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The Expendables (2/2)

original title: The Expendables

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  • Theatrical Version
  • Extended Cut
Release: Oct 19, 2011 - Author: Jason - Translator: Sebbe - external link: IMDB
The Movie

After the great Cop Land (1997), Sylvester Stallone, the multi-talented actor, producer and screen writer, began drifting off into insignificance and it took him a couple of years to rediscover his artistic vision. When the time was right, he took his old characters, who were still loved by the fans, and did what he does best: Sometimes with a healthy dose of self-mockery (Rocky Balboa), sometimes rather seriously (John Rambo) and with his trademark expression on his face, he again brought his enemies to their knees.

Since those movies were profitable, they opened up the possibility for an awesome sounding project: Together with an all star dream-cast, among them Jason Statham, Dolph Lundgren & Jet Li and several cameos of genre legends like Arnold Schwarzenegger & Bruce Willis he set out to revive old school action classics from the 80s: Die hard action heroes on a mission, with a simple plot and lots of one-liners.

On the surface, The Expendables is exactly that, but then again it is not. Back in the days bloody bullet holes required exploding blood packs that were placed under lightly colored shirts. If one wanted more details latex was the material of choice. If a director wanted to show a burning person, a stunt man had to be set on fire, buildings had to be blown away with explosives (at least miniatures of them) and so on and so forth.

Probably due to the smaller budget, 90% of the action in The Expendables is based on computer generated special effects. An extremely fast cut, which is reminiscent of Paul "Bourne-Trilogie" Greengrass and not of the good old era of hand made action movies and the fact that the screen time for action legends, such as Lundgren or Lee is way too short, tarnish the final result.

Nevertheless, the movie still is what most genre fans wanted to see: Die hard action heroes on a mission, with an extremely simple plot and lots of often matching one-liners. The much cited whining is on a rather high level and can be attributed first and foremost to unfulfilled expectations. That being said, there is still hope that the same mistakes will not be made again in the sequel The Expendables 2. Furthermore, like with John Rambo not all versions were available from the beginning...


The Versions


… At a time when the movie was still in theaters director Sylvester Stallone already announced an Extended Cut with 15 more minutes through his Twitter account. On the one hand hope was burgeoning that the action heroes, who did not have enough screen time, would get more space and that the rather haphazard cut would be improved. On the other hand, there were also doubts, caused by recent experience of the new cut of John Rambo, which was thoroughly botched.

In this case, however, I can assure you that with the Extended Cut of The Expendables almost everything was done right. To the full delight of the author of this report the work that was put into it was more than worth it.

From beginning to end, this means that: That Barney Ross, played by Stallone, now seems emotionally crippled and much colder and Lee Christmas, played by Statham is blaming him for this several times in the new cut. The latter suffers way more from his broken relationship with his girlfriend Lace. He almost desperately seeks help and comfort from Barney – obviously without success. In the meantime, not only does Randy Couture get more time to develop his character Toll Road, fans will also be happy to see MORE Dolph Lundgren. Furthermore, scenes with him that were already in the theatrical cut have been re-edited and almost exclusively to his advantage. In the Extended Cut his character Gunner Jensen is for example less “demonized”, which makes his change of attitude at the end of the movie more plausible. Also his fight with Jet Lee, whose key points were vigorously critizised, now opens with the necessary calm before the storm. The editing is also better. This does not reinvent the whole situation, but it makes the most of it. Similar is true for the showdown, although the nature of the flaws was different there. The sequences is more logical now and the worst CGI, as well as most of the aweful special effects shots of the burning Steve Austin, have been removed.

