Great theatrical release, but the alternate bookends blow SPOILER

Rating: Null/10 (14 July 2004)

This movie has one of the best openings for an action film, and the ending is one that restores faith in the movie industry. Then they had to screw it up. Spoilers below.
The alternate beginning and ending on the DVD release are horrible. They blow all of the suspense and drama from the whole film. Will he survive? Will she? Yeah thats right, of course he does, because the whole movie is a flashback, thanks a lot. I've seen 7th graders write better plot movement than that.
Lets talk about the alternate ending. "Sometimes we need monsters". They're basically saying Jason's whole crisis of character, brought on by his being confronted with the children of his target is moot now, post 911, because "we need monsters". So whats the whole point of the film now?
The only monsters I see are the ones who messed up this films integrity. what were you thinking?