Blu-ray
Executioners = Xian dai hao xia zhuan
Call Number
- BLU-RAY FOREIGN (CEN)
Edition
Blu-ray version.
Languages
In Cantonese or dubbed English, with English subtitles.
Performers
Michelle Yeoh, Anita Mui, Maggie Cheung, Damian Lau, Anthony Wong.
Publication Information
[New York, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2024]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (97 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Audience
Not rated.
Summary
"The star power of cinema icons Maggie Cheung, Anita Mui, and Michelle Yeoh fuels these gloriously unrestrained action joyrides from auteur Johnnie To and action choreographer Ching Siu-tung. The Heroic Trio and its sequel, Executioners, follow a new kind of justice league: a team of blade-throwing, shotgun-toting, kung fu-fighting heroines who join forces to battle evildoers in a dystopian, noirish city. Blending dazzling martial-arts mayhem with exhilarating blasts of comic-book lunacy, these beloved superhero movies reimagine the genre through the giddy genius of the Hong Kong film industry at its height."--Set container.
"Maggie Cheung, Anita Mui, and Michelle Yeoh return in this gritty, postapocalyptic sequel to The Heroic Trio. Following a devastating nuclear attack, Hong Kong's supply of clean water has fallen into the hands of a masked maniac intent on seizing political power--forcing the three fearless fighters to settle their differences and unite to stop him. Darker in tone than the original, Executioners finds Johnnie To and codirector/martial-arts choreographer Ching Siu-tung continuing to push their whirlwind action set pieces to new levels of cartoon craziness, while adding an abundance of grungy, dystopian atmosphere and a fresh dose of anti-authoritarian attitude."--Amazon.
Notes
Originally released as a motion picture in 1993.
Disc originally released as part of the two-disc Criterion Collection set The Heroic Trio/Executioners.
Special features: 4K digital restoriation, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack ; alternate English-dubbed and 5.1 surround Cantonese soundtracks ; new interview with actor Anthony Wong ; trailer ; new English subtitle translation.