Mr. Stallone could also not resist the temptation to adjust the level of violence. The rescue of Sandra from the torture chamber has for example become a little tamer. It now comes across as more professional and not as unneccesarily sadistic as in the theatrical cut, a fact which the BBFC had also noticed.
Things like the new score for the final shootout are more or less a matter of taste.
Overall, however, the Extended Cut is clearly the better of the two versions.
It is nevertheless self-explanatory that not all the flaws of the theatrical cut were smoothed out. For that a) more and b) other material would have been needed. There is no miraculous revelation of character depth, which probably also does not belong in such a movie. That being said, the new version offers more material exactly where it was needed. Moreover, the sequencing, focus and editing have been improved.
Up until now the Extended Cut of The Expendables has only been available for a limited number of customers of the Video On Demand services, such as AT&T U-Verse, Comcast or EpixHD in the United States. So far neither a DVD, nor BD has been announced. However, there are rumours that a release can be expected for winter 2011/2012, but nothing is definite yet. It is also conceivable that the DVD/BD release will be postponed until the theatrical release of part 2, as the publishers might want to exploit the re-newed media attention.


The Extended Cut is 9 min. 47 sec. Longer than the theatrical version (all running-time references refer to the latter).



221 changes in total
in detail:

- 73 additional/extended scenes in the Extended Cut
- 68 additional/extended scenes in the Theatrical Cut
- 39 alternative shots
- 26x alternative sequencing
- 10 new edits of existing scenes
- 3 changes of dialogue
- 2 changes of the score
Part 2


50:16
Alternative Scene Order(Extended Cut longer)
Munroe and his men search Sandra’s dwelling while Garza’s men take care of the surrounding neighbors. In terms of content the two versions are equal but the order is different.

TV:All of the interrogations/violent acts against the islanders by Munroe and Paine before entering the hut are shown here. Basically the shots are equal to the EC, but a few differ in terms of presentation and some are ordered differently. In the inside of the hut the scene order is identical but Munroe and Paine are shown a little bit longer in the Theatrical Version after Munroe took the drawing from the wall. Outside on the street again there are several cuts back and forth between close-ups during the conversation of Munroe and Garza and during the departure of Garza and his men. (68 Sec.).
EC: At first here are some short impressions of the round-up of the islanders by the soldiers, then Munroe and Paine entering the hut are shown in an exterior shot where they find the drawing on the wall, identical to the Theatrical Version (even though a little bit shorter). A cut to the outside where Garza watches the people get interrogated, maltreated and chased down the road. There are some more short shots of that in the EC. Afterwards Munroe and Paine are shown longer while stepping out of Sandra‘s hut until the conversation of Munroe and Garza starts here too. The conversation is differently presented (less theatrical emphasis of some words) and it’s displayed less hectically in just one shot from further away.
Within the same shot Munroe and his men leave. After that Garza turns to the action on the street again, some impressions of the soldiers maltreating the islanders are shown once more. Finally there’s a soft dissolve to an external view on Tool’s shop as opposed to the Theatrical Version, where there‘s a hard cut at this point. (79,5 Sec.).


Pictures just from the Extended Cut:




54:48
Alternative Shot
In the Theatrical Version the shot of Barney is closer compared to the shot in the EC.
No runtime difference

Theatrical Version:Extended Cut:



54:57
Alternative Scene Order (Theatrical Version longer)
TV: Another close-up of Tool shows him with tears in his eyes. He puts the pipe back in his mouth, takes it out again and holds his hand before his mouth. (11 Sec.).
EC: The camera pans down here to the rather calm Tool who gazes shortly after Barney in the mirror. (5 Sec.).

Theatrical Version:Extended Cut:



55:10
Alternative Shot
While General Garza’s soldiers jump off the truck there’s a cut to a further away shot in the Theatrical Version. In the EC the camera stays on Munroe, who looks satisfied.
No runtime difference

55:29
Extended Cut
Munroe explains to Sandra the Latin roots and the meaning of her name (protector of man), then he points out the irony of the fact that she’s after all standing in front of him. Immediately after that he insults her by saying that neither she nor 98 % of the islanders are able to comprehend this connection.
20 Sec.



