Region 4 Winners and Losers

    The Australian Region B Blu-ray of The Warlords is identical to the UK Region free release (down to the artefacts at 7:47-48). It contains the International cut of the film and the same extras, except that the UK Blu-ray also has the UK theatrical trailer (I own the UK Blu-ray and can verify that although the cover states it includes the International Theatrical Trailer this is not on the disc). I have read that the Region A Blu-ray distributed by MegaStar Hong Kong contains the 125 minute Asian cut of the film, audio options Mandarin DTS HD 7.1, Mandarin Dolby True HD 7.1, Cantonese Dolby Digital EX 5.1, the same production diary, deleted scenes (that are reported to run 40 minutes as opposed to the 23 minutes of the UK and Australian release), plus an Audio Commentary by Director Peter Ho-Sun Chan. The commentary is in Mandarin and is subtitled. In addition the deleted scenes also have a commentary subtitled in English. The Region A misses out on the excellent Reflections on The Warlords feature & the text historical screens. Still a win to Region A I think.