Which movie that you watch in cinema that the ending is different from your DVD.

Let me start with one movie that has a different ending from the movie and the DVD.

SPL - Sha Po Lang.

Cinema Ending - It ends where Donnie Yen beat Samo Hung.
DVD Ending - Donnie Yen and his family were accidentally killed by Samo Hung .

Never trusted Cinema Film in Malaysia anymore.

This post has been edited by hackwire: Apr 27 2008, 10:24 PM

Perhaps that was the director's cut/alternate ending on the dvd? It's not our Malaysian cinema's fault if the ending is different, it might be the theatrical version.

It's because maybe the DVD you bought was the HK version ending...

It's the same for Infernal Affairs. Even if you bought the DVD in Malaysia (Msia edition le), the ending will still be the same : When Andy Lau stepped out of the elevator, he was arrested as a mole for the triads. In the HK version, Andy Lau got away with it - claiming that he found out the real mole (I suddenly forgot his name, sorry ) and killed him after the mole killed Tony Leung.

The reason for the different version in this case is because the Malaysian censorship board will not allow a movie where the 'bad guy' gets away with it. In order to please the censorship board, they refilm a different version.

And do you know, because of the Malaysia version ending, they added a new scene in Infernal Affairs III - The police apologized to Andy Lau for mistaking him as a mole and reinstated him (this is so viewers won't get confused as to why he's still in the police force after being arrested in IA I). Whereas in the HK version, there's none because he was never arrested in the first place.

There are several crime movies that have different endings in Malaysia and HK. That's why if my friends go over to HK, I always tumpang them to buy me some of the DVD titles.

This post has been edited by chibi_tenko: Apr 27 2008, 11:03 PM

Ekin Cheng in Young and Dangerous is a undercover police posing as a triad mole in Hung Hing secret society. The entire part 1-3 has different ending with added scenes of Ekin as policeman.

anyone remember young and dangerous? ekin cheng suddenly is an undercover cop Guess they dont want youngsters watching to join the triads

You guys remember which part started showing that Ekin was actually a mole? If I'm not mistaken, should be around part 5, is it? I don't remember seeing the additional scenes in the VCDs that I bought donkey years ago.

wah this is interesting, keep it coming. we can get the movie once we know there are a few ending.

How about Hollywood / English movies? e.g. Arlington Road ... I didn't watch it in cinema last time.
Definitely Hollywood studios won't refilm a different ending just to please Malaysian censorship board. Remember Steven Spielberg's Schindler's List? When the board wanted to cut some parts (not really about the ending lah, sorry, off-topic), Spielberg pull it off Malaysian cinemas; he rather it was shown in full, or none at all.

This post has been edited by r2t2: Apr 28 2008, 09:46 AM

Y&D is retitled as New Police Story. Original poster of them carrying weapons is censored. I think part1-4 all the movies got scenes EKin talking to his police superior as undercover.

same with saving private ryan say TAK NAK 2 local censorship

Sei lor, I don't have any recollection of Ekin talking to his superiors in pt 1-3. I guess the VCDs that I bought last time was the HK version. I do remember seeing Ekin talking to his superior in either pt4 or pt5 tho and yes.. I bought that in Speedy.

Talking bout Arlington Road - it's been ages since I last watched it. Thanks for reminding me of the movie.

Censorship due to 'violence'/'gore' is one thing - refilming the ending is another. Kinda spoils the movie, IMO.

Well, I remember Arlington Road while watching it on rented VHS (gasp!) coz my sister didn't like the ending .. she said how can the bad guys get away with it, not fair lah .. hahah .. but I think it's a great movie to think about.

Yeap, alternate endings in order to be politically (or is it legally) correct and to please the authority kinda undermined the filmmakers' creativity. Alternate endings on DVDs due to director's and studio creative difference, that's ok lah.
Like that, The Bank Job sure won't be screened here lah, even if the 18-SX scenes were censored.

So far, it's like HK movies are the 'victims' - Y&D 1, IA 1, SPL, ...anymore? How about other triads movies, Election (was it shown in local cinemas?)? Jiang Hu leh? (The 'real' bad guys got away with it oso woh ... they should've made Andy & Jacky's characters 'recover' and co-operate with the police to bring down other tai lous, heheh).

