It’s a near mythological August arriving on 4K UHD and Blu-ray from Arrow Video. When Titans Ruled the Earth: Clash of the Titans and Wrath of the Titans is a boxset that has both of the movies that had Sam Worthington (Avatar) battling Greek Gods. The Mexico Trilogy: El Mariachi, Desperado & Once Upon A Time In Mexico contains the three movies that made Robert Rodriguez an indie legend. You might be wondering why only Desperado is available in 4K UHD. El Mariachi was made for only $7,000 (before post-production) because Rodriguez shot it on 16mm. It’s wouldn’t look good. Desperado was shot on 35mm so it can handle the resolution upgrade. Once Upon A Time In Mexico was shot on Digital Video that wasn’t 4K quality. A film that is getting upgraded to 4K UHD after a previous Blu-ray release is The Woman starring Pollyanna McIntosh (The Walking Dead) and directed by Lucky McKee. Included in the boxset is Offspring, the previous film that also starred Pollyanna McIntosh and featured cannibalism. Here’s the press release from Arrow Video with all the bonus feature details:
New from Arrow Video US
When Titans Ruled the Earth:
Clash of the Titans and Wrath of the Titans
[Limited Edition]
8/13/24
The Mexico Trilogy: El Mariachi, Desperado &
Once Upon A Time In Mexico
[Limited Edition]
Desperado
[Limited Edition Steelbook]
8/27/24
The Woman and Offspring
[Limited Edition]
8/27/24
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| Arrow Video Heats Up in Augustwith Greek Gods, Mariachis, and Feral Cannibalsin Deluxe Box Set Editions! |
| On August 13th, Arrow Video release When Titans Ruled the Earth: Clash of the Titans and Wrath of the Titans in Limited Edition 4K UHD and Blu-ray 2-Disc box sets. Release the Kraken! Sam Worthington (Avatar) leads an all-star cast in the fantasy adventure classic, Clash of the Titans. Follow Perseus (Worthington) as he fights for humanity’s survival against Hades (Ralph Fiennes, No Time To Die) as the God of the Underworld attempts to seize control from Zeus (Liam Neeson, Schindler’s List), who holds Perseus’s true origins and destiny in the balance. Director Louis Leterrier (Fast X) helms this modern update of the original 80s classic. Watch the trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7L-sNoFOQ8 In Wrath of the Titans, Hades has returned to complete his plan to create hell on earth. Picking up ten years after the events of Clash of the Titans, Perseus is called into action after his half-brother Ares (Édgar Ramírez, The Bourne Ultimatum) helps Hades overthrow Zeus. Perseus must now traverse the underworld to free his father and save the world. The demi-god is aided on his dangerous quest by the Queen Andromeda (Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl), fellow demi-god Agenor (Toby Kebbell, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes) and Hephaestus (Bill Nighy, Pirates of the Caribbean). Director Jonathan Liebesman (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning) leads this fast-paced sequel filled with action and adventure. The box sets feature an illustrated collector’s book containing new writing, double-sided fold-out posters for each film, six postcard sized art cards, and reversible sleeves for each film. On August 27th, The Mexico Trilogy: El Mariachi, Desperado & Once Upon A Time In Mexico arrives as a Limited Edition 4K UHD + Blu-ray 4-disc box set. The set features an illustrated collector’s booklet featuring new writing, reversible sleeves for all three films, double-sided posters for each film, and a collectible poster featuring Robert Rodriguez’s original poster concept for El Mariachi.Wunderkind Robert Rodriguez (Sin City, From Dusk Til Dawn) burst onto the scene in 1993 with his $7,000 action spectacular El Mariachi, the tale of a lowly musician (Carlos Gallardo) who is mistaken for a deadly assassin that uses his guitar case to hide an arsenal of weapons. Music, action, car chases, and a finale you won’t soon forget all swirl in this visually stunning debut of one of the masters of action cinema.The special features on the El Mariachi Blu-ray include an audio commentary, new interviews with the director and star, a new interview on the music of the film, a featurette on the making of the film, a short film by the director, the theatrical trailer and a TV spot. Desperado picks up where the previous story left off, with the guitar case-toting avenger (now played by Antonio Banderas, The Mask of Zorro) in search of Bucho (Joaquim de Almeida, Fast Five), the drug dealer who injured him and the woman he loved. In his blood-soaked search for vengeance, he is aided by a lovely bookstore owner (Salma Hayek, Frida) and an in-over-his-head con man (Steve Buscemi, Reservoir Dogs). Armed with a $7 million budget, the do-it-all Rodriguez created the sequel to top all sequels with his John Woo-inspired south of the border action epic. The special features on the Desperado 4K UHD and