Rypro 525

I mention the "no unrated version" because a few frames here & there were cut to get an R rating. the "unrated" version screened at sundance.

Special Features:
Featurettes:
Ready for a Fight: On Location (Blu-ray exclusive)
Violent Ballet: Behind the Choreography (Blu-ray exclusive)
Deleted Scene: Gang War (Blu-ray Exclusive)
English Dub in addition to the original language version of the film
Director Commentary with Gareth Huw Evans
Featurettes:
The Next Chapter: Shooting a Sequel
Cinefamily Foundation Q&A with Gareth Huw Evans, Iko Uwais & Joe Trapanese

Why So Blu?

Bummer on the lack of Unrated cut. It will still be mine.

Jory

Never saw it in theatres, but this is a Day 1 purchase for me.

Rypro 525

The deleted "Gang War" scene was uploaded on vimeo by the director. As a warning, it is quite violent and bloody so NSFW
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The Raid 2: Berandal (Deleted Scene: Gang War) from Merantau Films on Vimeo.

DJariya

Day 1 purchase. Big fan of the movie. Was very happy to see this in theaters. Probably one of the best international action movies recently.

DeanoBKN

Big fan of the first but didn't get a chance to catch this in theaters. Think I'll pick this up blind.

E Unit

Didn't like this one at all save for the fight scenes. I'll drop $5 on this like the first one.

hanshotfirst1138

Where the hell did you find a $5 Blu?! Weird as hell that there's no unrated cut, and disappointing too. Double-dip? Wonder how long it'll take for the price on this to go down at work?

E Unit

The Sony titles are often on sale, and those prices drop usually pretty fast. That's how I got the first one for $5.

Matthew Chmiel

fumanstan

I didn't hate it or anything, but this let me down too. I'll probably pick it up cheap down the line for some of the action scenes as well.

bootsy

Pretty much how I feel. This along with Captain America are my favorites so far this year.

Giles

but a foreign import release would be the unrated version - right?

redrum

Movie is incredible, can't wait to own it and show it to friends who missed it in the theater

hanshotfirst1138

Does anyone have a Twitter account? Any word from Gareth on why the unrated version was omitted?

Good question. But if you did get a foreign import, you wouldn't be able to redeem the UV code here, would you ?

Giles

no, I wouldn't think so.

I'll just wait this out and see if an unrated HK release happens.

asianxcore

There was a panel discussion with Gareth, Iko and Julie that I watched on YouTube.

He mentioned that even though cuts were made (and scenes omitted), the Theatrical Cut is his preferred cut.

Solid Snake

So nothing to worry about?

asianxcore

I personally don't think so.

@ 10:18 stars what I was speaking about in my previous post.

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Giles

personally I can't stand director's that placate to the demands of the MPAA when it comes to watering down violence, sex, et.al.- last time I checked the MPAA aren't filmmaker's and bowing down to their standards would not constitute 'preferred' in the mind of most directors. Some studios have the pre-screened MPAA edit as the defacto 'director's cut' not the sanitized for the masses version. Secondly MPAA ratings are only applicable for the US theatrical/home video release of films, NOT for international releases, but because some studios are cheap, they don't edit two versions.

EDIT:

someone over movie-censorship.com has stated: "Gareth Evans posted on Twitter that the UK will get the full uncut version of the movie!"

DVD Polizei

I was about to say, UNRATED was meant for movies like The Raid.

Don't get me started on the MPAA

hanshotfirst1138

Damn, so if I want the unrated cut, I have to forfeit my UV copy . That sucks. I'm sure that getting this into wide release meant the MPAA was going to force them to compromise, but I assumed that as with the first movie, there'd be an unrated video version. Damn. Rock and a hard place . At least I'm region-free.

mrhan

Where else besides the UK will the unrated version be available?

DJariya

The movie was fucking long and bloody as hell already. How much more could be added?

Rypro 525

per imdb