very promising.

mfolwell

Me to as far as his films being mediocre/just above average. Some I love, most I don't. I too am looking forward to New Police Story.

bradavon

Why oh why do such non-deserving films get such a treatment? Most annoying.

toiletboy

I'd imagine most people will disagree with you. To most people "Police Story" is a classic, it's Jackie Chan's favourite of his films too!

bradavon

You mean it's his fave of the police story films? I always thought Miracles was his fave film.

K