Genre............: Action / Comedy
 Year.............: 1994
 Country..........: Hong Kong
 Director.........: Chia-Liang Hu / Jackie Chan (Uncredited)

 Source...........: Miramax R2, Warner Bros R3, Mei-Ah Laserdisc
 DVD Format.......: PAL
 DVD Size.........: DVD5
 Programs used....: DVDLab Pro, BeSweet, Adobe Audition, Adobe Photoshop...
 Screen Format....: 2.35 Anamorphic Widescreen
 Audio Language...: Cantonese, English HK Dub, English USA Dub
 Audio Format.....: DD 2.0
 Subtitles........: English
 
Uploader's Comments:
This is my attempt at making a decent DVD of this neglected masterpiece, using as a source the anamorphic video and the subtitles of the Miramax PAL DVD and the audio tracks of the Warner Bros DVD. The WB DVD is not only letterboxed, but also has a very prominent red tint (a problem with every asian release of this film apparently), and while having an English audio track (more about this later) it does not include English subtitles. I also included the original ending with English subtitles in its original 2.35:1 aspect ratio (not my rip, I don't even remember where I got it), making it anamorphic for compatibility issues (read: I didn't want to bother with the remote to change the tv aspect ratio), in NTSC format so beware if you have a 10 year old DVD player.
You may ask why didn't I try to merge the two sources to make an "uncut" version; well, first of all I think they weren't wrong by describing it as "tasteless" (not to mention it feels much more like a classic kung fu movie by having it end right after the final fight), secondly the WB DVD contains what appears to be some kind of HK international cut, with English titles and an English dub totally different from the Miramax one, that ends right after the Jackie spitting bubbles scene. I tried to replicate this cut because I feel it's much better than both the original HK cut and the US cut (which uses the first half of the original ending). Seamless branching was not an option since it would have messed up the soundtrack, and frankly I didn't want to bother re-synching another audio track. Since I couldn't find the R1 DVD I used a R2 PAL release as a source, I didn't touch the video (except for a bunch of seconds that had to be re-encoded with TMPEG for editing reasons) and I think my source was untouched as well. Changed the sample rate, pitch-corrected and re-synched the audio tracks using Adobe Audition. Please note that while some parts may appear slightly out of synch this is not a result of a bad re-synching on my part, it's just your usual crappy HK post-production, I did my best to make audio and video match like they do on the WB DVD. I included the USA dub as a bonus; it was originally a 5.1 track, but for some reason I couldn't rip it without corrupting it so I managed to fix it downmixing it to stereo (adding a fade out effect to smooth out the ending while I was at it). This DVD works flawlessly on a PC, but I had some problems with the menu buttons on a stand-alone player, they seem to be placed at random arrow buttons... I really don't know why. Have mercy of my connection since it can only upload at 40kb/s, blame Italian ISPs.

tl;dr:
Jackie Chan's Drunken Master II International (?) HK cut (OMG NOT UNCUT) finally in its original language with subtitles ad a decent picture quality. Extras: two English dubs, original ending in 2.35:1 Anamorphic Widescreen from the Mei-Ah English subbed Laserdisc. Menu buttons' order using a remote is messed up but I can't do anything about it. Slow upload.