55:30
Alternative Shot(s)
The following first line of dialogue of Munroe about the beating of women is shown in different shots at the beginning. Moreover this scene sequence begins a bit earlier in the Theatrical Version, therefor it runs slightly longer in the EC so in the end there’s no runtime difference.
No runtime difference

Theatrical Version:Extended Cut:



55:44
Theatrical Version
Munroe adds that he was raised this way.
1,5 Sec.



55:49
Theatrical Version
Munroe intimidates Sandra longer by talking about the missing moral codex of Paine. 9,5 Sec.



56:19
Theatrical Version
Sandra screams a little bit longer at her father that he should rather kill HER.
1,5 Sec.



56:23
Alternative Shot(s)
The shot of Sandra falling down after Paine’s punch or the following shot of Garza on the balcony have different camera angles. Besides just in the EC you can see Garza leaving the balcony again.
0,5 Sec. (EC longer)

Theatrical Version:Extended Cut:



56:59
Extended Cut
Sandra takes an elbow check into the stomach from Brit.
3 Sec.



57:28
Theatrical Version
An additional frontal shot of Sandra gasping for air.
2 Sec.



57:44
Extended Cut (Alternative Shot)
While the Theatrical Version just shows another short close-up of the waterboarding torture of Sandra as a dissolve to the next scene sequence the EC goes on: General Garza and some of his men storm the torture chamber, keep Munroe and his men in check and free Sandra. She’s brought before her father and then brought out. Munroe explains that Garza wanted answers, who then says that they most certainly shouldn’t have been revealed this way. Munroe retreats, Garza and his soldiers leave the room. Munroe looks at Paine sullenly while the Brit throws the water bucket angrily against the door.
36,5 Sec.



57:46
Theatrical Version
Here, the Theatrical shows the scene from min. 50:15, in which Barney looks at Sandra's drawing.
No difference in time



57:59
Extended Cut
The chat between Barney, Lee & Yin Yang starts earlier. The sentences which can only be heard from the off in the Theatrical can be heard and seen onscreen in the Extended.
3 sec.



58:04
Alternative Shot
The Theatrical sticks to the longshot longer, whereas the Extended switches to the next view from the side earlier.
No difference in time

Theatrical Version:Extended Cut:



1:00:51
Theatrical Version
An additional shot of the chase scene seen from Barney's pick-up truck.
1,5 sec.



1:01:44
Alternative Shot
In the Theatrical, Gunner looks rather serious. The Extended features a more relaxed facial expression.
1,5 sec. (EC longer)

Theatrical Version:Extended Cut:



1:01:49
Alternative Shot
Gunner looks more relaxed in the Theatrical now, in the Extended he is still rather cheerful.
No difference in time

Theatrical Version:Extended Cut:



1:02:21
Extended Cut
The shot of the garbage truck approaching the crashed chase car starts earlier.
1 sec.



1:03:31
Extended Cut
After Gunner called Yang's name, he adds "Come out, come out, wherever you are! It's over! Let's talk about this, i forgive you guys...".
7,5 sec.



1:03:35
Extended Cut
After Yang's first kick, Gunner gets up again and says "That almost hurt....back off!", Yang pulls his leg back to kick again earlier.
The following shot in the Theatrical starts a few frames earlier in order to ensure better continuity.
4,5 sec.



1:03:36
Extended Cut
After Yang's second kick, Gunner gets up again and shakes his head.
3 sec.



1:03:37
Alternative Shot Order
Gunner asks Yang, whether he was wearing size 3 and then starts to fight back. Up to the moment when Gunner smashes Yang to the ground by throwing him over his shoulder, this can be seen in partly alternative, partly rearranged shots. The Extended Cut is all in all a bit more fluid, lucid and a bit longer.
1 sec. (EC länger)

Theatrical Version:Extended Cut:




1:03:55
Alternative Shot Order (Expansion in the Extended Cut)
Theatrical: Yin Yang lands at the pallet and ducks away. Gunner kicks into the pallet four times and angrily looks for Yang. The latter then tries to duck away from Gunner's next attack. (3 sec.)
EC: Yin Yang lands in an additional shot further away. Gunner wants to kick, but Yang ducks away in a closer shot. Gunner kicks the pallet twice in slow motion. Yang stops a bit further away, Gunner approaches him. The shot a bit further away when Yang tries to block Gunner's attack starts a few frames earlier.(6,5 sec.).

