Masters of Cinema is a prestige DVD line in the UK, similar to the Criterion Collection in the US. They've put out special edition DVDs of world cinema classics like FUNERAL PARADE OF ROSES, METROPOLIS, VENGEANCE IS MINE and...MAD DETECTIVE? Yep, Johnnie To's MAD DETECTIVE will be one of the line's first Blu-Ray discs. This will be the first modern movie Masters of Cinema has released in almost 20 years (previously their most recent film is 1989's nutso GANDAHAR).

Rumor has it that after MAD DETECTIVE, Masters of Cinema is planning to devote its energy to releasing some modern classics of Hong Kong cinema. All I can say is: a fully restored, complete version of PEKING OPERA BLUES...please!

(Thanks to logboy for the news)

(MAD DETECTIVE at Amazon UK)