Description
Anyone who loves the Shaw Brothers, and martial arts cinema in general, will be all-too-familiar with the work of director Chang Cheh. Perhaps the most influential of all kungfu filmmakers, Cheh helmed such trendsetting classics as THE ONE-ARMED SWORDSMAN (1967), THE BRAVE ARCHER (1977) and the generation-defining FIVE DEADLY VENOMS (1978). Yet, by the time the 1980s came around, he was not merely repeating the same old, same old – instead he was reinventing the chopsocky form with his late-in-the-day masterpieces MASKED AVENGERS, which is grittier and even more gruelling than any of its carnage-happy contemporaries.
Telling of a secretive hooded gang, who are raping and pillaging their way around the Chinese countryside, MASKED AVENGERS picks up a lightning fast pace and offers some of Chehʼs most masterful battle sequences. With blood spilled, victims tormented and fists of fury flying in all directions, it is doubtful that anyone who spends time with this Hong Kong movie masterpiece will feel disappointed. Almost forty years later and MASKED AVENGERS still packs a punch that places it as one of the finest Far Eastern action epics of all time. See it now in this eye watering HD restoration – uncut and uncensored for the first time on British shores!
SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS
High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) and Standard Definition DVD presentations of the Film
RESTORED HD MASTER IN ORIGINAL 2.35:1 ASPECT RATIO
Uncompressed English Soundtrack
Uncompressed Chinese Audio
English Subtitles
Audio Commentary by acclaimed Asian Cinema and kung-fu expert, Bey Logan
HO MY GOD: An interview with Godfrey Ho
Masked Avengers Trailer
CINEMA CITY! Limited Edition Booklet notes by Calum Waddell
Reverse Sleeve featuring Original Hong Kong Poster Art
SPECS
Region Code: B/2
Picture Format: HD 1080p 2.35:1 / PAL 2.35:1
Audio Format: LPCM Mono and Dolby Digital Mono
Language: English / Mandarin with English Subtitles
Certification: 15
Running Time: 87 Mins Approx
