There are some strange things with the DVD that I highlighted earlier. I suspect they (and you) got a bootleg copy. To release a commercially produced DVD with no CSS and open region coding is not the normal thing studios do.
With that said, the developers will probably have a more informed idea of what is going on since you created a log file. This might be a new protection.
He just told you he got it at Hastings.
It's NOT a bootleg copy, it's a retail copy... US, Region 1.
The same thing happens on mine, locks up at 49% with an unexpected error.
UPC: 815300010914
I am using AnyDVD 7.7.0.1 Beta.