My Lucky Stars
Released by Universe
NTSC: Region All
Audio
Extras
Note
There are noticeable differences to the HK print used for this DVD and the UK print (this might also apply to the international print). The differences are:
* The UK print opens with fun credit sequence and a narrative by Muscles (Jackie Chan). Both of which are missing from the HK print. However I wouldn't define this as a cut scene.
* A scene is cut from the UK print which features the Lucky stars gang having a row with a group of bus drivers.
* When ordering the food at the Japanese hotel, in the UK print Blockhead (or Roundhead in the HK print) is served a plastic frog. In the HK print he is served a tiny sausage shaped like a penis. Bizarre..
The DVD
Average transfer of a decent print. A fairly clean print has been used with the routine speckles. Nothing too major. The transfer itself is a little disappointing. Fast moving objects are not handled well and trailing/ghosting features quite noticeably (very similar to VCD). I suppose it's not that bad since there isn't that much fighting in the movie.
Audio :
6/10Decent 5.1 mix. In synch and fortunately some of the lucky stars team do their own dubbing. It's a shame there isn't an English track included since it's very good and suits the film perfectly (I prefer it to the Cantonese dub).
Extras : 4/10
The usual Universe extras.
Overall
: 6.5/10A decent dvd but it would have been nice if it was released with an English dub (and even the English print of the movie). Highly unlikely Universe would bother, but Hong Kong Classics in the UK may release a domestic dvd with those options. Who knows?
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