THE GAME OF CLONES:
BRUCEPLOITATION COLLECTION VOL. 1
7 Blu-ray Discs + 8th Limited Edition Webstore Exclusive Blu-ray Disc + 100-Page Book
Disc 1: ENTER THE CLONES OF BRUCE (2023)
ENTER THE CLONES OF BRUCE (2023)
Label: Severin Films
Region Code: Region-Free
Region Code: Region-Free
Rating: Unrated
Duration: 94 Minutes 11 Seconds
Audio: English DTS-HD MA 2.0 Stereo with Optional English, Chinese, or French Subtitles
Video: 1080p HD Widescreen (1.78:1)
Director: David Gregory
Cast: Bruce Le, Dragon Lee, Bruce Leung, Ho Tsung-Tao, Godfrey Ho, Sammo Hung, Phillip Ko, Angela Mao Ying, Mars, Yasuaki Kurata, Lo Meng, Ron Van Clief, Christophe Champclaux, Chen Shan, René Chateau, David Chiang Da-Wei, Stephane Derderian, Roy Horan, Marco Joachim, Joseph Lai San-Lun, Mike Leeder, Christophe Lemaire, Terry Levene, André E. Morgan, Jean Marie Hon, Uwe Schier, Valerie Soe, Lee Tso-Nam, Eric Tsang
David Gregory's doc Enter the Clones of Bruce is a pretty wonderful love-letter to the exploitation sub-genre of Bruceploitation flicks, which were kung fu films that exploited the fan's voracious craving for more Bruce Lee martial arts flicks after his tragic and mysterious death. The doc delves into Lee's iconic status and his sudden death that was shrouded in mystery, which made it an attractive element to exploit for cash and profit, with producers and distributors repurposing existing flicks and/or making new ones to cash-in on the movie going masses who were clamoring for more of patented Bruce Lee action. All of a sudden there were new Bruce Lee's with slightly different spellings, we had Bruce Li, Bruce Le, Bruce Lo, Bruce Liang, Dragon Lee and Bruce Thai, or we there were taglines that exploited tenuous Bruce Lee connections to movie that had absolutely nothing to do with him; some were salacious biopics, others used footage of his actual funeral procession including his corpse, and shamelessly cashing-in on on the Lee mythos by utilizing film titles that were mash-ups of existing properties, including the unfinished Game of Death film that had yet to be released at the time of his death. This doc sets out to explore that crazy sub-genre and it does good work explaining the void that these flim-flam flicks were filling with their chopsocky insanity, interviewing major players like Bruce Li, Bruce Le, Bruce Liang and Dragon Lee; martial arts legends Angela Mao, David Chiang, Phillip Ko and Sammo Hung; and the producers, directors, distributors and experts - it's a wonderfully entertaining deep-dive into this colorful corner of exploitation cinema that has been wildly underserved, and is now explored like never before with this doc.
Audio/Video: The doc is presented in 1080p HD framed in 1.78:1 widescreen with uncompressed DTS-HD MA 2.0 stereo audio with optional English subtitles. The new interview footage looks terrific, clean and sharp, and obviously the vintage footage from the flicks waver in quality in comparison, but it all comes together quite nicely on this Blu-ray.
Special Features:
- Audio Commentary With Co-Executive Producer/Director David Gregory, Co-Producers Frank Djeng, Vivian Wong And Michael Worth And Director Of Photography Jim Kunz
- Working At Shaw Brothers – Outtakes With Godfrey Ho, David Chiang, Yasuaki Kurata, Lee Chiu, Lo Meng, Mars And Phillip Ko (19:31)
- Bruce Lee And I – Outtakes With Sammo Hung, Phillip Ko, Yasuaki Kurata, Mars, Angela Mao, Andre Morgan, Lee Tso Nam And More (24:32)
- The Lost World Of Kung Fu Film Negatives – Outtakes With Godfrey Ho, Joseph Lai, Angela Mao, Lee Tso Nam And Film Preservationists (15:59)
- Bruce's Hong Kong – Location Tour With Frank Djeng (27:27)
- Severin's Kung Fu Theater With Actor/Director/
Bruceploitation Expert Michael Worth and Severin Films David Gregory (1:35)
- Trailers (2:43)
Disc 2: THE CLONES OF BRUCE LEE (1980) & ENTER THREE DRAGONS (1978)
THE CLONES OF BRUCE LEE (1980)
Right off the bat the first film on the set is an exploitation doozy, holy cow. The idea here is that Bruce Lee has died and the British Special Branch of Intelligence get their hands on his corpse, they enlist brilliantly mad-scientist Professor Lucas (Jon T. Benn, The Way of the Dragon) to extract some brain tissue from his corpse and clone the kung-fu superstar. He ends up creating three clones of Lee, we have Bruce Lee 1 (Dragon Lee), Bruce Lee 2 (Bruce Le), and Bruce Lee 3 (Bruce Lai), which he grows in his cheap looking lab, all three are trained in various styles of kung-fu by trainers, one of them played by the quite recognizable Bolo Yeung (The Boxer's Omen) - who shows up a lot on this set. The clones are seemingly subservient to the professor, and after proving their training they are assigned missions. Clone #1 is sent to Honk Kong to work as an actor in a kung fu film, but when the director finds out that he is a clone of Lee sent to uncover his gold-smuggling operation he decides that he and his producer must kill him on camera to exploit the death of the Bruce Lee lookalike. Meanwhile Clones #2 and #3 are sent to Thailand to work with BSBI agent Chuck (Bruce Thai) to thwart mad scientist Dr. Ngai who has created a serum that turns men into undefeatable bronze-skinned steel-men. When these men of steel are engaged in combat the canned sound of the metallic clanking as they move is hilarious. Of course they do prove to be difficult to beat, luckily one of the clones witnesses one of the steel-men accidentally ingest a deadly weed, and they follow suit, stuffing the poisonous weed into their opponents mouths, defeating them. But wait, while that's quite enough that's not all, it turns out that Professor Lucas is also a mad-science weirdo and he pits the three clones against each other, until his kinder-hearted female lab assistants thwarts his plan. This entry is a total WTF-am-I-watching opener to the films on this set, with not one Bruce Lee clone but three, and some ridiculous and atrociously staged martial arts action, a highlight being when Clone #1 battle Bollo towards the end. This one is often referred to as either The Mount Rushmore of Bruceploitation or The Plan 9 from Outer Space of Bruceploitation, both are applicable depending on your particular vibe when youre watching it, but I had a blast, totally bonker, totally entertaining.
