Format: Region 0 DVD, NTSC

Length: 199 min

Aspect Ratio: Full Screen (1.33:1), OAR

Audio Tracks: Mandarin (Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS), Cantonese, English (Dolby Digital 5.1)

Subtitles: English

Extras: Disc 1 and 2 contains an audio commentary by martial arts film promoter Ric Meyers and Tai Seng's Product Marketing Manager Frank Djeng. Per usual, Ric does most of the talking, defends criticisms lobbed against his previous commentaries, (understandably) mangles Chinese names, makes comparisons to anime, becomes obsessed with the cold climate the actors worked in, and performs a lot of oral reading loosely related to the series making up about 60 or 70% of the commentary. He makes one obvious mistake where he attributes David Chiang as being in Five Fingers of Death. Towards the end he also reads negative reviews of the original series posted online without refuting them which was probably not a hot idea in retrospect. There is a lot of information about the production and the stars. But with such a long running time, it's not surprising to hear the devolution into minutia or tangents. There's very little play-by-play or dissection of specific scenes. Frank does contribute Chinese perspective on the series, particularly in relation to the Gu Long novel. All-in-all, not a bad commentary for anyone who really can't get enough of Gu Long and wuxia details. Disc 2 contains an exclusive 11-minute interview with Christopher Lee (w/ subtitles) who discusses his work on the film. There are a trailers for Master Swordsman, Moon Warriors, The Duel, and Dragon Inn.

Notes: This series was made for television and looks to have been shot on digital. As a result, the natural and artificial lighting occasionally result in scenes with washed colors or low contrast. But Tai Seng's print is in excellent condition and their audio options are really nice. An English-dubbed track is included, but the voice acting is mediocre. A Cantonese track is included, but the Mandarin-dubbed track is the original and the best in sound and acting quality (either DD5.1 or DTS). Removable English subtitles are easy to read and well written apart from one or two minor typos.