Comparison between the UK DVD by Momentum Asia and the German DVD by MiB.
Runtimes: Runtime German version: 1:31:03 Runtime UK version: 1:28:26 (Runtimes w/o Celestial credits at the end.) The Momentum DVD runs faster than the MiB. Additionally scene changes appear through fades which minimize the recognizable differences to approx. 35 seconds. According to the official website of the BBFC the Momentum DVD is rated as BBFC 15 and not as BBFC 18, as stated on its cover. Out of strange reasons the MiB DVD used different prints for their DVD cover from other Shaw Brothers movies. 00:00:24
The Chang's Film Co. logo is missing. 19 sec
00:02:45 The attacker moves a step towards Hung Hsi-kuan (Chen Kuan-tai). 0,4 sec
00:03:04 The fire in the cloister can be seen longer. 0,6 sec
00:03:28 After Hung Hsi-kuan's leg has been hurt, the wound is shown shortly and some frames are missing where he gets up. 0,5 sec
00:03:45 Longer take of the burning cloister. 1,5 sec
00:04:15 Hung's escape has been shortened. 2,6 sec
00:04:28 When the cloister's roof collapses the camara panning to the main roof starts earlier. 1,7 sec
00:11:07 The introduction of Fang Shih-yu misses some images. 0,6 sec
00:11:14 Again some frames are missing. 0,4 sec
00:12:00 A minimal take of Fang during his attack on two followers by General Che Kang is missing. 0,2 sec
00:15:30 The fight of the fleeing adepts is a bit longer. 0,2 sec
00:22:00 A sequence in which drunken Fang is tried to get arrested, is missing. 0,4sec
00:36:01 Ho Chu-Chen can be seen earlier during the conversation with General Che and Teh Hsiang. 0,3 sec
00:37:56 Master Li opens the door earlier. 0,5 sec
00:48:32 After the briefing the intercut to the street comes up earlier. 0,4 sec
01:29:29 The UK DVD shows Hung and Fang after their victory against the general in a releaxed position while they are still in a fighting position on the MiB DVD. 3,2 sec
01:30:55 The ending has been tightened. 2,7 sec
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