Shouldn't an emulation issue be the first thing you attempt to troubleshoot rather than blaming it on a bad copy of the game? It seems like basic common sense that one is more likely to be the cause of the problem than the other. You should have said what you were trying to play the game on from the get-go, a modded PS2, or PCSX2. FYI, cutscenes on some games need to be ran in software mode on PCSX2. You can hit F9 during a game to switch between hardware/software mode. PCSX2 is very good, but its not perfect.