I finally got a chance to watch this. I had a great time sitting through this one! It had been a long time since I'd watched my region 1 DVD, so I was doing my best to look for differences. The theatrical release is all that I have ever seen, so nothing from the international/European edit was familiar to me.

The first scene I noticed was from the beginning where Binder is shown to be a more competent adversary by tossing the gasoline can at the hunters. Binder jumping into the house before it explodes was new, too. Some of the musical cues caught me off guard a bit as well, but I was not at all turned off by them. Some of the different musical touches added a more dark atmosphere, in my opinion.

I had not even noticed the motorcycle balancing act being removed until reading comments here! I think you had the right idea in trimming that down as it was a bit silly.

For me, the most notable differences took place in the Mardi Gras warehouse battle. A lot of the fights were fleshed out more and allowed to breathe. Is all of this visible in the European edit of the film?

One scene that surprised me was when Fouchon is hitting Chance with the wood plank. In the U.S. edit, Chance grabs hold of the fiery plank and the camera slowly pans up to his face as flashbacks occur. Fouchon and Chance have somewhat of a stare-down before the fight continues. In this cut, Chance just quickly breaks the board and fights on. I realize this was so because you rearranged the scene, but it was a moment I remembered well from the DVD. Not sure which way I like better, but that scene stood out the most to me.

Oh, and I can't forget Chance's flips. I had never seen those before, minus the one where he surprises Fouchon by jumping through the fire.

I thought the picture quality was great on this release. Easily a step up from the region 1 DVD. No complaints with the audio, either. A very bombastic track.

I have yet to purchase the U.K. Blu-ray, so I can't compare to that one. I had been hoping a U.S. release would see the light of day soon, but it still remains in limbo. Have said that, I really enjoyed your edit, CSchmidlapp. You did a terrific job. Your edit easily bests the region 1 DVD I own. I look forward to another viewing in the near future. Thanks again for making this available.