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Written by Gavin Salkeld
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Friday, 08 August 2008 |
· In the opening sequence, the heavy on-screen punch given to Johnny C has been removed just after the curtains have been closed
· The shot of petrol being doused on the floor has been removed
· The following medium shot of the petrol being poured on Johnny’s wife has been cut
· Johnny C receiving a very heavy punch right after this has also been cut
· The thug recoiling in pain and saying, “Benny, get me some ice I think I broke my goddamn hand” has been removed
· Benny’s reply of “Sure, boss” as he pours more petrol on the floor is missing
· When the thug who goes to the back door is lifted by the noose, we fail to see the wire making contact with his neck and him actually being hoisted in close-up
· When Johnny C is then threatened, the extreme close-up of the knife blade flicking out in front of his face is missing
· As Johnny is forced to the floor, the sight of his mouth being forced open and pliers coming into the shot has been removed, along with the dialogue, “See if it sings on its own!”
· The shot of the bad guy’s neck being broken in the fridge door is missing
· When Kruger breaks the bad guy’s neck on the floor, the sound effect has been removed
· Kruger’s framing of the bad guys has been pointless ruined in the UK cut. His second, off-screen shot into one of the corpses has been cut, so his dialogue about how the men “turned on each other” now makes no sense at all
· When Kruger sets fire to the floor, we fail to see the flames engulfing one of the corpses on the floor
· When Donahue pulls the gun on Lee in the office, his shouting of “You have no fucking idea!” is cut to simply “You!”
· Cross-cuts between the two have also been removed to tone down the level of threat
· The medium shot of Donahue putting the gun barrel into his mouth has been cut
· The following two shots of Donahue slumped in chair with blood running from his mouth have been eliminated
· During the cabin raid, the shots of Kruger stabbing the thug behind the door have been edited
· When Kruger shoots the next thug immediately after, we do not see him being blasted against the wall with bloody impact hits
· Deguerin’s killing of the witness has been edited to remove the more overly sadistic elements. We fail to see him shoot her in the gut and then feign mouth-to-mouth resuscitation on her
· Shortly after, we also fail to see the full extent of him smothering her
· When Monroe is shot on the plane, the second bullet hit to him and his violent recoil have both been cut
· In the zoo, we fail to see an alligator ripping off the bad guy’s arm after he is thrown around
· When Kruger is caught out in Donohue’s office, we do not see him pistol whip one of the SWAT team members
· As the rest of the SWAT team emerge from the lift, we do not see Kruger removing the pins from the grenades on his human shield, and throwing the dead guy into the lift to blow the entire team up
· Deguerin’s pistol whip to Lee is cut right after he tells Kruger he’ll “slice her into little pieces”
· When Kruger gets onto the helipad, we fail to see him breaking Haggerty’s back in an underarm move
· Petrofsky slapping Lee on the chair is missing
· After Kruger drops down onto the two guards on the dock, the short fight is missing completely, including the sight of Kruger crushing one thug’s face with his boot and kneeing the other guard in the face
· Sal’s rifle butt to one of the guard’s is missing
· In the sequence where Kruger is under the floorboards, the first shots of the two men being riddled with bullets in slow motion have been cut
· Just after this, the impact shots of two men being hit by the rail guns have been cut completely, as well as the sight of a third thug being hit and flying through a window
· When Petrofsky flicks a knife out on Lee, the close-up of this is missing
· As Lee escapes from her captor, we lose the shot of her kicking him in the face as he lies on the floor
· When Kruger emerges heroically from the warehouse, we lose the shots of three men being thrown into the air
· The following gun shots and impacts to random guards have been heavily edited
· When Sal shoots the sniper in the eye, we do not see the shot of the sniper falling back without his eye
· When Deguerin shoots Kruger, we do not see him apparently pistol-whipping Lee
· When Kruger jumps onto the container, the gunfire around him has been reduced
· As Johnny C and co. rise from the mechanical digger, the bloody impact hits to Petrofsky and two thugs have been cut
· Close shots of more firing and bullet impacts into villains have been cut
· Deguerin hitting Kruger with a crow bar twice has been cut
· Finally, the end sequence has been removed entirely. All sight of the villains trapped in the limo has been removed, along with shots of their panic as they try to escape
· The train hitting the car and it exploding on impact has been cut, along with Kruger looking-on seriously
· Johnny C driving off, waving at Kruger and smiling has been eliminated
· The shots of the burning car wreck have also been cut
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