I think China also require similar 'goody' endings; I watched Internal Affairs I on China XingKong channel before (Mandarin dubbed), and Andy's character was cuffed in the end too ... and yeah, 1st time I watched Young & Dangerous 1 was on local TV ... the ending was like, what the heck? So abrupt and got discontinuity.

Got double standard or not ah? Ocean Eleven/12/13 kind of Hollywood movies (feel good, not too realistic) can be shown in Malaysian cinemas without modification.

Nice topic, my friends and I often bring this up too when talking about these HK films during lim tehs.

If bad guys can't win, how come The Empire Strikes Back and Revenge of the Sith got screened here?

Full time Killer

1st ending : Takashi killed Andy Lau and got away wif it in the end wif the girl.... <-- should be the actual ending by the directing team...

2nd ending : Andy Lau killed Takashi and surrender to the cops that's already waiting outside of the warehouse where the final duel took place.... <-- to please all the Asian Andy Lau supporters (namely HK viewers)

Descent have two ending too. cant remember already.
one ending . the heroin got trapped and left to die -british ending
second ending, the heroin manage to escape - american ending.

Eh? I think it's not because they want to please Andy Lau's fans. He died alot of times in his movies, so being killed in the end is nothing. The fact that Takashi got away with it - hence the 'bad guy gets away and the girl'. FTK is about two assassins trying to outsmart (or so I think - never really like that movie) each other. The alternate ending (aka Malaysia) is that Andy killed Takashi and gleefully surrendered himself afterwards.

This post has been edited by chibi_tenko: Apr 28 2008, 10:34 PM

I got a few movies wanna mention as well...

(I) Fearless (extended version) scenes which u dun see in cinema or Malaysia's DVD

- Begining part,Datuk Michelle Yeoh as commitee of olympic council member who try to proposed to bring Wushu as one of Olympic sport.The reason why is bcos of 1 man back in 100 years ago which is Huo Yuan Jia then the stories goes to Jet Li scenes.

- During Huo Yuan Jia's family is been murdered,he left tian jin and went to a Yun Nam village.There is a scene where Jet Li Vs Muay Thai fighter.

- If u still remember Jet Li won in a match which is on a top stage (vs his old rival), jet li gave him the "fist of huo's family book" and end up tat rival become his student.

- At the ending, Datuk Michelle Yeoh end her speech and there is a reporter ask her opinion tat "do u think the olmpic council will approve her proposal,she said it's up to them"


(II) The Punisher (extended version) total time 2 hrs++, malaysian cinema or DVD only 1hr 45mins

- Frank Castle found out the person who betray him which is 1 of the police offcer, his ex-partner/ team mate.End up, he ask ex-team mate to kill himself.

- At the ending, after avenge for his family death. Frank Castle plan to kill himself but stopped after he saw his wife soul which is she's trying to ask him not to do tat.

This post has been edited by b3rnard7: Apr 28 2008, 11:32 PM

u know, if the malaysian censorship board gonna ban the punisher, gua sikit pun tak kisah. that film is not worth watching.

the young & dangerous unnecessarily concluding ho nam as a undercop was seriously bullcrap. in the prequel's storyline, ho nam joined the triads after he got dropped out of school. he never joined the police.

Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Comedy, Satire, etc. which don't alarm the board are ok kua. Anyway, if Star Wars movies are banned here, imagine the fans' reaction.

There's a big difference between an extended version and altogether altering a movie's ending to suit certain countries' requirements.

You guys forgot "Infernal Affairs" HK version

Got 1 ending is Andy Lau died or something?

We discussed this in page one. Andy Lau never died in the IA triology though he was at the end became a living 'vegetable' - his mind totally gone bonkers.

haha..

how about Cloverfield also! maybe the malaysian edition dvd will include an exclusive cut where Hud survives and both the lead magically find themselves in hospital. meanwhile the raksasa jahat get blown to smithereens! HAHAHAHA

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Added on April 29, 2008, 12:15 pmhaha..

how about Cloverfield also! maybe the malaysian edition dvd will include an exclusive cut where Hud survives and both the lead magically find themselves in hospital. meanwhile the raksasa jahat get blown to smithereens! HAHAHAHA

This post has been edited by obefiend: Apr 29 2008, 12:15 PM

Whoops, totally missed that one. Thanks for refreshing my memory abt the ending

this thread shouldn't be called censored ending...it should be called different ending. "I am Legend" also had different ending on the dvd...I think its the same for most movies.

In triad movies a la Malaysia, the baddie is always an "undercover" backstabber, always!!

Yeap, yeap, a big difference. I was under the impression that TS wanna discuss about the films endings that were altered to suit certain countries e.g. Malaysia, China, due to moral values (like a social thingy vs art dilemma), and not the theatrical version vs. the extended / alternate / director's cut DVD version (akin to business vs art creative difference).

The former type of endings are normally done hastily, too abrupt, got discontinuity, not nice, bleh ... while the latter type is more understandable and is edited better; cinemas prefer shorter movies so that can run more screenings.

The changed endings so that bad guys are caught and justice is served are generally HK triads/underworld movies, are few in-between and are done to appease law authorities so that 'innocent' movie-goers won't be so easily influenced by the 'glamour' of criminal activities. Few of the movies listed so far under this category are Young & Dangerous (Post #4), Infernal Affairs (Post #3), SPL (Post #1) & Full-Time Killer (Post #14).
The directors' cut endings/versions are numerous due to the freedom of space granted by DVDs. Sometimes this can vastly improve the movie (the director's vision is superior!), while sometimes it dragged the movie unneccessarily (the studios/editors are right!). But usually, these are included in the DVD Extra Features -> Deleted Scenes. Example, for me, director's cut version of Ridley Scott's Kingdom of Heaven is much much better than the theatrical version eventhough it runs at nearly 3 hours (extra 45+ minutes added).

Wah .. didn't know that .. must get the British version then .. that's the original director's version kua, since he's the director of Dog Soldiers, a British film also. Maybe the American distributors did a survey test audience, and changed the ending accordingly. This tends to happen, it's business for them - all studios wanted audience positive words of mouth, they care less about critics' reviews.

Heheheh ... same here; wasted talents. Both trying too much to be cool. Takeshi Sorimachi could've done better.


Hmmm ... will tell other friends about this. The scenes are included in the main feature or optional deleted scenes in the DVD extended version that you got? Is it the international version after it was released in the US?

Hahaha .. ... no need lah ... our censorship board tak peduli sama ada raksasa-raksasa di galaksi bima sakti ini will watch the movie and get the ideas to do a similar 'terrorist' attack ... somemore in Epal Besar.
Which reminds me, The Siege (Denzel Washington, Annette Bening, Bruce Willis) was banned from Malaysian cinemas last time, rite?

Talking bout banned movies (I know I'm getting off topic here but wth... ), I still remember several years back when the local censorship board banned movies that deals with western ghouls/vampires/etc on the basis that it's... unislamic.

Meaning to say that it's against islam's belief that vampires exist or something like that. However, imagine my 'surprise' when they passed Val Helsing. If I remember correctly, the vampire movie that became the first victim of Msia's censorship board and subsequently banned was Blade II.

Also, I was surprised that several good triad movies from HK were also banned for promoting fighting/using objects to hurt people. As if la the other triad movies don't do that...

Anyway, back on track - You guys knew of any other movies with altered ending?

remember zoolander....

r2t2: the Fearless extended version i use BT to DL one

Daredevil is banned in cinema but you can get the DVD legally in local video shop. The reason for the ban is triad activities in the movie but we got The Departed showed in cinema. Our censorship people are moron sometimes.

if vampire movies should be ban here , than all these nonsense movies like
jangan pandang belakang, congkak and pointianak should be ban too..