Special Features:
- Audio Commentary With Michael Worth And Frank Djeng, Co-Producers of Enter the Clones of Bruce; Bruce Lee Historian Brandon Bentley; Chris Poggiali, Co-Author Of These Fists Break Bricks; Matthew Whitaker, Co-Host Of The Clones Cast; Action Film Historian Mike Leader; Stunt Coordinator/Author John Kreng; And Rick Benn, Brother Of Actor Jon T. Benn
- The Big Boss Remembered – Interview With Actor Jon T. Benn (16:35)
- Severin's Kung Fu Theater With Actor/Director/Bruceploitation Expert Michael Worth (1:54)
- Trailer (1:42)
ENTER THREE DRAGONS (1978)
Special Features:
- Severin's Kung Fu Theater With Actor/Director/
Disc 3: ENTER THE GAME OF DEATH (1978) & GOODBYE, BRUCE LEE: HIS LAST GAME OF DEATH (1975)
Special Features:
- Partial Audio Commentary With Actor/Director/Bruceploitation Expert Michael Worth
- Scene Specific Commentary With Actor Chi Ling Chiu
- Kung Fu Movie Hustle – Interview With Chi Ling Chiu (14:49)
- Talking A Good Game – Roundtable Discussion With Martial Artists/Kung Fu Film Experts Tatevik Hunanyan, John Kreng, Ron Strong And Michael Worth (11:23)
- Severin's Kung Fu Theater With Michael Worth (1:34)
- Trailers (2:43)
Disc 2: THE CLONES OF BRUCE LEE (1980) & ENTER THREE DRAGONS (1978)
THE CLONES OF BRUCE LEE (1980)
Label: Severin Films
Region Code: Region-Free
Rating: Unrated
Duration: 90 Minutes 17 Seconds
Audio: English 2.0 Dual-Mono with Optional English Subtitles
Video: 1080p HD Widescreen (2.40:1)
Director: Joseph Kong Hong
Cast: Jon T. Benn, Dragon Lee, Bruce Le, Bruce Lai, Bruce Thai, Bolo Yeung, Chiang Tao
Right off the bat the first film on the set is an exploitation doozy, holy cow. The idea here is that Bruce Lee has died and the British Special Branch of Intelligence get their hands on his corpse, they enlist brilliantly mad-scientist Professor Lucas (Jon T. Benn, The Way of the Dragon) to extract some brain tissue from his corpse and clone the kung-fu superstar. He ends up creating three clones of Lee, we have Bruce Lee 1 (Dragon Lee), Bruce Lee 2 (Bruce Le), and Bruce Lee 3 (Bruce Lai), which he grows in his cheap looking lab, all three are trained in various styles of kung-fu by trainers, one of them played by the quite recognizable Bolo Yeung (The Boxer's Omen) - who shows up a lot on this set. The clones are seemingly subservient to the professor, and after proving their training they are assigned missions. Clone #1 is sent to Honk Kong to work as an actor in a kung fu film, but when the director finds out that he is a clone of Lee sent to uncover his gold-smuggling operation he decides that he and his producer must kill him on camera to exploit the death of the Bruce Lee lookalike. Meanwhile Clones #2 and #3 are sent to Thailand to work with BSBI agent Chuck (Bruce Thai) to thwart mad scientist Dr. Ngai who has created a serum that turns men into undefeatable bronze-skinned steel-men. When these men of steel are engaged in combat the canned sound of the metallic clanking as they move is hilarious. Of course they do prove to be difficult to beat, luckily one of the clones witnesses one of the steel-men accidentally ingest a deadly weed, and they follow suit, stuffing the poisonous weed into their opponents mouths, defeating them. But wait, while that's quite enough that's not all, it turns out that Professor Lucas is also a mad-science weirdo and he pits the three clones against each other, until his kinder-hearted female lab assistants thwarts his plan. This entry is a total WTF-am-I-watching opener to the films on this set, with not one Bruce Lee clone but three, and some ridiculous and atrociously staged martial arts action, a highlight being when Clone #1 battle Bollo towards the end. This one is often referred to as either The Mount Rushmore of Bruceploitation or The Plan 9 from Outer Space of Bruceploitation, both are applicable depending on your particular vibe when youre watching it, but I had a blast, totally bonker, totally entertaining.
Audio/Video: The Clones of Brice Lee is sourced from 4K scan of two 35mm prints from Germany and Italy that were composited to create the most complete and blemish free version possible, presented here in 1080p HD widescreen (2.40:1). It showcases some wear and tear by way of speckles, nicks, vertical lines, and scratches but it never less than watchable with good color and image stability. Audio comes by way of of English DTS-HD MA 20 dual-mono with optional English subtitles, the track does have some hiss on it but nothing too egregious, the canned sound effect and score sound just fine.
Special Features:
- Audio Commentary With Michael Worth And Frank Djeng, Co-Producers of Enter the Clones of Bruce; Bruce Lee Historian Brandon Bentley; Chris Poggiali, Co-Author Of These Fists Break Bricks; Matthew Whitaker, Co-Host Of The Clones Cast; Action Film Historian Mike Leader; Stunt Coordinator/Author John Kreng; And Rick Benn, Brother Of Actor Jon T. Benn
- The Big Boss Remembered – Interview With Actor Jon T. Benn (16:35)
- Severin's Kung Fu Theater With Actor/Director/Bruceploitation Expert Michael Worth (1:54)
- Trailer (1:42)
ENTER THREE DRAGONS (1978)
Label: Severin Films
Region Code: Region-Free
Region Code: Region-Free
Rating: Unrated
Duration: 87 Minutes
Audio: English 2.0 Dual-Mono with Optional English Subtitles
Video: 1080p HD Widescreen (2.35:1)
Director: Joseph Kong Hung
Cast: Dragon Lee Phillip Ko Bolo Yeung Jang Il-Do Nick Cheung Lik Chiang Tao Tiger Yang Cheong-Woo Samuel Walls Bruce Thai Lee Tin-Ying
Say what you will about the first film The Clones of Bruce Lee (1980), at least I could follow along with what the story was about even as ridiculous as it got. With this flick Enter the Dragons (1978), also directed by Joseph Kong, and also starring multiple Bruce Lee lookalikes, we have Bruce Lai, Dragon Lee, and Chang Chung-yee. The main gist of the story is that some diamonds have been stolen while in the possession of criminal Sammy (Samuel Walls, Enter the Game of Death), and when the gangster comes after Sammy because he;s lost the loot he enlists his pals Dragon Hong and Min Young to help him defeat the boss. The plot gets lost pretty fast in this one, but thankfully we gets tons of martial arts action, both Bruce Lai and Dragon Lee look cool as hell and whip a lot of fucking ass, and really at the end of the day that's all I need from a Bruceploitation flick, and I appreciated Philip Ko (Ninja Terminator) as the big bad. Interestingly the film is supposed to be contemporary late 70's (I think), but there are a lot of characters that look like their dressed for a period flick as do some of the locations, weird, as is the fact that the three "stars" don't actually share any screen time, but at least we get to see Chang Chung-yee in the signature Game of Death tracksuit!
