Impatient for you chance to see the latest collaboration between director Wilson Yip and martial artist Donnie Yen? Want to see what all the hype over the hugely acclaimed Ip Man - still tearing up the box office in Hong Kong and subjected two a pair of glowing reviews on Twitch here and here - is over? Well, you don't have long to wait.
The film arrives on DVD and Blu Ray in Hong Kong on February 13th. The Blu Ray? Region A, same as here in North America. The DVD? Totally region free. Subtitles? You bet, and not just on the main feature - the second disc of extras is entirely English friendly as well.
Check the reviews at the links above, check the trailers below the break, and get shopping using the links below that.
i do hope nobody makes the mistake and buys a region-locked blu ray player. just like with DVD, such a thing (regionlock) does not come into my household.
are there no shops to buy cracked players in the US ?
there are many in europe.
saw this yesterday its awesome.
Region A, in which the Blu Ray of Ip Man is formatted, includes the U.S. and China. I already snatched up my copy over at YesAsia. It was a bit pricey, but I am sure it will be worth it when I get it in the mail. I have already seen the flik on a DVD I got on the DL, great flik, but I am sure I will appreciate it more in HiDef.
DDDhouse has it listed as Region Free but I've never ordered from them before.
http://www.dddhouse.com/v3/product_details.php?ProductID=9335
@Brown Jesus: I'm pretty sure SPL and Flashpoint were distributed by Deltamac, while this is a Universe release.
@bluesxman: I'd vouch for dddhouse, I've ordered dozens of discs from them and so far haven't had a single problem (although I've not paid much attention to the accuracy of their region listings). If you don't have access to a multi-region DVD player, you have three choices.
1) Risk it.
2) Get a region-free player (or see if there's a hack for your current player).
3) Wait for release, and keep an eye out for reviews of the disc.
It's worth pointing out that at least 95% of Hong Kong DVDs are not region locked, and even if the cover says otherwise there's a high probability that the disc isn't.
The reason that region-locking on a blu-ray isn't an issue in the US is that the regions are different. On DVD, US is region 1 and Hong Kong is region 3. On Blu-ray, they're both part of region A.
@Anoton_s: I have a Playstation 3 (European model), so I can't make it region free and I'm not willing to buy an extra Blu-ray player just yet. As far as I know, region free Blu-ray players are expensive? Not that it matters to me: I plan on buying a laptop with Blu-ray player in the future, and use software to make it region free.
yeah, making it region free afterwards is always a hassle and complicated. when i saw 200$ blue ray players in ads for the us, I thought, OK, now it's going mainstream. in europe you can find unlocked models easily but unfortunatley they are very expensive here. ~ 700 €