Martial Law: The Complete Collection Hits Next Month

Kind of a busier year for Sammo Hung, with his new movie My Bodyguard out there and coming soon in the west, his 1990’s series Martial Law is also hitting the shelves in its entirety next month.  Here’s info on the ‘complete collection’, all 44 episodes.  The box set is now available to pre-order on Amazon.

Martial Law (Traditional Chinese: 過江龍) is an American/Canadian crime drama that aired on CBS from 1998 to 2000, and was created by Carlton Cuse. The title character, Sammo Law, portrayed by Sammo Hung, was a Chinese law officer and martial arts expert who came to Los Angeles in search of a colleague and remains in the US.

The show was a surprise hit, making Hung the only East Asian headlining a prime-time network series in the United States. At the time, Hung was not fluent in English, and he reportedly recited some of his dialogue phonetically. In many scenes, Hung did not speak at all, making Martial Lawperhaps the only US television series in history that featured so little dialogue from the lead character.

• Produced by Carlton Cuse (Lost, Nash Bridges, Bates Motel)

• Includes all 44 episodes plus two Bonus crossover episodes from “WALKER TEXAS RANGER” and “EARLY EDITION”.

• Bonus audio commentary from creator Carlton Cuse on series premiere, “Shanghai Express”.