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Region 4 Winners and Losers

Region 4 Winners and Losers

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Drunken Master (Zui Quan)R4
    This film is already available on DVD in both Regions 1 and 2. The Region 1 release appears to be identical to our Region 4 release. The Region 2 release is a different story and, just as with Snake In The Eagle's Shadow, it's a case of good news/bad news.

    In comparison to the Region 4 (and Region 1) version of this DVD, Region 2 receives:

  • No original Cantonese language audio track - instead, an alternate Mandarin dub track is provided in addition to the English dub track.
  • A cropped 1.78:1, 16x9 enhanced aspect ratio.
    However, Region 2 also gets.....
  • Several extras, including: a featurette interview with producer Ng See-Yuen (appears to be exactly the same interview featurette extra as appears on the R2 release of Snake); a "Kicking Showcase" featurette with Hwang Jang-Lee (again, appears to be the same extra as on the R2 release of Snake); detailed cast and crew bios (Jackie Chan's bio is reported to be 32 pages long!); a 2-minute edit of the film's fighting highlights to music; a photo gallery; and a theatrical trailer. This is quite an extras package, but it does not include the audio commentary.

    The Region 2 version might appear to be the arguable winner in terms of overall extras package, but when you break it down note that, apart from the bio screens, the only really meaty extra is an interview featurette (time unknown but probably short) and a short "Kicking Showcase" featurette with Hwang Jang-Lee. Again you must weigh this up against the loss of the original language track, a cropped 1.78:1 transfer and a great audio commentary. Note also that our Region 4 release is also the clear winner for price, given the pairing of two films together in one affordably priced DVD package. I am calling this a Region 4 winner.