Love Martial Arts movies from the 70's and I have lost count how many times I went to late night cinema to watch them, usually double features as well. When was the last time anyone went to the cinema and got 2 top movies back to back ? Then along came the video library and I must have gone through the Martial Arts shelves more than once easily, hiring out the same movies, because they were so good. I have recently been buying Yuen Biao movies on Blue Ray and one of them "Righting Wrongs" also stars Cynthia alongside him. Not yet watched. I'm going to watch Police Story on Blue Ray tonight after watching you talking about it. It does point out that Police Story 2 is in standard definition. You did say the quality was not the same as Police Story which looks amazing so I am looking forward to it. There is more than one version of each movie with different lengths. Thankfully it's the longer version of Police Story that is in HD. Enjoy China O Brian John and thankyou for another great video. Regards Jim
Remember getting these on VHS back in the day, i think mine were from the local library as well, I think this was the first film i remember watching of hers and that got me hooked on finding more. In fact it also got me hooked on Richard Norton who mostly played the bad guy in movies. Thanks for the unboxing mate.
I think everyone rented China O' Brien out front the library Mark 😁😁 probably my introduction as well 🤔👍 I watched all the ones of hers from the video library, so glad she is getting more attention these days Mark 😁😁👌👌 yeah Richard Norton turned up in loads of films as a bad guy 😅😅 thanks for watching Mark 🤩🤩👍👍
Got my Blu-ray copy today of China O'Brien. Only seen the trailers back in late 90's so it's going to be a fun watch. Also have Righting Wrongs from 88 films but have not watched that either. Bought Jet Li's Black Mask from Eureka and I'm very happy to finally own some quality editions of these martial arts movies. Great video John.
Cheers Sebastian 🤩🤩👍👍 it's a cheese fest but a lot of fun 🤣🤣👍👍 Righting Wrongs is a more sensible film, with better Martial Arts mate 🤩🤩👍👍 Black Mask 👏👏 you're right there is some amazing releases popping out now 🤩🤩👏👏
Hi John, Just received my copy a few days ago, “China O’Brien” is the movie from her catalogue that i watched many times during the vhs days & I’ve meaning to revisit her movies again. Rothrock was at the London Movie & Comic Con last year & was looking well & very approachable with the fans, she deserved more movies as a leading action female star in the 80’s & 90’s, think she’s starring in a upcoming western movie last I heard 😳😎
On the fence about ordering this one now that i know it’s both films on one disc. Strange that the regular Blu-ray edition has both films on separate discs. Really don’t like both films being crammed onto one disc with the compression issues on most releases that do this type of thing.
I know what you mean Jimmy 🤔👍 apparently the Vinegar Syndrome release of these movies are split on 2 discs Jimmy 👍👍 although I watched the first one yesterday and it looked amazing mate 😁😁👌👌
Fair point John 😁👍 these for me is a cult classic but I can't imagine younger movie lovers knowing about it so it might not get the traction it deserves 😵💫🤩🤩👍👍
Where did you Oder yours from because Odered my from zavvi and it got dispatched Wednesday and nothing wait till Monday but ain’t happy right now my tracking hasn’t updated nothing not happy so would really like to know where you ordered yours from
I ordered mine direct from the Eureka site Steffan 👍👍 came just after release with no issues mate 😁 that's why I personally don't use Zavvi as I find them to be the worst out of all the retailers personally Steffan 😵💫 maybe in the future I would recommend buying the Eureka releases direct from them as it might help you to not be in this limbo you are in mate 🤔😊😊 hope it turns up and let me know Steffan 🤩🤩👍👍
@@MondoChelloveckMovies still haven’t received it so I’m a bit annoyed but contacted them and they are working on a replacement so fingers crossed that turns up if not I’ll get my money back and buy of eureka or amazon I’ll give them till next Monday/ Tuesday tops for it to turn up
