1942 on DVD Jan 29th from Tartan

In the spirit of R-Point and The Sixth Sense, Tartan Video is pleased to announce 1942, a new film from acclaimed director Kelvin Tong (The Maid). This DVD has been officially cleared to declare war on DVD shelf space January 29th in video stores across the country.

Huddled in a jungle trench, war cameraman Fujii is hoping to shoot footage of the Japanese 6th army when an enemy mortar shell explodes near by. Running for his life and armed only with an 8mm camera, the young soldier joins the remnants of the scattered 6th. With only five scared and weary soldiers remaining, the group decides they must escape the jungle if they are to survive the expedition. Curiously all the maps are wrong, the radio will not work and strange images are haunting the men. Fighting against thirst, hunger and eventually each other, the lone cameraman finds the job of keeping everyone alive squarely on his shoulders.

Filmed in Malaysia, 1942 is directed by Kelvin Tong, one of the most successful directors in Singapore today. Tong is currently filming a Hong Kong action thriller, Rule Number One, with Hong Kong stars Shawn Yue (Dragon Heat, Invisible Target, Dragon Tiger Gate and the Infernal Affairs series) and Ekin Cheng (Legend of Zu, The Storm Riders and the Young and Dangerous series), set to be released in 2008.

Japanese, with English and Spanish subtitles, 1942 is presented in anamorphic widescreen, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound and DTS Surround Sound 5.1. Special DVD features TBD.