POLICE STORY/POLICE STORY 2 - 2-Disc Reg A Criterion Blu-ray DigiPack & Booklet

Description: Police Story/Police Story 2 2-Disc Region A Criterion Blu-ray DigiPack + Booklet The jaw-dropping set pieces fly fast and furious in Jackie Chan’s breathtakingly inventive action comedies, two smash hits that made him a worldwide icon of daredevil spectacle. The director/star/one-man stunt machine plays Ka-kui, a Hong Kong police inspector whose methods are, ahem, unorthodox; the phenomenal Maggie Cheung, in a star-making role, plays his much-put-upon girlfriend, May. Packed wall-to-wall with astoundingly acrobatic fight choreography, epic explosions, charmingly goofball slapstick, and awesomely 1980s electro soundtracks, Police Story and Police Story 2 set a new standard for rock-’em, sock-’em mayhem that established Chan as a performer of unparalleled grace and daring and would influence a generation of filmmakers, from Hong Kong to Hollywood. Police Story (1985) The jaw-dropping set pieces fly fast and furious in Jackie Chan’s breathtakingly inventive martial-arts comedy, a smash hit that made him a worldwide icon of daredevil action spectacle. The director/star/one-man stunt machine plays Ka-Kui, a Hong Kong policeinspector who goes rogue to bring down a drug kingpin and protect the case’s star witness (Chinese cinema legend Brigitte Lin) from retribution. Packed wall-to-wall with charmingly goofball slapstick and astoundingly acrobatic fight choreography—including an epic shopping-mall melee of flying fists and shattered glass—Police Story set a new standard for rock-’em-sock-’em mayhem that would influence a generation of filmmakers from Hong Kong to Hollywood. Police Story 2 (1988) Jackie Chan followed up the massive success of Police Story with an even bigger box-office hit. Having been demoted to a lowly traffic cop for his, ahem, unorthodox policing methods, Chan’s go-it-alone officer Ka-Kui quits the force in protest. But it isn’t long before he’s back in action, racing the clock to stop a band of serial bombers and win back his much-put-upon girlfriend May (the phenomenal Maggie Cheung, reprising her star-making role). Boasting epic explosions, an awesomely 1980s electro soundtrack, and a showstopping finale—which turns an abandoned warehouse into a life-size pinball machine of cascading oil drums, collapsing scaffolds, and shooting fireworks—Police Story 2 confirmed Chan’s status as a performer of unparalleled grace and daring. TWO-BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES New 4K digital restorations of Police Story and Police Story 2Alternate 5.1 surround soundtracks Alternate English-dubbed soundtracks Alternate version of Police Story 2, presented in a 2K digital transfer for the first time from a subtitled 35 mm Hong Kong–release print New interview with filmmaker Edgar Wright and a 2017 podcast conversation between Wright and actor-director Jackie Chan New programs on Chan’s screen persona and action-filmmaking techniques featuring author and New York Asian Film Festival cofounder Grady Hendrix Episode of Son of the Incredibly Strange Film Show from 1989 featuring interviews with Chan and actor Maggie Cheung Archival interviews with Chan and actor and stuntman Benny Lai Excerpts from Jackie Chan: My Stunts, a 1999 documentary codirected by and starring Chan Excerpt from a 2017 television program reuniting Chan with the original members of the Jackie Chan Stunt Team Television program from 1964 detailing the rigors of Beijing-opera training, akin to the education that Chan received as a child Chan stunt reel Trailers New English subtitle translations PLUS: An essay by critic Nick Pinkerton New covers by Jeremy Enecio**PLEASE SEE MY OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE DISCOUNTED CRITERION COLLECTION / JANUS CONTEMPORARIES BLU-RAYS & 4K UHD DISCS** * 5% discount for orders of 2+ Blu-rays* 10% discount for orders of 5+ Blu-rays* 15% discount for orders of 10+ Blu-rays* 20% DISCOUNT FOR ORDERS OF 20+ BLU-RAYS!! ALL PURCHASES ARE GUARANTEED AS DESCRIBED, OR YOUR MONEY BACK! PLEASE CHECK FEEDBACK FOR PEACE OF MIND ; )

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