The Forbidden Kingdom HK DVD question
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The Forbidden Kingdom HK DVD question

Can anyone confirm that the Hong Kong DVD of Forbidden Kingdom also has the original English audio? It's only at Xploitedfilm.com in which it's listed with English audio (as well as Cantonese dub), while other sites such as yesasia.com and asiandvdguide.com list the DVD only having a Cantonese Soundtrack (with English subtitles)
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There are 3 editions, one on VCD, one that is mandarin only and this one you're talking about. Dleedlee is right:
This DVD includes a Cantonese version of the film. A few of the parts that were originally in English remain in English, but most are dubbed into Cantonese, along with all the parts that were originally in Mandarin.
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I got the HK dubbed DVD yesterday. It's a very good dubbing, but I think that I prefer the American version more, because there's heart and humor missing from the way the dubbed dialogue goes. Eventhough it makes more sense that everyone is speaking Chinese in the China scenes, the movie is better all in English. I don't think Jet Li and Jackie Chan dubbed their own dialogue, because their chinese voices did not sound like them.
The DVD video/audio quality is excellent though. And the majority of the extras are English-subtitled.
I would just wait for the American original audio version DVD.
Oh yeah, and all the Boston scenes are in its original English audio.
The DVD video/audio quality is excellent though. And the majority of the extras are English-subtitled.
I would just wait for the American original audio version DVD.
Oh yeah, and all the Boston scenes are in its original English audio.




