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Extras:Interview with actor Kenneth Tsang Kong (6:57)
Photo gallery
Original theatrical trailer (1:20)
New theatrical trailer (2:04)
Bonus Trailers
- A Better Tomorrow (1:54)
- An Autumn's Tale (2:02)
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Subtitles:Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional) and English
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Aspect Ratio:1.85:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:NTSC
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Soundtrack(s):Cantonese DTS 5.1
Cantonese Dolby Digital 5.1
Cantonese Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Mandarin Dolby Digital 5.1 -
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Notes:The interview is in Cantonese with optional English subtitles.
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Extras:Cast and crew biographies
Theatrical trailer
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Subtitles:Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), English, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Malay, Spanish and Thai
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Aspect Ratio:1.85:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:NTSC
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Soundtrack(s):Cantonese Dolby Digital 5.1
Mandarin Dolby Digital 5.1 -
Case type:Keep Case
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Extras:Production notes
Cast and crew information
Theatrical trailer
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Subtitles:Cantonese, English and Mandarin
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Aspect Ratio:1.85:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:NTSC
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Soundtrack(s):Cantonese Dolby Digital 5.1
Cantonese Solby Digital 1.0
Mandarin Dolby Digital 5.1
English Dolby Digital 1.0 -
Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Reported to have very bad picture, audio and subtitle quality.
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Extras:"Promotional" US trailer
Bonus trailers for "Full Contact", "Wasabi" and "xXx" -
Subtitles:English, French and Spanish
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Aspect Ratio:1.85:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:NTSC
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Soundtrack(s):Cantonese Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Also contains a Fullscreen pan & scan version.
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Subtitles:English
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Aspect Ratio:1.85:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:NTSC
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Soundtrack(s):Cantonese Dolby Digital 5.1
Mandarin Dolby Digital 5.1 -
Case type:Keep Case
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Extras:"Signed John Woo" featurette (14:25)
Photo gallery
Biographies and filmographies for:
- Chow Yun-Fat (Actor)
- Leslie Cheung (Actor)
- John Woo (Director)
Theatrical trailer
Weblink
Bonus trailers for "Gunmen", "Bullet in the Head", "Don't Play With Fire", "The Killer", "Perfect Blue", "Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion", "Zero Woman : Red Handcuffs" and "Sympathy for Mr Vengeance" -
Subtitles:French (FORCED on Cantonese soundtrack)
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Aspect Ratio:1.85:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):Cantonese Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
French Dolby Digital 5.1 -
Case type:Digipak
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Notes:French title: "Les Associés".
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Extras:Bonus trailer for "Ichi the Killer" (0:38)
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Subtitles:Dutch
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Aspect Ratio:1.78:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 5.1
English Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono -
Case type:Keep Case
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Extras:Theatrical Trailer (1:16)
Cantonese Bonus Trailer
- A Better Tomorrow (4:02)
English Bonus Trailers
- A Better Tomorrow (3:47)
- A Better Tomorrow II (3:23)
- A Better Tomorrow III (4:33)
- Hard Boiled (3:11)
- The Killer (3:42)
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Subtitles:Danish, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish (optional)
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Aspect Ratio:1.85:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):Cantonese Dolby Digital 2.0 mono
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Also available in the 4-film 4-disc "John Woo Collector's Edition Volume 2" boxset which includes "Hard Boiled", "The Killer", "Bullet in the Head" and "Once a Thief".
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Commentaries:Audio commentary by Hong Kong cinema expert Bey Logan
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Extras:"Up Close and Personal" interview with director John Woo (33:56)
"Brother in Arms" interview with producer Terence Chang (10:48)
"Walking Through the Shadows" featurette (10:00)
Original theatrical trailer (1:50)
"Promotional" UK trailer (1:55)
Bonus trailers
- The Killer (Info + Trailer) (2:09)
- Full Contact (Info only)
- Bullet in the Head (Info + Trailer) (2:01)
- Wing Chun (Info only)
- Crime Story (Info only)
- Moon Warriors (Info only)
- The Grudge (Info only)
- Champion (Info only)
- Volcano High (Info only)
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Subtitles:English and English HoH
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Aspect Ratio:1.78:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):Cantonese Dolby Digital 5.1
English Dolby Digital 5.1 -
Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Also part of the 3-film 3-disc The John Woo Collection" which includes "Bullet in the Head" (single disc), "Once a Thief" and "The Killer".
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Extras:Interview with Tsang Kong (6:57)
Photo Galleries
Original Trailer
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Subtitles:English, Korean
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Aspect Ratio:1.85:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:NTSC
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Soundtrack(s):Cantonese DTS 5.1
Cantonese Dolby Digital 5.1 -
Case type:Keep Case
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Extras:Chow Yun-Fat Trailer (2:02)
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Subtitles:Chinese (Simplified), English
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Aspect Ratio:1.85:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:NTSC
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Soundtrack(s):Cantonese Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Mandarin Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
English Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono -
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OVERALL: Draw
The Hong Kong IVL release has DTS sound as well as the original mono.
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CUTS:
- R0 Hong Kong- IVL - No cuts (107:55 NTSC)
- R0 Hong Kong- Mega Star - No cuts
- R0 Hong Kong- Universe Laser and Video Co. Ltd. - No cuts (108:03 NTSC)
- R1 America- Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment - No cuts (108:15 NTSC)
- R1 America- Tai Seng - No cuts
- R2 Double Feature France- HK Vidéo/TF1 Vidéo - No cuts
- R2 Holland- World Wide Cinema - No cuts
- R2 Scandinavia- Scanbox Entertainment - No cuts (103:31 PAL)
- R2 Special Collector's Edition United Kingdom- Hong Kong Legends - No cuts - all previous cuts waived (104:21 PAL)
- R3 South Korea- Spectrum - No cuts (107:50 NTSC)
- R6 China- Zoke Culture - No cuts (108:00 NTSC)
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Comparison added by David on 22/06/03
Comparison last updated by James-Masaki_Ryan on 15/04/21UPDATE LOG:
09/09/13: Addition of R0 Universe Laser and R1 Columbia/Sony.
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15/04/21: Added Scandinavia, Korea, China.
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