Blu-ray release: ‘Martial Law: Lo Wei’s Wuxia World’

By   |  Aug 3, 2025

Eureka Entertainment are bringing a collection of three wuxia films directed by Lo Wei to US and UK Blu-ray on August 18/19, 2025.

A prolific writer and director, Lo Wei found fame in the 1970s following the enormous international success of ‘The Big Boss‘ and ‘Fist of Fury‘, his collaborations with the inimitable Bruce Lee. In the years before he kickstarted a kung fu revolution, though, he had been working on an accomplished series of wuxia pian for Shaw Brothers. Presented here are three standout films drawn from Lo Wei’s wuxia world: ‘The Black Butterfly’, ‘Death Valley’ and ‘Vengeance of a Snow Girl’.

In ‘The Black Butterfly’, a good-hearted thief acts as the Robin Hood of the martial world, robbing from the rich to give to the poor – and they begin by stealing a fortune in gold from a group of five ruthless bandits holed up at Five Devils Rock. Then, in ‘Death Valley’, the Lord of Chao Manor (Lo Wei) is murdered by his niece (Angela Yu Chien), leading to a bitter fight to claim his land and a clash between a hired swordsman () and the Lord’s heir apparent (). Finally, in ‘Vengeance of a Snow Girl’, a young woman (Li Ching) takes revenge for her murdered parents, who were killed in a dispute over the legendary Tsui Feng sword – leading to a final showdown on frozen ground.

Features:
• 1080p HD presentations of all three films on Blu-ray
• Optional English subtitles, newly revised for this release
• New audio commentaries on all three features by Mike Leeder and Arne Venema
• Hong Kong Hustle – new interview with Hong Kong cinema scholar Wayne Wong on the life and work of Lo Wei
• Limited edition O-card slipcase [2000 copies]
• Limited edition collector’s booklet [2000 copies]

‘Martial Law: Lo Wei’s Wuxia World’ is available to pre-order now from Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk.

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