Vengeance Trilogy, from Alliance.

[TwelveMind]

I have been keeping a close-eye on Park Chan Wook's Vengeance Trilogy Set for the longest time. I would have pulled the trigger if not for Palisades Tartan's enormous mess-up and their current unethical handling of the situation, or lack thereof.

In the set, the Oldboy disc is missing 7.1 TrueHD audio. In place is a lossy 5.1 track, and this is despite 7.1 listed as spec on the back cover. I was browsing through Amazon.ca today and stumbled upon the following...

http://www.amazon.ca/Vengeance-Trilo...1308142&sr=1-3

Listed as October 5, 2010 release. Scroll down and it has Alliance Films listed as the distributor. I don't know. I feel scared and excited at the same time. Here's hoping the Oldboy audio problem is fixed, and that everything else is on par with Palisades Tartan.

For those who have already purchased the P-Tartan set from Amazon.ca, how's the Oldboy audio? Can someone verify whether 7.1 has been put back or is the problem still unfixed? Thanks.

[Rhylliam]

My guess is that it will be a direct port of the US set...

[TwelveMind]

Anyone got this? It's now available from amazon.ca and I would love to find out if the audio for Oldboy has been corrected. Also, whether the whole set is on par with the U.S. release. Thanks in advance.

[KarmaNL]

Did they remove the region lock for all discs ? please let it be true

[TwelveMind]

Originally Posted by KarmaNL

Did they remove the region lock for all discs ? please let it be true

Someone posted an update in the main thread. I hate to deliver bad news but apparently it's limited to region 1, which is essentially Alliance talk for region A.

[jaayhimself]

Oldboy is only a single disc in the alliance package, but is the same Disc one from the original 2-disc Tartan release. It does have the 7.1 dtsma track

[TheBoss062]

Really enjoyed this blu-ray set of the vengeance trilogy. While the OOP Palisades Tartan set is prettier as a blu-ray set, this one is more practical especially as it has the corrected lossless audio for Oldboy.

I think it's probably the best version of these movies on blu-ray.

[TheBoss062]

Update: so Arrow video has now released their own version of the Vengeance trilogy, with new bonus features and a 4K remaster of Oldboy. Anybody here have it?

[Surge92]

Originally Posted by TheBoss062

Update: so Arrow video has now released their own version of the Vengeance trilogy, with new bonus features and a 4K remaster of Oldboy. Anybody here have it?

It's been out for a while. I have it. There was initially a LE box set designed to look like the infamous elevator from Oldboy that sold out. It was followed by a standard box set reissue. I've only see Oldboy from the set so far, and it looks fantastic.

[darkness2918]

Originally Posted by TheBoss062

Update: so Arrow video has now released their own version of the Vengeance trilogy, with new bonus features and a 4K remaster of Oldboy. Anybody here have it?

I have the stand alone Oldboy release from Arrow (don't like Lasdy Vengeance too much so didn't want the trilogy) & it looks great. Here are the special features on Arrow's Oldboy:

SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS

Brand new 4K restoration from the original camera negative supervised by director Park Chan-wook
High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation
Original 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio and 2.0 stereo
Original Korean and English soundtracks
Music and effects track
Newly translated, optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing for the English soundtrack
Newly translated English subtitles for the Korean soundtrack
Audio commentary with director Park Chan-wook
Audio commentary with Park Chan-wook and cinematographer Jung Jung-hoon
Audio commentary with Park Chan-wook, and actors Choi Min-sik, Yu Ji-tae, Kang Hye-jung
Audio commentary by Film critic Shin Hyung-chul
Audio commentary by Film critic Kim Young-jin
Old Days: An Oldboy Story, acclaimed feature-length 2016 documentary about Park Chan-wook's masterpiece
New introduction to the film by director Park Chan-wook
Film Critics on Oldboy, featurette with Oh Dong-jin, Lee Dong-jin, Darcy Paquet and Chris Fujiwara
Filmmakers on Oldboy, featurette with Directors Kim Jee-woon and Ryoo Seung-wan
Photographer of Time, an interview with stills photographer Han Se-jun
Autobiography of Oldboy, a three-and-a-half-hour video diary of the making of Oldboy
Deleted scenes with optional director commentary
Behind the scenes featurettes
Extensive cast and crew interviews
The Making of Oldboy, lengthy two-part featurette on the film s production
Le Grand Prix at Cannes, featurette about the film s success at the 2004 film festival
Bring My Love music video by Starsailor, using clips of the film
Trailers, teasers and TV spots
Image gallery
Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Justin Erickson
FIRST PRESSING ONLY: Fully illustrated collectors booklet with full credits and with new writing by Simon Abrams

[TheBoss062]

Originally Posted by darkness2918

I have the stand alone Oldboy release from Arrow (don't like Lasdy Vengeance too much so didn't want the trilogy) & it looks great. Here are the special features on Arrow's Oldboy:

SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS

Brand new 4K restoration from the original camera negative supervised by director Park Chan-wook
High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation
Original 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio and 2.0 stereo
Original Korean and English soundtracks
Music and effects track
Newly translated, optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing for the English soundtrack
Newly translated English subtitles for the Korean soundtrack
Audio commentary with director Park Chan-wook
Audio commentary with Park Chan-wook and cinematographer Jung Jung-hoon
Audio commentary with Park Chan-wook, and actors Choi Min-sik, Yu Ji-tae, Kang Hye-jung
Audio commentary by Film critic Shin Hyung-chul
Audio commentary by Film critic Kim Young-jin
Old Days: An Oldboy Story, acclaimed feature-length 2016 documentary about Park Chan-wook's masterpiece
New introduction to the film by director Park Chan-wook
Film Critics on Oldboy, featurette with Oh Dong-jin, Lee Dong-jin, Darcy Paquet and Chris Fujiwara
Filmmakers on Oldboy, featurette with Directors Kim Jee-woon and Ryoo Seung-wan
Photographer of Time, an interview with stills photographer Han Se-jun
Autobiography of Oldboy, a three-and-a-half-hour video diary of the making of Oldboy
Deleted scenes with optional director commentary
Behind the scenes featurettes
Extensive cast and crew interviews
The Making of Oldboy, lengthy two-part featurette on the film s production
Le Grand Prix at Cannes, featurette about the film s success at the 2004 film festival
Bring My Love music video by Starsailor, using clips of the film
Trailers, teasers and TV spots
Image gallery
Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Justin Erickson
FIRST PRESSING ONLY: Fully illustrated collectors booklet with full credits and with new writing by Simon Abrams

How many of these extras are both new and exclusive to the Arrow set?

Also, if you’re a Park Chan-wook fan (like me) then I don’t see a reason not to get the whole trilogy if you can play it.

[darkness2918]

Originally Posted by TheBoss062

How many of these extras are both new and exclusive to the Arrow set?

Also, if you’re a Park Chan-wook fan (like me) then I don’t see a reason not to get the whole trilogy if you can play it.

Like I said im just not a huge fan of Lady Vengeance so that's why I didn't get the trilogy. I have Arrow's Oldboy & Tartan's Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance. Im good with those. I don't know what features the Canadian trilogy has so I cant compare.

[TheBoss062]

Originally Posted by darkness2918

Like I said im just not a huge fan of Lady Vengeance so that's why I didn't get the trilogy. I have Arrow's Oldboy & Tartan's Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance. Im good with those. I don't know what features the Canadian trilogy has so I cant compare.

The Canadian release has a review on the site.

[TheBoss062]

This release appears to be OOP now.

[Jack Priest]

Are Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance & Lady Vengeance any better in this Arrow trilogy set than the Palisades Tartan releases? I'm thinking of getting this set for the upgrade of those, if there is an upgrade. I also noticed the full colour version of Lady Vengeance is included, so that's one thing it has over the Palisades Tartan release, which only included the Fade to Black & White version.

[Streetlight]

Originally Posted by Jack Priest

Are Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance & Lady Vengeance any better in this Arrow trilogy set than the Palisades Tartan releases? I'm thinking of getting this set for the upgrade of those, if there is an upgrade. I also noticed the full colour version of Lady Vengeance is included, so that's one thing it has over the Palisades Tartan release, which only included the Fade to Black & White version.

The Arrow version of Lady Vengeance has better video than Tartan/Alliance. Capelight and GaragePlay has a 4K restoration of Mr. Vengeance, but the colors look garish.
The Arrow version also has exclusive extras.
https://caps-a-holic.com/c_list.php?c=5552
https://caps-a-holic.com/c_list.php?c=5453

[Jack Priest]

Originally Posted by Streetlight

The Arrow version of Lady Vengeance has better video than Tartan/Alliance. Capelight and GaragePlay has a 4K restoration of Mr. Vengeance, but the colors look garish.
The Arrow version also has exclusive transfers.
https://caps-a-holic.com/c_list.php?c=5552
https://caps-a-holic.com/c_list.php?c=5453

Great, thanks a lot for the info, I didn't know about the 4K version of Mr. Vengeance. I wonder if Arrow will do 4K releases of those films at some point. I'd love a 4K version of this set.

[Markjohnsonii]

What about the 4K Germany version of Lady Vengeance? It lists that it has English sub on the back cover.

[SoliquidForLife]

Just got a copy of the Arrow set. The Mr. Vengeance and bonus disc of Oldboy won't even load in my region free player. Other two load fine. Can't discern what the problem is.

[quaytsar]

Originally Posted by SoliquidForLife

Just got a copy of the Arrow set. The Mr. Vengeance and bonus disc of Oldboy won't even load in my region free player. Other two load fine. Can't discern what the problem is.

I've had an issue with a different Arrow blu-ray where the DVD region also had to match (region 2) or else the disc wouldn't play. So, it could be that.