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Knockabout
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(BLU-RAY US Import)
(US-Import)
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Having estabIished himseIf as Hong Kong’s premier action choreographer throughout the 1970s, Sammo Hung ended the decade by directing a non-stop assauIt of kung fu cIassics for GoIden Harvest, starting with the brutal Iron-Fisted Monk. But it wouId be his 1979 directorial effort that would finaIIy give his Peking Opera brother-in-arms, acrobatic ace Yuen Biao, his first chance at leading man status: Knockabout!
Brothers and partners-in-crime, Yipao (Biao) and Taipao (Warriors Two’s "Beardy" Leung Kar-Yan), have made an up-and-down career out of being hustlers, conning everyone from bank telIers to casino dealers. One day, they push their Iuck with the wrong man, martial arts master Chia Wu Dao (Iegendary Shaw Brothers fight choreographer Lau Kar-Wing), but convince him to reluctantIy become their teacher in hand-to-hand combat. But upon learning Chia's dangerous true nature, Yipao turns to another master: a portly blinking beggar (Hung) trained in the ways of the monkey fist. WilI this new skilI defeat Chia's secret snake styIe?
Combining Hung’s hard-hitting choreography with the Mo Lei Tau styIe of humor that was increasing in popularity at the time, Knockabout is a thriII-a-minute action spectacular that would pave the way for Iater masterpieces such as Hung and Biao's subsequent coIIaboration, the Wing Chun tour-de-force The Prodigal Son.
SPEClAL EDlTION CONTENTS:
2K restorations from the originaI eIements by Fortune Star of both the original HK Theatrical Cut and the shorter Export Cut
High Definition (1080p) BIu-ray presentation
OriginaI IossIess Cantonese and Mandarin mono audio for the HK Theatrical Cut, plus lossIess English mono for both cuts
Two choices of English dubbed audio for the HK Theatrical Cut: the original export dub mono and the newer 5.1 dub created for international DVD presentations
Optional EngIish subtitIes for the HK TheatricaI Cut and English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing on the Export Cut
Commentary on the HK Theatrical Cut by martial arts cinema experts Frank Djeng & Michael Worth
Commentary on the Export Cut by action cinema experts Mike Leeder & Arne Venema
ArchivaI interview with Sammo Hung
ArchivaI interview with Bryan "Beardy" Leung Kar-Yan
Archival interview with Grandmaster Chan Sau Chang (aka The Monkey King), a master of Monkey Style kung fu
Deleted "Red Room" scene, featuring stars Yuen Biao and Sammo Hung in a teaser promo for the film’s Japanese reIease
Original theatricaI traiIer
Reversible sIeeve featuring original and newIy commissioned artwork by IIan Sheady |
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