Theatrical Version:Extended Cut:



1:04:00
Theatrical Version
Barney regains his consciousness in two slightly earlier shots.
3,5 sec.



1:04:08
Alternative Shot Order (Extended Cut longer)
Gunner pursues Yin Yang under the railing and is being kicked by Yang a few times at the head and torso before they start an open fight again. However, Gunner seems to be the lesser fighter. The content is the same, but the Theatrical (14 sec.) shows a few different shots than the Extended (17 sec.), which also features a few additional shots like Gunner being kicked in the groind after being stuck on one of the steel girders.

Theatrical Version:Extended Cut:



1:04:29
Theatrical Version
Gunner fidgets around in front of Yang, who punches earlier.
2,5 Sec.



1:04:35
Theatrical Version (Alternative Shot)
Gunner stumbles back longer from Yang, who again punches and kicks more often.
In the EC there’s a short (alternative) shot of Yang ready to strike to get a smooth scene transition.
3 Sec. (TV longer)



1:04:39
Alternative Scene Order (Extended Cut longer)
In the Theatrical Version Yin Yang jumps in two short shots on the underside of the scaffold (0,5 Sec.), in the EC it’s (2,5 Sec.) - the attention is drawn to the laughing Gunner there.

Theatrical Version:Extended Cut:



1:04:47
Alternative Scene Order
Gunner says in the Theatrical Version "My turn!" and grabs Yang in several shots; in the EC he says "Size matters!" and rams his opponent earlier against the grid. The latter shot runs slightly longer.
1 Sec. (EC longer)

Theatrical Version:Extended Cut:



1:04:59
Alternative Shot
In the Theatrical Version Gunner holds Yin Yang over a sharp pipe; in the EC he just holds him up in a frontal shot and shouts "Hello karma!".
This makes more sense here because Yang falls down after Gunner gets shot at so consequently he would have been speared in the Theatrical Version.
0,5 Sec. (EC longer)

Theatrical Version:Extended Cut:



1:05:42
Alternative Scene Order (Extended Cut longer)
The conversation of Barney and the wounded Gunner is basically the same, but in the Theatrical Version it’s shorter and it’s depicted in slightly different shots (39,5 Sec.). In the EC Barney mainly talks about the fact that Gunner never liked Yin Yang and that he surely would have killed him, which he affirms with a smile. Moreover he demands a Viking funeral right there on which Barney responds that he definitely won’t put him in a box and set it on fire. But Gunner insists on that stridently, so Barney indulges him that for the moment to get the information. (56 Sec.).


Pictures just from the Extended Cut:




1:07:22
Alternative Shot
In the Theatrical Version the wide shot showing the action keeps running, in the EC there’s a close-up of Caesar.
No runtime difference

Theatrical Version:Extended Cut:



1:07:30
Theatrical Version
Hale adds "Absolutely zero!".
5,5 Sec.



1:07:35
Scene Rearrangement
In the Theatrical Versionthe conversation of Barney, Lee and Yin Yang in the cockpit follows at this point, so it’s cut in into the conversation of Caesar and Toll Road (in the EC the two conversations are shown straight in succession).
For the conversation in the cockpit has some scene extensions in the EC, they are presented here in chronological order:


1:07:42
Extended Cut
Barney adds that he had to promise a Viking funeral to Gunner, including scattering his ashes over the sea and everything else. Lee says that they will probably contaminate 100,000 miles of coast, Barney adds “if that’s enough”. Then the latter speaks to Yin Yang about the fight with Gunner.
13,5 Sec.



