This September, ARROW VIDEO presents Love, Death & Apocalypse: Three Films by Álex de la Iglesia – often hilarious, always stylish, and utterly unpredictable, the films of Spanish director Álex de la Iglesia are an exhilarating shock to the cinematic system, making their UK debut on 4K.
Produced by legendary provocateur Pedro Almodóvar, de la Iglesia’s debut feature Acción Mutante is a violent sci-fi black comedy; his second feature, The Day of the Beast (El día de la Bestia) is one of the greatest horror comedies of all time; and Perdita Durango, based on a novel by Barry Gifford (author of Wild at Heart), is a twisted tale of love, guns and drugs, starring Rosie Perez (Do the Right Thing), Javier Bardem (No Country for Old Men) and James Gandolfini (The Sopranos). The 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray release (and also available on Limited Edition Blu-ray) comes with a wealth of new and archival extras, the releases feature double-sided fold-out posters, reproduction art cards, an illustrated collector’s booklet, and Limited Edition Deluxe packaging with reversible sleeves.
Arrow Video presents The Threat, a gritty crime drama in the vein of Kurosawa’s High and Low, set against the backdrop of a rapidly modernising Japan that has left many of its citizens behind. Starring Misawa (Rentarō Mikuni, Fugitive from the Past, Vengeance is Mine), this is a little-seen early masterpiece from Kinji Fukasaku, the future director of Battles Without Honour and Humanity and Battle Royale. Presented for the very first time outside of its own country in a stunning new transfer, the Limited Edition Blu-ray includes a reversible sleeve, illustrated collector’s booklet, and a double-sided foldout poster featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Tony Stella.
Finally in September, on 4K Ultra HD, The Chronicles of Riddick, an expansive and ambitious sequel to the breakthrough sci-fi/horror smash Pitch Black, from writer-director David Twohy and star Vin Diesel. Also starring Keith David (The Thing), Academy Award winner Dame Judi Dench, Colm Feore (Thor) and Karl Urban (The Boys), Twohy and Diesel’s hard-hitting outer-space epic has been restored in glorious 4K, with hours of incisive bonus features exploring every detail of this densely-constructed and masterfully-executed mythology. The three-disc Limited Edition set (also available on Blu-ray) includes Theatrical and Director’s cuts of the film, a reversible sleeve featuring newly commissioned artwork, and an illustrated collectors’ booklet.
Acción Mutante is a violent sci-fi black comedy set in a post-apocalyptic world where attractive people hold all the power and a terrorist group, who see themselves as mutants, take arms to rid the world of their superficial oppressors; in The Day of the Beast (El día de la bestia) a Catholic priest joins forces with a heavy metal fan, and the host of a popular occult TV show to kill the Antichrist on Christmas Eve; Perdita Durango is a twisted tale of love, guns, drugs, voodoo ceremonies, and refrigerated foetuses…
For more information on these titles, visit the Arrow website.
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