Audio/Video: Enter Three Dragons (1978) is sourced from a 2k scan of the 35mm internegative from the Televentures Archives, presented here in 1080p HD widescreen (2.35:1). It looks terrific, colors are bold and well-saturated, the reds pop quite nicely especially, and filmic blemishes are very minimal but there are a few, and black levels are pleasing. Audio comes by way of of English DTS-HD MA 20 dual-mono with optional English subtitles, the track is clean and well-balanced, but the English dub is fairly hilarious in spots, which is all part of the experience.
Special Features:
- Severin's Kung Fu Theater With Actor/Director/
Bruceploitation Expert Michael Worth (1:59)
- Trailer (2:29)
- Trailer (2:29)
Disc 3: ENTER THE GAME OF DEATH (1978) & GOODBYE, BRUCE LEE: HIS LAST GAME OF DEATH (1975)
ENTER THE GAME OF DEATH (1978)
Label: Severin Films
Region Code: Region-Free
Region Code: Region-Free
Rating: Unrated
Duration: 90 Minutes
Audio: English 2.0 Dual-Mono with Optional English, Chinese, French Subtitles
Video: 1080p HD Widescreen (2.35:1)
Director: Joseph Kong Hung
Cast: Bruce Le, Bolo Yeung, Michael B. Christy, Chi Ling Chiu, Lee Hoi-Sang, Steve James, Robert Kerver, Seok-hoon Nam, John Nowell, Le Hai San, Sebastian J. Sciotti Jr., Samuel Walls
There's a lot of bad-ass ass-kicking in Enter the Game of Death, starring my personal favorite fake-Lee Bruce Le, who here plays a Chinese fighter names Ang during WWII. At the start of the film Ang fights a character played by Bolo Yeung in a tournament and bests him. Afterward he is offered a job by the Japanese to retrieve secret documents from the 'Tower of Death', but he refuses. A woman named lisa (Yeo Su Jin) continues to try to recruit him, and eventually we find out she is a double-agent, and they eventually do team-up to retrieve the documents from the Tower of Death. There's a lot of scenes of Le as Ang fighting his way through Japanese fighters here, we even get a very cool scene of him battling Samuel Walls (Enter Three Dragons) with plenty of slow-motion bad-assery, the finale taking place as Ang works his way up the floor of a Pagoda, along the way fighting a monk, a snake man who not only fights with snakes but he bites the head off one and spits the blood onto Ang, as well as a nunchaku master and a possessed man in a red-lamp room, before emerging into a courtyard and battling a group of Japanese assassins, then facing off against the returning Bolo once more. I think Le is probably the best of the Lee imitators, his style, and thumbing of the nose, and I appreciated the mostly straight forward storytelling we get here, even if the editing is often atrocious.
Audio/Video: Enter the Game of Death arrives on Blu-ray with a 1080p HD presentation framed in 2.35:1 widescreen, sourced from a 2K scan of a German 35mm print from The Spectacular Films Archive, witht he title card sourced from a U.S. TV print. The source looks quite nice, a bit of scratches, debris and vertical/horizontal lines, but overall it looks solid with great looking colors, and modest depth and clarity. Audio comes by way of of English DTS-HD MA 20 dual-mono with optional English subtitles, the track is clean and well-balanced, but the English dub is fairly hilarious in spots, which is all part of the experience.
- Partial Audio Commentary With Actor/Director/Bruceploitation Expert Michael Worth
- Scene Specific Commentary With Actor Chi Ling Chiu
- Kung Fu Movie Hustle – Interview With Chi Ling Chiu (14:49)
- Talking A Good Game – Roundtable Discussion With Martial Artists/Kung Fu Film Experts Tatevik Hunanyan, John Kreng, Ron Strong And Michael Worth (11:23)
- Severin's Kung Fu Theater With Michael Worth (1:34)
- Trailer (3:00)
GOODBYE, BRUCE LEE: HIS LAST GAME OF DEATH (1975)
Audio/Video: This is sourced from a 2K scan of the U.S. cut from a CRS (Color Reversal Intermediate) from Terry Levine's Aquarius Releasing Archive, and looks solid There are scratches, nicks and multiple horizontal lines/tears, it's not perfection but it looks quite good with good color, depth and clarity. Audio comes by way of of English DTS-HD MA 20 dual-mono with optional English subtitles, the track is clean and well-balanced, but the English dub is fairly hilarious in spots, which is all part of the experience.
Special Features:
- Audio Commentary With Frank Djeng, Co-Producer Of ENTER THE CLONES OF BRUCE, With Contributions From Chris Poggiali, Co-Author Of These Fists Break Bricks
- The Last Kung Fu Picture Show – The Bay Area's Movie Theater Era (12:28)
Special Features:
- Audio Commentary With Michael Worth And Frank Djeng, Co-Producers Of Enter the Clones of Bruce
- Deleted Scenes From French Version (6:53)
- Audio Essay By Cult Cinema Critic Lovely Jon (91.09)
- Severin's Kung Fu Theater With Actor/Director/Bruceploitation Expert Michael Worth (2:02)
- Trailer (1:37)
Special Features:
- Audio Commentary With Actor/Director/Bruceploitation Expert Michael Worth
- My First Bruceploitation – Roundtable Discussion With Martial Artists/Kung Fu Film Experts Tatevik Hunanyan, John Kreng, Ron Strong And Michael Worth (10:38)
- Severin's Kung Fu Theater With Michael Worth (1:39)
GOODBYE, BRUCE LEE: HIS LAST GAME OF DEATH (1975)
Label: Severin Films
Region Code: Region-Free
Region Code: Region-Free
Rating: Unrated
Duration: 83 Minutes 9 Seconds
Audio: English Mono with Optional English, Chinese, French Subtitles
Video: 1080p HD Widescreen (2.35:1)
Director: Lin Bing
Cast: Ho Tsung-Tao, Lung Fei, Mang Ping, Wei Hung-Sheng, Wang Ching-Ping, Tsai Hung, Shan Mao, Lee Keung, Shih Yin-Yin, Wong Hoi, Ma Cheung
Another flick with another clever idea ripe for exploitation, this time Bruce Li plays a fighter recruited by the producers of Game of Death to complete the film and to replace Bruce Lee. They show him unfinished footage from the movie, which is actually Bruce Le in this film, which is pretty cool in a movie-within-a-movie sort of way. The films opens with footage of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar giving an interview about Bruce Lee which adds another weird element to the proceeding. Along the way somehow Li's character gets caught up in a money scheme and his girlfriend is taken hostage, so he he is forced to go to a 'Tower of Doom' pogoda and fight his way up the floors, encountering
a katana-wielding Samurai, as well as fighters armed with bō-staff and nunchaku, and wrestlers and bare-knuckle boxers. I thought the fight choreography was aces in this one, lots of varied techniques, and Li aping Lee's style, gestures and vocalizations. Another interesting element is the "King of Kung Fu" theme song which I once read was partly written at least by Rebecca DeMornay - is that true? I dunno - and bits of Pink Floyd's trippy acid-trip of a song "Astronomy Domine" which shows up in snippets throughout the film, as it's one of my favorites from their catalog I thought that was super-cool.
Special Features:
- Audio Commentary With Frank Djeng, Co-Producer Of ENTER THE CLONES OF BRUCE, With Contributions From Chris Poggiali, Co-Author Of These Fists Break Bricks
- The Last Kung Fu Picture Show – The Bay Area's Movie Theater Era (12:28)
- Deleted Scenes (11:46)
- Severin's Kung Fu Theater With Actor/Director/Bruceploitation Expert Michael Worth (2:08)
- Radio Spot (1:04)
- Trailer (4:07)
Disc 4: THE DRAGON LIVES AGAIN (1977) & BRUCE AND THE IRON FINGER (1979)
- Severin's Kung Fu Theater With Actor/Director/Bruceploitation Expert Michael Worth (2:08)
- Radio Spot (1:04)
- Trailer (4:07)
Disc 4: THE DRAGON LIVES AGAIN (1977) & BRUCE AND THE IRON FINGER (1979)
THE DRAGON LIVES AGAIN (1977)
Label: Severin Films
Region Code: Region-Free
Region Code: Region-Free
Rating: Unrated
Duration: 91 Minutes 9 Seconds
Audio: English 2.0 Dual-Mono with Optional English, Chinese, French Subtitles
Video: 1080p HD Widescreen (2.35:1)
Director: Law Kei
Cast: Leung Siu-Lung, San Yat-Lung, Tan Ching, Eric Tsang, Alexander Grand
Next up, The Dragon Lives Again, a bonker Bruceploitation entry wherein after the death of Bruce Lee (Bruce Leung Siu-lung, Kung Fu Hustle) descends into Chinese Hell, a sort of purgatory, meeting the King of the Underworld and after some disagreements becomes the King's personal bodyguard. Along the way he encounters a various pop-culture figures like Dracula, Clint Eastwood's the man with no name, The Godfather, the one-armed swordsman, Popeye, and Caine from the TV show Kung Fu! He also battles a squad of mummy's, and appears at some point as Kato from The Green Hornet - it's a wild flick chock full of copyright infringements, and not just the characters that pop-up, but we get music from Popeye cartoon, 007 theme music, music from Enter the Dragon and quite a bit more. This one was right up my alley, a totally nuts, everything-and-the-kitchen-sink production, we even get white Emanuelle from the softcore series sexing up the King of the Underworld, so yeah, there's also plenty of nudity in the afterlife for us to ogle.
Audio/Video: The Dragon Lives Again (1977) is presented in 2.35:1 widescreen in 1080p HD sourced from a 2K scan of 35mm U.S. print from AGFA, apparently the original negative to deteriorated to scan, and it looks beat-up in spots with large tears and green emulsion scratches the colors looks robust, and the uncompressed English DTS-HD MA 2.0 dual-mono audio while not ultra-fidelic does the job.
Special Features:
- Audio Commentary With Michael Worth And Frank Djeng, Co-Producers Of Enter the Clones of Bruce
- Deleted Scenes From French Version (6:53)
- Audio Essay By Cult Cinema Critic Lovely Jon (91.09)
- Severin's Kung Fu Theater With Actor/Director/Bruceploitation Expert Michael Worth (2:02)
- Trailer (1:37)
BRUCE AND THE IRON FINGER (1979)
Label: Severin Films
Region Code: Region-Free
Region Code: Region-Free
Rating: Unrated
Duration: 89 Minutes 2 Seconds
Audio: English Mono with Optional English, Chinese, French Subtitles
Video: 1080p HD Widescreen (2.39:1)
Director: To Man-Bo
Cast: Ho Tsung-Tao, Ku Feng, Nami Misaki, Chiang Chou, Lee Hoi-Sang, Bruce Leung, Fong Yau, Lai Kim-Hung, Shiou Chieh Kai, Lam Hak-Ming, Luk Ying-Hong, Mai Kei, Hsueh-Ming Liao, Someno Yukio, Chin Tang Tang, Wang Kuang-Yu, Lee Hoi-Gei
An interesting detour from what we've seen so far, in this one features Bruce Lee lookalike Bruce Li as a cop from New Zealand on vacation in Hong Kong when he gets mixed up in the investigation into a series of killing by a masked-killer that have the signature earmark of the infamous "Iron Finger" technique, which leads back a martial arts school run by the red track-suited (Leung Siu-Lung). This is more along the lines of a giallo-esque whodunit or the Ozploitation actioner The Man from Hong Kong (1975). This has more plot that the typical Bruceploitation entry, and it actually makes sense which is also quite a rarity to be honest. We also get a solid turn from Lee Hoi Gei as Lulu, the killer sexually frustrated girlfriend who is quite fond of sheer casual wear.
Audio/Video: Bruce and the Iron Fingers arrives on Blu-ray in 1080p HD framed in 2.39:1 widescreen, sourced from a 2K scan from a 35mm print from a private collector. This print is in terrific shape, there's some faint vertical lines, speckling and slight staining but the colors look marvelous, scenes inside a jazz club early on with colored lighting look quite nice, colors and skin tones throughout look pleasing, certainly among this set;s best looking transfers. Audio comes by way of Englisg-duv DTS-HD MA 2.0 dual-mono with optional English subtitles.
Special Features:
- Audio Commentary With Actor/Director/Bruceploitation Expert Michael Worth
- My First Bruceploitation – Roundtable Discussion With Martial Artists/Kung Fu Film Experts Tatevik Hunanyan, John Kreng, Ron Strong And Michael Worth (10:38)
- Severin's Kung Fu Theater With Michael Worth (1:39)
- U.S. Trailer (1:40)
- Hong Kong Trailer (4:05)
Disc 5: CHALLENGE OF THE TIGER (1980) & CAMEROON CONNECTION (1984)
CHALLENGE OF THE TIGER (1980)
Special Features:
- Audio Commentary With Actor/Director/Bruceploitation Expert Michael Worth And Film Historian C. Courtney Joyner
- Severin's Kung Fu Theater With Michael Worth (1:27)
- Trailer (3:52)
CAMEROON CONNECTION (1984)
Special Features:
- Audio Commentary With Writer/Criterion Reflections Podcast Host David Blakeslee
- Lights... Cameroon... Action! – The Life And Films Of Alphonse Beni (46:18)
- 2022 Q&A With Alphonse Beni At Cine Club N'Kah (11:05)
- Severin's Kung Fu Theater With Actor/Director/Bruceploitation Expert Michael Worth (1:08)
Disc 6: SUPER DRAGON: THE BRUCE LEE STORY (1974) & THE DRAGON LIVES (1976)
Special Features:
- Partial Audio Commentary With Actor/Director/
Special Features:
- Audio Commentary With Actress Caryn White Stedman And Actor/Director/Bruceploitation Expert Michael Worth
- Audio Interview With "He’s A Legend, He’s A Hero" Songwriter Anders Gustav Nelsson (27:47)
- The Taiwan Connection – Interview With Caryn White Stedman (15:30)
Disc 7: THE DRAGON, THE HERO (1980) & RAGE OF THE DRAGON (1980)
RAGE OF THE DRAGON (1980)
Special Features:
- Audio Commentary With Actor/Director/Bruceploitation Expert Michael Worth With Contributions From Chris Poggiali, Co-Author Of These Fists Break Bricks
- Kung Fu Theaters – Roundtable Discussion With Martial Artists/Kung Fu Film Experts Tatevik Hunanyan, John Kreng, Ron Strong And Michael Worth (8:12)
- Severin's Kung Fu Theater With Michael Worth (1:36)
- Trailer (1:38)
THE BLACK DRAGON VS. THE YELLOW TIGER (1974)
- Audio Commentary With Actor/Director/Bruceploitation Expert Michael Worth With Contributions From Actor Clint Robinson
- Severin's Kung Fu Theater With Michael Worth (1:35)
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- Hong Kong Trailer (4:05)
Disc 5: CHALLENGE OF THE TIGER (1980) & CAMEROON CONNECTION (1984)
CHALLENGE OF THE TIGER (1980)
Label: Severin Films
Region Code: Region-Free
Rating: Unrated
Duration: 88 Minutes 30 Seconds
Audio: English Mono with Optional English, Chinese, or French Subtitles
Video: 1080p HD Widescreen (2.35:1)
Director: Bruce Le
Cast: Bruce Le, Richard Harrison, Hwang Jang-Lee, Nadiuska, Brad Harris, Pei Ju-Hua, Tito García, Chiang Tao, Sharon Shira, Bolo Yeung, Dick Randall, Jon T. Benn, Morgan Fairchild
In Challenge of the Tiger, directed by and starring a pair of CIA agents; kung fu master Hyang Lung (Bruce Le) and a suave moustached woman-magnet Richard (Richard Harrison, Orgasmo Nero) have to track down the stolen formula for a super-sterility drug, travelling from Spain to Hong Kong, battling terrorists and a Vietnamese spy ring for its possession. The flick opens up with the scientist who invented the sterility drug being gunned down, then gets right into Harrison's agent playing topless tennis with a bevy of beauties, not too shabby!
Audio/Video: Challenge of the Tiger (1980) arrives on Blu-ray from Severin sourced from a 4K scan of the 35mm Original Camera Negative courtesy of The Spectacular Films Archive, framed in 2.35:1 widescreen in 1080p HD. Colors looks terrific, depth and clarity are modest but pleasing, the biggest flaw here are a series of horizontal lines and some flicker, occasional vertical lines and a stray hair ur two, but looking filmic and generally quite clean. Audio comes by way of English dub DTS-HD MA 2.0 dual-,mono with optional English subtitles. The track is relatively clean and well-balanced, having a bit of that dub reverb to it, the score sounding fantastic.
Special Features:
- Audio Commentary With Actor/Director/Bruceploitation Expert Michael Worth And Film Historian C. Courtney Joyner
- Severin's Kung Fu Theater With Michael Worth (1:27)
- Trailer (3:52)
CAMEROON CONNECTION (1984)
Label: Severin Films
Region Code: Region-Free
Rating: Unrated
Duration: 91 Minutes 29 Seconds
Audio: French Mono 2.0 Dual-Mono with Optional English, Chinese, or French Subtitles
Video: 1080p HD Widescreen (2.35:1)
Director: Alphonse Beni
Cast: Alphonse Beni, Bruce Le, France Lise, Ariane Kah, Emmanuel Tengna
The French-language Cameroon Connection (1985) is directed by it's star Alphonse Beni, this entry is a pretty low-rent crime-thriller, even by Bruceploitation standards, starring the not-so-charismatic Beni as a cop looking into the murder of a woman (a twin) in Cameroon. The setting in French Cameroon is at least a nice change of pace, it gives the flick a different vibe that sets it apart, including an interesting song selection on the soundtrack, but the story, acting and martial arts are pretty rough all the way around. The best stuff is the presence of of Bruce Le, but he has a pretty distant second billing and the fight scenes he's involved in are badly choreographed and executed, and Bene himself is no great fighter either.
Audio/Video: This is advertised as also being sourced from a 4K scan of the original camera negative, and it looks solid throughout, there's a bit of source related wear and tear by way of scratches and vertical and horizontal lines, but it looks solid enough compared to other flicks on the set. Audio comes by way of French DTS-HD MA 2.0 dual-mono with optional English subtitles. The track has limitations but it's never hard to discern the French dialogue.
