Anyone have a definitive list of Hong Kong Legends & Premier Asia titles?

[GPR79]

EDITED 5th March ---- Anyone got an up to date list or a link to a good HKL website? Their official site is now closed it seems.




Was looking for a definitive list of all the current Hong Kong Legend and Premier Asia titles available. The official site is a mess for those of us that just want a quick browse of the current back catalogue.

I know most of these have been around for ages and [for various reasons] it seems that nowadays the novelty of HKL seems to have worn off but I for one have only just started getting into them again due to how cheaply they can be picked up

Cheers to Grimmy for the list.....

Hong Kong Legends

2000 AD
Armour of God
Avenging Fist, The
Battle Creek Brawl
Beast Cops
Big Boss, The
Black Sheep Affair
Body Weapon
Bruce Lee - The Man, The Legend
Bullet in the Head: Platinum Edition
Chinese Ghost Story
City Hunter
City on Fire
Crime Story
Dragon From Russia
Dragon Lord
Dragons Forever
Drive
Drunken Master
Duel to the Death
Eastern Condors
Encounters of the Spooky Kind
First Option
Fist of Fury
Fist of the North Star: Platinum Edition
Flaming Brothers
Full Contact
Game of Death: Platinum Edition
Game of Death 2
Heart of the Dragon
Heromakers
Hong Kong 1941
Hitman
Iceman Cometh **New Release**
In the Line of Duty
Introduction to Hong Kong Legends, An
Iron Fisted Monk
Iron Monkey: Platinum Edition
Island of Fire
Jackie Chan - My Stunts/My Story
Killer, The
Legend of a Fighter
Magnificent Butcher
Magnificent Warriors
Master, The
Millionaires Express
Miracles
Moon Warriors
Mr. Vampire
My Lucky Stars
Naked Killer
Naked Weapon: PLatinum Edition
New Dragon Gate Inn
Ninja in the Dragon's Den
Odd Couple, The
Once a Thief
Once Upon a Time in China
Once Upon a Time in China 2
Once Upon a Time in China 3
Outlaw Brothers **Sep 12th**
Police Assasins
Police Story
Police Story 2
Postman Fights Back, The
Prodigal Son, The
Project A: Platinum Edition
Project A: Part II
Purple Storm
Red Wolf: Platinum Edition
Scorpion King, The
Skinny Tiger, Fatty Dragon
Snake in the Eagles Shadow
Story of Ricky, The
Swordsman, The
Tai Chi Boxer
Tiger on the Beat
Twinkle Twinkle Lucky Stars
Warriors Two
Way of the Dragon: Platinum Edition
Wing Chun
Winners and Sinners
Young Master, The
Zu Warriors from the Magic Mountain


HKL Boxsets

Bruce Lee 30th Anniversary (6 DVD Collection)
Jet Li Collection (The Master & Hitman)
Manga In Motion (City Hunter, Story of Ricky, Dragon From Russia)
Once Upon A Time In China Trilogy (3 DVD Collection)
Project A 1&2 (2 DVD Collection)
Swordplay Collection (Swordsman, Moon Warriors, New Dragon Gate Inn)


Premier Asia Titles

Bang Rajan
Bichunmoo
Brotherhood (Taegukgi) **Sep 5th**
Champion
Grudge, The
Grudge 2, The **Sep 5th**
Ichi the Killer
Ichi the Killer: Anime
Ichi the Killer: 3 disc collection
My Wife Is A Gangster **Coming Soon**
Ong-Bak **Sep 19th**
Volcano High
Warrior, The

[Grimmy]

anyone tell me if I have missed any out but I think its.....


