Member HAZ Posted March 29, 2009 Member Share Posted March 29, 2009 I just saw Blood Revenge. A pretty good basher. It's by the director of the Brave & the Evil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Fan Mei Sheng Posted April 1, 2009 Member Share Posted April 1, 2009 Hello! The DVD from Hoker Records "Dragon Fist" is CHOW KEN aka. FURY OF KING BOXER. Unfortunately in "FULLSCREEN", no English Subtitles. Greetings Fan Mei Sheng Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member hkpyanfar Posted May 23, 2009 Member Share Posted May 23, 2009 I just started watching the Hoker releases and my copy of The Brave and the Evil jams up before Wang Yu's final fight. Has anyone else had problems with the Hoker releases? If not, I'll go for a replacement disk. I just watched The Grand Passion and that played fine. All in all, these are a great addition to my collection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member spannick Posted May 23, 2009 Member Share Posted May 23, 2009 yeah, lots of 'em are kinda broken. i had to reburn them to be able to watch the DVDs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member hkpyanfar Posted May 23, 2009 Member Share Posted May 23, 2009 Thanks for the heads up. I'll see how the rest play out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member JustinB Posted May 23, 2009 Member Share Posted May 23, 2009 I have most of the Hoker releases and haven't run into any issues playing them. I think The Brave and the Evil is the only disc I haven't watched yet though - once I get around to watching it, I'll post an update. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member hkpyanfar Posted May 28, 2009 Member Share Posted May 28, 2009 I got The Brave and the Evil to play ok on my Panasonic dvd player. It jammed up on my computer and Toshiba dvd player. I guess my disk is just quirky with some machines. No problems with any of the other films, but I'm not done watching yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member spannick Posted May 28, 2009 Member Share Posted May 28, 2009 i have some of the non-Kung Fu Movies like WINDOWS OF THE MIND and some Brigitte Lin, none would play properly on my cheap Player, only after reburn all went well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member hkpyanfar Posted May 28, 2009 Member Share Posted May 28, 2009 Cheap player might be the key here. My Toshiba, which wouldn't play it, is a $30 player; my Panasonic, which did play it, is a $180 player. So the disks might be ok, if the quality of the player is good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member spannick Posted May 28, 2009 Member Share Posted May 28, 2009 of course they play on my Panasonic too. BUT every (!) other Original DVD plays fine on the cheap one so it's the crappy DVD's fault Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member hkpyanfar Posted May 29, 2009 Member Share Posted May 29, 2009 of course they play on my Panasonic too. BUT every (!) other Original DVD plays fine on the cheap one so it's the crappy DVD's fault Point taken. Dvds should play on all dvd players! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member HAZ Posted August 30, 2009 Member Share Posted August 30, 2009 For those interested, the taiwanese dvds of Sword Named Revenge, The Lost Swordship & Love & Sword all look better than the rarescope releases of those movies. I A/B'ed them today & was really surprised. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member HAZ Posted September 1, 2009 Member Share Posted September 1, 2009 Has anyone here ever checke out "The Goldenward Series" of films? Here's one that looks interesting: http://www.yesasia.com/global/goldenward-series-of-chinese-movies-the-venturer-taiwan-version/1003345955-0-0-0-en/info.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member JustinB Posted September 2, 2009 Member Share Posted September 2, 2009 Has anyone here ever checke out "The Goldenward Series" of films? Here's one that looks interesting: http://www.yesasia.com/global/goldenward-series-of-chinese-movies-the-venturer-taiwan-version/1003345955-0-0-0-en/info.html I have the Goldenward Series release of "A Valiant Villain". Unlike the Hoker DVDs, it's fullscreen and does not have English subtitles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member tdb Posted October 16, 2009 Member Share Posted October 16, 2009 I was poking around dvd.jsdvdmall.com and I see they're selling box sets of some of the Hoker (Union) discs: Petro Martial Arts Classic Box 1 -A City Called Dragon -A Touch of Zen -Dragon Inn Petro Martial Arts Classic Box 2 -One Armed Boxer vs The Flying Guillotine -Black Invitation -A Girl Fighter Petro Martial Arts Classic Box 3 -Lung Wei Village -Rider of Revenge -The Bravest Revenge They're all Hoker editions; some of the listings don't list an English sub, but I've got all the individual editions except for One Armed Boxer vs The Flying Guillotine and Lung Wei Village and they all have English subs, so presumably