Jackie Chan's Police Story & Police Story 2 (Eureka Classics) 2-Disc Blu Ray [Blu-ray]

Eureka are really knocking it out of the park with their recent string of Jackie Chan releases. Following on from their superlative treatment of Drunken Master, we've got Police Story 1 and 2 here, with Project A parts 1 and 2 and City hunter to come. Police story is undoubtedly one of my favourite of Jackie's 80s output. Along with Dragons forever, Wheels on Meals and Armour of God, it really showcases his perfect blend of breathtaking stunts, fast and furious fight choreography and trademark humour.This Eureka release boasts two 4k restored original uncut prints of Police Story and Police story 2 and look absolutely wonderful. I watched Police Story enough on VHS back in the day to know almost every flaw in the print back to front, whether it was the slightly weird colour palette, grey blacks and noise/debris etc. The Eureka restoration is terrific. It's exceptionally clean, with really great naturalistic colours and very decent black levels. Possibly my only argument is that to my eye there appears to be some use of DNR that minimises grain, but it's not quite enough to the detriment of the detail.Sound too is terrific, and even though I'm a bit of a purist when it comes to soundtracks, I have to say that having had various DVD incarnations of the film, the 5.1 mix was surprisingly good given the source. The fights were amazingly punchy and the general surround was used effectively if not extensively.Police Story 2 is the full 2 hour version of the film (available for the for the first time ever in the UK) and in fact across both discs you have a truly unique set of cuts and soundtrack options:- Police Story (100 mins) 1080p presentation sourced from the new 4K restoration- Police Story: The Japanese Cut (105 mins – HD) Originally released exclusively to Japanese home video, this extended cut of the film was transferred to HD from a film print in 2012 and makes its UK debut here with its original Cantonese audio and English subtitles for the first time ever- Police Story 2 (121 mins) – 1080p presentation of the extended version of the film, sourced from the new 4K restoration- Police Story 2: The Original Hong Kong Version (101 mins - SD) – The original cut of Police Story 2, presented with it’s original Cantonese mono audio track and optional English subtitles- Police Story 2: Original UK Version (90 mins - SD) – An alternate cut of the film created for the film’s UK VHS release, featuring a unique English dub trackAdd to that an immense selection of extras, including outtakes, trailers, archive interviews and also, my most favourite: the late 80s Jonathon Ross documentary 'Son of the incredibly strange film show' which was one of the original and best features on Jackie's life and film career. One I taped back in the day and watched endlessly.The set comes in two individual amaray cases here with reversible sleeves housed in a cardboard case with newly commissioned art. There's also a terrific collectors booklet with new writing on the film and a selection of rare archival material (some great old school VHS cover art in there too).There's only really very minor gripes with the set. Firstly as you're probably aware from the one star reviews, there is an extremely negligible couple of sound dropouts in the 5.1 Cantonese mix in police story. It's akin to a dvd layer transition lasting about half a second at the 10 minute and 32 minute marks. This ONLY affects the 5.1 track and doesnt affect all sets. Eureka have been on this like lightning with a replacement disc program for anyone with an affected disc, so really, it's a total non-issue. My minor gripes are that the sleeves have the same art on both sides (with a different colour scheme) - would have been nice to have the iconic covers from any of the IPD video releases on the rear. And marginally more annoyingly is that despite the discs being authored into scenes, there is no scene selection on either the front menus or the pop-up menus. Note that f you're looking to grab this from overseas, unlike their Drunken master release, these are REGION B locked.But these issues are really extremely pathetic against such a superlative release. Very excited that Eureka are stepping up to give Jackie's back catalogue some love, and once you've seen what they've achieved here, you, like me will undoubtedly be pre-ordering the rest.

This 1080p HD transfer is brilliant, the movies never looked so good. Excellent set containing Police Story 1 & 2 remastered in 1080p from a 4K restoration as source. Plenty of extras and various versions of the 2 movies.Following some bits that I found very interesting (not a full summary of extras, only those that I think are outstanding).Police Story 1:- The alternative additional English dubbing included is very interesting (came from a dutch VHS release).- Regular UK cut (100 min).- The full Japanese Cut (105 min).- The US 'Police Force Cut' (84 min).- Alternative and deleted scenes.Police Story 2:- Extended Cut (121 min).- The full Hong Kong Cut (101 min).- Original UK Version (90 min).- Jackie Chan - Son of the Incredible Strange Film Show (40 min).- Outtakes.Think there is no need at all to discuss the movies, therefore will refrain from making a movie review. 2 absolute brilliant Jackie Chan classics in an awesome quality taking into account their age. A gem for all Jackie Chan fans and everybody that wants to become one.

The best versions on Blu Ray available to date. As for some moaning about the subtitles and some audio tracks an replacement disc is on its way. Once you get in contact with the company. I received an email today asking for my address so when the disc or discs are ready I'll get it sent to me once ready. You see people moaning about the HK fortune star blu rays with the English subtitles with the errors and the audio tracks only being 7.1ch and only being upscale transfers???. But you dont see others asking for an replacement disc because that. Without eureka we wouldn't have any Jackie Chan classics on Blu Ray in the UK in full HD. Japan have most of the Jackie Chan classics in full HD but no English subtitles, hardcoded Japanese subtitles on the screen for some plus you are paying around £34-£41 pounds a movie I know because I was importing them.

I have been a Jackie chan fan for a long time and these are there with the best and not them silly Modern films he has done.Picture is amazing compared to the VHS and DVDSound is good.I hope they release wheels on meals next , my lucky stars and the others like this.Thanks to Eureka

Fantastic quality - I’m used to watching this on vhs, so the 1080p HD is almost too good to imagine. The best thing about this from my perspective, is that it has the option to choose the original English dubbing. When you grown up watching a film with certain character voices, it just isn’t the same when all the characters sound different, as they have on any Jackie Chan dvd I’ve bought in the past. Well done Eureka!!