I'm sure this is amplified in
the unrated cut of the film, the only one sent to reviewers.
The disc is essentially a digital repackaging of their excellent 1996 deluxe VHS presentation of Oliver Stone's original
unrated cut of his controversial 1994 satire on media and violence.
EXTRAS: In addition to
an unrated cut of the film, there's over an hour of bonus material, including deleted scenes, alternate real - life reactions and some behind - the - scenes antics.
I can say that
the unrated cut of Taken is hugely superior to the watered - down theatrical cut, but even then am I responding to a heightening of technique and tension or do I simply prefer it when he stabs two large nails into the bad guy's legs to attach jumper cables to versus merely electrocuting the metal chair he's sitting in?
The unrated cut of the film is hardly anything special and most of the «new» material is completely irrelevant to the progress of the story, nor does it offer any new comedic moments.
The Blu - ray release also includes
an unrated cut of the film, deleted scenes, a 10 - minute fight featurette («Mix It Up»), and a comprehensive dissection of every fight with commentary («Blow It Up»).
This DVD offers
an unrated cut of the film that lasts a whopping 17 minutes longer than the theatrical version.
The widescreen DVD release of «Beerfest» features
an unrated cut of the film, audio commentaries by the Broken Lizard guys, deleted scenes and three production featurettes.
Along with
an unrated cut of the film (with five additional minutes of footage), the DVD also features a lively audio commentary with more than ten different participants (from director David Gordon Green and producer Judd Apatow to stars Seth Rogen and James Franco), a making - of featurette, a handful of deleted scenes, and a gag reel.
- The Wolverine Unleashed (Extended,
Unrated Cut of the film - advertised as, «More violent and hardcore than ever before.»)
I don't believe I've ever encountered
an unrated cut of a movie that was substantially different or better than its theatrical cut (well, Walk Hard adds 25 % new content, some of it quite entertaining, but I'm okay having only the theatrical cut of that underappreciated biopic spoof).
Note that this «Totally Awesome Edition» includes an extended,
unrated cut of Singer.
In addition to the theatrical version, we get an extended
unrated cut of the film.
Both the theatrical and
unrated cuts of The Hangover look pretty good in the DVD's 2.40:1 anamorphic widescreen presentations.
This Blu - ray contains a theatrical and
an unrated cuts of the film.
Scream Factory presents The Strangers for its 10th anniversary in a new Collector's Edition package containing a brand new HD master of both the theatrical and
unrated cuts of the film from its 2K digital intermediate source.
Not exact matches
The set includes both an «
Unrated Cut»
of The Hangover (1:47:44) and the film's «Theatrical Edition» (1:39:38).
Our ratings and reviews are based on the theatrically - released versions
of films; on video there are often
Unrated, Special, Director's
Cut or Extended versions, (usually accurately labelled but sometimes mislabeled) released that contain additional content, which we did not review.
In addition to a movie - only DVD
of the record - setting theatrical
cut, Warner released a «2 - Disc Digital Copy Special Edition» DVD with bonus features and an
unrated extended
cut of the film.
Earning an R rating, rather than the more restrictive X, was a battle for De Palma, which is why two
cuts of the film — an R - rated one and an
unrated one — exist to this day.
The combo pack offers two versions
of the film, the theatrical
cut seen in theaters and an
unrated version.
Includes a digital copy
of Riddick -
Unrated Director's
Cut (Subject to expiration.
According to the press release, besides the obvious extended
cut as an option, the Theatrical &
Unrated Edition DVD replaces the gag reel with an unrated version of it and adds an alternate ending and the featurettes «Sodom's Got»em» and «Leeroy Jenkins: The Gates of Sodom.
Unrated Edition DVD replaces the gag reel with an
unrated version of it and adds an alternate ending and the featurettes «Sodom's Got»em» and «Leeroy Jenkins: The Gates of Sodom.
unrated version
of it and adds an alternate ending and the featurettes «Sodom's Got»em» and «Leeroy Jenkins: The Gates
of Sodom.»
The release will be a 3 - disc
unrated director's
cut with the film coming on DVD and Blu - ray along with a CD
of the soundtrack's original score by the extremely talented Bruno Nicolai.
Halloween: The Curse
of Michael Myers
Unrated Producer's
Cut will arrive on Blu - ray on September 15, from Lionsgate Home Entertainment, and you can scroll down to view the cover art, and then pre-order yours for just $ 9.99 right here.
Long censored around the world, Blue Underground is proud to present the
Unrated Director's
Cut of 99 WOMEN in a brand new 4K restoration, along with startling Extras including an eye - popping interview with Jess Franco himself!
Disc One includes an «
Unrated Cut»
of The Hangover (1:47:44), while Disc Two provides the film's «Theatrical Edition» (1:39:38).
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Its theatrical
cuts aren't strong enough to enthrall viewers, so it must provide the action genre version
of an
unrated sex comedy, in which the action itself is often seconds - different to the theatrical
cut — this one just dangles images
of corpses, and maybe a few CGI blood spurts.
Warner Home Entertainment is releasing an
Unrated Extended
Cut of the R - rated pot comedy with 10 minutes
of additional footage.
A theatrical
cut - only DVD by itself will be released nationwide three weeks later, on Valentine's Day, with an individual
unrated DVD remaining exclusive to Wal - Mart (outside
of the combo pack covered here).
For the most part, the film looks true to its seamy quality, and at any rate, the
unrated version looks vastly superior to the material that fills in the included director's
cut, all
of which was clearly gathered from inferior sources.
