Since I am not reviewing anything over at Upcomingdiscs.com at the moment, I thought I would come up with a theme for reviews on this site for say the next 3-4 weeks. After looking at my collection, I came up with all of the Police Story movies. There are actually six of these with the third one, Supercop getting a gorgeous 4k edition from 88 Films within the last few months. That one I will be reviewing in full.
However, the others it doesn’t make much sense to review the full disc, but instead just an in-depth analysis of the movie itself. Obviously, I would use which editions were handiest. Let’s go over them so you know what to expect.
Police Story – Criterion Collection (Blu-Ray)
Police Story 2 – Criterion Collection (Blu-Ray)
Police Story 3: Supercop – 88 Films (4k)
Police Story 4 aka Jackie Chan’s First Strike – WB (Blu-Ray)
New Police Story – Amazon/Tubi (Free Streaming)
Police Story: Lockdown – Well Go (Blu-Ray)
Two problems that are probably obvious with this list. First, Police Story 4 or First Strike; since there are two cuts of the film, the US cut which runs about 84 minutes (and unfortunately the one I’m probably reviewing) and the 107 minute version which is only available on an Asian DVD. If I can find that DVD for a reasonable price, I will include it in my review. The other problem would be New Police Story which I realized last night I do not actually own. Thankfully, it is available for free (w/ads) streaming in a bunch of places. I might also snag the blu-ray, again if I can find it in a reasonable amount of time. I think a lot of people faced with a similar venture would probably eliminate the last three movies, but they are important to the overall history of the series. Also, I rather like Lowdown and think it’s a very underrated movie.
The good news is that I finished watching the first Police Story last night and will have a review probably by tomorrow night, the 8th. If this slight deviation from the norm proves to be entertaining, I might look into other series and other genres. I’m best when I am reviewing movies (or music), so I need to put that into continuing content. I hope you enjoy and thanks for reading.
6/7 PM EDIT: Not sure why I’m stressing over New Police Story, it is $5.99 brand new off Amazon. I’ll have this well before I need it.
6/8 AM EDIT: I didn’t read the fine print on New Police Story. I won’t get it until July 17th. I was honestly going to try and be done by early July with all of the movies. So I might be back to streaming on that one. Also great news on the Japan 2-DVD front for Jackie Chan’s First Strike, I found a copy for under $15 including shipping and tax. So, I should get that in time to when I come to it in review. I am also working on the first Police Story review. With any luck it should go up tonight.
