OVERALL: Draw

*R1 2-disc SE includes additional Audio commentary, Printable script, and "Unrated"-version of the film.
*The R2 Scandinavian SE has (Full Bitrate) DTS, and it could have one additional Deleted scene (TBC).
*The R2 German release has a few unique extras whilst the R2 Japanese release has an alternate exclusive commentary.
The choice is yours as to what is most important.

General Note:
Reason why the R1 2-disc SE version has almost the same playing time as older R1 releases, the older versions include a 17 second Franchise Pictures studio intro in the run time (beginning), the new 2-disc SE does not. 2-disc version does not have the 4 cuts the other R1 versions do.

A visual comparison of several DVD and Blu-ray versions can be found here and here.

CUTS:

• R1 America- Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment - "R-rated" version - Four edits to violence which include (108:15 - NTSC):
  1) The hotel shootout: This scene has a cut about 7 seconds, showing bloody bullet hits, when the two brothers are hanging on the rope.
  2) Rocco shoots the Mafia-Guys in the bar: The headshot and the shot in the chest are cut away on the DVD. You only see the blood coming out of the back of the bench.
  3) Shoot out in the pool-room: one scene is cut which shows several bullet hits in the body of the guy who opens the door.
  4) Poolroom shootout: The guy that's holding the phone, standing in the back left corner gets shot twice. The second bullet hit is cut out.
• R1 Unrated - Special Edition America- Fox - No cuts - "Unrated"-version (108:20 min - NTSC).
• R1 Canada- Lion's Gate - "R-rated" version (108:16 min - NTSC) - Four edits to violence which include:
  1) The hotel shootout: This scene has a cut about 7 seconds, showing bloody bullet hits, when the two brothers are hanging on the rope.
  2) Rocco shoots the Mafia-Guys in the bar: The headshot and the shot in the chest are cut away on the DVD. You only see the blood coming out of the back of the bench.
  3) Shoot out in the pool-room: one scene is cut which shows several bullet hits in the body of the guy who opens the door.
  4) Poolroom shootout: The guy that's holding the phone, standing in the back left corner gets shot twice. The second bullet hit is cut out.
• R2 Germany- CTHE/ Helkon - No cuts - "Unrated"-version.
• R2 Holland- RCV - No cuts - "Unrated"-version.
• R2 Italy- CDI - No cuts - "Unrated"-version.
• R2 Japan- Toshiba - No cuts - "Unrated"-version.
• R2 Scandinavia- Scanbox - No cuts - "Unrated"-version.
• R2 Special Edition Scandinavia- Scanbox - No cuts - "Unrated"-version.
• R2 Spain- Tripictures - No cuts - "Unrated"-version.
• R2 United Kingdom- Cinema Club - "R-rated" version - Four edits to violence which include:
  1) The hotel shootout: This scene has a cut about 7 seconds, showing bloody bullet hits, when the two brothers are hanging on the rope.
  2) Rocco shoots the Mafia-Guys in the bar: The headshot and the shot in the chest are cut away on the DVD. You only see the blood coming out of the back of the bench.
  3) Shoot out in the pool-room: one scene is cut which shows several bullet hits in the body of the guy who opens the door.
  4) Poolroom shootout: The guy that's holding the phone, standing in the back left corner gets shot twice. The second bullet hit is cut out.
  Thanks to WTA for confirming this.
• R4 Australia- Village Roadshow - No cuts - "Unrated"-version. Contains all the scenes missing from the R1 Fox disc (103:59 min - PAL).

Do you own a release not listed? Then please visit our forums and let us know!

Comparison added by David on 28/08/02
Comparison last updated by Paul_Lewis on 09/10/14

UPDATE LOG: