Archive for the 'Shout Studios' Category
November 12th, 2025 by Jordan Grout
The first time we see Inspector “Tequila” Yuen in Hard Boiled, he is seated at a bar shaking a glass with tequila and lemon soda water, otherwise known as a Tequila Slammer. He slams it down with emphatic force, the liquid fizzing over the rim. That small physical gesture captures the film’s kinetic and moral architecture of a dual movement of control and release, foreshadowing the film’s ceaseless oscillation between precision and chaos. In the next few minutes, a shootout in a teahouse will move the film from ritual to carnage. Birdcages, shattered porcelain, white-cloth tables undone by bullets! Tequila’s partner is killed, and his grief becomes the engine of the narrative.
Continue reading ‘Hard Boiled (4K UHD Blu-ray Review)’
October 22nd, 2025 by Gerard Iribe
Tsui Hark’s Peking Opera Blues has finally arrived on 4K UHD, giving one of Hong Kong cinema’s most visually inventive films the ultra high-definition treatment it’s long deserved. Set in the early 20th century, this blend of political intrigue, slapstick comedy, and breathless action has been a favorite among genre fans for decades. The new restoration offers a chance to experience the film’s rich colors and elaborate staging like never before, making this release an important milestone for collectors and admirers of classic Hong Kong filmmaking. Continue reading ‘Peking Opera Blues (4K UHD Blu-ray Review)’
September 4th, 2025 by Gerard Iribe
Ringo Lam’s City on Fire (1987) arrives on 4K UHD Blu-ray, a landmark Hong Kong crime thriller starring Chow Yun-Fat. The film follows an undercover cop who infiltrates a gang of thieves planning a high-stakes jewelry heist, setting the stage for betrayal, loyalty, and explosive action. Known for its gritty realism and influence on the heroic bloodshed genre, City on Fire remains one of the defining titles of Hong Kong cinema in the 1980s. Continue reading ‘City on Fire (4K UHD Blu-ray Review)’
September 4th, 2025 by Gerard Iribe
Shout Studios’ Hong Kong Cinema Classics™ line expands this fall with two major 4K UHD + Blu-ray releases. On November 4, 2025, John Woo’s action masterpiece Hard Boiled arrives in a Deluxe Edition 3-disc set, featuring a brand-new 4K scan, extensive bonus content, and a 52-page booklet with essays and artwork. Just two weeks later, on November 18, 2025, the A Better Tomorrow Trilogy makes its 4K debut. The set includes Woo’s A Better Tomorrow and A Better Tomorrow II alongside Tsui Hark’s A Better Tomorrow III, plus a newly unearthed workprint cut of A Better Tomorrow II with 30 minutes of never-before-seen footage. Both releases preserve and celebrate the legacy of Hong Kong cinema for longtime fans and new audiences alike.
July 18th, 2025 by Gerard Iribe
GKIDS, the Academy Award®-winning producer and distributor of artist-driven and award-winning animation, has revealed the full product lineup and release dates for the home entertainment release of ARCANE: League of Legends Season 2, from Riot Games and Fortiche Production. The globally beloved and Emmy-nominated Netflix animated series will be issued in a definitive, limited-run Collector’s Edition, SteelBook® Editions of both the 4K UHDTM and Blu-rayTM formats, a Blu-rayTM Standard Edition, and on Digital Download-to-Own. All editions are currently available on preorder. Continue reading ‘Arcane League of Legends: Season 2 on 4K UHD Blu-ray October 21!’
July 9th, 2025 by Gerard Iribe
The year is 2045. As a result of the Global Simultaneous Default, an economic disaster that shook every country on Earth to its foundations, as well as the explosive evolution of artificial intelligence, the world has plunged into the Sustainable War, a planned war that can be continued indefinitely. In this near future, the decline has not yet become bad enough that people can sense in their daily lives the risk to human survival posed by A.I. To combat cybercrimes by the Posthumans, a new breed of human being that has suddenly arisen, Public Security Section 9, led by the fully prosthetic cyborg Kusanagi Motoko, makes its way to Tokyo, which was reduced to ruins in a previous war. What they find there are a refugee group that calls itself ‘N’ and a hostile American Special Forces unit. As the risk of nuclear war set off by a hijacked submarine grows ever greater, the three-way battle between Public Security Section 9, America, and the Posthumans intensifies.
Continue reading ‘Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045 Season 2 on Blu-ray September 16!’
