Police Story 2 (1988)
警察故事續集
Action, Crime, Thriller • 1h 45m
Director: Jackie Chan
Cast: Jackie Chan, Bill Tung Biu, Maggie Cheung, Lam Kwok-Hung, Mars, Benny Lai Keung-Kuen, Kenny Ho Kar-King, Johnny Cheung Wa, Lung Tin-Sang, Wu Ma, Ben Lam Kwok-Bun, Guan Shan, Yeung Chak-Lam, Teddy Yip Wing-Cho, Wong Wai, Lau Siu-Ming, Lisa Chiao Chiao, Danny Chow Yun-Kin, John Cheung Ng-Long, Sean Lau Ching-Wan, Michael Chow Man-Kin, Dennis Chan Kwok-San, Wong San, Ken Lo Wai-Kwong, Tai Bo, Charlie Cho Cha-Lee, Chor Yuen, Billy Lau Nam-Kwong, Andy Tai Chi-Wai, Isabella Wong, Anglie Leung Wan-Yui, Crystal Kwok, Ann Mui Oi-Fong, Maryanna Yip, Alvina Kong Yan-Yin, Louis Roth, Chris Lee Kin-Sang, Wan Fat, Chan Tat-Kwong, Rocky Lai Keung-Ken, Chan Chi-Fai, Chen Chi-Hwa, Mai Kei, Lee Jun-Git, Kiki Sheung, Gam Kwok-Wai, Ng Sing-Fat, Kwan Kin, Seung-Goon Yuk, Lee Pooi-Ling, Mak Tin-Yan, Go Shut-Fung, Christopher Chan Sai-Tang, Tai Wan-Wai, Jim James, Chim Bing-Hei, Hui Sze-Man, Lee Wah-Kon, Mak Shu-San, Pedro Ernyes, Pang Hiu-Sang, Peter Kwok Bei-Dak, Louis Keung Kwok-Wah, Lai Sing-Kwong, Wong Man-Chun, Lui Kim-Kwong, Wong Ka-Kui, Nicky Li Chung-Chi, Hon Chun, Chung Chi-Yung, Szeto Yue-Wa, Hau Woon-Ling, Charles Chan Chi-Ping, Yeung Kim-Man
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Good 4K Blu-ray upgrades of Ritrovata's flawed restorations
UHD tiers
good UHD upgrades of Ritrovata's flawed restorations
Overview
The Hong Kong super-cop must stop a group of blackmailing bombers at the same time that the villains of the first Police Story are out for revenge.
Directors: Jackie Chan & Benny Chan
Arrow 4K Blu-ray from the Jackie Chan Boxset
Director: Jackie Chan
Director: Jackie Chan
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
Good 4K Blu-ray upgrades of Ritrovata's flawed restorations
Director: Jackie Chan
Director: F. W. Murnau
2006 Restoration: Eureka Blu-ray
1995 photochemical restoration: BFI Blu-ray
Eureka with Murnau institute restoration featuring score based on original score, BFI uses Photoplay restoration with James Bernard score
Both Eureka and BFI Blu-rays are worthy of owning. Each restoration has unique positives and extras. The James Bernard score on the BFI is outstanding and the image tinting is different to how the Murnau institute official restoration was done. The Eureka MoC Blu-ray is stuffed with extras and remains one of the best-made Blu-rays of all time. Whatever you do: AVOID THE Kino Lorber Blu-ray!!! It uses the same Murnau institute restoration but drops frames for the whole feature - thus it loses a significant portion of the film! This was never acknowledged or addressed. The Kino Lorber Blu-ray remains one of the worst Blu-rays of all time for this reason.
Director: Josef von Sternberg
Sources: DVDBeaver (opens in a new tab)
MoC slightly better than Kino Lorber http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film6/blu-ray_reviews_76/anatahan_blu-ray.htm
Director: Fritz Lang
1984 Giorgio Moroder restoration: MoC Blu-ray or Kino Lorber Blu-ray
2001 Murnau restoration: MoC 2-disc DVD set > Kino Lorber 1-disc Restored Authorized Edition DVD
2010 Murnau complete restoration: MoC Blu-ray > Kino Lorber Blu-ray
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab) · slow.pics (opens in a new tab)
Eureka MoC Blu-ray, see caps
MoC is sourced from an earlier scan, but still looks more detailed than the later 4K restoration released by Kadokawa in Japan, which has some black crush and DNR. French Capricci disc is sourced from the same scan as MoC but with much worse encoding and wrong levels.
1991 Daiei LaserDisc
Director: Blake Edwards
Mono: Kino Lorber US Blu-ray
Mono: Kino Lorber US Blu-ray possibly?
Director: John Ford
Sources: slow.pics (opens in a new tab)
USA Paramount has the best video transfer with the least amount of artifacts: https://slow.pics/c/sjZ3mqF6
Olive Films Blu-ray and Eureka MoC Blu-ray are sourced from the same restoration and are both very good.
Apart from some mild attenuation, the audio is the same on all releases of the newest restoration and is relatively untampered with: https://slow.pics/c/bWF9EGuM
Director: Orson Welles
MoC 4K Blu-ray and Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray are similar
Directors: Clyde Bruckman & Buster Keaton
Sources: Blu-ray.com (opens in a new tab)
Probably. No comparison with French Factoris Films 4K Blu-ray, but former has Dolby Vision and higher bitrate.
For standard Blu-ray, the MoC/Cohen are a 4k transfer https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=112722&page=5
Director: Michelangelo Antonioni
Video format: UHD Blu-ray
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
More Action on Blu-ray
Director: Tony Scott
The 70mm 6-track mix has a higher bitrate on the Paramount 1998 DVD, but is more limited than on the THX LaserDisc The Paramount 1998 DVD also has open matte versions in fullscreen 1.33:1 and widescreen 2.00:1 instead of the theatrical aspect ratio of 2.39:1, but the 2.00:1 widescreen presentation is non-anamorphic. The THX LaserDisc is available in both fullscreen 1.33:1 and widescreen 2.00:1 variants.
Director: John Ford
Sources: ibb.co (opens in a new tab)
Warner Archive Blu-ray is 4K restoration from nitrate projection elements
Germany Filmjuwelen Blu-ray is AI upscaled https://ibb.co/album/mCJ7RQ
Director: Michael B. Jordan
Caveat: No IMAX expanded aspect ratio
Director: James Gunn
Commentary is only on Streaming
Director: Anthony Mann
Video format: 1080p Blu-ray
Olive Blu-ray
Barebones Olive BD of a Paramount HD master. Visually it's solid overall with some moments of great clarity, primarily in the big outdoor and aviation sequences. Otherwise it shows its age.
Director: John Woo
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
review: Disk Kino
better encoding, some shots are better on Shout! Factory, others on Arrow
Shout! Factory/Arrow 4K Blu-ray has the original mono
Director: Michael Mann
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