Shout! Studios is doing something absolutely awesome this November. They’re putting out Hard Boiled and A Better Tomorrow trilogy on 4K UHD with their Hong Kong Cinema Classics line.
On November 4, 2025, Hong Kong Cinema Classics™ presents the highly anticipated action classic HARD BOILED Deluxe Edition 4K UHD™+Blu-ray™. Official selection of Cannes Classics, Toronto International Film Festival, International Film Festival Rotterdam, and Fantasia Film Festival, Chow Yun-Fat, Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, and Teresa Mo in the high-octane action crime thriller from renowned filmmaker John Woo. HARD BOILED Deluxe Edition features a new 4K scan and a wealth of new bonus content, and includes a new 52-page booklet with four expert essays and extensive art – all collected in a 3-Disc set.
On November 18, 2025, A BETTER TOMORROW TRILOGY arrives on 4KUHD™+Blu-ray™. An official selection of Berlin International Film Festival and winners of Hong Kong Film Awards, Chow Yun-Fat, Leslie Cheung, and Ti Lung star in Woo’s A BETTER TOMORROW and A BETTER TOMORROW II, and Tsui Hark’s A BETTER TOMORROW III. A BETTER TOMORROW TRILOGY boasts a new 4K scan of these three movies, a payload of bonus content, and the inclusion of the workprint version of A Better Tomorrow II, recently unearthed during Shout’s restoration process. This rare cut of A BETTER TOMORROW II features over 30 minutes of footage that has never been seen by the public, as it was removed prior to the film’s original release.
Bonus Features Of Hard Boiled On 4K UHD
DISC 1 (4K UHD™)
- NEW 4K Scan From The Original Camera Negative
Presented In Dolby Vision
- NEW Optional English Subtitles Newly Translated For This Release
- NEW Audio Commentary With Director John Woo And Film Journalist Drew Tayler
- NEW 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)
DISC 2 (Blu-ray™)
- NEW 4K Scan From The Original Camera Negative
- NEW Optional English Subtitles Newly Translated For This Release
- NEW Audio Commentary With Director John Woo And Film Journalist Drew Tayler
- NEW 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)
DISC 3 (Bonus Disc Blu-ray™)
- NEW “Violent Night” – Interview With Director John Woo
- NEW “Boiling Over” – Interview With Actor Anthony Wong
- NEW “No Time For Failure” – Interview With Producer Terence Chang
- NEW “Hard To Resist” – Interview With Screenwriter Gordon Chan
- NEW “Boiled to Perfection“ – Interview With Screenwriter Chung Hang Ku
- NEW “Body Count Blues” – Interview With Composer Michael Gibbs
- NEW “Hong Kong Confidential” – Inside Hard Boiled With Author Grady Hendrix
- NEW “Gun-Fu Fever” – Interview With Author Leon Hunt
- NEW “Chewing The Fat” – Interview Academic With Lin Feng
- Deleted And Extended Scenes
- Trailers
- Image Gallery
Bonus Features Of A Better Tomorrow Trilogy On 4K UHD
A Better Tomorrow
A reforming ex-gangster tries to reconcile with his estranged policeman brother, but the ties to his former gang are difficult to break. Two friends, Ho (Ti Lung) and Mark (Chow Yun-Fat), are triads in a counterfeiting operation who end up doing ‘one more job’ and what do you know, this one more job gets messier than they had hoped…
A Better Tomorrow II
Restaurant owner Ken Gor, twin brother of Mark Gor, teams up with police detective Kit and his struggling ex-con brother Ho to avenge his old friend’s daughter’s death by a Triad gang.
A Better Tomorrow III
This prequel to the popular film franchise finds Chow Yun-Fat reprising his role as Mark Gor, who travels to war-torn Vietnam to get his uncle and just-out-of-jail cousin Cheung Chi-Mun to Hong Kong. Gor finds complications when he falls in love with a female gangster with a dangerous ex.
A BETTER TOMORROW TRILOGY Bonus Content
DISC 1 – A Better Tomorrow (4K UHD™)
- NEW 4K Scan From the Original Camera Negative
Presented In Dolby Vision
- NEW Optional English Subtitles Newly Translated For This Release
- NEW Audio Commentary With James Mudge, Hong Kong Film Critic At easternKicks
DISC 2 – A Better Tomorrow (Blu-ray™)
- NEW 4K Scan From the Original Camera Negative
- NEW Optional English Subtitles Newly Translated For This Release
- NEW Audio Commentary With James Mudge, Hong Kong Film Critic At easternKicks
- NEW “Better Than The Best” – Interview With Director John Woo
- NEW “Between Friends” – Interview With Producer Terence Chang
- NEW “When Tomorrow Comes” – Interview With Screenwriter Chan Hing-ka
- NEW “Thoughts On The Future” – Interview With Filmmaker Gordon Chan
- NEW “Better And Bombastic” – Interview With Filmmaker Gareth Evans
- Trailers
- Image Gallery
DISC 3 – A Better Tomorrow II (4K UHD™)
- NEW 4K Scan From the Original Camera Negative
Presented In Dolby Vision
- NEW Optional English Subtitles Newly Translated For This Release
- NEW Audio Commentary With James Mudge, Hong Kong Film Critic At easternKicks
DISC 4 – A Better Tomorrow II (Blu-ray™)
- NEW 4K Scan From the Original Camera Negative
- NEW Optional English Subtitles Newly Translated For This Release
- NEW Audio Commentary With James Mudge, Hong Kong Film Critic At easternKicks
- NEW “A Tumultuous Tomorrow ” – Interview With Director John Woo
- NEW “Better Than Ever” – Interview With Film Historian Frank Djeng
- Trailers
- Image Gallery
DISC 5 – A Better Tomorrow III (4K UHD™)
- NEW 4K Scan From the Original Camera Negative
Presented In Dolby Vision
- NEW Optional English Subtitles Newly Translated For This Release
- NEW Audio Commentary With Critic And Author David West
DISC 6 – A Better Tomorrow III (Blu-ray™)
- NEW 4K Scan From the Original Camera Negative
- NEW Optional English Subtitles Newly Translated For This Release
- NEW Audio Commentary With Critic And Author David West
- NEW “Third Time Lucky” – Interview With Screenwriters iu-Ming Leung and Foo Ho Tai
- NEW “All Our Tomorrows” – Interview With Hong Kong Filmmaker And Academic Gilbert Po
- NEW “Nam Flashbacks” – Interview With Vietnam War Researcher Dr. Aurélie Basha i Novosejt
- Theatrical Trailer
- Image Gallery
DISC 7 – Bonus Disc (Blu-ray™)
- Long-Lost A Better Tomorrow II Workprint Featuring Over 30 Minutes Of Never-Before-Seen Footage!
- Better Tomorrow III – Taiwanese Cut
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