- The Xenon video has 2 different endings of the film. The one used in the film itself has Carl Scott's character, Tom, hanging dead from a tree. The other ending, however, is far different in that Carl Scott first runs into Ku Feng's character and the two of them fight. Soon after, Bruce arrives and finds Carl tied to a tree still alive, which then leads into the standard fight between Bruce and Feng's characters. Shortly after Feng falls dead to the ground, Carl runs over to Bruce and says "Hey man, okay?". The shot then freeze frames with Bruce and Carl looking off into the horizon with the end of the "theme" (Bill Conti's "The Final Bell" from Rocky) playing. Different countries have used different endings, with the downbeat "Tom dies" ending used in the Hong Kong, German, and Spanish theatrical releases of the film, and the upbeat "Tom lives" ending used in the UK, French and American theatrical releases.
- The Xenon video version is actually more or less an exclusive "hybrid" version of the film. The video itself is actually taken from a widescreen PAL video from Germany under the title of "Bruce Li - Die Killerkralle", which explains the freeze frame logo at the beginning of the film (to remove the German title). However, the English audio is taken from a UK VHS release of the film entitled "The Tiger Strikes Again". The use of the German version explains why there are certain scenes missing, such as Feng's extended death scene, as well as additional bits that were cut throughout the film such as the deaths of Lee Hoi San's and Alexander Grand's characters.
- For the French release of the film, all of the nude scenes with Shaw Yam-Yam's character were replaced with alternate clothed or partly clothed takes. The shower seduction with her and Lo Meng's character has her keeping her towel on, and the two scenes with her and Ku Feng's character have her in a small robe instead of being topless. These clips are shown as extra features on the German limited edition DVD.
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