Expecting Chuck Norris? Vinegar Syndrome Announces Blu-ray for 1990 Hong Kong Cat III Film ‘An Eye for an Eye’

An Eye for an Eye | Blu-ray (Vinegar Syndrome)

This month Vinegar Syndrome will release the Blu-ray for An eye for an eyea 1990 Hong Kong thriller directed by O Sing-Pui (1987’s Golden swallow).

This category III film stars Joey Wang (City hunter), John Ching (Back to a better future), Ricky Wong Chun-Tong (Gangs), Hiu-Hung Fong (Handsome siblings), Chi Shing Fung (Dragon in prison), Wilson Lam (My hero) and Melvin Wong (Customs Frontline).

Fung is the daughter of an aging Triad boss who is trying to turn his criminal enterprise into a more legitimate business. After her father is arrested by her police officer boyfriend, Fung is left in charge and continues her father’s mission to cleanse the organization of its criminal practices. Meanwhile, some of the other members of the gang are unhappy with Fung’s leadership and plan a hostile takeover. Cheong, the second in command, wants to maintain the group’s violent rule and plans to strip Fung of her power by brutally attacking and blackmailing her. Fung’s friend vows revenge on Cheong and the organization, while simultaneously dealing with his jealous partner, who also has his eye on Fung. Tensions quickly run high and violence breaks out in the streets as warring factions try to maintain their power.

It was heavily censored in Hong Kong upon its initial release, An eye for an eye was given a Category III rating, due in part to its controversial depiction of Triad lore and graphic outbursts of violence. Recently restored from a director-approved studio master, Vinegar Syndrome Archive proudly presents the director’s cut of this gangster opus for the first time on Blu-ray, with all the bloodshed intact and culminating in an epic knife fight that literally leaves blood flowing in the streets.

Features:

• Region Free Blu-ray
• Recently restored by VS from a studio supplied master
• Brand new commentary track featuring Kenneth Brorsson and Phil Gillon from the Podcast on Fire Network
• Brand New Interview with Director O Sing Pui
• Brand New Interview With Action Film Director Benz Kong
• “Hong Kong Cinema in the Late ’80s: Between Heroic Bloodshed and CAT-III Thrillers” – a brand new video essay by film historian and author Samm Deighan
• Reversible sleeve artwork
• Newly translated English subtitles