Yes Madam! (aka Police Assassins) (Blu-ray Limited Edition) (Eureka Classics) [UK]

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Release date: December 12, 2022
Purchase links: Eureka Video - Amazon UK - Zavvi
Price: £17.99
Notes: 2,000 copies

 

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Originally released as “Police Assassins” in the UK, Yes, Madam! was the first starring role for both Michelle Yeoh and Cynthia Rothrock, who stunned audiences with their incredible athleticism and stunt work. Produced by Sammo Hung and John Sham, the film is as expected, an incredible action showcase in the inimitable Hong Kong style of the time.

Michelle Yeoh and Cynthia Rothrock star as a couple of tough-as-nails police inspectors investigating the murder of a British agent, which leads them to a pair of unlucky thieves (Mang Hoi and John Shum) who need protection from a ruthless crime boss (James Tien).

Launching both a successful franchise (the In the Line of Duty series) as well as an entire sub-genre of action cinema (“girls-with-guns” – a genre which did not truly exist before this film), Yes, Madam! is one of the most important and influential action films of its era, and Eureka Classics is proud to present the film in its UK debut on Blu-ray from a brand new 2K restoration.

SPECIAL FEATURES:​

• Limited Edition O-Card slipcase featuring new artwork (TBA) [2000 copies]
• 1080p HD presentation on Blu-ray from a brand new 2K restoration
• Original Cantonese mono audio
• Optional English dubbed audio
• Optional English Subtitles, newly translated for this release
• Brand new feature length audio commentary by Asian film experts Frank Djeng (NY Asian Film Festival) & Michael Worth
• Brand new feature length audio commentary by action cinema experts Mike Leeder & Arne Venema
• Brand new select-scene commentary with actress and martial-arts movie icon Cynthia Rothrock
• Brand new interview with Cynthia Rothrock
• Locations featurette
• Archival interview with Michelle Yeoh
• Archival interview with actor and producer John Shum
• Battling Babes – archival featurette
• Trailers
• Reversible sleeve design
• A Limited Edition collector’s booklet featuring new writing by James Oliver [2000 copies]

 

[Lenny Nero]

I'm wondering if I should just buy these individual Eureka releases, or wait for a US 88 Films Boxset?
Individual UK ones obviously have 4 slips and 4 booklets, but the US box art is really great looking, and its amaray covers are better, plus their 100 page book probably compensates for 4 individual booklets, and they promise posters and archival photos in it, while UK ones might just be essays.
But there seem to be more extras on Eureka releases, some named the same, but I'm not sure if the 'brand new' interview and scene commentary by Rothrock, for example, are the same on 88 Films edition, only they didn't put 'brand new' in front of everything...