OVERALL: Draw

The US Criterion release includes the director's cut and 2 exclusive commentaries and extras. Note the commentaries on the "bootleg videos" are different than the ones on the UK & German releases.
The UK Arrow LE release includes the director's cut and has an exclusive commentary and extensive extras.
The German Koch SE release includes the director's cut and some exclusive extras.

Information on the differences between the R-rated and Unrated versions can be found at Movie-Censorship.com (SPOILERS!) and below:

The R-rated version is missing (SPOILERS!):
- The complete reveal of the Oriental dildo, which lasts 4 seconds longer.
- When Max and Nicki first get together, Max picks up a needle from the floor and traces it along Nicki's legs and torso.
- When Max pulls the needle from Nicki's left ear, four seconds showing the needle sliding out of the lobe and being held clear are cut.
- Max pushing the needle into Nicki's right ear amounts to about 2 seconds of delete video.
- The view of Max and Nicki making love on the floor of the torture chamber is longer by about 5 seconds.
- The shot of Max's second executive murder runs for 23 frames in the PAL version and 48 frames in the NTSC version, amounting to 1 second of missing film.
- The shot of Barry Convex's face splitting open is more lingering, as are some of the other points of view.
- An additional close up of Barry's open chest, with the jagged ends of ribs clearly visible, amounts to 3 seconds. (Thanks to michaeldvd.com for this info)

CUTS:

• R1 America- Criterion Collection - No cuts - Unrated version (88:42 NTSC)
• R1 America- Universal Pictures - No cuts - Unrated version (88:33 NTSC)
• R2 France- Universal Pictures - No cuts - R-rated version (83:48 PAL)
• R2 Germany- Universal Pictures - No cuts - R-rated version (83:48 PAL)
• R2 Special Edition Germany- Koch Media - No cuts - Unrated version (84:53 PAL)
• R2 Italy- Universal Pictures - No cuts - R-rated version (83:48 PAL)
• R2 Scandinavia- Universal Pictures - No cuts - R-rated version (83:48)
• R2 United Kingdom- Arrow Films - No cuts - Unrated version (85:01 PAL)
• R2 United Kingdom- Universal Pictures - No cuts - R-rated version (83:48 PAL)
• R2 Limited Edition United Kingdom- Arrow Films - No cuts - Unrated version (85:01 PAL)
• R4 Australia- Universal Pictures - No cuts - R-rated version (83:48 PAL)

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Comparison added by Adrian_Busby on 19/06/02
Comparison last updated by Rick_Curzon on 12/07/24

UPDATE LOG:

19/06/02: Initial entry.
28/02/13: R2 Germany/Italy added
12/08/15: Arrow L.E release added.
13/08/15: Added additional ASIN links.
24/01/21: Updated DVDBeaver link, added Caps-a-holic link, added German SE & UK Arrow standalone releases, corrected Arrow releases from 2.0 mono to 1.0, removed extraneous DVD info adding hyperlinks to related comparisons, added Movie-Censorship link, updated Winner notes.
09/10/22: Scandinavia.
12/07/24: Dates.