According to an story in a spanish magazine (dvdaccion), as mentioned in a spanish forum, UNderworld was originally shoot in 1:85:1, but the director had second thoughts and added black bars in order to make it appear as a 2:85:1 film!
The company that will be releasing the film in Spain had access to both masters of the film and decided to release the sale edition in the "original" format (and of course avoiding the "dreaded" black bars that some consumers (normally the less informed about formats an all that) hate so much).
Please take all this with a pinc of salt. I´ll try to get a copy of that magazine, it seems they have made a comparison of captures from both versions, and seems to prove that the "good" transfer is the 1:85:1 one!
The company that will be releasing the film in Spain had access to both masters of the film and decided to release the sale edition in the "original" format (and of course avoiding the "dreaded" black bars that some consumers (normally the less informed about formats an all that) hate so much).
Please take all this with a pinc of salt. I´ll try to get a copy of that magazine, it seems they have made a comparison of captures from both versions, and seems to prove that the "good" transfer is the 1:85:1 one!