Three films from Sammo Hung on Blu-ray from Eureka in December

Eureka Entertainment is to release of Triple Threat, three explosive chapters from the legendary Sammo Hung’s unstoppable career. This action-packed collection will be presented as a three-disc Blu-ray set as part of the acclaimed Eureka Classics range, and will be available in a Limited Edition of just 2,000 copies from 8 December 2025 in the UK at the RRP of £42.99 and 9 December at the SRP of $74.95 in North America. Housed in an O-card slipcase, the set also includes an exclusive bonus disc and a collector’s booklet.

Just as the kung fu film seemed to be losing steam as the 1970s came to a close, a new generation of martial arts stars rose to the top of Hong Kong cinema. Amongst them were Yuen Biao, Jackie Chan and the irrepressible Sammo Hung, who found fame as the director and star of The Iron Fisted Monk, The Magnificent Butcher and Encounter of the Spooky Kind. Presented here are three films spanning Hung’s career, from a supporting role in The Manchu Boxer [Qi sheng quan wang] (1974) to stardom in Paper Marriage [San De huo shang yu Chong Mi Liu] (1977) and Shanghai, Shanghai [Luan shi er nv] (1990). Eureka Entertainment is to release Triple Threat, three explosive chapters from the legendary Sammo Hung’s unstoppable career. This action-packed collection will be presented as a three-disc Blu-ray set as part of the acclaimed Eureka Classics range, and will be available in a Limited Edition of just 2,000 copies in December in the UK North America. Housed in an O-card slipcase, the set also includes an exclusive bonus disc and a collector’s booklet.

In Wu Ma’s The Manchu Boxer, Hung (who doubles up as the film’s fight choreographer) plays the villainous foil to a roaming martial artist who enters a boxing tournament to defeat a gang of bandits. Then, in the action comedy Paper Marriage, Hung stars as a down-on-his-luck Chinese boxer living in Canada who is paid to marry an immigrant from Hong Kong (Maggie Cheung). She wants to gain Canadian citizenship, but he just wants to keep the loan sharks off his back. Finally, in Shanghai, Shanghai, a young man (Yuen Biao) goes looking for his brother, a police officer, in the big city – and also finds himself embroiled with a ruthless gangster played by Hung.

From traditional kung fu to romantic comedy to a tale of cops and crooks with shades of the “heroic bloodshed” films so popular in the 1980s and early 1990s, The Manchu Boxer, Paper Marriage and Shanghai, Shanghai exhibit Sammo Hung’s enormous range and chart his rise from supporting player to top-billed star. Eureka Classics is presenting all three films for the first time on Blu-ray in the UK.