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1/9/2009-- Given the success of Woo's high-stakes undertaking -- at $80 million, the most expensive Chinese-language movie ever -- it remains a crying shame that the two films may never be seen outside Asia on the bigscreen. (For hardcore buffs, the first pic is already available on DVD in Asia.) Non-Asian auds are meant to be content with a planned 2½-hour "international version," which cannot hope to replicate the impressive detail and sheer epic sweep of the 280-minute original.    

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