HKL Titles


2000 AD
Armour of God
Avenging Fist, The
Battle Creek Brawl
Beast Cops
Big Boss, The
Black Sheep Affair
Body Weapon
Bruce Lee 30th Anniversary 6 DVD Box Set
Bruce Lee - The Man, The Legend
Bullet in the Head: Platinum Edition
Chinese Ghost Story
City Hunter
City on Fire
Crime Story
Dragon From Russia
Dragon Lord
Dragons Forever
Drunken Master
Duel to the Death
Eastern Condors
Encounters of the Spooky Kind
First Option
Fist of Fury
Flaming Brothers
Full Contact
Game of Death: Platinum Edition
Game of Death 2
Heart of the Dragon
Heromakers
Hong Kong 1941
Hitman
Iceman Cometh
In the Line of Duty
Introduction to Hong Kong Legends, An
Iron Fisted Monk
Iron Monkey
Iron Monkey: Platinum Edition
Island of Fire
Jackie Chan - My Stunts/My Story
Killer, The
Legend of a Fighter
Magnificent Butcher
Magnificent Warriors
Master, The
Millionaires Express
Miracles
Moon Warriors
Mr. Vampire
My Lucky Stars
Naked Killer
Naked Weapon
New Dragon Gate Inn
Ninja in the Dragon's Den
Odd Couple, The
Once a Thief
Once Upon a Time in China
Once Upon a Time in China 2
Once Upon a Time in China 3
Police Assasins
Police Story
Police Story 2
Postman Fights Back, The
Prodigal Son, The
Project A: Platinum Edition
Project A-Part II
Purple Storm
Red Wolf: Platinum Edition
Scorpion King, The
Skinny Tiger, Fatty Dragon
Snake in the Eagles Shadow
Story of Ricky, The
Swordsman, The
Tai Chi Boxer
Tiger on the Beat
Twinkle Twinkle Lucky Stars
Warriors Two
Way of the Dragon
Way of the Dragon: Platinum Edition
Wing Chun
Winners and Sinners
Young Master, The
Zu Warriors from the Magic Mountain


Premier Asia Titles


Bang Rajan
Bichunmoo
Champion
Grudge, The
Grudge, The 2 Disc Edition
Ichi the Killer
Ichi the Killer: Anime
Volcano High
Warrior, The


Sorry don't know release order

[GPR79]

What's Heromakers mate? Not heard of that one....

[Jimmyboy]

Not to go too far off topic but can anyone remind me the reasons why Prodigal Son was a disapointment? I've got the HK release which is non-anamorphic and I seem to remember people saying that the picture quality was even better than the HKL one or something.

[Grimmy]

Originally Posted by GPR79

What's Heromakers mate? Not heard of that one....

Its just a promotional disc really (loads of HKL trailers and a documentary on hong kong stuntmen) I think the same docu is on the Red Wolf DVD if i am not mistaken

Originally Posted by Jimmyboy

Not to go too far off topic but can anyone remind me the reasons why Prodigal Son was a disapointment? I've got the HK release which is non-anamorphic and I seem to remember people saying that the picture quality was even better than the HKL one or something.

I think the reason was that the HKL version was cropped but I am not positive on that one

[GPR79]

Cheers for the list by the way.

Only one I think is missing is Fist Of The North Star

[RomerojpgX]

Fist of North Star and Drive for instance are just great Medusa titles and so are Playboy for that matter

Looks like a lot on the HKL list.

[GPR79]

Stopped buying HKL's a while back but, having recently picked up Bullet In The Head: Platinum and Duel To The Death, my interest in these excellent releases has been greatly restored!

Looks like there's approx 30 of em I haven't seen. Also noticed that HKL are doing some nice little collection boxsets - for example just picked up the Swordplay Collection (Swordsman, Moon Warriors, Dragon Gate Inn) cheap 2nd hand, very nice indeed.

[Boink!]

Weird that they were the bees knees for Asian martial arts DVD releases, with each new title being eagerly snapped up on release day. I know that other companies are also putting out great titles in proper formats & many extras, but the fire seems have died with them.

[GPR79]

Boink! - Feel free to recommend me some of these mate "other companies are also putting out great titles in proper formats & many extras"

[Jimmyboy]

I assume he's talking about the likes of Fortune Star who are releasing and re-releasing good quality anamorphic transfers and licensing them out internationally. Their releases along with the likes of Eastern Eye, Tartan getting their act together (sometimes), and a couple of mainstream distributors putting effort into their world cinema releases makes HKL seem a little ordinary these days. They're no longer the market leaders and in some respects have fallen behind the competition.

