New Legend of Shaolin = Universe DVD vs Paramount DVDs

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The Paramount DVD is a 2 disc edition. 1st disc has the edited English(featuring electronic non-removable French subtitles)/French versions (same version as on the Columbia Tristar DVDs) in DD5.1 (the French in DTS too) and on the 2nd disc; the uncut Cantonese version. Whilst the 1st disc has the better video of all in the comparison, it's still soft despite correct colours and it's not very bright. It is anamorphic however and it's a shame only the French and English versions use this video. The Cantonese version is very poor quality (possibly upconverted from the Universe DVD) and it's only merit is a mono soundtrack (there are only electronic non-removable French subtitles).

The Universe (remaster) DVD is average: non-anamorphic, no remastering, poor English subtitles, no mono or extras. It does have better image quality than the Paramount Chinese version and is more 'clearer' than the the English/French Paramount versions.

The film is OK but it's pretty stupid at some points.

Universe (remaster) = R0 Hong Kong.
Paramount = R2 France.

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