Blu-ray editions include a new 4K restoration from the original camera negative by Sony Pictures, an audio commentary, new interviews with the director, producer, stunt coordinator, and special effects coordinator, an appreciation by Welsh filmmaker Gareth Evans (The Raid), a featurette on making the film, textless opening, and theatrical trailers. Watch the trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3_vC5kSU6A Rodriguez concludes his epic trilogy with Once Upon A Time In Mexico, with the Mariachi (Banderas) returning to help Mexico as its democracy stands in the balance. When CIA agent Sands (Johnny Depp, Pirates of the Caribbean) hires Mariachi to kill the Army General that murdered Carolina (Salma Hayek), he never thought it would put him in the middle of a military coup and assassination of the President of Mexico. Using digital cameras, Rodriguez creates a clever, and cost-effective, epic ending to his Mexico trilogy. Featuring an all-star cast that includes Banderas, Depp, Hayek, ACADEMY AWARD® nominee Mickey Rourke, Eva Mendes, Danny Trejo, Enrique Iglesias, Cheech Marin, Rubén Blades, and quadruple ACADEMY AWARD® nominee Willem Dafoe. The special features on the Once Upon A Time In Mexico Blu-ray edition include an audio commentary, new interviews with director and visual effects editor, deleted scenes with director’s commentary, multiple archival featurettes on all aspects of the director’s filmmaking process, a featurette showing how to cook the famous dish featured in the film, a director’s Q&A about digital photography from 2003, archival featurette on the hero’s journey through the trilogy, and theatrical trailers. On August 27th, The Woman and Offspring is released in a Limited Edition 4K UHD two-disc set featuring an illustrated collector’s booklet featuring writing on each film, and a reversible sleeve featuring artwork for both films.“Master of Horror” Lucky McKee (May) and cult horror author Jack Ketchum (The Girl Next Door) join forces to bring the one-of-a-kind, brutal tale of family values gone awry in The Woman. Chris (Sean Bridgers, Deadwood), a lawyer, husband, and father of three, hides a dark secret – he’s captured a feral cannibal woman (Pollyanna McIntosh, The Walking Dead) and chained her in his cellar for the purpose of “civilizing” her. His twisted and violent methods soon infect his young son and the entire family. McKee’s unblinking look at the toxicity of men left to their own devices caused a stir when it premiered at Sundance in 2011. The Woman remains one of the most searing horror films of the last twenty years.The special features on The Woman 4K UHD edition includes a 4K restoration supervised and approved by Lucky McKee, multiple commentary tracks featuring the director, editor sound designer, the film’s star, and film critic, a feature-length making of documentary, an interview with actor, multiple featurettes on the making of the film, deleted scenes, a short film by the editor, a music video, a Frightfest discussion panel from 2011, theatrical trailers, and image galleries. Watch the trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkQzJFo8MwU Also included in this set is director Andrew van den Houten’s 2009 adaptation of Ketchum’s prequel to The Woman, Offspring. Pollyanna McIntosh, in the role that she would later reprise in The Woman, stars as the matriarch of a feral cannibal pack that has terrorized the Northeast coast for two centuries. When the pack kidnaps the family’s baby, it becomes a race against time for the family to find the cannibal’s lair. van den Houten’s prequel is as harrowing as McKee’s sequel and as insightful. The special features on the Offspring 4K UHD include a 4K restoration supervised and approved by Andrew van den Houten, multiple audio commentary tracks featuring the director/producer, the digital colorist, the writer, and the cinematographer, multiple interviews with the cast and crew, a restoration comparison, an audition comparison, webisodes, easter eggs, the theatrical trailer, and image gallery. |
Clash of the Titans and Wrath of the Titans, two action-packed tales of mythic high adventure available in a limited edition box set!
![When Titans Ruled The Earth: Clash Of The Titans & Wrath Of The Titans [Limited Edition 4k]](https://mvd.cloud/images/AV606.jpg)
AS FLIES TO WANTON BOYS ARE WE TO THE GODS…
The ultimate struggle for power. Men against kings, kings against gods. From such conflict legends are born!
In Clash of the Titans, Perseus (Sam Worthington), son of a god but raised as a man, is helpless to save his family from Hades (Ralph Fiennes), vengeful god of the underworld. With nothing to lose, Perseus volunteers to lead a dangerous mission to defeat Hades before he can seize power from Zeus (Liam Neeson), king of the gods, and unleash hell on earth. Battling unholy demons and fearsome beasts, can Perseus accept his power and defy fate to create his own destiny?
