Legion of the Dead (2000)

spudthedestroyer · **Posted:** Thu Aug 09, 2007 5:41 pm **Post subject:**

*merged*

mascareiro · **Posted:** Thu Feb 14, 2008 6:54 pm **Post subject:**

ok... I just watched my dvd for this movie, and I must ask: is there another version featuring ANY violence at all?

Because one thing is a rated movie, I mean... a guy is stabbed 2 times and one offscreen instead of 8 times onscreen. but this one is a totally different thing, whenever is likely to some violence take place it just cuts to another scene... I mean 100% of the killing is totally implied, if you have lots of imagination I must say. It's really disturbing, you know what, the dvd has a making of feature, and there's exploding heads, dismemberment aftermath, slit throats, nasty stabbings and so on... NONE of that is in the movie, I mean you can't even guess.

Wonder if there's any other rip, a german director's cut or something... as it is in my version it's simply impossible to watch, it's like just people talking and something about to happen, and the dialogue is the worst ever, the "action" is lame and the comedy... pfff. I'm pissed.

MCMLXXXVIII · **Posted:** Thu Feb 14, 2008 7:03 pm **Post subject:**

IMDb wrote:

There were only very few real uncut versions of the film shown at film festivals (like the German FFF). Every single version released on DVD or tape afterwards was missing some of the violence. There is no real uncut version available to own.

mascareiro · **Posted:** Thu Feb 14, 2008 7:09 pm **Post subject:**

yeah I've read that... I'm just unconformist (and I'm pissed!) , and people still like this movie?! it barely makes sense, there's no payoff to anything, the final "attack" or "battle" is a build up to nothing! what the helll

anyways...

would you think trying to downloading these big mofos an intelligent move at all or just a dumb stubborn idea? :

ed2k: Legion%20of%20the%20Dead%20AC3.avi [1.46 Gb] [Stats]
ed2k: Legion.of.the.Dead.Directors.Cut.RSVCD.DVD.Rip.German.by.RSVCD-Crew.6x.to.mpg [800.30 Mb] [Stats]

the afs one says it's english/german I guess, not a big clue... but I can't see anyone ripping this as an afs with dual audio the way it is, there's a limit to bad taste and badly used free time.

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mascareiro · **Posted:** Thu Feb 14, 2008 8:11 pm **Post subject:**

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Just viewed the British R2 version (from Anchor Bay U.K.) and is is far better that the watered-down American version... the gore seems to all be there and it has a DTS sound option to boot!! Got mine thru' Amazon.com UK. Hope that helps...

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The scandinavian R2 disc from Scanbox seems uncut as well. It also has extensive special features and a 5.1 track. At least there are no apparent cuts and the gore truly flows. There are also tons of deleted scenes, but most of which are non-violent.

anyone can confirm either? hey Slayer, hopefully your R2 version has some of the gore at least, still waiting your confirmation about Chain Reaction, now I sure want this one too man

vtwin0001 · **Posted:** Thu Feb 14, 2008 10:07 pm **Post subject:**

ok.. so I'll wait for the next rip.. a gore rate R2 rip

Slayer · **Posted:** Thu Feb 14, 2008 11:09 pm **Post subject:**

My version runs for 1h 28m 44s. It is PAL and distributed by Extreme video.

mascareiro · **Posted:** Fri Feb 15, 2008 4:52 am **Post subject:**

hey slayer, I already posted for both this and chain reaction on the burning moon thread, but here's another input on the censored version, and I must say I'm afraid the english version will always be cut? I don't know, just check it out, I'm already trying to download the dual language version I posted here and pray it has more of the gore.

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Well,congratulate the MPAA for another job well done.
I have owned the Japanese and German dvd of this movie
for about a year now.I received my copy of the American
release today and what I got was a superb picture,
top notch sound, and EVERY GOOD PART REMOVED AND CUT
FROM THE MOVIE!WHY IN THIS DAY AND AGE SHOULD WE HAVE
TO HAVE THIS MUCH CENSORSHIP IN A SILLY HORROR MOVIE?
There are many movies out there that show way more gore
than what was taken from this movie.Those of you that
have the foreign versions of this film,hold on to them!
The first cut appears in the first 10 minutes when our
first victim is recruited for the legion.Yes folks,the
last half of that scene is totally gone!OLAF ITTENBACH
is a GERMAN FILM EXTRAORDINAIRE who is on the rise in
the business and is very god-like to the serious horror
fan who likes their special effects on the outrageous
side.He does ALL of the special make-up,writes and
directs all of his movies!This movie un-cut is a 5 star

movie all the way.It has humor,action,suspense,special
effects(very little cgi-mostly original),and a story.
Oh well,sorry to have to break the news.There is no reason
that this movie should have been edited this heavily or
even edited at all!Major letdown!Well,I hope DOG SOLDIERS
is much better.Thank god for multi-region dvd players!

jazel · **Posted:** Fri Feb 15, 2008 9:03 pm **Post subject:**

I just posted a responses with some screens and runtimes on both Legion of the Dead and Chain Reaction in the Burning Moon thread also...

Slayer · **Posted:** Sat Feb 16, 2008 1:24 am **Post subject:**

Let's continue talking in one place

vtwin0001 · **Posted:** Mon Feb 18, 2008 12:06 am **Post subject:**

is it possible to combine all 3 movies (japanese, american and british versions) to 1, so we can have a definitive version (pretty much what they've done with Nightmare on elm street Fan cut?

Legion of the Dead (2000)

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