OVERALL: Draw

- HK "Avant-Garde" edition (or "Avant-Garde CE" boxset) and HK CE have both DTS soundtracks and the best extras ("Avant-Garde" editions have full bitrate DTS, but no Dolby Digital) ; however, all the extras may not be English friendly.
- R2 Japan has many extras (including a longer "Making Of" featurette and an exclusive interview) and a DTS soundtrack, but is not English friendly whatsoever.
- R2 UK UE has many extras (including a longer "Making Of" featurette), all of which are English friendly, but no DTS.

R4 should be avoided since it is a NTSC/PAL conversion.
Also note that R2 UK SE has an exclusive featurette.


General note about the audio: Main language is Mandarin, but the track is multi-language (it also has Cantonese, English, Korean and Hindi).

CUTS:

• R0 2-Disc Edition Hong Kong- Joy Sales - No cuts as such (113:37 NTSC). However, original ending credits with outtakes are missing
• R0 Avant-Garde Collector's Edition Hong Kong- Joy Sales - No cuts as such (113:37 NTSC). However, original ending credits with outtakes have been moved to disc three
• R0 Collector's Edition Hong Kong- Joy Sales - No cuts as such (113:37 NTSC). However, original ending credits with outtakes have been moved to disc three
• R2 Germany- Splendid Film - No cuts
• R2 Premium Edition Japan- Universal Pictures - No cuts (120:35 NTSC)
• R2 Special Edition United Kingdom- Cine Asia - No cuts (120:35 PAL)
• R2 Ultimate Edition United Kingdom- Cine Asia - No cuts (120:34 PAL)
• R4 Australia- Madman Entertainment - No cuts (120:35 PAL)

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Comparison added by Jari_Kovalainen on 28/11/05
Comparison last updated by Vincent_Bouche on 16/11/12

UPDATE LOG:

16/11/12: Addition of Beaver link and of Japanese, UK SE and UK UE editions.