Laboratory of the Devil (Men Behind The Sun 2) 1992 - Blu-ray Forum

Flack999 · 09-18-2019, 08:02 PM

Now here's a movie I didn't expect to get the Blu-Ray treatment:

https://www.dddhouse.com/v3/product_...7&LanguageID=0

Description :

1080 Full HD
Widescreen
PCM 2.0
Language : Cantonese, Mandarin, Japanese(Part)
Subtitle : Traditional / Simplified Chinese, English

Synopsis :
In the spring of 1945, Japan established a secret base, Unit 731 in Manchuria, where many innocent Chinese, Korean and Mongolian people were killed in grotesque experiments. An idealistic young doctor, Morishima, is horrified by the experiments being performed in the camp and when his fiancée arrives disguised as a Chinese prisoner he sets out to liberate the camp. A docudrama sequel to the notorious Men Behind the Sun, which pulls no punches when it comes to delivering the shocks !

spannick · 09-18-2019, 09:13 PM

wondering only... if the butchered HK Print that was on VHS or uncut...

Gorgon · 09-18-2019, 11:51 PM

^^ "Men Behind The Sun"... isn't that the one with the infamous 'cat vs rats' scene?
Yeah, I can live without it.

spannick · 09-19-2019, 12:33 AM

nah, this is part 2. even the Breakout Action Scene in the Movie is cut to shreds, everything barely violent is missing in HK VHS Version.

Flack999 · 09-23-2019, 01:44 PM

Got to take a look at this today.
It's the uncut version, but the formerly censored bits (the autopsy scene and all the nasty stuff) are SD inserts - so a lot of them.

agenda · 09-23-2019, 08:34 PM

Wake me up when Fun Tei Mou's original Hei tai yang 731 (a.k.a. Men Behind the Sun) (1988) is getting its Blu-ray premier in uncut with English subtitles.

Read from the TRIVIA just some of the difficulties that the director had to face with the production, and then look at the budjet for christ sake!!!

ThatDeviantGuy · 10-14-2019, 11:35 PM

I saw an HD download for this when digging around on the Chinese internet a year or so back, glad to see this is finally available on disc!

ThatDeviantGuy · 10-22-2019, 04:30 AM

Some of the gore footage that is in SD on MBHTS 2: Laboratory of the Devil is in HD on the concurrently released disc of MBHTS 3: Narrow Escape. Kind of curious it wasn't used in Laboratory, maybe the reused shots were edited down and would require mid shot SD inserts?

The Mole · 01-03-2024, 07:58 AM

Dvdcompare.net lists the HK BD from Panorama with a running time of 94:52 minutes, stating it is missing some shots.

The newer US BD from Massacre Video is listed runinng 94:40 minutes (12 seconds shorter than the HK version, but it is marked as uncut.

http://dvdcompare.net/comparisons/film.php?fid=51774

Both discs apparently use the same source: a scan from the original negative which was cut down for the HK theatrical version and filled up again for the BD with SD material.

Can anyone confirm that the Massacre Video disc is indeed uncut although running shorter than the HK disc?

09-18-2019, 08:02 PM	#1
Flack999 Senior Member Member since:Aug 2011 Location:Berlin, Germany	Laboratory of the Devil (Men Behind The Sun 2) 1992 Now here's a movie I didn't expect to get the Blu-Ray treatment: https://www.dddhouse.com/v3/product_...7&LanguageID=0 Description : 1080 Full HD Widescreen PCM 2.0 Language : Cantonese, Mandarin, Japanese(Part) Subtitle : Traditional / Simplified Chinese, English Synopsis : In the spring of 1945, Japan established a secret base, Unit 731 in Manchuria, where many innocent Chinese, Korean and Mongolian people were killed in grotesque experiments. An idealistic young doctor, Morishima, is horrified by the experiments being performed in the camp and when his fiancée arrives disguised as a Chinese prisoner he sets out to liberate the camp. A docudrama sequel to the notorious Men Behind the Sun, which pulls no punches when it comes to delivering the shocks !

09-23-2019, 01:44 PM	#5
Flack999 Senior Member Member since:Aug 2011 Location:Berlin, Germany	Got to take a look at this today. It's the uncut version, but the formerly censored bits (the autopsy scene and all the nasty stuff) are SD inserts - so a lot of them. Last edited by Flack999; 09-23-2019 at 01:57 PM.

09-18-2019, 09:13 PM	#2
spannick Senior Member Member since:Jan 2016 4K collection:1 Blu-ray collection:224 DVD collection:14	wondering only... if the butchered HK Print that was on VHS or uncut...

09-18-2019, 11:51 PM	#3
Gorgon Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Jun 2015 Location:Great White North Trading Score:32	^^ "Men Behind The Sun"... isn't that the one with the infamous 'cat vs rats' scene? Yeah, I can live without it.

09-19-2019, 12:33 AM	#4
spannick Senior Member Member since:Jan 2016 4K collection:1 Blu-ray collection:224 DVD collection:14	nah, this is part 2. even the Breakout Action Scene in the Movie is cut to shreds, everything barely violent is missing in HK VHS Version.

09-23-2019, 08:34 PM	#6
agenda Blu-ray Guru Member since:Jun 2018	Wake me up when Fun Tei Mou's original Hei tai yang 731 (a.k.a. Men Behind the Sun) (1988) is getting its Blu-ray premier in uncut with English subtitles. Read from the TRIVIA just some of the difficulties that the director had to face with the production, and then look at the budjet for christ sake!!!

10-14-2019, 11:35 PM	#7
ThatDeviantGuy Active Member Top contributor Member since:Feb 2016 Location:Chicago, IL 4K collection:242 Blu-ray collection:2233 DVD collection:160 Blu-ray reviews:6	I saw an HD download for this when digging around on the Chinese internet a year or so back, glad to see this is finally available on disc!

10-22-2019, 04:30 AM	#8
ThatDeviantGuy Active Member Top contributor Member since:Feb 2016 Location:Chicago, IL 4K collection:242 Blu-ray collection:2233 DVD collection:160 Blu-ray reviews:6	Some of the gore footage that is in SD on MBHTS 2: Laboratory of the Devil is in HD on the concurrently released disc of MBHTS 3: Narrow Escape. Kind of curious it wasn't used in Laboratory, maybe the reused shots were edited down and would require mid shot SD inserts?

01-03-2024, 07:58 AM	#9
The Mole Power Member Member since:May 2014	Dvdcompare.net lists the HK BD from Panorama with a running time of 94:52 minutes, stating it is missing some shots. The newer US BD from Massacre Video is listed runinng 94:40 minutes (12 seconds shorter than the HK version, but it is marked as uncut. http://dvdcompare.net/comparisons/film.php?fid=51774 Both discs apparently use the same source: a scan from the original negative which was cut down for the HK theatrical version and filled up again for the BD with SD material. Can anyone confirm that the Massacre Video disc is indeed uncut although running shorter than the HK disc?

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