OVERALL: R0

The US/Canada Synapse release is the clear winner. Do note however, it's only available in a Blu-ray/DVD combo pack.

There has been a plenty of debate of the cut-status of this film. Thanks to Rewind users, we have now confirmed the running times of all of these releases, except the American 'Tango' release.

The one scene which is believed to be cut in the UK-version and others, is as follows in ALL of these releases:
"The scene where the girl is sexually abused by a solder iron lasts 24.5 seconds, but as he goes to touch her with it, she screams, and then the picture fades to white, and to the next scene."
Please, do not report any further cut-corrections/questions, if you´re not sure (we have had too many already).

CUTS:

• R0 The Director's Cut America- Anchor Bay Entertainment - No cuts. Unrated Director's Cut (101:50 NTSC).
• R0 Unrated Director's Cut America- Synapse Films - No cuts - Unrated Director's Cut, but there is some optical blurring of a poster on the wall at approximately 64:00 (102:13 NTSC).
• R0 Unrated Director's Cut Canada- Synapse Films - No cuts. Unrated Director's Cut, but there is some optical blurring of a poster on the wall at approximately 64:00 (102:13 NTSC).
• R0 The Director's Cut United Kingdom- Synergy - No cuts. Unrated Director's Cut (97:43 PAL).
• R1 The Digitally Remastered Director's Cut America- Tango - No cuts. Unrated Director's Cut.
• R2 France- Integral Video - No cuts. Unrated Director's Cut (97:47 PAL).
• R2 Censored Red Cover Scandinavia- Future Film/Star Media Entertainment/Atlantic Film - Yes. Unrated Director's Cut but missing 13 seconds (97:35 PAL).
  - 5 seconds from the head scene in the jungle.
  - 4 seconds from the hook in the back.
  - 2 seconds from the meat grinder scene.
  - 2 seconds from the curling pin scene in the brothel.
• R2 Uncensored Blue Cover Scandinavia- Future Film/Star Media Entertainment/Atlantic Film - No cuts. Unrated Director's Cut (97:48 PAL).
• R2 Spain- Manga Films - No cuts. Unrated Director's Cut (97:47 PAL).
• R2 United Kingdom- Optimum Releasing - No cuts. Director's Cut (97:50 PAL).

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Comparison added by Craig on 20/07/01
Comparison last updated by Anthony_DiPaola on 16/09/22

UPDATE LOG:

13/09/11: Addition of the Synapse release.
10/09/15: Added second Scandinavian release.
17/03/21: Added Caps-a-holic, updated formatting of US Synapse & added exact runtime, removed Spanish bootleg.
30/01/22: Dates, cleanup.
16/09/22: Addition of the Canadian release.