Question: Hong Kong Legends - Once Upon a Time In China!
 

I recently picked up the US release of 'Once Upon a time in China', I dig the movie but the transfer is god awful. So, how is the Hong Kong Legends version? I know it says re-mastered for DVD, but that means nothing for most companies.


Reviews? Etc?

Thanks.

It's better. Not that that means anything. It's still a bad print of a great movie.

If you can play PAL discs, then you should upgrade to the HKL. If you can't, then it's not worth getting a new player for it.

It's miles better than the awful us dvd (interlaced 4:3 letterbox upconverted to 16:9) and well worth the pickup. It's available fairly cheap as a 3 part trilogy housed in a digipack.

I guess I'll rebuy it then. How about Iron Monkey? Transfer and sound better on that one also?

Sorry - I've never bought any of the HKL discs.

Iron Monkey is uncut, has accurate subtitles, and has the correct music track. The transfer is a little less than the R1 Miramax, but the film is better represented on the Hong Kong Legends disc.

HKL has a new version of iron monkey coming out in february, so you may want to wait a bit. But the US disc actually has the best transfer and sound, although it is slightly modified from the original cut.

these and all your questions can be answered at http://www.asiandvdguide.com/

You're a senior member and you still haven't heard about http://www.dvd-basen.dk? Anyways, here are some reviews:

http://www.bulletsnbabesdvds.com/mod...rder=0&thold=0

http://www.dvddebate.com/article.php?sid=1748

http://www.hkdvdheaven.co.uk/OnceUpon1.htm

http://www.carly.clara.net/ouatic.htm