Musa
Atlantic Film International Cut Sweden RC2
Atlantic Film
Long Version Sweden RC2
CJ Entertainment Long Version Korea RC3

 
Due to wrong progressive flagging all three transfers display heavy combing artefacts with a Weave deinterlacer in use during playback (pic#1). Atlantic's International Cut is clearly oversaturated & overcontrasted (pic#2), presenting the film in unnatural yellow and red hues and thereby strongly reducing the color palette (the horizon is lost in pic#5). The picture is soft and hazy and cropped on the sides (pic#1) and at the bottom (pic#4), losing more picture information. The original (i.e. longer) cuts display a more natural color palette (the Swedish transfer with a slightly reddish tint, see skin tone in pic#3, pic#4), better picture resolution but were both flattened from the original theatrical aspect ratio of 2,35:1 to ~ 2,47:1 (pic#4).

Note: The so called "International Cut" is shorter by ~ 25 minutes.

transfer ranking:
CJ Entertainment Long Version Korea RC0
Atlantic Film Long Version Sweden RC2
Atlantic Film International Cut Sweden RC2


Musa - Princess of the desert - Atlantic Film International Cut Sweden - RC2 (PAL)

Musa - Princess of the desert - Atlantic Film Long Version Sweden - RC2 (PAL)

Musa - CJ Entertainment Long Version Korea - RC3 (NTSC)



Musa - Princess of the desert - Atlantic Film International Cut Sweden - RC2 (PAL)

Musa - Princess of the desert - Atlantic Film Long Version Sweden - RC2 (PAL)

Musa - CJ Entertainment Long Version Korea - RC3 (NTSC)



Musa - Princess of the desert - Atlantic Film International Cut Sweden - RC2 (PAL)

Musa - Princess of the desert - Atlantic Film Long Version Sweden - RC2 (PAL)

Musa - CJ Entertainment Long Version Korea - RC3 (NTSC)



Musa - Princess of the desert - Atlantic Film International Cut Sweden - RC2 (PAL)

Musa - Princess of the desert - Atlantic Film Long Version Sweden - RC2 (PAL)

Musa - CJ Entertainment Long Version Korea - RC3 (NTSC)



Musa - Princess of the desert - Atlantic Film International Cut Sweden - RC2 (PAL)

Musa - Princess of the desert - Atlantic Film Long Version Sweden - RC2 (PAL)

Musa - CJ Entertainment Long Version Korea - RC3 (NTSC)

screen captures by rc3 by 'man-eater'
screen captures rc2 by 'sepp'