and where any number of alternate titles can either link or uncouple various entries in the "series" in a virtually random fashion (it's perhaps salient to

Funnell, Lisa (21 May 2014). Warrior Women: Gender, Race, and the Transnational Chinese Action Star. SUNY Press. p.172. ISBN 9781438452500. Morton, Lisa (2009). The Cinema of Tsui Hark. McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-4460-1 . Retrieved 24 February 2013. Presented in its original aspect ratio of 1.85:1, encoded with MPEG-4 AVC and granted a 1080p transfer, Yes, Madam! arrives on Blu-ray courtesy of Eureka Entertainment. Yes, Madam! Is a highly influential film directed by action guru Corey Yeun and credited with starting the “girls with guns” subgenre of action films. Two hapless thieves Aspirin (Mang Hoi) and Strepsil (John Shum) break into a freshly murdered man's hotel room and steal his passport. Unknown to them, the occupant was just stylishly murdered by an assassin and that wallet includes the microfilm of a forged contract that crooked businessman Mr Tin will kill for.In other territories, they were called “In the Line of Duty 1 & 2”. The success of these led to “In the Line of Duty 3”, which introduced Yeung Lai-Ching, credited as ‘Cynthia Khan’ to link her to Michelle Yeoh/Khan.

At the 5 th Hong Kong Film Awards in 1986, Mang Hoi received the award for Best Supporting Actor. Michelle Yeoh was nominated for Best New Performer and Corey Yuen and Mang Hoi were nominated for Best Action Choreography. We are treated to a cop movie where the only smart detectives are these two mismatched officers, and what are the odds they come to respect each other? A lot of damage will be needed to answer that question. Ladies First (13:46, SD) – In the first of two featurettes taken from the 2002 Hong Kong Legends DVD, actor Mang Hoi recalls his training, work as a stuntman and actor, and the making of Yes, Madam. With Everything Everywhere All At Once looking a likely Best Picture Oscar nominee, starring roles in the new Witcher spin off at Netflix and American Born Chinese for Disney+ and the small matter of the Avatar sequels, Michelle Yeoh is having a banner year in 2022, in which she also turned 60.

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It all leads to a sensational final 15 minutes which brings the cast together for a huge multi-level fight in Mr Tin's lair. When Inspector NG and Inspector Carrie Moss hand in their badges and guns you know their version of justice is going to be as creative as it is brutal. It's a delight to watch and brings together all the great elements of Yes, Madam! into a single sequence. The audio menu defaults to original Cantonese DTS-HD, and a Cantonese home video mix is offered too. A fresh English dub in 5.1 is available too, but it’s hardly worth the trouble. Either of the Cantonese mixes suffer from harsh, hard-on-the-ears dialog and it’s better to have this one turned down low – as firm a criticism as they come in the home theater enthusiast department. Blown out treble impacts all sound effects, from gunshots to tires squealing. Yes, Madam is pitched far too high. Extras Meyers, Ric (2011). Films of Fury: The Kung Fu Movie Book. Eirini Press. ISBN 978-0979998942 . Retrieved 24 February 2013.

HD presentation on Blu-ray of the international export cut from a brand new 2K restoration [87 mins] That said… I would still call this release worth your money. The restoration job isn’t as immediately night-and-day as the one pulled on Yes, Madam! – the original Hong Kong trailer included as the lone additional bonus looks acceptable enough – but is still fantastic. If you compare the clips of the California shootout, for example, on prior prints to the 2K restoration here, you’ll notice that the darks are less muddy and the interior lights glare much less.

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Launching both a successful franchise (the In the Line of Duty series) as well as an entire sub-genre of action cinema ("girls-with-guns"- a genre which did not truly exist before this film), Yes, Madam! is one of the most important and influential action films of its era, and Eureka Classics is proud to present the film in its UK debut on Blu-ray from a brand new 2K restoration. Gaylord Picht on Hard Target | 4K UHD + Blu-ray (Kino Lorber) That's fantastic news! I'm thrilled to hear that the 116 min test screening v… But the significant inclusion is a whole other version of the film, the alternate English-language Export Version, running a few minutes shorter and featuring the alternate title In the Line of Duty II: The Supercops. It trims a handful of scenes to shorten its length, but the oddest difference is the film’s opening. Not only does it completely excise the introduction of Yeoh’s character (who now first appears after the opening robbery instead of before), but it also adds an entire action sequence from a completely different film, Where’s Officer Tuba? I have no clue as to why this was done (and I’m aware this was not a unique case with this film), but it leads to a whole sequence with entirely different characters, has absolutely nothing to do with the rest of the film, and then never comes up again. I can’t say I’ll ever revisit it, but I’m sure it will be a welcome offering for those who were introduced to the film in this manner. For everyone else, it’s more of a bizarre curiosity. Shortly after we are introduced to the character of “Panadol”, played by the future director of the “Once Upon a Time in China” series of films.