Special Features:
- Audio Commentary With Writer/Criterion Reflections Podcast Host David Blakeslee
- Lights... Cameroon... Action! – The Life And Films Of Alphonse Beni (46:18)
- 2022 Q&A With Alphonse Beni At Cine Club N'Kah (11:05)
- Severin's Kung Fu Theater With Actor/Director/Bruceploitation Expert Michael Worth (1:08)
Disc 6: SUPER DRAGON: THE BRUCE LEE STORY (1974) & THE DRAGON LIVES (1976)
SUPER DRAGON: THE BRUCE LEE STORY (1974)
Label: Severin Films
Region Code: Region-Free
Rating: Unrated
Duration: 93 Minutes 26 Seconds
Audio: English 2.0 Dual-Mono with Optional English, Chinese, or French Subtitles
Video: 1080p HD Widescreen (2.35:1)
Director: Ti Shih
Cast: Ho Tsung-Tao, Cheng Fu-Hung, Chin Yung-Hsiang, Ngai Yat-Ping, Shih Ting-Ken, Tsang Ming-Cheong, Chen Chin-Hai, Robert Tai, Suen Shu-Pei, Woo Hon-Cheung, Anne Winton, Na Yan-Sau, Tang Pei
This one is considered one of the first Bruce Lee biopics, coming just a year after his death, it stars the ever-present Bruce Li as Bruce Lee, offering a fast-made and loose-with-the-facts re-telling of his life and times starting in Seattle where a young Lee encounters bullies in the neighborhood, taking a hit to the face before having to teach the street thoughts a lesson in humility, later winning a karate tournament and belong cast as Kato in the Green Hornet TV series. Then travelling to Honk Kong and starting his iconic film career working with Golden Harvest. Of course being a slice of exploitations it sleazes up Lee's life story, making him a pretty horrible husband and family man, giving pkenty of screen time to his alleged affair with Betty Ting Pei, and of course his mysterious death. This was made and fast and loose to capitalize on Lee's death and it shows, it feels cheap, poorly acted and is just rough to watch, at least the fight sequence are. The tabloid melodrama stuff is at least entertaining in a salacious gossip rag sort of way, but if you're looking for the charm that Bruce Le usually brought to his later Bruceploitation flicks it's largely lacking, and the fight sequences are pretty terrible.
Audio/Video: Super Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story (1974) arrives on Blu-ray in 1080p HD framed in 2.35:1 widescreen, this is an HD master from a release print from Multicom. The source shows some fade in spots but generally colors look solid, blacks are strong if anemic in spots, and contrast is strong. Imperfections come by way of mostly white speckling, some nicks, and faint scratches but overall a winner. Audio comes by way of English dubbed DTS-HD MA 2.0 dual-mono, the dub is not great, but it's decent, a bit shrill in the upper registers and a barrow bottom end, but not too shabby.
Special Features:
- Partial Audio Commentary With Actor/Director/
Bruceploitation Expert Michael Worth
- Severin's Kung Fu Theater With Michael Worth (1:39)
- TV Spot (0:31)
- Trailer (2:09)
- Severin's Kung Fu Theater With Michael Worth (1:39)
- TV Spot (0:31)
- Trailer (2:09)
THE DRAGON LIVES (1976)
Label: Severin Films
Region Code: Region-Free
Rating: Unrated
Duration: 87 Minutes 33 Seconds
Audio: English Mono with Optional English, Chinese, or French Subtitles
Video: 1080p HD WIdescreen (2.39:1)
Director: Wang Hsing-Lai
Cast: Ho Tsung-Tao, Caryn White, Betty Chen, Ernest "Curt" Curtis, Lee Wan-Chung, Fu-Sheng Chun, Hu Chi, Han Su, Hsieh Han
The second half of disc-six is another biopic, this one having a bit more comedic feel about it, interesting in that it follows Lee from birth to death, eventually getting cast as Kato in the Green Hornet, breaking into HK films through Golden Harvest after walking away from Shaw Bros., his meteoric rise, his marriage and marriage problems, infidelity with Betty again, some fun martial arts conflict on set of Enter the Dragon, where he wins older his co-stars after taking them on which was a highlight for me. This has a countdown tragedy vibe about it as it barrels towards the inevitable outcome, complete with a reverbed countdown clock, lots of foreshadowing of his death, and some interesting lighting choices there at the end. The usually quite good Bruce Li does good work, his wife as played by Caryn White Stedman is also decent, but horribly dubbed, as are most characters. Better than Super Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story IMO but that's not saying a whole lot, these two biopics were among my least favorite flicks on this set.
Audio/Video: The Dragon Lives (1976) lands on Blu-ray sourced from a 4K scan of the interpositive which was found in a film vault in Los Angeles, framed in 2.39:1 widescreen in 1080p HD. The flick looks great, plenty of vibrant color and mostly solid blacks, there's a touch of fade and softness in spots, but looking quite solid Audio comes by way of dubbed English DTS-HD MA 2.0 dual mono, mostly clean, a bit limited in range but solid.
