OVERALL: Draw

- R1 Unrated/R0 Australia are both English friendly and have different extras,
- R2 France has the same extras than the Australian release and a DTS soundtrack, but it's not English friendly,
- R3 HK is English friendly and has a DTS soundtrack, but only a few (exclusive) extras.

Also note that R2 UK has an exclusive audio commentary, but unfortunately subtitles are burnt-in.

The censored versions of this movie (US R-rated, German editions...) should be avoided, as well as the Korean Dreamix edition which offers a PAL/NTSC conversion.

Other known editions offering censored versions of the movie:
- A Hong Kong release without DTS,
- Several German editions by MC One.

The following versions of the movie are known:
- The original French Unrated version (~91min),
- The US R-Rated version (~90min),
- The Korean censored version (~90min),
- The German SPIO/JK censored version (~90min),
- The German Keine Jugendfreigabe censored version (~89min).

The following comparisons are available on Schnittberichte:
- Unrated vs. US R-rated
- Unrated vs. Korean censored
- Unrated vs. German SPIO/JK censored
- Unrated vs. German Keine Jugendfreigabe censored

CUTS:

• R0 Australia- Accent - No cuts - Unrated version (87:00 PAL).
• R0 Russia- CP Digital - No cuts.
• R0 South Korea- Bitwin - Yes - Korean censored version (86:02 NTSC).
• R0 Special Edition South Korea- Dreamix - No cuts - Unrated version - all previous cuts waived (86:57 PAL->NTSC).
• R0 Thailand- J Bics Film - No cuts - Unrated version (87:00 PAL).
• R1 R-Rated America- Lions Gate Home Entertainment - Yes, US R-rated version (89:37 NTSC).
• R1 Unrated America- Lions Gate Home Entertainment - No cuts - Unrated version (90:51 NTSC).
• R2 Uncut Version - Special Edition Austria- MC One - No cuts (87:01 PAL).
• R2 Uncut Version - Special Edition Austria- NSM - No cuts (87:01 PAL).
• R2 France- Europacorp/Fox Pathé Europa - No cuts - Unrated version (87:00 PAL).
• R2 Special Edition France- Europacorp/Fox Pathé Europa - No cuts - Unrated version (87:00 PAL).
• R2 FSK ab 18 Version - Special Edition Germany- MC One - Yes, Keine Jugendfreigabe censored version (84:51 PAL).
• R2 Scandinavia- FS/SF Film - No cuts - Unrated version.
• R2 Switzerland- EuropaCorp - No cuts - Urrated version (87:01 PAL).
• R2 United Kingdom- Optimum Releasing - No cuts - Unrated version (86:59 PAL).
• R3 Hong Kong- Panorama - No cuts.
• R4 Argentina- AVH - No cuts - Unrated Version (91:04 NTSC).

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Comparison added by Samuel_Scott on 12/09/04
Comparison last updated by James-Masaki_Ryan on 08/01/17

UPDATE LOG:

20/01/12: Comparison clean-up, addition of R2 SE Germany FSK ab 18 and addition of Schnittberichte links.
08/01/17: Added Austria NSM, France single, Swiss, Argentina, updated US unrated, US rated runtime, South Korea cut runtime, MC ONE - Germany->Austria, ASINs.