Wrath of the Titans picks up ten years on from his heroic battle with the monstrous Kraken, with Perseus now living a quiet life by the sea with his young son. But war is raging between the gods and the Titans, and Perseus learns of a treacherous plan for world domination by his power-hungry uncle Hades and godly half-brother Ares (Édgar Ramírez). No longer able to ignore his calling, Perseus joins forces with warrior queen Andromeda (Rosamund Pike), Poseidon’s demigod son Agenor (Toby Kebbell) and fallen god Hephaestus (Bill Nighy) to enter the underworld, rescue the banished Zeus and overthrow the Titans once and for all.
A star-studded cast delivers legendary performances under the direction of Louis Leterrier (The Transporter, The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance) and Jonathan Liebesman (Darkness Falls, Battle: Los Angeles) in two action-packed tales of mythic high adventure.
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2-DISC 4K ULTRA HD BLU-RAY LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS
4K Ultra HD (2160p) Blu-ray presentations in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible) of both films
Original 5.1 DTS-HD MA surround audio
Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
Illustrated collector’s book containing new writing by author and critic Guy Adams and film scholar Josh Nelson
Double-sided fold-out posters for each film featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Joe Wilson
Six postcard sized artcards
Reversible sleeves featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Joe Wilson
DISC 1 – CLASH OF THE TITANS
Scaling Mount Olympus, a brand new interview with producer Basil Iwanyk
Sam Worthington is Perseus
Zeus: Father of Gods and Men
Enter the World of Hades
Calibos: The Man Behind the Monster
Tenerife: A Continent on an Island
Scorpioch
Actors and Their Stunts
Wales: A Beautiful Scarred Landscape
Bringing Medusa to Life
Prepare for the Kraken!
Sam Worthington: An Action Hero for the Ages featurette
Alternate ending
Deleted scenes
Theatrical trailer
Image gallery
DISC 2 – WRATH OF THE TITANS
Unleashing the Beasts, a brand new interview with producer Basil Iwanyk
Who Are the Titans?
Hephaestus: God of Fire
Lost in Tartarus’ Labyrinth
Creatures of the Titans
Path of Men (behind the scenes)
Battling the Chimera
Agenor: The Other Demi-God
The Cyclops Fight
Prison of the Titans
Minotaur: The Human Nightmare
The Heavens Raise Hell on Earth
Deleted scenes
Theatrical trailer
Image gallery
The Mexico Trilogy: El Mariachi, Desperado & Once Upon A Time In Mexico [4k + Blu-ray Limited Edition]
Director Robert Rodriguez’s astonishing ‘Mexico Trilogy’ (El Mariachi, Desperado & Once Upon a Time in Mexico) now available in a limited edition set!
![The Mexico Trilogy: El Mariachi, Desperado & Once Upon A Time In Mexico [4k + Blu-ray Limited Edition]](https://mvd.cloud/images/AV576.jpg)
A Tex-Mex tornado of fire and fury, writer-director Robert Rodriguez’s astonishing ‘Mexico Trilogy’ broke fresh new ground in American independent and action cinema, catapulting the filmmaker and his largely Hispanic cast and crew into the Hollywood stratosphere.
Rodriguez’s ingenious 1993 debut El Mariachi (infamously filmed for only $7000) sees a naive young musician entering a godforsaken border town and finding himself in the middle of a deadly case of mistaken identity. The major studio follow-up Desperado sees Antonio Banderas take up the mantle of the mysterious Mariachi, stalking the Mexican underworld with enough bullets up his sleeves for every bandito in his path. Finally, 2003’s Once Upon a Time in Mexico sees Rodriguez use every cutting-edge technological innovation in his arsenal to bring the trilogy’s explosive conclusion to the screen, as the Mariachi finds himself in the center of a bloody war for the soul of Mexico itself.
Fun, fast and full of invention and inspiration, this deadly trio cemented Robert Rodriguez’s reputation as an action auteur worth following, and are accompanied here by insightful new interviews with the director and his crew of collaborators.
