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Dragon Lord AKA Long xiao ye AKA Dragon Strike AKA Young Master in Love (Blu-ray) (1982)
The adventures of a restless martial arts student called Dragon, who, while constantly pursuing a girl, gets involved in the affairs of a gang of thieves.Director: Jackie Chan
OVERALL: Blu-ray A-
OVERALL: Blu-ray A
The US/Canada Jackie Chan Collection includes 3 cuts of the film and the best set of extras.
Do note, the German release includes an alternate commentary, but the transfer is from an upscaled source.
GENERAL NOTES:
The film exists in a number of versions:
- an extended "work in progress" cut (~103 minutes with small variations based on distributor logos) featuring 15 minutes of extended and alternate footage that reached some territories before the Hong Kong domestic version;
- the Hong Kong domestic cut (~96 minutes);
- the English export version (~91 minutes);
- the American version from Dimension Films which is based on the Hong Kong version but has its own trims (~94 minutes).
Information on differences between the work-in-progress cut and the truncated 83-minute version on the Scandinavian Blu-ray can be found on Movie-Censorship. -
CUTS:
- Blu-ray A The Jackie Chan Collection Volume 1: 1976-1982 America- Shout! Factory - No cuts. Includes the Hybrid Cut (110:40), the Original Hong Kong Cut (96 mins), and the Extended "Work-In-Progress" Cut (103 mins).
- Blu-ray A The Jackie Chan Collection Volume 1: 1976-1982 Canada- Shout! Factory - No cuts. Includes the Hybrid Cut (110:40), the Original Hong Kong Cut (96 mins), and the Extended "Work-In-Progress" Cut (103 mins).
- Blu-ray A Extreme Edition Japan- Paramount Home Entertainment - No cuts. Includes the Extended "Work-In-Progress" Cut (102:33) and the Japanese Cut (95:39)
- Blu-ray B Dragon Edition Germany- Splendid Film - No cuts. Includes the Extended "Work-In-Progress" Cut (103:22) and the Hong Kong Cut (96:19), including several production and distribution logos.
- Blu-ray B Jackie Chan Vintage Collection Volume 3 Scandinavia- Universal Pictures - Yes. Shortened Version, with Golden Harvest Chinese credits (83:34)
- Blu-ray B Limited Edition United Kingdom- 88 Films - No cuts. Includes the Hong Kong Cut (96:04) and an Extended "Work-In-Progress" Cut (103:08).
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Comparison added by Eric_Cotenas on 08/08/20
Comparison last updated by Anthony_DiPaola on 20/01/23UPDATE LOG:
09/08/20 : Initial entry.
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13/08/20: Added Scandinavia.
03/10/20: Movie-Censorship.
20/01/23: Addition of the US/Canada Jackie Chan Collection.
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