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Rating: 3.8/5
Review: "Black & White: Episode 1: The dawn of assault Blu Ray review"

This is a big budget adaptation of the popular Taiwan TV series: Black & White. As clearly stated, people have no need to know about the characters in the TV series as this movie is some sort of a prequel. The movie does pack a lot of action and push the standard of Taiwan action movies high.

The story: It may be overlong at times; the director's cut clocks at 2 hours and 37 minutes. It may be too noisy for some people; it has loads of action and explosions. But it pretty much delivers in its action department. Story wise is okay. There are a lot of things happening too. The director's cut adds about 13 more minutes to the theatrical cut but I could not see a lot of new footage. The noticeable new footage is a newly added side plot.

Blu Ray special features-2/5

There are 2 deleted scenes (2 minutes) which are not very interesting. There is an alternative ending (5 minutes) which is almost like the director's cut ending except there are some new scenes. There is a 3D preview (3 minutes) which I think you will need a 3D equipment to play it. There are 6 featurettes (13 minutes) which are not very interesting. All of them are promotional featurettes so there are nothing much to see. Only the deleted scenes and alternative ending come with english subtitles. The director's cut is on Blu Ray while the theatrical cut is on DVD.

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