1:07:45
Alternative Scene Order (Extended Cut longer)
TV: Barney looks smiling at Lee who smiles back. Barney looks ahead again. (3,5 Sec.).
EC: Caesar strikes up the chorus of the song "Diamond Dogs" by Shinedown, the others join in the cheerful "Boom-Lay Boom-Lay Boom". Then Lee and Barney raise their glasses to each other, all of them take a big sip from their bottles. In relation to the before mentioned potential contamination of 100,00 miles of coast caused by Gunnar’s ashes Lee adds that it rather would be 1 million miles of coast, they burst into laughter. (21 Sec.).


Theatrical Version:




Extended Cut:




1:07:54
Theatrical Version
Hale’s quiet for just a moment longer until he tells the name of his gun to Toll Road.
1 Sec.

1:07:58
Alternative Shot
The following shot of Toll Road is slightly different in the two versions. Just in the Theatrical Version he says "You lost me there.", in the EC he says nothing.
1,5 Sec. (TV longer)

Theatrical Version:Extended Cut:



1:08:20
Theatrical Version
Toll Road says to Caesar "You should be my doctor.", he responds "Too late." and jackknifes his razor again.
4 Sec.



1:08:26
Theatrical Version
Barney activates the autopilot.
4,5 Sec.



1:11:04
Extended Cut (Alternative Shot)
The Theatrical Version shows a single alternative shot of Munroe here in which Garza adds that Munroe is able to kill a child and gives the order to bring Sandra to him. In the EC Munroe states at first that Garza is loosing his mind who thereupon shouts that he will never control him. Paine looks at Munroe, who coughs slightly in embarrassement. In this shot of him Garza gives the order to bring the daughter.
7,5 Sec. (EC longer)



1:14:09
Theatrical Version
Extended shot of the soldier reaching for his bloody arm stub.
a couple of frames



1:14:10
Theatrical Version
The shot of the beheaded soldiers is sligthly longer plus the following shot of the second guard getting attacked starts slightly earlier.
a couple of frames



1:14:11
Alternate order of the scenes (Extended Theatrical Version)
In the Theatrical Version, the shot of the soldier with the neck wound is a couple of frames longer. Then a shot of dogged-looking Barney plus a close-up of the bloody neck wound while Barney moves the knife inside the wound(2,5 Sec.).
The Extended Cut contains another shot of the wounded soldier, Barney also moves the knife inside the wound here(0,5 Sec.).

Theatrical Version:Extended Cut:



1:14:14
Theatrical Version
The shot of Barney still moving the knife inside the wound starts slightly earlier.
a couple of frames



1:14:43
Displaced scene
Now the Theatrical Version cuts to the action outside. The rest of the team argues about how long they are going to wait. This scene is also in the Extended Cut but not until Barney & Sandra get caught in the catacombs and Barney has to take some hits.
no difference

1:15:14
Extended Cut
The Brit frisks Barney, gets his guns and passes them along.
7,5 Sec.



1:15:15
Theatrical Version
Barney gets dragged to the front with a rope around his neck earlier.
1 Sec.



1:15:17
Theatrical Version
The soldier hangs Barney higher which makes him choke.
3 Sec.





From now on, the Theatrical Version and the Extended Cut are completely und utterly different from Barney’s violent questioning until the shot of Paine giving him the last chance to reply. In the following, chronological lists summarize what’s going to happen in either version. After that, the comparison goes on as usual with the regular time index from the Theatrical Version and the differences to the Extended Cut.
There are 5 displaced scenes in the Theatrical Version.


