It’s a journey into a golden age: Back then, rows and rows of action hits like Hard-Boiled or City on Fire spilled over from Hong Kong, which shot their way into the hearts of film fans with full shootouts and cool stars. Cover Hard (or Full Contact, the international title) is one of them. the Revenge story between Heroic Bloodshed and Rambo is one of the classics of HK action cinema. Unfortunately, Cover Hard was on the index for 25 years and even after it was removed from the list, there was still no proper German Blu-ray. That changes this year.
On August 26, 2022, Cover Hard will be released in a limited edition Blu-ray mediabook in home theaters, starring action icon Chow Yun-fat. And the uncut!
Brutal action banger: These Blu-ray editions from Cover Hard appear in home cinemas
Cover Hard (1992) was cut by over 7 minutes for VHS release in Germany and was indexed until 2018. After a long wait, the two new media books from Maritim Pictures will help. Ringo Lam’s action classic comes uncut and in 2K HD remastered quality to German home cinema. You have the choice between two retro covers:
Alternatively, you can cover A * and Cover B can also be pre-ordered from MediaMarkt *. At MediaMarkt you currently pay two euros less than at Amazon and get the media books for 36.99 euros each.
According to the provider, the Mediabooks are from Cover Hard limited to 1000 pieces.
What is Cover Hard aka Full Contact about?
Jeff (Chow Yun-fat), a firearms master, is a bouncer at a Bangkok nightclub. His friend Sam (Anthony Wong Chau-sang) owes a lot to a loan shark. When his life is threatened, Jeff has no choice but to use force to save him. He is persuaded to join a gang, the one Raided transporter with contraband ammunition want. Head of the gang is Judge (Simon Yam), an intelligent but ruthless man. Jeff doesn’t like this situation at all, but there’s no going back.
Why is the action classic Cover Hard with Chow Yun-fat worth it?
Cast with some of the icons of Hong Kong cinema, Cover Hard is something like that violent response to John Woo’s heroic action epics The Killer and Hard-Boiled. Director Ringo Lam (City on Fire) has no time for sentimentality and pushes the level of ruthlessness from scene to scene.
The villains are wonderfully stupid and full of relish at work, the action shines with brutality and ingenuity (a early form of bullet time is a highlight of the film) and main actor Chow Yun-fat shows his versatility. Whether as a betrayed friend, an injured Rambo cut or an infinitely cold revenge angel: Chow closes Cover Hard one of Hong Kong cinema’s finest action films.
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