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Hard Boiled is a 1992 Hong Kong comedy thriller by John Woo
Starring Chow Yun-Fat, Tony Leung Chiu-wai and Teresa Mo  

Cut by the BBFC for an 18 rated 1993 cinema release and further cut for 1994 VHS. Passed 18 uncut for DVD since 2001. Uncut and MPAA Unrated in the US. There is also a shortened and cut Hong Kong Theatrical Version and an extended Taiwan Version.

Summary Notes

A tough-as-nails cop teams up with an undercover agent to shut down a sinister mobster and his crew.

US: Uncut and MPAA R rated for:

• 2025 SHOUT! FACTORY R0 4K Blu-ray at US Amazon #ad released on 4th November 2025

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In this genre-defining masterpiece from action legend John Woo (Face/Off, Mission: Impossible 2, The Killer), a cop (Chow Yun-Fat, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, The Killer) who loses his partner in a shoot-out with gun smugglers goes on a mission to catch them. In order to get closer to the leaders of the ring he joins forces with an undercover cop (Tony Leung, In the Mood for Love, Marvel's Shang-Chi) who's working as a gangster hitman. They use all means of excessive force to find them.

Bonus Content:

• 4K Scan from the Original Camera Negative
• Presented in Dolby Vision
• Optional English Subtitles Newly Translated for this Release
• Audio Commentary with Director John Woo and Film Journalist Drew Tayler
• Audio Commentary with Film Historian Frank Djeng
• Audio Commentary with Director John Woo, Producer Terence Chang, Filmmaker Roger Avary, and Critic Dave Kehr (Recorded by The Criterion Collection)
• Violent Night: Interview with Director John Woo
• Boiling Over: Interview with Actor Anthony Wong
• No Time For Failure: Interview with Producer Terence Chang
• Hard To Resist: Interview with Screenwriter Gordon Chan
• Boiled to Perfection: Interview with Screenwriter Chung Hang Ku
• Body Count Blues: Interview with Composer Michael Gibbs
• Hong Kong Confidential: Inside Hard Boiled with Author Grady Hendrix
• Gun-Fu Fever: Interview with Author Leon Hunt
• Chewing The Fat: Interview Academic with Lin Feng
• Deleted and Extended Scenes
• Trailers
• Image Gallery

Crocodile Dundee: The Encore Cut is a 1986 Australia/US comedy adventure by Peter Faiman
Starring Paul Hogan, Linda Kozlowski and John Meillon  

The shortened International Version was cut for strong language. This was released in the UK without further cuts for a 15 rated cinema release in 1986. However BBFC category cuts were required for 15 rated VHS. These video cuts were waived for the DVD release of the International Version. In 2025 modern sensitivities resulted in transgender jokes being cut for a version entitled The Encore Cut.

The UK theatrical version was uncut though video releases were edited by 23 seconds for a '15' certificate by the BBFC to remove shots of a man snorting cocaine and Sue's referral to the drug as "a buzz" during the party scene. These cuts were waived in 2002. However all UK releases feature the US print which replaces 'stickybeak' with 'busybody' and overdubs one of the pimp's 2 uses of 'fuck' (replaced with 'screw') which were made to secure the film a US PG-13 certificate.

Summary Notes

An American reporter travels to the Australian outback to meet eccentric poacher Mick "Crocodile" Dundee and invites him to New York City, where he comes face-to-face with the complexities of modern life.

UK: The Encore Cut: Uncut and BBFC 15 rated for drug misuse:

• 2025 Signature Entertainment (RB) Blu-ray at UK Amazon #ad released on 3rd November 2025
• 2025 Signature Entertainment R2 DVD at UK Amazon #ad released on 3rd November 2025

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Mick's back... in CROCODILE DUNDEE: THE ENCORE CUT. Paul Hogan is the legendary Mick Dundee, a larrikin bushman with a unique philosophy, rugged charm and easy humour. American journalist, Sue Charlton, travels to the wild Australian Outback to investigate the tall tale of Mike's croc attack survival, but bites off more than she can chew. When Mick saves Sue's life, sparks fly, opposites attract, and the adventure really begins. She entices her unlikely hero to New York City, where he conquers the confusing complexities of the concrete jungle. Fall in love all over again with Mick Dundee in the encoure of Australia's most iconic film.

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Absolution is a 1978 UK mystery thriller by Anthony Page
Starring Richard Burton, Dominic Guard and David Bradley  

Exists as a Theatrical Version and a shortened Director's Cut.

Summary Notes

Two boys try to drive a strict priest mad with their confessed sins at a boarding school in England.

UK: BBFC details not yet published for the Director's Cut:
UK: The Theatrical Version was passed 15 uncut:

• 2025 88 Films [Theatrical Version + Director's Cut] (RB) Blu-ray at UK Amazon #ad released on 10th November 2025
• 2025 88 Films [Theatrical Version] R2 DVD at UK Amazon #ad released on 10th November 2025

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Mixing themes of misguided teenage spirit, religious responsibility and mortal sin, Absolution is a complex murder mystery which gave Richard Burton one of his strongest cinema roles of the 1970s. Set in an exclusive boarding school, we focus on Benji (Dominic Guard) who decides to play a prank and confesses to overly-strict Father Goddard (Burton) that hes murdered a man named Blakey (Billy Connolly in his screen debut). Goddard uncovers the lie but when Benji confesses to the murder again, the priest finds his life turning into an ever-darkening nightmare. Written by Anthony Shaffer (The Wicker Man) and directed by Anthony Page (The Lady Vanishes) this is a suspenseful and twisted tale which utilises its remote setting to truly turn up the tension.

EXTRAS

• High Definition Blu-Ray Presentation in 1.85:1 Aspect Ratio
• 2.0 LPCM Dual-Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by Kim Newman and Sean Hogan
• Audio Commentary by Kevin Lyons
• Also Features the 2018 Directors Cut
• The Devil to Pay - Anthony Page on Absolution
• Them and Us - Dominic Guard on Absolution
• Image Gallery
• Original Trailer

A History of Violence is a 2005 US/Canada/UK/Germany action thriller by David Cronenberg
Starring Viggo Mortensen, Maria Bello and Ed Harris

Cut in the US for an MPAA R rating. Distributed uncut in the rest of the world. The film was also cut in India and the Philippines

Summary Notes

A mild-mannered man becomes a local hero through an act of violence, which sets off repercussions that will shake his family to its very core.

UK: Uncut and BBFC 18 rated for strong violence, injury detail, sexual threat:

• 2025 Criterion R0 4K Blu-ray at UK Amazon #ad released on 27th October 2025

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In David Cronenbergs subtly provocative film, one of his most celebrated, all is not as it initially seems. In his first of many collaborations with the director, Viggo Mortensen delivers a highly nuanced performance as Tom Stall, a small-town husband and father who is hailed as a hero when he kills the would-be perpetrators of a violent robbery. But how did this ordinary family man dispatch them with such skill? Working with an exceptional cast that also includes Maria Bello, Ed Harris, and William Hurt, Cronenberg slyly deconstructs the mythos of the American action hero, posing elemental questions about identity, human nature, and the violence that we both abhor and cant look away from.