Product Details

• Actors: Max Aspin, Deryck Barnes, Kevin Broadribb, Ruth Erica, Rebecca Gilling
• Directors: Yu Wang
• Format: Color, NTSC
• Language: English
• Rated: R (Restricted)
• Studio: Tai Seng Entertainment
• VHS Release Date: November 20, 2001
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000009HEV
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #560,814 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars available now in Australia on DVD, November 17, 2002

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"sweetback" (Adelaide, Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Man From Hong Kong [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This movie was recently released in (2.35:1 widescreen) DVD by Screensound Australia, the business name of the National Screen & Sound Archives of Australia. I personally have a copy of this one and it's great. Special features include:
* Director's commentary by Brian Trenchard Smith, together with actor Hugh Keays Byrne and stunt director Grant Page (who doubled for Jimmy Wang Yu in several scenes and also starred as the guy who he fights in the Chinese restuarant)
* Picture gallery, including behind-the-scenes footage (including of the car chase)
* Original Australian news items about the stars and opening night (these are very kitch)
* Original Australian theatrical trailer
* Detailed colour bonus booklet
This has rightly been recognised as a classic of Australian cinema, mainly because it was the first collaboration with an Asian film company (Golden Harvest). It was an attempt by Golden Harvest to move forward in the direction of 'Enter the Dragon' after Bruce Lee's death, and it seems that they still had a contract with George Lazenby (who was originally to appear in 'Game of Death' -- see the extras to the Hong Kong Legends Platinum Edition of Game of Death, released last year in the UK).
The DVD is in PAL format. This means that US buyers will only be able to play it on their laptops etc if they do not have a converter or a dual-format television. It is encoded as Region 4, which shouldn't be as much of a problem, requiring only a multi-region hack or 'dezoning'.

Best of luck finding this one on the web ... the australian government sites are probably the best place to start.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars the man from hong kong, December 18, 2003

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aggie geraghty (Ireland) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Man From Hong Kong [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I dont even know if i'm in the right page but my whole family watched The Man from Hong Kong when it first came out on Beta. My father especially has loved this movie and has been looking for it ever since.I hope that by wrighting this someone can let me know where in the world I can purchase this movie on vhs. I would appreciate any help on this matter. The movie is like a piece of history in our family and we would dearly love to find this film.
yours sincerely
Aggie Geraghty

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars This is unusal, September 4, 2000

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J. Ewaniuk (los angeles, ca United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Man From Hong Kong [VHS] (VHS Tape)

As far as these films go, this one has pretty standard action. But The Man From Hong Kong is an oddity among the kung fu films of the 1970s. It is directed by an Australian director, and it takes place mostly in Australia with a predominately Australian cast. The exception is star Jimmy Wang Yu, who says his lines in English but is obviously dubbed.

This particular version of the film has both Chinese and English subtitles. Unfortunately, the English subtuitles are an the bottom of the screen, below the Chinese subtitles (the dubbing is also Chinese - perhaps one is Mandarin and one Cantonese). But since this is not widescreen, the English subtitles often go off the screen making it difficult to read!

I bought this video because of George Lazenby, who moves very well for a man his size. An almost unreocgnizable Sammo Hung also makes an appearance as a bad guy. It is odd to note that many actors who became famous playing a specific hero, end up playing the villain in just about every other film.

Because of the problem with the subtitles, I would recommend this film only for purists and completists - until an English version becomes available. 20th Century Fox released this film domestically in theaters, but who knows if they still have the rights, or if they would consider a video release.