The Heroic Trio (1993) / Executioners (1993) (Criterion Collection, Restored, Special Edition, 4K Ultra HD + 2 Blu-rays)

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The star power of cinema icons Maggie Cheung, Anita Mui, and Michelle Yeoh fuels these gloriously unrestrained action joyrides from auteur Johnnie To and action choreographer Ching Siu-tung. The Heroic Trio and its sequel, Executioners, follow a new kind of justice league: a team of blade-throwing, shotgun-toting, kung fu–fighting heroines who join forces to battle evildoers in a dystopian, noirish city. Blending dazzling martial-arts mayhem with exhilarating blasts of comic-book lunacy, these beloved superhero movies reimagine the genre through the giddy genius of the Hong Kong film industry at its height.

SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
4K digital restorations of The Heroic Trio and Executioners, with uncompressed monaural soundtracks
In the 4K UHD edition: One 4K UHD disc of the films and two Blu-rays with the films and special features
Alternate 5.1 surround Cantonese and English-dubbed soundtracks
New interview with actor Anthony Wong
New interview with film critic Samm Deighan (cohost of the podcast Twitch of the Death Nerve)
Trailers
New English subtitle translations
PLUS: An essay by critic Beatrice Loayza

New cover by Alice X. Zhang