Lung Wei Village does too. One Armed Boxer vs The Flying Guillotine lists an English sub. Also can't find individual listings for One Armed Boxer vs The Flying Guillotine and Lung Wei Village, so they might only be available as part of a box. Couldn't find any of the boxes at Yesasia. Anyone know if there's a Taiwanese cut of One Armed Boxer vs The Flying Guillotine? Might pick up box 3 for Lung Wei Village, but otherwise I've already got everything else. Also see another box: Wu Hsia Ta Shih Hu Chin Chuan Ching Tien Tso Pin -Dragon Inn -A Touch of Zen -Painted Skin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member fiol Posted October 16, 2009 Member Share Posted October 16, 2009 i've two movies from the "The Goldenward Series" (no gong fu flicks) and none of them have english subs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member HAZ Posted October 16, 2009 Member Share Posted October 16, 2009 Hi! Has anyone picked up Dragon Fist to see if it has subs? The cover of the movie looks cool. thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member spannick Posted October 16, 2009 Member Share Posted October 16, 2009 no English Subs and badly cropped. slipcase for the trash bin though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member tdb Posted November 16, 2009 Member Share Posted November 16, 2009 I've ordered the Petro Martial Arts Classic Box 3 (for Lung Wei Village). I should get in in two or three weeks. I'll post whether Lung Wei Village has English subs and if the other two discs (Rider of Revenge, The Bravest Revenge) are the same as the previously released single discs. I now notice (about a week after the fact), that Yesasia appears to have the actual dvd (Lung Wei Village) for sale. They don't list English subs either...eh, I'll know for sure when the disc is in my player. The two spare titles become Christmas gifts and I'll hold on to the box, because I like boxes. Oh, Yesasia's also got One Arm Chivalry Fights Against One Arm Chivalry (Hoker), once again, no English subs are listed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member HAZ Posted November 16, 2009 Member Share Posted November 16, 2009 If they have no subs and they look to be good films, I will hire a translator & make a subtitled dvd myself. There area a few cool looking films as part of the "Classic Taiwan Cinema" series. Lethal Hook is by Gu Long & so is Hero Vs Hero. Black Wind Inn looks interesting. They charge too much for these movies. When they were in stock in Chinatown, they were only a couple of bucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Killer Meteor Posted November 16, 2009 Member Share Posted November 16, 2009 Out of curiosity, how does One Armed Boxer Vs. Flying Guillotine compare to its UK counterparts? Does it have a Chinese credit sequence? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member tdb Posted November 21, 2009 Member Share Posted November 21, 2009 Got the Retro Martial Arts Classic Box 3 in today. I can confirm that Lung Wei Village (and thus One Arm Chivalry Fights Against One Arm Chivalry) has no English subs. Interestingly the Lung Wei Village opening credits are in Chinese/English making me think that maybe the picture was cropped to remove them (bottom looks a little tight too). Picture quality is about the same as the other Hoker releases. For anyone that's interested: Box front: The cover is a mashup of the poster art covers of Rider of Revenge and The Bravest Revenge. Box back: Rider of Revenge and The Bravest Revenge both seem to be exactly the same as the other two I own; just no slip case. The box itself looks nice, but is on the flimsy side. It might be worthwhile picking up box one and/or two if you don't already have those individual releases, maybe box three too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member tdb Posted November 25, 2009 Member Share Posted November 25, 2009 Just saw that there is now a Retro (Petro) Martial Arts Classic Box 4. It includes The Brave and the Evil, The Decisive Battle and one other that's not named. All three include English subs. Worthwhile perhaps if you like boxes and haven't already picked up these titles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member tdb Posted February 26, 2010 Member Share Posted February 26, 2010 Hoker's up to number 6 for the Retro Martial Arts boxes. Number 6 includes King Hu's Legend of The Mountain (also available separately), but as far as I can tell it's not English subbed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member HAZ Posted February 26, 2010 Member Share Posted February 26, 2010 Just saw that there is now a Retro (Petro) Martial Arts Classic Box 4. It includes The Brave and the Evil, The Decisive Battle and one other that's not named. All three include English subs. Worthwhile perhaps if you like boxes and haven't already picked up these titles. I think the unnamed film is blood revenge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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