DVD Pick of the Week: Jet Li's Fearless - Unrated Director's Cut
Published July 08, 2008
The Tracey Fragments. This movie looks like it could be fascinating. At least I hope it is once I get the chance to see the DVD. It stars Ellen Page as the Tracey of the title, a teenager on the back of a city bus looking for her brother. The movie traces the events that led her to that point. I read that the film uses split screens to tell story, which I guess is similar to what is seen in the trailer. Could be very interesting indeed. (BUY, RENT, SKIP)
The Mummy 2-Disk Deluxe Edition. Just in time for the third entry in the series, a new two-disk release to replace the one that is out of print. It comes complete with a few new extras in addition to the carryover from the last release. Not sure I feel the need to upgrade, but it if you don't have it, it may be worth it. (BUY, RENT, SKIP)
The Mummy Returns: 2-Disk Deluxe Edition. See above. (BUY, RENT, SKIP)
Decapitated: Human's Dust. Recorded a few years back, this DVD captures some absolutely electric performances from this tech-death metal act. If you like your music to the extreme, this is a disk you will not want to miss. (BUY, RENT, SKIP)
Blood Brothers. John Woo presents this film from first time director Alexi Tan. The film stars Andy Lau, Edison Chen, Nicholas Tse, and Shu Qi. It is set in the 1930s and centers on three brothers who go to work for gangsters in Shanghai, a new life which threatens to tear them apart. Looks good to me. (BUY, RENT, SKIP)
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For those of you who are experiencing problems with getting the same theatrical/uncut versions of the movie on both discs, one solution would be to see if you purchase it from a Canadian website like Amazon.ca.
Here in Canada, it appears our copies of this DVD have been ok. I bought mine from a Best Buy store in Toronto and I watched it. The first disc did contain the longer director's cut. It might have something to do with the fact that the movie is distributed in Canada by Alliance Atlantis, not Universal, and therefore manufactured in Canada.
Someone else I know who lives here in Toronto bought a copy from FutureShop and had no problems either.
Hope that helps!
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The new Directors cut dvd release of Jet Li's Fearless is is really messed up.Both disc contain the same thing the original theater release and the old unrated version.Their is no Director's cut anywhere on either disc,and its not just the three different copy's I been through its completely widespread.What a screw up huh.