Jackie Chan: Emergence of a Superstar (The Criterion Collection) [Half a Loaf of Kung Fu/Spiritual Kung Fu/The Fearless Hyena/Fearless Hyena II/The Young Master/My Lucky Stars]

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Originally tapped as a potential successor to Bruce Lee, Hong Kong martial-arts phenom Jackie Chan soon established his own unique screen persona, blending goofball slapstick and bone-crunching kung fu into intricate feats of supercharged athleticism. Tracing his rise from breakout star to full-fledged auteur, these six unabashedly silly, unstoppably entertaining early-career highlights find Chan refining the lovably mischievous image that would make him a global icon, while also assuming greater creative control over his projects—first as his own martial-arts choreographer, and later as a writer-director who set a thrilling new standard for daredevil action comedy.FOUR-BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES2K digital restorations of Spiritual Kung Fu, The Fearless Hyena, Fearless Hyena II, The Young Master, and My Lucky Stars and high-definition digital restoration of Half a Loaf of Kung Fu, with uncompressed monaural soundtracksAlternate stereo and 5.1 surround Cantonese soundtracksClassic English-dubbed tracks for Half a Loaf of Kung Fu, Spiritual Kung Fu, The Fearless Hyena, and Fearless Hyena II, plus an English-dubbed alternate track for Fearless Hyena IIContemporary English-dubbed tracks for The Young Master and My Lucky StarsNew audio commentaries for The Fearless Hyena and The Young Master featuring Hong Kong cinema expert and producer Frank Djeng (Enter the Clones of Bruce)Interview with author Grady Hendrix (These Fists Break Bricks) about actor-director Jackie ChanArchival interviews with Chan, actor-director Sammo Hung, actors Michiko Nishiwaki and Hwang In-shik, and moreThe Young Master promo reel from the 1980 Cannes Film Festival and deleted scenes from the filmInterview from 2005 with Hong Kong cinema critic Paul Fonoroff about producer-director Lo WeiNG shots from The Young Master and My Lucky StarsTrailersNew English subtitle translationsPLUS: An essay by Alex Pappademas Review: La colección es un compendio muy random de películas, desde los primeros papeles comédicos de Jackie Chan hasta la segunda parte de una trilogía que no está incluida en el set Realmente solo Fearless Hyena y The Young Master valen la pena, hay pocos extras que llamen la atención Para compendio de Jackie Chan recomiendo mejor el volumen 2 de Shout Factory, tiene mejores películas Review: After purchasing many versions of Jackie's movies these are the most clear and complete as you would expect from the good folks at Criterion. This makes it a must for Chan completists. If you are looking to purchase these films because you've liked his later stuff....be prepared for something different. These are early Jackie before he found his niche. If you like Jackie's American releases you may want to first try the Shout Factory collections first. These are very much the old-style Kung-Fu Theater type movies that would play on UHF channels of Saturday afternoons (not that there is anything wrong with that). Plenty of extras and upgraded subtitles make this collection a great replacement for the other discs you may own.