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No Retreat, No Surrender (1986) More at IMDbPro »

• The new 2004 UK region 2 DVD from Universal features a different opening and logo and film score compared to either the UK or US home video releases. The DVD also features scenes that were not present in either the US or UK video release(s) Scenes that were added
  • after Jason's father leg is broken there is a brief scene of him in the hospital thinking about who done it to him and not wanting to put his family in danger because of the syndicate and his decision to leave L.A.
  • Ian receiving a phone call from the syndicate telling him to meet them at his dojo in half an hour
  • Various scenes were extended plus additional dialogue is heard that didn't feature in either the UK or US home video release Scenes that were deleted:
  • Jason's date with Kelly at the space needle and a brief scene of them looking through the window of a pet shop
  • After Jason comes home from Ian's dojo there is a scene where Jason meets Kelly for the first time after moving from L.A. to Seattle. Those scenes were included in the video releases. The DVD run time on the back of the DVD is incorrectly stated as 79 minutes the correct run time is 94 minutes
  • Also, the final fight between Jason and Ivan is slightly longer using flashbacks to Jason's training explaining how they come into use in the last fight, such as when Jason was practicing on the mokujin (wooden dummy) and used that knowledge to counter Ivan's attacks. This also explains the awkward jump cuts during this fight in the shorter prints.
  • This version also contains a completely different score feature stock music from various Hong Kong films, such as Project A and My Lucky Stars, plus an alternate theme song called "Hold On To The Vision". Also, there is a different voice actor used for "Lee Dai Goh" which sounds properly more Asian rather than the deeper Americanized voice used in the shorter prints.
  
  
  
• Another scene cut out in US video releases was a small chase sequence in which Scott, after being yelled at by his father for his laziness, chases R.J. only to fall in wet cement after R.J. jumps a hurdle on his skateboard.
  
  
• There are two known versions. One version features an extra scene where Jason and Kelly go up to the top of the Space Needle but this version also deletes a few of the other scenes. It's also possible that this extra scene is only in the UK print of the movie. This would be to make up for the lost "feature time" from the censored and deleted action sequences. One version of this movie is 85 minutes and the uncut version is 95 minutes (but missing the Space Needle scene).
  
  
• The soundtrack is different between the two cut and uncut versions of this movie. The UK version has a slow rendition of the title song and oriental-style music, but the other normal versions feature a better title song and use synthesizer-style music.
  
  
• When released in Britain, this title received the following cuts:
  • The cinema version was cut by 7s:
  • A Bruce Lee poster is unrolled by Kurt McKinney which clearly shows 'The Little Dragon' holding a pair of nunchaku. Two shots of this were ordered cut by the BBFC.
  • The video release has been further cut by 37s. These cuts were imposed to get the film a 15 rating:
  • Two additional cuts were made to the fight between Jean-Claude Van Damme and his opponent towards the end of the film. These were: an elbow to the fighter's throat and repeated punches to his stomach.
  
  
  

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