GavSalkeld said:

I used the R-rated version because later on I used the Unrated version of the leg shot to try and recreate where a hired gun is shot at the top of the stairs at about 1hr 24mins, it was never shown Van Damme shooting at him but you see the hired gun fall in the background.

You know, that was so neatly done I did not even notice! Nice one.

I do hope the footage exists from the 116m and 127m versions, so an official version closer to Woo's intentions can be seen.

Awesome. Thanks. It still pops out to me lol but I know its there.

I hope the footage still exists also. Would be happy just to get a high quality telecine of the workprint released as an extra on a BD release. But a full Directors cut would be the right way to go.