Blimey that's a name from the past lol don't think I've seen any Cynthia Rothrock since renting and watching them in the days of VHS lol I'll have to keep an eye out for some on dvd like I'm doing with Jean Claude VD at the mo lol
Hey Marcus, think the Rothrock stuff is really hard to get on physical apart from this new stuff, although I could be wrong mate 🤔👍 do you have The Witch who came from the sea in your nasty collection yet Marcus? 👍👍
@@MondoChelloveckMovies It's in the Box of the Banned 2 boxset that I picked up recently for Don't Go Near The Park but I'm not counting it as if they've got blu ray releases then I'm going to get them and add them into the Nasties collection on blu ray as a minimum or sometimes 4k 😎👍
I am waiting for the Vinegar Syndrome release as its on 2 x 4k disc and 2 x blurays and has a few different extras, also both films are exclusively restored and graded by VS for our edition guaranteeing you the best picture quality possible for this duo of American-Hong Kong action stunners but some of the extras on the UK version are not on the US version
Hi Steve 🤩🤩👍👍 didn't know Vinegar Syndrome were putting them out mate 🤔 that sounds like a great release for sure Steve 🤩🤩👌👌 usually you find that extras are spread across releases unfortunately 😵💫 sometimes though its worth checking out UA-cam as they can turn up on here and it means you don't need to double dip 🤔🤩🤩 thanks for the info mate 😊😊👍👍
Yeah definite misdirection there Tris!! 😵💫🤣👍 thanks for watching Tris 😁😁 just watched the first Alien on 4k for the first time mate!! Big shout out to your forthcoming gift (on a video) yeah really enjoyed it 🤩🤩👏👏
Hi Roop, I saw a couple of comments from you on a video the other day and when I went to answer them, they weren't there to answer 🤯🤯 UA-cam do this from time to time!! 🤬🤬 so if you can remember what they were ask again mate 🤩🤩👌👌
@@MondoChelloveckMovies wahay. UA-cam do enjoy their petty torments. I commented on Happy Birthday To Me, that you mentioned, and how strange casting Glen Ford. He deserved to be shish kebabed, but wasn't. Lol. Stay well. Roop.😃👍
@user-um1xt3kh there's loads of little oddness that happens here, their "bots" do one of the worst jobs online mate 😵💫😵💫🥴 it's really odd he even entertained the movie 🤯🤣🤣 yeah that would have been a great thing to watch 😁😁 cheers Roop 🤩🤩👍👍
FFS…these were crap back in the 80’s. I presume they haven’t got much better 🤷♂️🙄. Thanks for the review, John. Always appreciated. Two to avoid, for me .
I couldn't agree more. Two abysmal offerings and Rothrock was always superior in her H.K. cinema outings. Most of those American DTV martial arts efforts from the late '80s and early '90s were awful.😬👎
Love Martial Arts movies from the 70's and I have lost count how many times I went to late night cinema to watch them, usually double features as well. When was the last time anyone went to the cinema and got 2 top movies back to back ? Then along came the video library and I must have gone through the Martial Arts shelves more than once easily, hiring out the same movies, because they were so good. I have recently been buying Yuen Biao movies on Blue Ray and one of them "Righting Wrongs" also stars Cynthia alongside him. Not yet watched. I'm going to watch Police Story on Blue Ray tonight after watching you talking about it. It does point out that Police Story 2 is in standard definition. You did say the quality was not the same as Police Story which looks amazing so I am looking forward to it. There is more than one version of each movie with different lengths. Thankfully it's the longer version of Police Story that is in HD. Enjoy China O Brian John and thankyou for another great video. Regards Jim
RW is a solid showcase for Biao and Rothrock.
The first three PS entries are all enjoyable actioners and remain highly recommended.👍
Remember getting these on VHS back in the day, i think mine were from the local library as well, I think this was the first film i remember watching of hers and that got me hooked on finding more. In fact it also got me hooked on Richard Norton who mostly played the bad guy in movies. Thanks for the unboxing mate.
