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Title: Very disappointed, ending mangled, even in "Original" version
Review: The transfer is quite good and the added scenes are interesting (but I see why they were left out of the original cut). However the ending was completely changed. I understand that the ending would be changed in the "Redux" version, but even the "Original" version was altered. I bought this disk thinking I would get a new version and if I didn't like it I could go back to the classic, but no such luck. The new version has a few interesting points, but I think highly dilutes the original film's power. It "humanizes" Captain Willard (Sheen's character), but I think that was one of the critical elements of the original film, he is meant to be distant, inscrutable and harsh. The added footage in the "Redux" version ruins the character development of Captain Willard.The altering of the ending in the "Original" version is just unforgivable in my opinion.
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