[anield]

Originally Posted by Jimmyboy

Not to go too far off topic but can anyone remind me the reasons why Prodigal Son was a disapointment? I've got the HK release which is non-anamorphic and I seem to remember people saying that the picture quality was even better than the HKL one or something.

Here's the DVD Times review. No cropping, anamorphic transfer, but some print damage.

[GPR79]

Admittedly I'm no expert on Hong Kong cinema on dvd but "HKL seem a little ordinary these days" seems a bit harsh considering the back catalogue of SE's listed above (most costing £7.49 new!).

I'm off to check out these other releases to compare. Again I welcome any specific recommendations of non-HKL titles as now I'm very intrigued!

[Jimmyboy]

Originally Posted by anield

Here's the DVD Times review. No cropping, anamorphic transfer, but some print damage.

There's definately cropping as seen here. The HKL print also appears to be slightly squashed again and the non-anamorphic HK dvd certain looks better in these screen grabs.

[Jimmyboy]

Originally Posted by GPR79

Admittedly I'm no expert on Hong Kong cinema on dvd but "HKL seem a little ordinary these days" seems a bit harsh considering the back catalogue of SE's listed above (most costing £7.49 new!).

Yeah for £7.49 you can't complain too much and if this was the standard retail price I doubt that many people would. But many of these releases contain highly irritating niggles for collectors which people would put up with 3 years ago when there was no alternatives but there's no reason too any more. Despite claiming to be a peoples distributor HKL have more recently shown the opposite by ignoring emails and requests by their supporters instead choosing to neglect the hard core fans and appeal to the mainstream audience. This is made evident by the release of Internationally edited movies on their Premier Asian line and up until recently the complete drop of old school classics from the release schedule.

[mr_woo]

Originally Posted by Jimmyboy

Yeah for £7.49 you can't complain too much and if this was the standard retail price I doubt that many people would. But many of these releases contain highly irritating niggles for collectors which people would put up with 3 years ago when there was no alternatives but there's no reason too any more. Despite claiming to be a peoples distributor HKL have more recently shown the opposite by ignoring emails and requests by their supporters instead choosing to neglect the hard core fans and appeal to the mainstream audience. This is made evident by the release of Internationally edited movies on their Premier Asian line and up until recently the complete drop of old school classics from the release schedule.

At the end of the day though they are primarily a business, if the old classics arent making the money for them, as disappointing as it may be for the fans, its perfectly understandable why they would drop them. I get the impression that most of their business seems to come from the casual buyer who catches a few adverts on tv or picks up a dvd of theirs in HMV so maybe the old school classics just dont sell.

Whilst I don't buy as many HKL's as I used to they are still a bloody good company who have done a lot for HK films in the UK. They may not be perfect but there recent releases such as Millionaires Express have been damn good.

[GPR79]

Love the classics much more than the 'new' HKL films. Though usually passable (popcorn, no-brainer) entertainment (Purple Storm, etc) I draw the line at crap like Avenging Fist - God that was awful! No wonder there wasn't a Bey Logan commentary

Then again I can't say I've ever bought a HKL in store/full price, generally pick em up for a fiver (or less!) on trading forums or Fleabay, which isn't good business for HKL I guess.

[Cirrus888]

HKL ran out of Bruce lee movies to release from then on it was all downhill

Those screenshots of prodigal son over at dvdbeaver doesn't make the cropping look too bad but I've seen screenshots where the cropping makes a huge difference.

[GPR79]

And yet they're still releasing Bruce Lee movies

[Jimmyboy]

Originally Posted by Cirrus888

Those screenshots of prodigal son over at dvdbeaver doesn't make the cropping look too bad but I've seen screenshots where the cropping makes a huge difference.

This one?

It's not so much the cropping I find annoying (although it still is annoying) but rather the squished transfer. I had a real problem with that on their PS1 release.