July 1st, 2025 by Gerard Iribe
Set in chaotic 1920’s China, when warlords fought each other for power while Sun Yat-Sen’s underground movement tried to establish a democratic republic, Peking Opera Blues tells the story of three young women and two young men who are thrown together. One young woman grabs a box of jewels during the looting when one warlord takes Peking. A deserting soldier joins her, but the jewels end up at the Peking Opera. Here we meet the daughter of the head of the troupe, who dreams of being an actress. But even female roles are played by men in the opera. Soon, the daughter of the currently ruling warlord and a male agent of the democratic underground are involved. It’s a genre-blending smash hit from legendary Hong Kong director Tsui Hark! Continue reading ‘Peking Opera Blues is released on 4K UHD Blu-ray September 23!’
June 4th, 2025 by Gerard Iribe
Offering a treasure trove of essential films from the explosive creative epicenter of Hong Kong, Shout Studios’ Hong Kong Cinema Classics™ aims to preserve these iconic films in their best possible presentation for fans new and old alike. On August 26, 2025, Hong Kong Cinema Classics presents CITY ON FIRE 4K UHD + BLU-RAY. Chow Yun-Fat (Hard Boiled, A Better Tomorrow), Sun Yueh (Papa, Can you Hear Me Sing?), and Danny Lee (The Killer)star in this sizzling, highly influential crime drama from director Ringo Lam (Full Contact, Prison On Fire, Maximum Risk). Featuring a new 4K scan and a wealth of bonus features, CITY ON FIRE is a must-have for collectors, cinephiles, and action enthusiasts. Pre-order is now available at ShoutFactory.comand select participating online stores. Continue reading ‘City on Fire arrives on 4K UHD Blu-ray August 26!’
May 20th, 2025 by Gerard Iribe
Ryo Saeba’s crime sweeping adventures continue in CITY HUNTER: ANGEL DUST as the action comedy arrives on Blu-Ray™ in select North American e-commerce stores from Anime Limited, with distribution by Shout! Studios. This latest high-octane installment based on Tsukasa Hojo’s wildly popular manga of the same name boasts the franchise’s signature blend of hard-boiled humor with gritty combat, in a stylish return to form that longtime fans and collectors won’t want to miss. Produced by the acclaimed Sunrise studio and directed by Kayuyoshi Takeuchi—with general direction by franchise veteran Kenji Kodama, the original director of the City Hunter TV series—ANGEL DUST reunites voice legends Kamiya Akira (Ryo Saeba) and Ikura Kazue (Kaori Makimura) for what is considered the beginning of the franchise’s epic final chapter. Continue reading ‘City Hunter: Angel Hunter is released on Blu-ray July 14!’
March 5th, 2024 by Gerard Iribe
When Major Charles Rane (William Devane, Marathon Man, Interstellar) returns home to San Antonio, Texas, he is given a hero’s welcome. He and his friend John Vohden (Tommy Lee Jones, The Fugitive) had endured eight years of physical and mental torture in a POW camp. Adjusting to his old life isn’t going to be easy for Rane. His wife Janet has fallen in love with another man, and his son doesn’t remember him. The publicity he receives as a returning hero has attracted the attention of a group of hoodlums. When the group kills Rane’s wife and son and leaves him for dead, he and Vohden team up to hunt them down. Rolling Thunder is released on 4K UHD Blu-ray April 23, 2024! Continue reading ‘‘Rolling Thunder’ on 4K UHD Blu-ray April 23!’
February 22nd, 2024 by Gerard Iribe
Oscar® nominee and Golden Globe Awards winner Liam Neeson (Schindler’s List, Taken) and Oscar® winner Frances McDormand (Fargo, Nomadland ) star in Darkman – the explosive, action-packed thriller from director Sam Raimi (the Spider-Man trilogy). Dr. Peyton Westlake (Neeson) is on the verge of realizing a major breakthrough in the creation of synthetic skin when his laboratory is blown up by gangsters. Having been burned beyond recognition and forever altered by an experimental medical procedure, Westlake becomes known as Darkman, assuming alternate identities in his quest for revenge and a new life with his former love (McDormand). Darkman is available now on 4K UHD Blu-ray! Continue reading ‘Darkman (4K UHD Blu-ray Review)’
February 22nd, 2024 by Gerard Iribe
A quiet drifter (Nicolas Cage) finds himself stranded in a remote town when his car breaks down. Taking on a janitorial job at the now-condemned Willy’s Wonderland seems like an easy way to earn some cash … but the mundane task suddenly becomes an all-out fight for survival when he must do battle with wave after wave of demonic, murderous animatronics. Willy’s Wonderland is now available on 4K UHD Blu-ray! Continue reading ‘Willy’s Wonderland (4K UHD Blu-ray Review)’