I think everyone rented China O' Brien out front the library Mark 😁😁 probably my introduction as well 🤔👍 I watched all the ones of hers from the video library, so glad she is getting more attention these days Mark 😁😁👌👌 yeah Richard Norton turned up in loads of films as a bad guy 😅😅 thanks for watching Mark 🤩🤩👍👍
Now you're really going back to my VHS rental days, John.
Yeah total nostalgia trip for me Paul 😁😁👌👌
Got my Blu-ray copy today of China O'Brien. Only seen the trailers back in late 90's so it's going to be a fun watch. Also have Righting Wrongs from 88 films but have not watched that either. Bought Jet Li's Black Mask from Eureka and I'm very happy to finally own some quality editions of these martial arts movies. Great video John.
Give me RW and BM over both CO outings anytime.😉
@hallgos7319 good cheesy fun Giovanni 😁😁🤣🤣👍👍
Cheers Sebastian 🤩🤩👍👍 it's a cheese fest but a lot of fun 🤣🤣👍👍 Righting Wrongs is a more sensible film, with better Martial Arts mate 🤩🤩👍👍 Black Mask 👏👏 you're right there is some amazing releases popping out now 🤩🤩👏👏
I saw the first one as a kid and thought it was...fine. Will definitely check this release at some point. Righting Wrongs is essential Cynthia.
😁😁 yeah Righting Wrongs Is far superior, but I do like a good cheesy action flick Matty 🤩🤩👌👌
Excellent vid John, brings back great memories, haven't seen China O'brien in ages,Cynthia kicked ass 😊
Cheers Marty 😁😁👌👌 yeah it's definitely a nostalgia trip for me with these filums mate 🤩🤩👍👍 Cynthia is great isn't she 👊👊😁😁👍👍
Shanghai Express, Righting Wrongs, Lady Reporter and Yes, Madam! all represent Rothrock at her best for me.👍
Everyone is a step behind the Asian masters 👍👍
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If you want the best martial arts action you have to look to the East. Pure and simple.
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@hallgos7319 I agree John 😁😁👍👍
I need to check this release out.
Thank you John.
No problems Cheekster, for a low budget action/Martial Arts film, it looks really nice mate 🤔😁👍
Hi John,
Just received my copy a few days ago, “China O’Brien” is the movie from her catalogue that i watched many times during the vhs days & I’ve meaning to revisit her movies again.
Rothrock was at the London Movie & Comic Con last year & was looking well & very approachable with the fans, she deserved more movies as a leading action female star in the 80’s & 90’s, think she’s starring in a upcoming western movie last I heard 😳😎
Old School remember watching these film back in my youth. Great review mate
It's funny how long Cynthia Rothrock's films have been largely unavailable to buy in the UK, great to see that they are coming out now Andy 🤩🤩👌👌
@@MondoChelloveckMovies totally agree mate video you could rent or copy SHHHHHHH lol back in the day
@andylikesstuffchannel why Andy!! I would never have done anything like that 😉🤪👍👍
@@MondoChelloveckMovies 🤣🤣
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On the fence about ordering this one now that i know it’s both films on one disc. Strange that the regular Blu-ray edition has both films on separate discs. Really don’t like both films being crammed onto one disc with the compression issues on most releases that do this type of thing.
I know what you mean Jimmy 🤔👍 apparently the Vinegar Syndrome release of these movies are split on 2 discs Jimmy 👍👍 although I watched the first one yesterday and it looked amazing mate 😁😁👌👌
Vintage viewers may recall Rothrock was doubled on the U.K. VHS sleeves for both CO films.😉
Bit like Pretty Woman 🤔👍👍
they have to sell the separately toi make their money. not enough will sell to recoup their dough.
