Region 4 Winners and Losers

    There is no R1 release of this DVD. The R4 release appears to be the same transfer of the movie as the R2 French release, but with a couple more extras subtitled in English not French. The best version is definitely the R3 Director’s Cut which has a couple of additional shots, some more blood, and an awesome DTS-ES 6.1 soundtrack that, despite the quality of the soundtrack on the R4 release, puts this to shame. The extras aren’t subtitled, but if you want to enjoy this film how it was meant to be seen, grab the R3 Director’s Cut release. For more detail on specifics, check out the Rewind website. I also felt that, on a side by side comparison between the R4 and R3 Director’s Cut, the R3 version has a slightly better image in terms of detail and colour balance.