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Bonus Materials
- LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS
- High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray presentations of all three films
- 4K (2160p) Ultra HD Blu-ray presentation in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible) of Desperado
- Illustrated collector’s booklet featuring new writing by Carlos Aguilar and Nicholas Clement
- Reversible sleeves featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Paul Shipper
- Double sided posters featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Paul Shipper
- Collectible poster featuring Robert Rodriguez’s original poster concept for El Mariachi
- DISC 1 – EL MARIACHI (BLU-RAY)
- Original uncompressed Latin-American Spanish stereo audio, plus an English dub in lossless stereo
- Optional English subtitles, plus English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
- Commentary by writer-director Robert Rodriguez
- Big Vision Low Budget, a newly filmed interview with Rodriguez
- The Original Mariachi, a newly filmed interview with producer/star Carlos Gallardo
- The Music of ‘El Mariachi’, a newly produced featurette on the music in the film, featuring interviews with composers Eric Guthrie, Chris Knudson, Alvaro Rodriguez and Marc Trujillo
- Ten Minute Film School, an archive featurette produced and narrated by Rodriguez
- Bedhead, a 1991 short film by Rodriguez
- Theatrical trailer and TV spot
- DISCS 2 & 3 – DESPERADO (BLU-RAY / 4K ULTRA HD BLU-RAY)
- New 4K restoration from the original camera negative by Sony Pictures
- Original uncompressed stereo audio and DTS-HD MA 5.1 surround audio
- Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
- Audio commentary by writer-director Robert Rodriguez
- Lean and Mean, a newly filmed interview with Rodriguez
- Shoot Like Crazy, a newly filmed interview with producer Bill Borden
- Kill Count, a newly filmed interview with stunt coordinator Steve Davison
- Lock and Load, a newly filmed interview with special effects coordinator Bob Shelley
- Game Changer, a newly filmed appreciation by filmmaker Gareth Evans (The Raid: Redemption)
- Ten More Minutes: Anatomy of a Shootout, an archive featurette narrated by Rodriguez
- Textless opening (“Morena de mi Corazón”)
- Theatrical trailers
- DISC 4 – ONCE UPON A TIME IN MEXICO (BLU-RAY)
- Original DTS-HD MA 5.1 surround and 2.0 stereo audio
- Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
- Commentary by writer-director Robert Rodriguez
- The Revolution Will Be Digitized, a newly filmed interview with Rodriguez
- Troublemaking, a newly filmed interview with visual effects editor Ethan Maniquis
- Eight deleted scenes, with optional commentary by Rodriguez
- Ten Minute Flick School, an archive featurette narrated by Rodriguez
- Inside Troublemaker Studios, an archive featurette on Rodriguez’s studio in Austin
- Ten Minute Cooking School, an archive featurette in which Rodriguez shows you how to cook Puerco Pibil
- Film is Dead: An Evening with Robert Rodriguez, a presentation by the director given in 2003
- The Anti-Hero’s Journey, an archive featurette on the arc of the Mariachi
- The Good, the Bad and the Bloody: Inside KNB FX, an archive featurette on the film’s special effects
- Theatrical trailers
Desperado [4K + Blu-ray Limited Edition Steelbook]
Mariachi (Antonio Banderas) follows a trail of blood to an infamous Mexican drug lord, Bucho, for an action-packed, bullet-riddled showdown.
![Desperado [4K + Blu-ray Limited Edition Steelbook]](https://mvd.cloud/images/AV577.jpg)
He came back to settle the score with someone. Anyone. EVERYONE.
After turning the independent film world upside-down with his inventive microbudget debut, writer-director Robert Rodriguez continued the myth of the mysterious Mariachi in the follow-up Desperado, armed with all the explosive pyrotechnics that Hollywood studio money can buy!
A shadowy figure stalks the Mexican underworld, travelling from town to town with only a guitar case in hand; however, what El Mariachi (Antonio Banderas) has on his mind isn’t music, but merciless vengeance. With enough bullets up his sleeves for every bandito in his path, the guitar-playing gunslinger has his sights firmly set on taking down a powerful drug lord (Joaquim de Almeida), but only the love of a local bookstore owner (Salma Hayek) will help the Mariachi get out of town alive.
With a rogues’ gallery of memorable supporting turns from the likes of Danny Trejo, Steve Buscemi, Cheech Marin and Quentin Tarantino, Rodriguez’s instant action classic blends American indie cool and Hong Kong hyperkineticism with a Latino flavor firmly the director’s own.
