battle royale

[krazeyeyez]

would love to get my hands on a blu of this!

[Blu-Beard]

Is that the next Bond?

[Belloche]

I don't think this movie has even seen a legitimate region 1 DVD yet. It really is worth tracking down for genre fans.

[Beefbowl]

i would love to get this in blu, but i would imagine some politican will spend his whole life from making this happen.

[Blu As Hell]

Originally Posted by krazeyeyez

would love to get my hands on a blu of this!

I'm with you on that one. Who knows maybe we'll see a Japanese Blu-Ray and we can import it.

[krazeyeyez]

so i see there are multiple versions on amazon (dvd), whats the best version that will play in my player?

[Blu As Hell]

Originally Posted by krazeyeyez

so i see there are multiple versions on amazon (dvd), whats the best version that will play in my player?

http://www.hkflix.com/xq/asp/title.B.../qx/titles.htm

I've ordered from them many times and they have a wonderful selection of asian films and region-free dvd players.

[WickyWoo]

Don't order from Amazon, they're all bootlegs

I'm with you on that one. Who knows maybe we'll see a Japanese Blu-Ray and we can import it

Any Japanese DVD will lack subs, long story short Toei is pissy that no one wanted to give it a Crouching Tiger size release in the states, even after it was explained to them repeatedly that cutting it down to an R would require removing half the movie (kids killing kids=NC-17 automatically for the most part)

Maybe Universe Laser and Video or the Korean licensor will include subs

Buy from the HKFlix link and help keep an importer of legit Asian DVDs in buisiness. Any of the R0 ones will work.

http://www.hkflix.com/xq/asp/filmID....qx/details.htm

That's probalby the best one for you

And avoid the sequel like the plague

[Blu As Hell]

Yeah...what WickyWoo said.

Hell I like HKFLIX.com a lot anyway.

[Josh]

I have the NTSC version from the UK. Pretty good.

[Noshame]

Originally Posted by krazeyeyez

so i see there are multiple versions on amazon (dvd), whats the best version that will play in my player?

if you can play region 3 i suggest the Korean special edition
they do put english subs on everything...
due to the subject matter was never released in Italy as well...
avoid the sequel...it's no worth it...

[Rustmonsteru]

Originally Posted by WickyWoo

avoid the sequel like the plague

+1

I have to wonder if Fukasaku lived whether it would have been any better.

[WickyWoo]

due to the subject matter was never released in Italy as well...

Oh a LOT of people wanted it here, they just refused to agree to Toei's ludicrous terms

I had an essentially blank check to chase it for a major label once, which is how I found out about Toei's pissyness

[Blu As Hell]

And avoid the sequel like the plague

Avoid that sh*t like Toshiba denying HD DVD is dead.

[krazeyeyez]

Originally Posted by WickyWoo

Don't order from Amazon, they're all bootlegs



Any Japanese DVD will lack subs, long story short Toei is pissy that no one wanted to give it a Crouching Tiger size release in the states, even after it was explained to them repeatedly that cutting it down to an R would require removing half the movie (kids killing kids=NC-17 automatically for the most part)

Maybe Universe Laser and Video or the Korean licensor will include subs

Buy from the HKFlix link and help keep an importer of legit Asian DVDs in buisiness. Any of the R0 ones will work.

http://www.hkflix.com/xq/asp/filmID....qx/details.htm

That's probalby the best one for you

And avoid the sequel like the plague

i thought the stuff bought from amazon and not through private sellers was all legit?
so which do you guys consider to be the "best" version, as far as maintaining the original vision, because there seems to be endless amount of versions.

[WickyWoo]

i thought the stuff bought from amazon and not through private sellers was all legit?

Amazon has bootlegs, especially of Asian cinema and anime leak in from time to time.

These were all from private sellers BTW

The Korean Region 3 version is the best out there

[krazeyeyez]

as long as you click were it says "new" and not the one that says like "13 new and used starting from..." its through amazon, correct? just curious because i am new to online ordering, just made my first purchase through amazon on the b2g1 sale, and i don't understand exactly how this all works.

[NARMAK]

I liked the first one, but the second battle royale just takes it to another level, definitely a movie i'd love to see on blu as well

[BRu-LAy]

I bet you we will have to import it

[WickyWoo]

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as long as you click were it says "new" and not the one that says like "13 new and used starting from..." its through amazon, correct? just curious because i am new to online ordering, just made my first purchase through amazon on the b2g1 sale, and i don't understand exactly how this all works

Don't buy through amazon please. None of the sellers are selling legitmate versions

Buy through the HKFlix link instead. That way you know you're getting a legit, licensed disc and supporting more Asian film in America. The bootlegs are the reason why so much never makes it here