The Eternal Evil of Asia (1995)

Bemerkungen:

DVD SPECS
Tai Seng #43634 (U.S. Label)
Dolby Digital 2.0

Cantonese, Mandarin, Vietnamese, and Cambodian Language Tracks (all post-synched)

Permanent Subtitles In Chinese and English

8 Chapters Illustrated In the Menu With (Tiny) Stills

Letterboxed (1.65:1)

Coded for ALL Regions

89 Minutes

Contains moderate violence, moderate sexual violence, moderate horror, and nudity

DVD menu courtesy Tai Seng.

FILM BOARD RATINGS AND CONSUMER ADVICE

Australia: R 18+ (Sexual References, Nudity)
British Columbia: ADULT (Scenes of Sexual Violence, Some Gory Violence)
Hong Kong: III
Ontario: R (Horror, Sexual Violence)
Singapore: BANNED


PRESENTATION

The image is soft, grainy, and overly bright, with variable blacks, and the audio is hissy but passable. The theatrical Chinese/English subtitles are poorly translated (and look a bit unstable at times) but the film's plotting is so screwy, it hardly matters. A HK DVD from Mei Ah also features the same presentation (save for the two extra language tracks) but Hong Kong Cinema: View from the Brooklyn Bridge reports that the pressing is substandard, causing the disc to repeatedly lock-up. There is also a Taiwanese DVD but it may be censored. Thus, while it is not definitive, the domestic version would seem to be the best bet at the moment. Thanks to a production error, the presentation opens with Tai Seng's Martial Arts Theater bumper, though the only kung fu here is of the carnal variety. The sole supplement is a collection of video promo spots for other titles.