Actors: Damian Lau, Pai Wei, Kong Lau, Hoi-Sang Lee, Hsia Hsu, Hark-On Fung

Director: John Woo

Language: TBA

Subtitles: TBA

Region: Region A

Aspect Ratio: TBA

Number of Discs: 1

Rating: Not Rated

Orig. Release Date: 1979

Studio: Criterion

Release Date: 3/14/2023

Run Time: 106 Min.

• NEW 2K RESTORATION with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio and uncompressed monaural soundtracks
• Alternate English-dubbed tracks
• Audio interview with director John Woo
• New interview with Grady Hendrix, author of These Fists Break Bricks
• Trailer
• New English subtitle translation
• PLUS: An essay by scholar Aaron Han Joon Magnan-Park

Before he became known as the master of the bullet-riddled heroic tragedy, John Woo sharpened his trademark themes and kinetic action choreography with this whirlwind wuxia spectacle. Unaware they are caught in a deadly game of deception, a pair of rambunctious swordsmen (Wai Pak and Damian Lau) join forces to help a nobleman (Lau Kong) in his quest for vengeance. Paying thrilling homage to his mentor, martial-arts innovator Chang Cheh, Woo delivers both bravura swordplay set pieces and a bloodstained interrogation of the meaning of brotherhood and honor in a world in which loyalty is bought and sold.