This listing is for the standard edition 4K UHD/Blu-ray.
The original limited edition sideloading slipcase was limited to 10,000 units and is sold out.
The limited edition variant slipcover (designed by Steak Mtn) was limited to 2,000units and is sold out.
Dragon Sound, the house band at Orlando's #1 nightclub is made up of five orphans and university classmates, all of whom are experts in Taekwondo, with a musical mission to share the importance of love and friendship. Lead singer John is engaged in a budding romance with Jane, sister of Jeff, a kingpin in one of Florida's toughest drug pushing gangs. A resentful rival band enlists the help of Jeff and his crew of violent, motorcycle riding thugs to exact vengeance for their bruised egos, against Dragon Sound. The five best friends are soon forced to put their fighting skills to the ultimate test, not just to defend themselves, but their entire community from the iron grip held over it by these narcotics trafficking hooligans.
An international cult sensation and tribute to the unwavering power of friendship, Woo-sang Park (aka Richard Park) and Y.K. Kim's MIAMI CONNECTION was the cinematic passion project of Florida based martial arts teacher, Grandmaster Kim, and combines explosive action set pieces, daring and elaborate fight sequences, and live musical performances from Dragon Sound. Featuring a cast comprised of Kim's students along with plentiful local talent, MIAMI CONNECTION offers the best traits of regional exploitation filmmaking through the aesthetic of Cannon-esque 80s action, and finally comes to UHD from Vinegar Syndrome, exclusively restored in 4K from recently unearthed negative materials and loaded with plentiful archival and newly shot extras. Plus, this edition includes the world home video debut of its long lost pre-release version, ESCAPE FROM MIAMI, which features numerous additional and extended scenes as well as a completely different ending!
directed by: Woo-sang Park, Y.K. Kim starring: Y.K. Kim, Vincent Hirsch, Joseph Diamand, Maurice Smith, Angelo Janotti, Kathy Collier, William Ergle, Woo-sang Park 1987 / 86min / 1.85:1 / English Stereo
Additional info:
Region Free 4K Ultra HD / Blu-ray x2 Set
4k UHD presented in High-Dynamic-Range
Newly scanned & restored in 4k from it’s 35mm interpositive
"Resurrecting The Dragon: Looking Back at Miami Connection (Again)" - a brand new extensive & exclusive making-of documentary featuring all new interviews with: writer/producer/director/star Y.K. Kim, actor Vincent Hirsch, actor Joseph Diamand, actor Maurice Smith, actor Angelo Janotti, actress Kathy Collier, sound editor Jeffrey A. Okun, composer Jon McCallum and production assistant Faith Cotter
Audio commentary with star/producer Y.K. Kim and writer/star Joseph Diamond
"Friends For Eternity" - a making-of documentary from 2012
"Dragon Sound Reunion" - a 25th anniversary concert from Fantastic Fest 2012
"The New American Dream" - an archival Y.K. Kim promotional video
"Who is Y.K. Kim?" - an archival Y.K. Kim promotional video
Re-release trailer from 2012
Reversible cover artwork
English SDH subtitles
Overall rating: 4.8040714 / 5 from 393 reviews.
AI Generated Review Summary
The Miami Connection 4K UHD/Blu-ray edition offers a fantastic restoration, excellent music, and a great release. Customers appreciate the clean and modern design, though opinions on the acting and film itself vary. The transfer quality is excellent, and the packaging and slip are highly praised.
"Fun film, great transfer, and awesome packaging!" — Austin P.
"Great movie, great packaging, great customer service, great company" — Steven B.
"This incredibly fun movie has top action and music." — Jarrett B.
Reviews
Classic!
"This one is incredible! If you're a lover of bad movies, this is a must watch! I'll say no more except DRAGON SOUND RULES!"
— Stephen J. (5/5)
GREAT FLICK!
"This cult classic with a small budget is a hit! Absolute greatness with the sound and transfer. This was a first time watch for me and I was blown away at how fun it is. Highly recommend adding this one to the collection."
— Dustin G. (5/5)
Taekwondo fun
"Loved this movie. Silly plot and acting. Soundtrack was gold. Had to buy that also."
— Lauri P. (5/5)
Top fun from start to finish
"I've wanted to watch this for years. The hype is true. It's even more fun than I thought it would be."
— Steven F. (5/5)
Cult must
"Greatest ninja rock band movie of all time."
— Jean-François N. (5/5)
Best of the Best
"Movie: Still so much fun even after seeing it maybe a dozen times now. Extras: The Escape From Miami cut is absolutely fascinating to watch if you're a fan of this movie. Do it before the interview spoil it! Speaking of, the interviews are solid. The short concert footage is really fun, as is Th New American Dream, which feels like a Tim & Eric sketch. Packaging: Bonus for reversible cover. You can tell the new artwork was lovingly designed."
— Gideon M. (5/5)
Power of friendship
"Against the ninja!"
— shane m. (5/5)
The 4k looks great, and
"The 4k looks great, and this is a wild movie. It's like 2 different movies crammed together, half is like a movie about a local band whose members also train in Tae Kwon Do together, but then the back half is gets much more serious and murder-y. Great presentation, crazy movie, two thumbs up"
— Jason A. (5/5)
I Came For The Variant Slip
"This is a wonderful film that EVERYONE needs to see. I haven’t found the time to watch this transfer yet, but I Am happy for this release. The music in this movie is not the only thing great about it, everything about this picture is great. Everything. I previously already had 2 copies of the drafthouse release and I still grabbed a copy of the VS version. Enough said. If you haven’t seen this one yet then you are eating dust. Highly recommended to anyone."
— Rory K. (5/5)
A classic.
"One of, if not my favorite b movies. My only complaint is that the packaging was fused together and ripped the dust jacket when I opened it."
— Robert M. (5/5)
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