OVERALL: Draw

Best out of the regular "DTS" releases would be the R2 Japanese and R3 Korean, with additional extras over the regular editions.

All the regular releases include an English DTS audio track, one commentary and five featurettes (expect French and Italian). However, the R1 SE has two commentaries and a number of extras not on the regular editions but it also misses out on a DTS audio track and the 27 minutes "Making Of" found on the regular editions.

The Hong Kong release includes a different set of interviews and making of than those found on other releases.

The French and Italian releases seem to have a shorter version (TBC). Also worthy of note is the fact the German release also has some of the extras on the R1 DE. The choice is yours.

It seems the Superbit release is only marginally better than the regular R1 and is not recommended unless you wish to sacrifice the extensive extras for the marginally better quality.

The Spanish R2 release is an attractive package, with exclusive extras but the English audio is DD 2.0 surround only.

CUTS:

• R0 Russia- Pyramid Home Video - No Cuts (100:25 NTSC)
• R1 Deluxe Edition America- Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment - No Cuts (100:25 NTSC)
• R1 Special Edition America- Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment - No cuts (100:25 NTSC)
• R1 SuperBit America- Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment - No Cuts (100:25 NTSC)
• R2 Belgium- Universal Pictures - No Cuts (96:29 PAL)
• R2 France- Metropolitan Seven 7 - Yes, appears to be a shorter cut at 91 mins (PAL) - NOT confirmed.
• R2 Special Edition Germany- Universum Film - No Cuts (96:29 PAL)
• R2 Special Edition Holland- Universal Pictures - No Cuts
• R2 Italy- Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment - Yes, appears to be a shorter cut at 94 mins (PAL) - NOT confirmed.
• R2 Japan- Toshiba - No Cuts (101:56 NTSC)
• R2 Portugal- Lusomundo - No Cuts
• R2 Scandinavia- Buena Vista Home Entertainment - No Cuts
• R2 Special Edition Spain- Filmax Home Video - No Cuts
• R2 United Kingdom- Pathe! Distribution - No Cuts (96:28 PAL)
• R3 Hong Kong- Edko Films - No Cuts (100:24 NTSC)
• R3 Korea- Spectrum DVD - No Cuts
• R4 Australia- Constantin Film / Buena Vista - No Cuts (96:31 PAL)

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Comparison added by Hans_Kristian_Senneseth on 22/02/03
Comparison last updated by Adrian_Busby on 16/04/14

UPDATE LOG:

22/06/11 - Comparison clean-up.
26/03/12 - Added R0 Russia, R2 Belgium and R3 Hong Kong.
16/04/14 - Minor tweaks and runtimes added to R1 releases