Overview: When courier Ma (Ka-Yan Leung, Mr. Nice Guy) alongside three other mismatched allies, is sent on a mission to deliver a secret cargo to a rebel leader, he soon finds himself on a patriotic quest to save the country and himself.

Also starring Chow Yun-Fat (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon), this historic Chinese action movie by Ronny Yu (Bride of Chucky, Freddy vs. Jason) from legendary Hong Kong studio Golden Harvest, is sure to pack a powerful punch.

Blu-ray Verdict: For those not in the know, The Postman Fights Back is an early film for director Ronny Yu, who would later direct the wuxia masterpiece The Bride With White Hair. This is mostly a starring vehicle for Ka Yan Leung best known as Beardy and, trust me, if you seen a few old school kung fu flicks, you definitely will recognize him.

This puts a postman, a thief, an explosive expert and a con man together to deliver a package that has people trying to kill them on the way. Chow Yun Fat and Cherie Chung give early appearances here and it is cool to see Chow Yun Fat mixing it up with some old school chop-sockey action.

Ergo, The Postman Fights Back is crazy, unpolished action that is a bridge between the old school Kung Fu flicks and the new wave of HK action cinema that was about to revolutionize the action movie market with the films of John Woo, Jackie Chan and others.

Eddie Ko plays a similar ninja character that he played in Duel To The Death and has similar insane ninja action. The Postman Fights Back is not without it’s flaws, but is definitely a worthy Hong Kong action flick that is good enough to please fans of the genre and is interesting enough to give it a shot.

The cinematography is excellent and the use of the camera was ingenious in many scenes of a very cold Korean landscape (of course, if you notice this then maybe the adventure was stagnant). Ronny Yu’s (Fearless, The Bride With White Hair, Freddy vs. Jason) direction is quite good and consistently chooses interesting shooting techniques with hand-held cameras in many exterior shots.

Eddy Ko Hung’s is excellent as the villain. Ideas were impressive from the ice-skating bandits to Fu Jun’s wrist bow to exploding rats! The fight scenes are interesting if a bit short with Chow fighting two bandits at once - with one standing on a platform attached to the back of his partner, and an excellent finale with the unmasked ninja fighting the protagonist Ma.

LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS:
High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray™ presentation in 2.39:1 Aspect Ratio From a 2K Scan of the Original 35mm Negative
Contains BOTH the Hong Kong AND Export Cuts
Original Cantonese Mono with English Subtitles
English 5.1 DTS-HD MA
English Mono with Alternate Score
Audio Commentary with Frank Djeng and Ronny Yu
Archive Audio Commentary with Stephan Hammond
Interview with Chow Yun-Fat
Interview with Leung Kar-Yan
Second Interview with Leung Kar-Yan
Interview with Ronny Yu
Original Hong Kong Trailer

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