Do NOT purchase this movie unless you happen to own a foreign DVD player!
590788
Do NOT purchase this movie unless you happen to own a foreign DVD player!

Things were a lot simpler when we had VHS movies.  You popped the cassette into the player, and pushed play.  That was it!

Not so with DVDs!  For some strange reason, the manufacturers decided to make the lives of their customers as difficult as possible by putting "Regions" onto their DVDs.  Now, if you happen to purchase a movie off Amazon, you have to worry about it's REGION, which part of the world it was originally intended for!  In this case, I think it may be England.

I have repeatedly requested that Amazon put warnings in LARGE BOLD RED LETTERS warning people not to just "One-Click" on a movie you might be interested in (they made it far too easy to buy something without checking it out first) but so far, the warning is simply hidden in the fine print.  If I were running Amazon, I would not only put a large red warning sign on these foreign DVDs, but put them into a separate, foreign section entirely, like in the movie stores...that way, you KNOW for certain what you're considering buying before you actually "click."

This is one of the FEW gripes I have with my favorite store, Amazon.
3006148
I can't remember which seller did I get this movie from, but the english translation is lousy and very poor, not worth watching and even worse, buying. I wish I could return it, it's terribly bad. The french version would've been much better. Somebody did screwed this movie.
3374960
I have already done 1 review, but here goes with another 1. I bought this dvd for my Son (English) & Latvian Daughter-in-law. They were expecting the film to be with English subtitles, but sad to say its not.  They are Very Very disappointed, so am I as Its a complete waste of my money.
PLUS THIS DVD NOT COMPATIBLE WITH UK DVD PLAYER...........BEWARE!!!!!!!!
671098
The only reason I give this movie a one star is due to the 80's style martial arts action that I've enjoyed through the years.  The plot is typical with a crystal clear, clean-cut hero and an overly obvious villain.  Everything about this movie oozes 80's cheese action with plenty of fisticuffs to go around!!  Unfortunately, the transfer to DVD is HORRIBLE to say the least.  The picture quality looks like someone recorded their poorest VCR copy (the one you lent out to all your friends and when you finally get it back, the insides have been jammed back into its case!) onto DVD.  On top of this, the sound transfer is barely recognizable and you have to turn your volume almost all the way up to figure out the dialogue.  This movie would only be bought by the hardest of hardcore collectors.  It's a shame that a fun movie like this gets a bad rap due to such a terrible transfer.  Unless you can bear the horrendous quality of this sorry excuse for a DVD or a better transfer is available, skip it!!!!
1137196
the DVD isn't playable in the USA and when contacted the seller they refused to make good!
4271909
I can't watch it because it's a European copy. It sucks! I want to return it. Why would you guys sell a movie to the american public that is not viewable in America?
1640998
Do not buy this movie, I got it in German. It will not play on us DVD players. Complete waste of time and money
3451643
It didn't play on my DVD player.  Purchased an all-region DVD but this movie only played in French.  Since I don't read or speak French it was useless.  Not only that, all the instructions were in Spanish and I don't read Spanish either.  I know it's a great movie but I reordered from someone else who said what they were sending would play region 1 and that's me.  Haven't received it yet though.  This is not a fair rating really because if one reads French and Spanish the DVD would have been just fine.  Product returned to sender.
47389
I should've taken the advice of the other reviewers, but I went ahead and bought this dvd because the price was right (or so I thought).  This is a great movie, but this dvd is terrible.  All of the way through, the picture is grainy and dark and the sound is horrible.  You can barely hear what they are saying during normal scenes and during fight or action scenes it gets so loud that you can't enjoy it.  I spent the whole movie turning the volume up and down.  And, the subtitles are only in French.  No English subtitles!  Don't waste your $7.50 for this dvd.  Wait for another release.
2561908
I watch a ton of movies throughout the week, so it's not my DVD player. I purchased this dvd around Christmas and it was damaged. Anything beyond Scene 11 has some major interference on screen and the sound is jumpy so the viewer is unable to make out what that the actors are saying. You cannot even pretend to watch it. I sent my copy back and purchased from a different sender and purchased the movie again, but the same problem on a whole new DVD. This is definitely some type of print error on a certain number of these DVD. The movie would be great otherwise, as I watched the mandarin with subtitles. I do n't know what is wrong with the discs.
876336
I saw the review of this fil in our TV, therfore I decided to purchase it. I was excited when I received it. After loading the disc, to my utter surprise, you sent us a disc which is only meant for US and surely not for Europe !
I had just bought a new Blu-Ray DVD player.

