Wolf Creek (Uncut) - 31 May 2023 - Via Vision

[hypnotoad8128]

Sounds like a lot of marketing nonsense to me. In Australia it is illegal to release a film without it obtaining a rating from the OFLC first. As one of the other commenters have said, apart from the original R18+ rating, nothing has been resubmitted or re-rated recently by the OFLC. Sounds like they're trying to pander to the U.S. market with the term "unrated" to sell copies. At $60 they're certainly taking the piss. I will also stick to my Roadshow release.

[Mr. Thomsen]

Originally Posted by hypnotoad8128

Sounds like a lot of marketing nonsense to me. In Australia it is illegal to release a film without it obtaining a rating from the OFLC first. As one of the other commenters have said, apart from the original R18+ rating, nothing has been resubmitted or re-rated recently by the OFLC. Sounds like they're trying to pander to the U.S. market with the term "unrated" to sell copies. At $60 they're certainly taking the piss. I will also stick to my Roadshow release.

I had the same thought.

I doesn't even appear to feature a new transfer, so I presume it will just be a re-release of whatever is already available, stuffed in a nice box with some repro cards.

[the13thman]

Originally Posted by hypnotoad8128

Sounds like a lot of marketing nonsense to me. In Australia it is illegal to release a film without it obtaining a rating from the OFLC first. As one of the other commenters have said, apart from the original R18+ rating, nothing has been resubmitted or re-rated recently by the OFLC. Sounds like they're trying to pander to the U.S. market with the term "unrated" to sell copies. At $60 they're certainly taking the piss. I will also stick to my Roadshow release.

The "unrated" cut just has a couple of nothing-special deleted scenes reinserted and was released as a cash grab in the US, I still have it on DVD. So yes, it is a lot of marketing nonsense.

Nevertheless, I do love this film and so it's just a matter of whether I'm prepared to spend so much on fancy packaging and an HD upgrade for the deleted scenes version. It's cheaper than the German Mediabook edition but I still feel like the more times I do this the more expensive these things get...

[rip63]

I remember there were two releases here on blu-ray & DVD; an 'MA' rated one and a harsher 'R' rated "director's cut" version which was pretty nasty and I think extended... This new one will just be the 'R' rated cut, I'd think.

[Auss1e]

Originally Posted by rip63

I remember there were two releases here on blu-ray & DVD; an 'MA' rated one and a harsher 'R' rated "director's cut" version which was pretty nasty and I think extended... This new one will just be the 'R' rated cut, I'd think.

You might be thinking of the second one, which did get two releases when it first came out.

[rip63]

Originally Posted by Auss1e

You might be thinking of the second one, which did get two releases when it first came out.

Oh yes! You're right. And I'm old...

[Rick Grimes]

Originally Posted by the13thman

The "unrated" cut just has a couple of nothing-special deleted scenes reinserted and was released as a cash grab in the US, I still have it on DVD. So yes, it is a lot of marketing nonsense.

Nevertheless, I do love this film and so it's just a matter of whether I'm prepared to spend so much on fancy packaging and an HD upgrade for the deleted scenes version. It's cheaper than the German Mediabook edition but I still feel like the more times I do this the more expensive these things get...

Actually, the Unrated Cut does have a fair bit of gore that was taken out of the US Theatrical (I’m pretty sure the unrated was released as theatrical here).

https://www.movie-censorship.com/report.php?ID=134207

Good news too. Probably already discussed here, not sure. I opened the set today and found that both discs are 50GB.

[LiarLiarPantsOnFire]

Originally Posted by Rick Grimes

Good news too. Probably already discussed here, not sure. I opened the set today and found that both discs are 50GB.

It didn’t need it, the running time of the movie is about 99 minutes. They could’ve used seamless branching and put both cuts on one disc the same as the German BD, that also has DTS HD MA 5.1 audio for both cuts.

[Rick Grimes]

My joy about BD-50 discs for both the Unrated and Theatrical has been short lived.
Just read about the Unrated Cut only having 2ch Uncompressed PCM.
Why the f*ck would ViaVision do that?



I also read a reviewer stating since the cuts to the gore are minimal, the Theatrical is the better cut.
I disagree. Any kind of censorship, even if it were just the 3 seconds of a knife going

[Show spoiler]into a backpacker’s back

, plus extended reaction and rolling

[Show spoiler]severed fingers

, it’s still censorship. The Aussie release deserves 5.1 Uncompressed Audio on both cuts. I feel like I’ve been ripped off.