Ken Russell's
unrated theatrical
cut, restored from heavily censored release versions, has received a 2K transfer courtesy
of Arrow Video, yet the image quality is wildly inconsistent.
Note that the platter contains only an
Unrated edition
of the film, whose theatrical release was rated PG - 13 and ran, contrary to convention, a minute longer than this alternative
cut.
That makes it a lot more condonable that the DVD in this combo pack otherwise goes without extras, even if branching the
unrated cut footage and including the lost tapes, foreign dubs, and always salient descriptive track should have easily been achieved with the more than 1 GB
of space this falls under DVD - 9 capacity.
The «
unrated director's
cut» trumpeted on the cover makes few changes to the overall texture
of the film, and the extra features consist
of standard - issue deleted scenes, trailers, and behind - the - scenes info.
Striking out theatrically with one
of the worst performances for a wide release film, Hot Tub 2 recently, quietly made its way to home video on DVD and the subject
of this review, a «Hotter & Wetter
Unrated Cut» Blu - ray + DVD + Digital HD combo pack.
The company produced the acclaimed 2012 horror anthology THE THEATRE BIZARRE and their previous releases include Richard Stanley's restored HARDWARE, the all - star War classic THE WILD GEESE, the
unrated Director's
Cut of Just Jaeckin's GWENDOLINE, Enzo Castellari's original action classic INGLORIOUS BASTARDS, Oscar ® - nominee Patrice Leconte's THE HAIRDRESSER»S HUSBAND, the midnight movie sensation BIRDEMIC — SHOCK & TERROR, Eugenio Martin's restored HORROR EXPRESS, and Alejandro Jodorowsky's incomparable masterpiece SANTA SANGRE.
For review we received the widescreen «
Unrated Version,» which runs five minutes longer than the theatrical
cut, though the disc provides no indication
of what's been restored to the film.
Note that this disc contains only the 100 - minute
Unrated Director's
Cut prepared for DVD in 1999; for comparison's sake, it would be nice if the the long - OOP 96 - minute theatrical version were included, but again this release is not exactly an act
of curation.
Despite the plethora
of bawdiness, all the sex remains verbal; even in this
Unrated Edition, which runs a reported 20 minutes longer than the theatrical
cut, the titillation never gets any more visually graphic than scanty clothing and groping an occupied football - like brasierre.
I suspect the film suffers in both regards in this
unrated extended
cut, though I have no frame
of reference to compare to.
My favourite scenes so far include: + The Bathroom Fight from The World's End + Heart Surgery & Shingen vs. Yukio and Logan Fight from The Wolverine (
Unrated Extended
Cut) + The Climax / Twist from Trance + David and Eric vs. possessed Natalie Fight in Evil Dead + Jackie Robinson and Branch Rickey meet for the first time in 42 + Enterprise gets shot out
of warp from Star Trek Into Darkness + Superman stops the world engine (in a Christopher Reeves inspired shot) from Man
of Steel + Jack Wilder vs. Dylan Rhodes in Now You See Me + Chopping Thor's Hand Off in Thor: The Dark World
Keeping to Fox's tradition
of granting different bonus features to simultaneously - issued rated and
unrated editions, the Theatrical
Cut reportedly holds five exclusive supplements: the Fox Movie Channel episode «In Character with David Koechner», the behind - the - scenes featurette «Varsity Black N'Blues», and a trio
of Fox Atomic «viral videos».
According to the press release, the final retail version
of the
Unrated DVD edition offers only a 1.85:1 anamorphic widescreen transfer, whereas the Theatrical
Cut holds that and a 1.33:1 fullscreen version on opposite sides
of a flipper disc.
Featured on the first disc
of the set are both versions
of the film, the theatrical R - rated
cut and the
unrated version (which contains ten minutes
of never - before - seen footage), as well as two full - length audio commentaries.
Dawn
of the Dead: Packed with more blood, more gore, and more bone - chilling, jaw - dropping thrills, Dawn
of the Dead:
Unrated Director's
Cut is the version too terrifying to be shown in theaters!
Running time: 129 minutes Studio: Fox Home Entertainment 3 - Disc DVD Extras: Widescreen theatrical feature film,
unrated director's
cut, Wolverine theatrical trailer, Valkyrie, S. Darko, The Wrestler, Seth MacFarlane's Cavalcade
of Cartoon Comedy, commentary by director George Tillman, Jr., screenwriters Reggie Rock Bythewood and Cheo Hodari Coker, and editor Dirk Westervelt, commentary by with Biggie's mom Voletta Wallace, and his manager Wayne Barrow, Behind the Scenes: The Making
of Notorious, I Got a Story to Tell: The Lyrics
of Biggie Smalls, Notorious Thugs: Casting the Film, Biggie Boot Camp, Anatomy
of a B.I.G. Performance, Party & [Expletive](never before seen footage), The B.I.G. Three - Sixty, Directing the Last Moments, It Happened Right Here, The Petersen Exit, The Shooting, The Impala, The Unfortunate Violent Act, The Window, 9 Deleted Scenes, 4 extended / alternate concerts, trailers from: Secret Life
of Bees, Gospel Hill and Slumdog Millionaire, digital copy.
Disc One features an
unrated version
of the movie (it's only three minutes longer than the theatrical
cut), an audio commentary by the director, Jonah Hill, Russell Brand, Rose Byrne and a couple others, and three in - depth featurettes, including one on the making
of the movie and one on the music written for the movie (that one's a can't miss).
The
unrated director's
cut of 99 Women debuts on the format in a simply beautiful 1.78:1 anamorphic widescreen transfer.