OVERALL: Draw

"Sazuma Productions" is the clear winner, with the best set of English-friendly extra-features and the best transfer. The Severin release seems to be sourced from the same transfer as Sazuma's DVD, but contains less contextual material. The Austrian edition lacks the English track but features English subtitles for the feature only.

CUTS:

• R0 Mediabook Austria- Wild Dogs - No cuts (85:55 PAL)
• R1 America- Severin Films - No cuts (89:44 NTSC).
• R2 Austria- Sazuma Productions - No censor cuts (86:09 min - PAL), but both “Sazuma” and Japanese DVD are missing one brief shot of “typing hands” before the criminals enter the bank at the beginning. This shot was included at least in the old UK VHS from “CineHollywood”.
• R2 Japan- Media Suits - No censor cuts (86:10 min - NTSC), but both “Sazuma” and Japanese DVD are missing one brief shot of “typing hands” before the criminals enter the bank at the beginning. This shot was included at least in the old UK VHS from “CineHollywood”. Note, that based on the running times, the Japanese DVD is most likely taken from the PAL-source.

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Comparison added by Jari_Kovalainen on 02/02/05
Comparison last updated by Eric_Cotenas on 11/04/18

UPDATE LOG:

11/04/18 : Added Austrian edition.