Yuen Woo-Ping is one of the most influential figures in martial arts cinema. With his first two directorial works “The Snake in the Shadow of the Eagle” and “They called him Bone Crusher” aka “Drunken Master” he immediately created two of the greatest Jackie Chan classics of all time in 1978. Other genre masterpieces followed later such as “Iron Monkey” with Donnie Yen or “Wing Chun” with Michelle Yeoh. He also left his unmistakable mark on a number of international hits and some Hollywood blockbusters…
… and was responsible for the spectacular action choreographies in “Tiger & Dragon”, “Kill Bill” and the “Matrix” films, among others. As one of the movie industry’s greatest martial arts masters, he was naturally in demand and busy over the decades, inevitably losing some of his highlights. So is the series “Tiger Cage”. For example, “Tiger Cage 3” has been released on both VHS and DVD over the years, but always in an abridged version. But now the wait for the ultimate home theater review is finally over: “Tiger cage 3“ is available in Germany for the first time since yesterday, March 31 (finally!):
The film is celebrating its local Blu-ray premiere, which is duly celebrated – in two strictly limited Mediabook editions, which also include the movie (for anyone without a Blu-ray player) on DVD. If you don’t like the look of Mediabook A, just close it Media Book B* to grasp. Both versions have the same content and differ only in their design.
The two predecessors have also been available for some time as uncut media books on Blu-ray/DVD. “Tiger Cage” is available as Media Book A*, Media Book B* And Media Book C*and “Tiger Cage 2” also got three variants: Cover A*, Cover B* And Cover C*. Moreover, none other than “John Wick 4” star Donnie Yen is waiting for you in top form in the first two parts!
You don’t necessarily have to have seen the two predecessors to enjoy part 3. Nevertheless: All three films are worth seeing for any fan of brutal Hong Kong action – at least that is the opinion of the author of this article.
This is Tiger Cage 3
In “Tiger Cage 3,” the two detectives John (Michael Wong) and James (Kwok Leung Cheung) do everything they can to arrest the gang boss Lee (Kam-Kong Wong) and his ruthless accomplices – risking their necks in the process. Because James’ girlfriend Suki (Man Cheung) works for an underling of the underworld tycoon, which quickly causes problems…
Tiger Cage 3 features classic all-out gunfights and combat that characterized Hong Kong action movies in the 1980s and early 1990s — and that just hurt to watch. It’s not just the fists that fly in the spectacular way that is so typical of Yuen-Woo-Ping. When bullets are fired here, it is in brutal heroic bloodshot fashion, so that bodies, cars or houses literally burst. Sword fights and crazy stunts, such as boys dropping a meter or jumping through fire, round out the complete action package.