OVERALL: Draw

Between the R1 Criterion and the R2 UK CE, which both have a wealth of Extras and a DTS track.

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DVDBeaver image-comparison between R1 Criterion and R2 UK CE can be found from the link below:

CUTS:

• R1 America- Criterion Collection - No cuts (136:26 NTSC)
• R1 Widescreen America- Hollywood Pictures - No cuts (136:26 NTSC)
• R2 Holland- Buena Vista Home Entertainment - No Cuts (130:49 PAL)
• R2 2 Disc Collector's Edition United Kingdom- Buena Vista Home Entertainment - No Cuts (130:49 PAL)
• R2 Widescreen United Kingdom- Hollywood Pictures - Yes - Film has been cut by 0:15 for UK release:
  - Confrontation in the morgue where John Patric Mason (Sean Connery) knife-throwing into a soldier's neck is totally eliminated, along with the line you must never hesitate.
  - Connery shooting a guard in the foot is trimmed.
  - A 2 second zoom of the above soldier when the generator falls on him after Mason shoots it.
  - Connery breaking a guard's neck loses the sound of the breaking.
  - The gun battle near the end has been trimmed for blood letting, when Major Tom Baxter (David Morse) gets shot in the stomach and General Francis X.
  - Hummel (Ed Harris) receives a hit to his left shoulder (130:42 PAL)
• R4 Special Edition Australia- Buena Vista Home Entertainment - No Cuts (130:49 PAL)

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Comparison added by Craig on 16/07/01
Comparison last updated by Mikael_Pitkänen on 01/11/20

UPDATE LOG:

16/07/01: Initial entry.
26/08/20: Added Amazon links.
01/11/20: Added Caps-a-Holic link.