Special Features:
- Audio Commentary With Actress Caryn White Stedman And Actor/Director/Bruceploitation Expert Michael Worth
- Audio Interview With "He’s A Legend, He’s A Hero" Songwriter Anders Gustav Nelsson (27:47)
- The Taiwan Connection – Interview With Caryn White Stedman (15:30)
- Bruce Biopics – Roundtable Discussion With Martial Artists/Kung Fu Film Experts Tatevik Hunanyan, John Kreng, Ron Strong And Michael Worth (9:37)
- Severin's Kung Fu Theater With Michael Worth (1:18)
- TV Spots (0:43)
- Severin's Kung Fu Theater With Michael Worth (1:18)
- TV Spots (0:43)
Disc 7: THE DRAGON, THE HERO (1980) & RAGE OF THE DRAGON (1980)
THE DRAGON, THE HERO (1980)
Label: Severin Films
Region Code: Region-Free
Rating: Unrated
Duration: 87 Minutes 3 Seconds
Audio: English Mono with Optional English, Chinese, or French Subtitles
Video: 1080p HD Widescreen (2.35:1)
Director: Godfrey Ho
Cast: Chi Kuan-Chun, Li Yi-Min, Lam Yi-Wa, Chung-Hsing Chao, Eva Lin, Ma Cheung, Ching Kuo-Chung
Disc 7's double-feature is superior to the melodramatic biopics of disc 6, staring off with the Taiwanese Bruceploitation entry The Dragon, The Hero (1980), directed by Godfrey Ho (Ninja Terminator). In it an antiques smuggler Tien Hao (Lau Chan, Bastard Swordsman) hosts fighting matches where winner win $20 for defeating a fighter of his choice. One day Tu Wu Shen (John Liu, New York Ninja) wanders in and accepts the challenge, only he doesn't want to fight one guy, he demands to fight three! Whipping some serious ass the bold fighter asks for and gets a job working for Tien Hao. Hao has another man in his employ, Ma Ti (Phillip Ko, The Boxer's Omen), who has not only mastered all the fighting styles, but has developed a brand new one that he says will make him invincible, and apparently he's getting better every hour! Also entering into the frey are Tang (Tino Wong Cheung) and Ah Tien (Dragon Lee, The Clones of Bruce Lee), both of whom have beef with John Liu that dates back to Liu's father killing Tang's father many years earlier. While they are adversarial at first they eventually decide to leave the past behind them and team-up to defeat the vile Tien Hao and Ma Ti during the phenomenal foot-biting finale. Hao, who has been wheelchair bound the whole film thus far, is revealed to not only have use of his legs but to be some sort of rabid, mad-dog fighter. This one is chock full of numerous fight sequences, we even get Bolo Yeung yet again at one point as "King Kong", who fights with a gorilla-style, and has odd primate-esque body hair. My favorite aspect of this one though is Lau Chan as Tien Hao, he's is chewing up the scenery as a truly seething baddie who at the end is absolutely unhinged, chewing on feet and trying to bite-off testicals, it's just bizarre stuff.
Audio/Video: Sourced from a 2K scan of internegative from The Trans-Continental International Archive, this is the US Theatrical Version, presented in 1080p HD framed in 2.35:1 widescreen. Some speckling and faint scratches and vertical lines are evident but this overall looks fantastic, colors are pleasing and while blacks sometimes lean grey or green they are not ruinous. Audio comes by way of English DTS-HD MA 2.0 dual-mono delivers the dubbed verbiage quite handily, optional English subtitle are provided.
Special Features:
- Audio Commentary With Director Godfrey Ho And Actor/Director/Bruceploitation Expert Michael Worth
- Godfrey, The Hero – Interview With Director Godfrey Ho (18:06)
- Deleted Scenes 23:14)
- Severin's Kung Fu Theater With Michael Worth (1:54)
- Trailer (1:49)
RAGE OF THE DRAGON (1980)
Label: Severin Films
Region Code: Region-Free
Rating: Unrated
Duration: 89 Minutes 47 Seconds
Audio: English DTS-HD MA 2.0 Dual-Mono with Optional English, Chinese, or French Subtitles
Video: 1080p HD Widescreen (2.35:1)
Director: Kim Si-hyun
Cast: Dragon Lee, Carter Wong, Choe Min-Gyu, An Jin-soo, Martin Chiu, Choe Hyeong-geun, Choi Il, Jeong Ju-Hyeon, Ji-Hye Kim, Burt Lim, Lim Ja-Ho, Ma Do-Sik, Park Kwang-jin, Ra Kap-sung, Roger Wong, Martin Choe Min-Kyu, Lee Ye-min, Yun Il-ju, Lee Seok-ku, Jang Jeong-Kuk
In the South Korean Rage of the Dragon (1980) an antiques appraiser is killed by a masked, grave-robbing collector of antiquities. His son (Dragon Lee) who has just become a Kung Fu Masters sets out for revenge, but must also face-off against various factions who believe his father was the grave-robber. Dragon Lee's sinewly, muscular form looks great here, the plot is less meaty, but it does lead to a phenomenal face-off between Dragon Lee and Carter Wong ("Thunder" from John Carpenter's Big Trouble in Little China), which is worth the price of admission all on it's own, which incorporates a mirrored suit of armor that capitalizes on on Wong's one weakness. Also notable for a pretty bad English dub and some hokey canned sound effects that brought a smile to my face.
Audio/Video: This is also sourced from a 2K scan of internegative from Trans-Continental International Archive framed in 2.35:1 widescreen in 1080p HD. Vertical lines and speckling, flicker and fade afflict it, but colors looks solid and depth and clarity are modestly pleasing, blacks aren't exactly deep and inky, but solid enough. Audio comes by way of English DTS-HD MA 2.0 dual-mono
Special Features:
- Audio Commentary With Actor/Director/Bruceploitation Expert Michael Worth With Contributions From Chris Poggiali, Co-Author Of These Fists Break Bricks
- Kung Fu Theaters – Roundtable Discussion With Martial Artists/Kung Fu Film Experts Tatevik Hunanyan, John Kreng, Ron Strong And Michael Worth (8:12)
- Severin's Kung Fu Theater With Michael Worth (1:36)
- Trailer (1:38)
Disc 8: THE BIG BOSS PART II (1976) & THE BLACK DRAGON VS. THE YELLOW TIGER (1974) - Limited Edition Webstore Exclusive Bonus Blu-ray
THE BIG BOSS PART II (1976)
Label: Severin Films
Region Code: Region-Free
Rating: Unrated
Duration: 91 Minutes 8 Seconds
Audio: Cantonese DTS-HD MA 2.0 Dual-Mono with Burned-In English Subtitles, Burned-In Chinese Subtitles
Video: 1080p HD Widescreen (2.39:1)
Director: Chan Chue
Cast: Lo Lieh, Wang Ping, Michael Chan, Bruce Le, Li Kun, Wong Kin-Chau, Chiu Lik, Gam Biu, Ho Pak-Kwong, Krung Srivilai, Preeya Rongernaug
The Big Boss Part II (1976) is a sequel to Bruce Lee's The Big Boss (1971), picking up right where the first film left off with Lee's Cheng (shot from behind, natch) in a prison cell, in his place we have the character's cousin Cheng Chao-Chun (Lieh Lo, The 36th Chamber of Shaolin), who goes up against the ice-house baddies again, with a twist, the big bad turns out to be a boss-lady. Sort of inept but still quite action-packed and delightfully oddball, we have Cheng Chao-Chun battling his way through the various floor of a den of iniquity, there's a pretty cool extended sex scene, more oddball fight sequences, and some fun stolen musical numbers by way of 007 theme song and an instrumental knock-off version of Jimi Hendrix's "Foxy Lady" during the appropriately multi-colored sex scene. The Game of Death style ascent up through the various floors is probably my favorite part of the film, but the witchdoctor stuff is also pretty great, casting an explosive spell over a bubbling cauldron, plus a 007-esque boat chase, complete with 007 theme song, with assassins on jet skis firing at our submerged protagonists, we get some man vs. alligator action, and of course some underwater kung-fu! Totally wild stuff, and while I don't think that this is a good film it is a fun flick, the action is non-stop and over-the-top, and just knowing how rare this has been I have to give kudos to Severin for tracking down the only known 35mm print and including it, even if the bonus disc with it is only available as a web-exclusive from Severins website - so if you're interested in it I would order direct and get that bonus disc - buy it HERE!
