The Adventurers

Wai Lok-yan (Lau) was just eight years old when his parents were killed before his eyes in Cambodia, where his father had been working for the CIA during Pol Pot's ascent to power in the latter days of the Cambodian Civil War. Taken to Thailand by his father's colleague Seung (Chiang), Yan grows up to join the Thai Air Force and comes to discover that his father's murderer - Ray Liu (Paul Chun, Royal Tramp), once a double agent - has now become a wealthy arms dealer based in the United States. With the help of the CIA, Yan intends to get close to Liu and have his revenge by taking on an assumed identity and gaining the trust of Liu's daughter, Crystal (Jacklyn Wu, A Moment of Romance) - but first he will need to go undercover in San Francisco's criminal underworld to rescue her from the clutches of the Vietnamese Black Tiger Gang.

Made shortly before Ringo Lam departed for Hollywood to make Maximum Risk with Jean-Claude Van Damme, The Adventurers is a hidden gem amongst the many heroic bloodshed films produced in Hong Kong during the 1990s. Eureka Classics is proud to present the film on Blu-ray for the first time in North America from a brand new 2K restoration.

• Genre: Action/Adventure
• Run Time: 110 mins
• Number of Discs: 1
• Audio: STEREO
• Year of Production: 1995
• Region Code: 1
• Box Lot: 23
• Territory: NORTH AMERICA
• Language: Cantonese
• Slipcover: Yes

Cast & Crew

• Actor: Andy Lau
• Actor: Rosamund Kwan
• Actor: Chien-Lien Wu
• Actor: Ron Yuan
• Actor: George Cheung
• Actor: David Chiang
• Actor: John Ching
• Actor: Paul Chun
• Actor: Van Darkholme
• Actor: Phillip Ko
• Actor: Andy Tse
• Actor: Maggie Wong
• Actor: Victor Wong
• Actor: Parkman Wong
• Director: Ringo Lam
• Producer: Peggy Lee

Bonus Materials

• Limited edition of 2000 copies
• Limited edition O-Card slipcase featuring new artwork by Time Tomorrow
• 1080p HD presentation on Blu-ray from a brand new 2K restoration
• Original Cantonese mono and DTS-HD MA 5.1 audio options
• Optional English subtitles, newly translated for this release
• New audio commentary by film critic David West
• Two Adventurers – new interview with Gary Bettinson, editor of Asian Cinema journal
• Previously unseen archival interview with writer and producer Sandy Shaw
• Theatrical trailer
• PLUS: A Limited edition collector’s booklet featuring a new essay by Hong Kong cinema scholar Aaron Han Joon Magnan-Park
• * All extras subject to change

Sales Points

• Limited edition of 2000 copies (per territory) exclusively featuring an O-card slipcase and collector’s booklet
• A film by Ringo Lam (City on Fire) | Stars Andy Lau (Infernal Affairs), Rosamund Kwan (Once Upon a Time in China), David Chiang (Election) and Victor Wong (Big Trouble in Little China)
• Presented on Blu-ray from a brand new 2K restoration
• First time on Blu Ray in the UK and North America

Press Quotes

The Adventurers has a lot going for it and stands on its own as a serviceable thriller

     —Joey O'Bryan, Austin Chronicle

Ringo Lam is one of Hong Kong's most striking filmmakers

     —Andrew Skeates, Far East Films

A lot of energy and madness here, which makes you sit and smile. Especially the transformation of Rosamund Kwan... Fantastic!

     —Tom Kleppe, Not Only Hollywood