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Region 4 Winners and Losers

Region 4 Winners and Losers

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New Dragon Gate Inn (Xin Long Men ke Zhan): Special Collector's EditionR1

    The UK Region 2 also comes from HKL and the Region 4 seems to be a port of this.

    In comparison to the US Region 1, the Region 4 misses out on:

  • Filmographies for Tony Leung Ka Fai and Donnie Yen
  • Audio commentary by Ric Meyers

    The Region 1 misses out on:

  • Donnie Yen interview
  • Music Promo
  • Photo Gallery

    The Region 1 sounds as though it hasn't been cleaned up, with dirt and other detritus reported.

    A French Region 2 release has additional filmographies but only comes in a box set with another Maggie Cheung film called Green Snake. This disc has non-removable French subtitles and no English subtitles.

    A Hong Kong release without region coding from Mei Ah has a Cantonese Dolby Digital 5.1 track as well as mono Cantonese and Mandarin alternatives. It has English subtitles but no extras. I have not found any reviews of it, but I have a few Mei Ah discs and typically they have average to mediocre transfers and poor English subtitles.

    A Region 3 release from Korea has a Cantonese surround track with mono Cantonese and Mandarin alternatives. It has English subtitles and a couple of trailers.

    I think that the audio commentary tips the scales slightly in favour of the Region 1.