Audio/Video: A true rarity The Big Boss Part II (1976) has never before been available on any legit home video format, it is sourced, according tot he Michael Worth intro, from the only known 35mm print from a private collection presented here in 1080p HD framed in 2.39:1 widescreen. The source is a bit beat-up with plenty of knicks and scratches, and it's a bit faded but is quite watchable,, anf for such a rare treat a bit of grit was no problem for me, It also has both burned in English and Chinese subtitles that are not removable. Audio comes by way of Cantonese DTS-HD MA 2.0 Dual-Mono audio with the burned-in subtitles. The track is in solid shape though, it's lack immediacy and depth but it does the job, delivering the canned kung-fu sound effects and Chinese dialogue well enough.
Special Features:
- Severin's Kung Fu Theater With Actor/Director/Bruceploitation Expert Michael Worth (1:51)
- Trailer (3:38)
THE BLACK DRAGON VS. THE YELLOW TIGER (1974)
Label: Severin Films
Region Code: Region-Free
Rating: Unrated
Duration: 88 Minutes 3 Seconds
Audio: English Mono 2.0 Dual-Mono with Optional English Subtitles
Video: 1080p HD Widescreen (2.39:1)
Director: Yang Yang, Yang Che
Cast: Lung Tang, Ti Hua, Chen Ching-te, Jackie Chen, Ke Tan, Clint Robinson, Jack Pierce, Lan-Sze Hua, Ai-Hua Ching, Yue Kuo, Wang Fei
Another rare one on the bonus disc, we have the Taiwanese export The Black Dragon vs. The Yellow Tiger (1974) purported to be a sequel to Bruce Lee's The Way of the Dragon (1972) - which I must admit I have never watched. Herein an evil organization called The Black Hand who have lost a sizable amount of money thanks to Bruce Lee's character Tang Lung's actions in The Way of the Dragon, now they want to kill his "cousin" Tang Fu (Lung Tang) in a case of mistaken identity. Tang is muscular and sinewy, he looks great, but his acting skills are less impressive, his acting is deliciously overwrought, but in truth it suits this trashy Game of Death clone quite nicely. The flick has some colorful Taiwanese locations, a fun funk score, and a fist-flying finale atop a stone tower against a black-baddie played by Clint Robinson. There's a terrifically awful car chase that leads to the finale in which Tang headbuts a windshield to break through and grab the driver, the chase delivering Tang to the final set piece, the showdown at the tower where the baddie calls our hero out, "Tang Fu! You now lookin' at the man who's gonna kill youuuuuuu!", that's just awesome. ure, it's inept, comical and totally weird, but this unhinged, this rather early Bruceploitation entry delivers the chopsocky insanity in a way that brought this fifteen film kung-fu odyssey to a close quite nicely, a very charming bad film indeed.
Audio/Video: The Black Dragon vs Yellow Tiger (1974) is sourced, according tot he Michael Worth intro, from two American 35mm film prints frankensteined together, and we get a wonderful grindhouse patina with lots of red and yellow vertical emulsion scratches and speckles throughout, it's not HD operfection but it's quite charming in it's gritty grindhouse grubbiness. Audio comes by way of English DTS-HD MA 2.0 dual-mono with optional English subtitles, the track had some warble and source related wear and tear but is quite serviceable.
Special Features:- Audio Commentary With Actor/Director/Bruceploitation Expert Michael Worth With Contributions From Actor Clint Robinson
- Severin's Kung Fu Theater With Michael Worth (1:35)
- Trailer (3:48)
Packaging: This chosockey set arrives with a sturdy and quite colorful Rigid Slipcase with plenty of shelf appeal, inside is the DigiBook Packaging, similar in size and style to Severin's The Dungeon of Andy Milligan Collection box set, that houses the 7-discs, plus the webstore exclusive 8th bonus disc which is sits inside a blue envelope that slides into a pocket on the inside of the back cover. Each of the heavy cardstock pages feature images of from the films, as well as a special features listing for each film with technical information, runtime, aspect ratios, languages and notes about the transfers. the discs themselves feature movie poster artworks for each of the films. Also tucked away inside is a dense 100-page Illustrated Booklet with posters, rare photos and essays from Michael Worth, Chris Poggiali, and Roger Cross that cover quite a bit of ground. My favorite part of the set both video and written as far as extras are hearing how each of the contributors first came to discover Bruceploitation for themselves, some thinking they were about to be treated to some forgotten Bruce Lee gem that had never been seen before only to find themselves duped and totally in love with it. Also, Michael Worth semi-cheesy intros are quite wonderful and capture the intensity of his passion while also summing up each films premise (sort of) and the provenance of each film element used for the HD scans.
Previously I have only ever been a casual viewer of the bruceploitation flicks, they were not films I actively sought out, but now having watched David Gregory's terrific doc, reading the essays, watching most (but not all) of the 23-hours of extras, and of course taking in the fourteen furious fist and foot flying flicks herein, I certainly have a much deeper and well-rounded appreciation of this supremely exploitative cornucopia of chopsocky sub-genre flicks. Having properly waded in and immersed myself in the Bruce Lee-clone waters has absolutely made me want to seek more of these out! Having had so much fun with this as someone who was only a casual viewer previously I would imagine that if these sort of kung fu kicks were already your bag of bad-assery then I would safely say that this kick-ass set is gonna knock your socks off. Kudos to Severin for putting together this massive, eight years in the making set which highlights a sub-genre that has been underserved. It's a massive undertaking, and judging by the "Vol. 1" tag of the title, I think there's a good chance that there might be more on the way in the future, fingers crossed.
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