Maybe the board is on rotation basis kua? The guideline isn't the end-all-be-all document, IINM, so it's up to the wisdom of the appointed moral upholders.
http://www.moha.gov.my/eng/system/print_de...t&contentid=588

I was kinda surprised Starship Troopers was passed with most if not all the 18-SG scenes uncensored (the 18-SX got cut lah) ... then I pondered,maybe the movie was a good advertisement vehicle for patriotic sentiment (Come join the Army!), good to get youngsters into cinemas to be blown-away by the actions..then maybe wanna experience 1st hand (not the KIA part lah).
300 movie oso like dat ...

Har har har ... Blue-eye-steel something hypnotized to assasinate President of Malaysia (who looked like a Vietnamese .. no offense ...).

IC .. ok, thx, will search 4 it.

They can't changed the BIG title as they did to Super Sapiens a.k.a Hellboy kua? (though now Hellboy 2 title should remain intact ... go figure).
The Departed has 'softer' happier ending compared to Infernal Affairs 1 ... Matt Damon's mole character's karma came around. Read somewhere they're thinking of doing a spin-off/sequel but focusing on Mark Wahlberg's wise-guy character ... anyone?

Ya lor, anymore movie-maniacs could care to share their cinematographic memories? Wat else is out there? (Preferably about those altered ending of movies such as Infernal Affairs, SPL, Y&D, FTK ....)

This post has been edited by r2t2: May 2 2008, 03:11 PM

28 days later? If i'm not mistaken it had an alternate ending with the hero dying. But that wasnt exclusive to Malaysia only, the theatrical release everywhere had a happy ending and the sad ending was only in the DVD release IINM

I've read somewhere that there is also an alternate ending for I Am Legend - can someone confirm this please? It's not that they show different endings in the US and Malaysia but it's supposedly for the DVD.

One version is where Will Smith dies and the other shows him joining the other two survivors in search for other survivors elsewhere. I might be wrong but would like someone to clarify this.

Thanks!

Yup, that's true, checked out the alternate ending on Youtube.

Daredevil definitely got banned because of the title. They gave the triad reason coz the real reason is super lame.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Am_Legend_%...lternate_ending

Here's one HK film not yet listed on this thread:-
A friend mentioned that God of Gamblers Returns (賭神2) starring Chow Yun-Fatt, not the one starring Andy Lau & Chow Sing Chi (賭俠), has an altered ending to please the authority as well. In the original HK ending, Chow YF's character kill the bad guy with a samurai sword. In some countries ending, Chow YF's character is caught by the police (maybe after killing the bad guy) and got some character giving advice something like, "Berjudi adalah salah di sisi undang-undang." ... my fren said according to the Malay subtitle ...

Anyone care to verify?

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Added on May 7, 2008, 1:06 amHere's an American film...classic wan lah..that underwent different ending operation to please their censors during their time ...
1951's "A Streetcar Named Desire"

Excerpt of its reviews :-

In early 1950s' society, "Streetcar" was considered way too risque - even downright sordid - to be presented to moviegoing audiences without severe censorship, which Williams and Kazan were only partly able to fight. One of the most substantial changes made in the adaptation was that at the end of the movie Stanley is punished for his brutality towards Blanche, whereas in the play's cynical original ending he is the only character experiencing no loss at all; indeed seeing his world restored after Blanche's exit. Since Kazan's suggestion to produce two alternate versions (one to please the censors, one in conformity with Williams's play) was rejected, even the 1993 "Original Director's Version" retains its altered, censorship-induced ending. Therefore, the play will forever constitute the last word on Williams's intentions. But even in its censored version this movie was a deserved quadruple Oscar- and multiple other award-winner (albeit undeservedly not for Brando). It has long-since become a true classic: a cinematic gem of first-rate direction and superlative performances throughout.

This post has been edited by r2t2: May 7 2008, 01:06 AM

Thanks!

Sometimes the Censorship Board is so dang stupid - What's wrong with DareDevil? Thought it'd promote Syaitan Berani? Ish

One thing though, the Censorship Board pratices double standard. Back when they banned Blade II (the first casualty), I remember there were several asian horror movies as well. They say vampirism encourages deviant teachings and etc.

Malaysia version ending whereby, Charles Heung, CYF bodyguard in the movie is actually undercover police and gives the advice as mentioned at the end.