Fair point John 😁👍 these for me is a cult classic but I can't imagine younger movie lovers knowing about it so it might not get the traction it deserves 😵💫🤩🤩👍👍
Nice pick up & review John & have a great weekend.
Cheers Mark 🤩🤩👍👍 you too bud 😁😁👍👍
Got this one on the way not seen part 2 , have a good weekend mate 👍🏻
Have you watched them yet Stuart? 🤩🤩👍👍 we loved them both 👏👏
@@MondoChelloveckMovies no mate not yet it's been years since I seen it 📼👈🏻👍🏻
@stuartgeorge2324 enjoy it when you see it mate 😁😁👍👍
She's in inspecter wears skirts the first film to
Yeah George she's got a really good resume when it comes to Asian Cinema 🤩🤩👍👍
Released in the U.K. on VHS as 'Top Squad'.
Rothrock's as skilled as ever in this film but I thought there was too much grating 'comedy' on display.😞
What´s an "inspecter" ?
great movies , awaiting delivery of mine , great review i now no what to expect .
Cheers Tom 🤩🤩👍👍 we watched the first one the other day and had such a great time with it! Looked really nice 😁😁👌👌
@@MondoChelloveckMovies i wasn't impressed with 4k transfer , it was blu ray quality , imo.
Niiice! My lady reporter just shipped…i need to get this one.
Rothrock remains on top form in Righting Wrongs and Yes, Madam! too.😉👍
Lady Reporter is a cracking movie Fester 😁😁👌👌 yeah great release this one! Looks amazing mate 😁😁👍👍
If you loved these John you need to pick up the martial law twin pack 14 euro at the moment great transfers abs fighting in these ones as well.
Cheers for the recommendations Dave 😁😁👍👍 I'll definitely check that out 🤩🤩👌👌
@@MondoChelloveckMovies same prints as vinegar syndrome but a buttons price from Germany
Is that the 4k as well Dave? 👍👍
Where did you Oder yours from because Odered my from zavvi and it got dispatched Wednesday and nothing wait till Monday but ain’t happy right now my tracking hasn’t updated nothing not happy so would really like to know where you ordered yours from
I ordered mine direct from the Eureka site Steffan 👍👍 came just after release with no issues mate 😁 that's why I personally don't use Zavvi as I find them to be the worst out of all the retailers personally Steffan 😵💫 maybe in the future I would recommend buying the Eureka releases direct from them as it might help you to not be in this limbo you are in mate 🤔😊😊 hope it turns up and let me know Steffan 🤩🤩👍👍
@@MondoChelloveckMovies thank you much appreciated
@@MrSteffanrees no problems Steffan 🤩🤩👍👍
@@MondoChelloveckMovies still haven’t received it so I’m a bit annoyed but contacted them and they are working on a replacement so fingers crossed that turns up if not I’ll get my money back and buy of eureka or amazon I’ll give them till next Monday/ Tuesday tops for it to turn up
@MrSteffanrees hopefully you might get 2 delivered to you 😁😁👌👌
Blimey that's a name from the past lol don't think I've seen any Cynthia Rothrock since renting and watching them in the days of VHS lol I'll have to keep an eye out for some on dvd like I'm doing with Jean Claude VD at the mo lol
Hey Marcus, think the Rothrock stuff is really hard to get on physical apart from this new stuff, although I could be wrong mate 🤔👍 do you have The Witch who came from the sea in your nasty collection yet Marcus? 👍👍
@@MondoChelloveckMovies It's in the Box of the Banned 2 boxset that I picked up recently for Don't Go Near The Park but I'm not counting it as if they've got blu ray releases then I'm going to get them and add them into the Nasties collection on blu ray as a minimum or sometimes 4k 😎👍
@XFile2708 I've got the Arrow blu ray here if you want it sent to you Marcus 🤩🤩👍👍
I am waiting for the Vinegar Syndrome release as its on 2 x 4k disc and 2 x blurays and has a few different extras, also both films are exclusively restored and graded by VS for our edition guaranteeing you the best picture quality possible for this duo of American-Hong Kong action stunners but some of the extras on the UK version are not on the US version
Can't change that both films are crap tho no matter what label puts them out
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Two terrible titles for certain, Mark.😖
Hi Steve 🤩🤩👍👍 didn't know Vinegar Syndrome were putting them out mate 🤔 that sounds like a great release for sure Steve 🤩🤩👌👌 usually you find that extras are spread across releases unfortunately 😵💫 sometimes though its worth checking out UA-cam as they can turn up on here and it means you don't need to double dip 🤔🤩🤩 thanks for the info mate 😊😊👍👍
Personally, I think Eureka! and VS wasted their money acquiring the CO duo.
@hallgos7319 was surprised to see them on 4k John 🤯😁👍
The only thing that disappointed me about this film is.....she's not Chinese 😅😅 Great video bud. Had a mini marathon watch of your channel today
Yeah definite misdirection there Tris!! 😵💫🤣👍 thanks for watching Tris 😁😁 just watched the first Alien on 4k for the first time mate!! Big shout out to your forthcoming gift (on a video) yeah really enjoyed it 🤩🤩👏👏
Just to digress for a mo, John but Severin are releasing their Enter The Clones Of Bruce documentary on BR in the U.K. later this month.😉
That's a great title, can't wait to get that one 😊😊👍👍
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My copy from HMV arrived in the post earlier this week and now I just need to open it. Lol!😊
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It's nice to see Bruce Li, Bruce Le and Dragon Lee still going.👍
@hallgos7319 have you went for regular or special edition John? 🤔😊👍
@hallgos7319 it is isn't it John 🤩🤩👌👌
Job is a good one. Roop.😃👍
Hi Roop, I saw a couple of comments from you on a video the other day and when I went to answer them, they weren't there to answer 🤯🤯 UA-cam do this from time to time!! 🤬🤬 so if you can remember what they were ask again mate 🤩🤩👌👌
@@MondoChelloveckMovies wahay. UA-cam do enjoy their petty torments. I commented on Happy Birthday To Me, that you mentioned, and how strange casting Glen Ford. He deserved to be shish kebabed, but wasn't. Lol. Stay well. Roop.😃👍
@user-um1xt3kh there's loads of little oddness that happens here, their "bots" do one of the worst jobs online mate 😵💫😵💫🥴 it's really odd he even entertained the movie 🤯🤣🤣 yeah that would have been a great thing to watch 😁😁 cheers Roop 🤩🤩👍👍
@@MondoChelloveckMovies no probs. Keep yourself well. 😃👍
@user-um1xt3kh thanks Roop, you too mate 😁😁👍👍
FFS…these were crap back in the 80’s. I presume they haven’t got much better 🤷♂️🙄.
Thanks for the review, John. Always appreciated.
Two to avoid, for me .
I couldn't agree more.
Two abysmal offerings and Rothrock was always superior in her H.K. cinema outings.
Most of those American DTV martial arts efforts from the late '80s and early '90s were awful.😬👎
But now they are crap in glorious 4K 😂😂
Always liked these movies DB 🤩🤩 kind of liked everything I've seen by CR, cheesy or otherwise 😁😁👌👌 cheers for watching mate 🤩🤩👍👍
@markpugh6808 excellent isn't it Mark 🤩🤩👌👌
Deep Joy 🙈
IV E GOT THAT COMING ON MONDAYNO RETREAT NO SURRENDER 2 SHE WAS IN TO
Excellent George 🤩🤩 I'm gradually picking up her movies mate, thanks for the heads up on that one George didn't know that bud 😁😁👍👍
Veteran villain Hwang Jang Lee stars in this entry too and he's wasted in it.😞
Pre ordered it from vinegar syndrome waiting on it next month
Have you recieved it yet, Ragnar? 🤩🤩👍👍