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Bonus Materials
- New 4K restoration from the original camera negative by Sony Pictures
- 4K (2160p) UHD Blu-ray presentation in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible) and High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray presentation
Limited Edition SteelBook packaging
- 32-page collectors’ booklet featuring new writing by Carlos Aguilar and Nicholas Clement
- Original uncompressed stereo audio and DTS-HD MA 5.1 surround audio
- Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
- Audio commentary by writer-director Robert Rodriguez
- Lean and Mean, a newly filmed interview with Rodriguez
- Shoot Like Crazy, a newly filmed interview with producer Bill Borden
- Kill Count, a newly filmed interview with stunt coordinator Steve Davison
- Lock and Load, a newly filmed interview with special effects coordinator Bob Shelley
- Game Changer, a newly filmed appreciation by filmmaker Gareth Evans (The Raid: Redemption)
- Ten More Minutes: Anatomy of a Shootout, an archive featurette narrated by Rodriguez
- Textless opening (“Morena de mi Corazón”)
- Theatrical trailers
The Woman & Offspring [Limited Edition]
Lucky McKee + Jack Ketchum team up for their most shocking and brutal film to date: The Woman, an instant cause célèbre after its Sundance premiere.
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Almost a decade after Lucky McKee burst upon the indie horror scene and became a ‘Master of Horror’ in the making thanks to his directorial debut May, he teamed up with legendary cult author Jack Ketchum for his most shocking and brutal film to date: The Woman, an instant cause célèbre on its Sundance premiere.
The Woman (Pollyanna McIntosh, The Walking Dead) is the last surviving member of a deadly clan of feral cannibals that has roamed the American wilderness for decades. When successful country lawyer Chris Cleek (Sean Bridgers, Room) stumbles upon her whilst hunting in the woods, he decides to capture and “civilize” her with the help of his seemingly perfect all-American family, including his wife Belle (Angela Bettis, May) and daughter Peggy (Lauren Ashley Carter, Darling). The Cleeks will soon learn, however, that hell hath no fury like The Woman scorned…
Experience McKee and Ketchum’s uncompromisingly twisted vision of the dark side of the American family in a definitive new edition, including a 4K remaster, a slew of bonus features, and a bonus disc featuring a restoration of its gut-churning 2009 predecessor Offspring, also starring McIntosh.
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Bonus Materials
- 4K ULTRA HD BLU-RAY LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS
- 4K restorations of The Woman and Offspring, supervised and approved by Lucky McKee and Andrew van den Houten
- Reversible sleeve featuring newly commissioned artwork for both films by Vanessa McKee
- Illustrated collector’s booklet featuring writing by Michael Blyth, Alexandra Heller-Nicholas and Kevin Kovelant
- DISC ONE – THE WOMAN (4K ULTRA HD BLU-RAY)
- 4K restoration supervised and approved by Lucky McKee
- 4K (2160p) Ultra HD Blu-ray presentation in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible)
- Original DTS-HD MA 5.1 surround audio
- Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- Audio commentary with director Lucky McKee, editor Zach Passero, sound designer Andrew Smetek and composer Sean Spillane
- Audio commentary with star Pollyanna McIntosh
- Audio commentary with critic Scott Weinberg
- Archive commentary with director Lucky McKee
- Dad on the Wall, a 75-minute fly-on-the-wall behind-the-scenes documentary filmed by the director’s father Mike McKee
- Being Peggy Cleek, an interview with star Lauren Ashley Carter
- Malam Domesticam, an archive making-of featurette
- Meet the Makers, a short featurette on the making of the film
- Deleted scenes
- ¡Mi Burro!, a short film by editor Zach Passero
- “Distracted” music video by Sean Spillane
- Frightfest Total Film Panel Discussion, a 2011 onstage chat about the future of American indie horror at the popular horror film festival, featuring Lucky McKee, Andrew van den Houten, Larry Fessenden, Adam Green, Joe Lynch and Ti West
- Theatrical trailers
- Image galleries
- DISC TWO – OFFSPRING (4K ULTRA HD BLU-RAY)
- 4K restoration supervised and approved by Andrew van den Houten
- 4K (2160p) Ultra HD Blu-ray presentation in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible)
- Original DTS-HD MA 5.1 surround audio
- Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- Audio commentary with director/producer Andrew van den Houten and digital colorist Matt McClain
- Archive commentary with writer Jack Ketchum, director/producer Andrew van den Houten and producer/cinematographer William M. Miller
- Interview with Pollyanna McIntosh and Andrew van den Houten
- Fly on the Wall, a behind-the-scenes documentary
- Extended interview with Jack Ketchum
- Restoration comparison
- Audition comparison
- Progeny: The Birth of Offspring, an archive behind-the-scenes featurette including interviews with cast and crew
- First Stolen’s Bailout, an archive behind-the-scenes featurette
- Webisodes, short featurettes used to promote the film online
- Archive Easter Eggs
- Theatrical trailer
- Image gallery
