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Release: March 26, 2024

$7.99

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*This listing is for the standard edition version and does NOT come with a limited edition slipcase!* Impatient with low-level police work, rookie cop Chui (Eddie Chen) recklessly accepts his superior’s offer to go undercover. With few ties and an ambiguous moral compass that soon starts to spin out of control, his life outside the underworld begins to crumble. Following the success of Cops and Robbers (1979), Alex Cheung’s MAN ON THE BRINK further redefined the Hong Kong crime sub-genre. While indebted to New Hollywood staples such as Sidney Lumet’s Serpico (1973), this Best Director, Best Screenplay, and Best Actor Golden Horse Award winner unleashed a new appetite for undercover cop mayhem, prefiguring classics such as the Infernal Affairs trilogy (2002-2003) with its jaw-dropping synthesis of urban grit, realistic drama, and high stakes, captured with evocative hand-held, on-location camerawork. A missing link – if not a turning point – in Hong Kong action cinema, ready to be rediscovered. Bonus Features: 1. Interview with director Alex Cheung (2022, 39 minutes) 2. Commentary with Director Alex Cheung and Assistant Director Teddy Chan (2022, 100 minutes) 3. Q&A Post Screening Talk (2019, 72 minutes) 4. 8mm Shorts: Man on the Brink Making Of (1981, 14 minutes); C.I.D. Making Of (1976, 1 minute); Young Teddy & Alex Cheung (1973,1 minute); "Come Together" Music Video (1973, 3 minutes) 5. Booklet with new writing by John Charles and archival photos

Release: June 6, 2017

$6.99

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Inspired by the true story known as the Mekong Massacre two Chinese commercial vessels are ambushed while traveling down the Mekong River in the waters of the Golden Triangle, one of the largest drugmanufacturing regions in the world. 13 sailors are executed at gunpoint, and 900,000 methamphetamine pills are recovered at the scene. Upon discovery, the Chinese government immediately sends a band Review ... scale and an energy that rivals any Hollywood blockbuster. --LA Times ...unfolding with such speed and sleekness, technical contributions prove stellar across the board. --Screen Daily Operation Mekong has a strong kick, with minimal side effects. --LA Times