Please note: The Extended Taiwanese Version originally contains massively clinched images. For the screenshots of the following comparison, the black bar on the right has been removed and due to adjusting the screenshots to the correct aspect ratio, it looks almost corret. On top and bottom, there is even a little more picture information.


For starters, the logos differ.

International Theatrical Version 3 sec longer

International Theatrical Version	Extended Taiwanese Version

00:37 / 00:34-07:02

Right after the next (in both versions identical) logo, the movie starts differently: The Extended Taiwanese Version shows footage from the final fight of the first Once Upon a Time in China when the opening credits are rolling.

387.5 sec (= 6:28 min)

During the subsequent shot, the Extended Taiwanese Version exclusively contains some text.

International Theatrical Version	Extended Taiwanese Version

00:43 / 07:08-07:10

Slightly longer black screen & the girl with the candle earlier.

2 sec


01:17 / 07:44-07:45

Another one of those superfluous alterations.

1 sec


Opening credits in the International Theatrical Version approx. 4 minutes later. The theme song is different resp. the Extended Taiwanese Version contains the Mandarin version of the song, sung by Jackie Chan - subtitles for the lyrics included.

International Theatrical Version	Extended Taiwanese Version

Alternate
07:45-07:50 / 14:13-14:18

The Extended Taiwanese Version lacks the last credit shot of the train from the front. As compensation, the previous shot of Wong is longer.

no difference

International Theatrical Version	Extended Taiwanese Version

11:50-11:51 / 18:17

After Fu throws up, the Extended Taiwanese Version lacks the beginning of a shot.

+ 1.3 sec



21:40 / 28:06-29:35

After the way aunt Yee looks is being pointed out to Wong, there is an additional scene with Fun sucking up to Yee. She does not like Wong's medicine at all because it is way too sour. Yee wants Fun to toss what is on the plate. Too bad though because Wong comes in at the very moment and he wants to know if she was done with the medicine. Fun does not see any other way so she takes it and now understands what Yee was talking about because it does taste incredibly sour. Wong sees his distorted face and asks if he had tried it as well. Fun swears Yee took it all by herself and he only made a face like that because he felt with her. Wong leaves and says there was some more in the pot.

88.8 sec (= 1:29 min)

32:37-32:33 / 40:33

Missing scene in the Extended Taiwanese Version: Wong and Fun longer at the table and the subsequent shot of the student running away starts a little earlier as well.

+ 6.1 sec