Region 4 Winners and Losers

    The UK Region 2 release seems to be identical to the Region 4.

    A US Region 1 release from Fox has soundtracks in both DTS 5.1 and Dolby Digital 5.1 in Cantonese and English. The only extras are a few trailers. This release is 16x9 enhanced and reported to be very good. The film is uncut.

    Another US release, this time coded for All Regions from Tai Seng, is not 16x9 enhanced. This one has some trailer and what is reported to be interactive games. It has Cantonese and Mandarin Dolby Digital 5.1 tracks and is uncut.

    An All Regions disc from Hong Kong is not 16x9 enhanced, has some trailers and cast and crew biographies and Cantonese and Mandarin Dolby Digital 5.1 soundtracks. It is also uncut.

    A difficult judgment to make. The Hong Kong Legends release has the better extras, but has been censored, albeit not by much. If you only want the film, then the US Fox disc is probably the ideal version, but if you don't mind missing out on the sight of a snake's head being pulled off, then the Region 4 is well worth the money.