What am I going to do with this disc ? ( opened )
4586265
I am a Spaghetti Western fan. Because of this I decided to purchase a number of rather rare films on DVD by Wild East Entertainment. One of films was "If You Meet Sartana Pray for Your Death."

The first DVD I recieved was the Lee Van Cleef classic Day of Anget. It had some major problems. I ordered the disc BRAND NEW from amazon directly and the disc contained many DEEP scratches, fingerprint smudges, and the center of the disc was even cracked. I sent the disc back to get a replacement. The second disc I recieved was also scratched badly. I'm not sure who is in charge of making these Wild Eest Entertainment discs but holy hell, give me a break! For brand new discs they look and play like a an ex-rental that had been used as a frisbee. I sent the disc back for a second time because the film skipped. The third disc I recieved...what a surprise...was also really scratched. Enough is enough! How many times do I have to send a disc back in order to get a disc that is in LIKE NEW condition and plays fine!

That was only the first problem I had with a Wild East disc. I also ordered the DVDs Sartana and Gentleman Killer. I will say up front that I have a normal television (not some fancy widescreen TV) and a normal high quality Sony DVD player. When I played either one of those DVDs...the image come up scruntched on my TV. It's not like I have a widescreen TV playing non-anamorphic discs. I have a normal everyday TV. I emailed Wild East Entertainment about the problem and they eventually responded that it was a manufacturing defect on their part and the person has to switch their DVD player manually to 16x9 to play properly on their TV. Sadly I was unable to do this on my DVD player and the company offered my money back if I sent back the discs along with my amazon receipt. I sent the DVD to them. It's been months and I have not recieved any refund and they refuse to email me back. They took my DVDs and never sent me a refund and refuse to answer my letters and emails. I have NEVER been treated so poorly and they basically robbed me of $40.

The "Matalo!" DVD also has some extremely poor encoding but I assume I warned potential buyers enough about "Wild East Entertainment". I respect the work they are trying to do by releasing hard to find Spaghetti Westerns but they need to shape up or ship out. Releasing defective discs that are poorly manufactured (like the Day of Anger disc) is upsetting. Their customer service promising refunds that never arrive and ignoring emails and letters is childish. It's a shame because I bought a LOT of their DVD's but the defective discs and their customer service giving false promises ensures that I will NEVER buy another one of their products again.
960640
Please be advised that this DVD is in the PAL format and will not play in most DVD players. A total waste of money!
2093619
I'm referring to the dvd version from dimension. I bought this dvd only to find that some scenes were cut and the only language available was English. There's no excuse with this technology and the retail price ... that you cannot keep the movie in it's original editing and also offer the original soundtrack as well as multiple languages. The movie itself would rate 5 stars but the dvd was so bad I had to give it away and went out to buy the Tai Chi Master dvd. And ... it was cheaper as well as a better experience than I had with the dimension version. If you can, go buy Tai Chi Master, not "Twin Warriors."
2808559
This Italian-issued DVD is useless for English-speaking viewers. Much of the film is in Danish and Italian, and there are no English subtitles for these sequences. The only subtitles there are in Italian, and they are forced (unremovable), so the entire film is visually marred. A very unpleasant, disappointing experience--why don't sellers inform us up front about these shortcomings?
3515421
I own the VHS-version of this movie as well and pre-ordered the DVD.  First, there is no extra/new feature (except for a short theatrical trailer and the widescreen format) in this DVD, which is not a big deal in itself; however, the DVD version of this movie has a couple of significant problems.
(1) There's a problem with the color transfer that practically ruins the role that colors play in the movie.  The problem is especially pronounced in those scenes around the Marquis' mansion.  Colors change so drastically and erratically from scene to scene that they no longer have any coherent meaning at all.
(2) The DVD has a new translation.  On one hand, this could be a good thing for those of us who don't speak Japanese.  It's good to have an alternative translation so we can triangulate the original meaning using this and the VHS version's translation.  On the other hand, the new translation is very poorly done.  For instance, Rampo's monologue near the beginning of the movie was artfully done (as it had to be to anchor the entire movie) in the VHS version, but in the DVD version it is incoherent and incomprehensible.
If you are crazy about this movie, you might still want to buy the DVD just for the alternative translation and the widescreen format.  Don't throw away your VHS copy though.  You won't want to make this DVD the copy you show to your friends, who won't be able to appreciate the movie as fully as you were able to with the VHS version.
2561392
the dvd does not play in the standard dvd player in this country so we have been unable to watch the movie that we very much want to see. we will need to find another dvd player compatible with this dvd.

should have been made clear prior to purchase.