Theatrical Version:

- The Brit kicks Barney’s rips once
- Sandra screams it was HER war, not Barney’s. Paine orders to bring her away
- The Brit opens Barney‘s Kevlar vest and explains how lucky he was
- The Brit hands over to Paine who wants to know if Barney really was bad-ass. Pains asks twice
- Paine wants to know who Barney brought along. He refers to “Paine’s mom”
- Cut to Garza’s office. Sandra gets handed over to her dad (much later in the Extended Cut)


Extended Cut:

- Paine explains he was going to ask the questions and Barney had to answer. He threatens to kill him if he didn’t
- Paine asks why they were there. Barney refers to birdwatching
- Sandra screams it was HER war, not Barney’s. Paine orders to bring her away
- Paine asks if Barney really was bad-ass but he only asks him once. Then he gets hit with a stick
- Cut to the arguing team members outside (already been used at 1:14:43 min in the Theatrical Version)
- The Brit steps forward and talks to Barney
- The Brit kicks Barney’s rips twice
- The Brit opens Barney‘s Kevlar vest and explains how lucky he was
- The Brit hands over to Paine


1:15:20
Extended Cut
The Brit steps up, Barney asks for his name. Brit replies he (Barney) seemed to consider himself a funny guy and Barney responds with "Yeah, not bad.". Brit adds he personally was very glad Barney had returned which is being commented with a despicable snorting by Barney.
9,5 Sec.



1:15:21
Extended Cut
The Brit kicks the crap out of Barney. Barney gets on his knees gaspingly but he gets raised immediately, due to Brit’s order.
4 Sec.



1:15:23
Extended Cut
Additional shot of disdainfully-looking Brit.
0,5 Sec.



1:15:24
Theatrical Version
In the Theatrical Version, Barney’s being raised after the kick (or after the second kick in the Extended Cut) in an additional shot.
1 Sec.



1:15:58
Extended Cut
Paine steps forward and explains to Barney in a very calm way that he’s the one who’s going to ask the questions and that Barney’s going to answer them. He continues if the answers were false, he was going to die. Then he asks why they were there. After a short pause, Barney replies "Birdwatching!". Paine looks at The Brit and repeats Barney’s answer in a kind of entertained way, then Brit hits him with the stick. Paine looks down at him.
24 Sec.



1:16:00
Theatrical Version
Paine asks Barney again if he really was so bad-ass and demands to look at him. Then he wants to know how many men he brought there and Barney, given his situation, answers as loud as he can "Just your mother!". The following shot of Paine being freaking angry starts earlier as well.
6,5 Sec.



1:16:48
Alternate shot
In the Theatrical Version, Paine has already turned around to Yin Yang, who’d already jumped, and attacks without hesitation. The Extended Cut on the other hand contains an alternate shot: he turns around and is surprised at first.
a couple of frames ( Theatrical Version longer)

Theatrical Version:Extended Cut:



1:17:43
Extended Cut
The Brit abstracts Yin Yang‘s weapon by spinning the weapon fast. At the same time, Yang removed the clip. Brit intends to fire off a shot but of course it’s going to be a long shot without bullets. Yang gets up and raises the clip smoothly. The Brit says "You're good!". Then they fight.
11 Sec.



1:18:08
Theatrical Version
Additional shot of The Brit fighting Yang.
0,5 Sec.



1:19:38
Extended Cut
Extended shot of Toll Road who got shot in the back.
1 Sec.



1:20:19
Theatrical Version
Additional shot of Li approaching.
0,5 Sec.



J1:20:20
Extended Cut
Barney packs his weapons in an earlier shot. Toll Road puts his hand on the back side of his body armor and says "Damn, it stings!", Yang tells him to "Suck it up!".
4,5 sec.



1:20:21
Extended Cut
There is an additional shot of Toll Road getting up again.
1 sec.



1:21:18
Theatrical Version (Alternative Shot)
There is a short shot of Caser backing away that only can be seen in the Theatrical Version. The Extended shows Hale saying "This shit is getting old!" - this can be seens a few seconds later in the Theatrical.
0,5 sec.



1:22:58
Theatrical Version
A shot of the palace exploding is missing.
1 sec.



1:23:02
Theatrical Version
Ditto.
1 sec.



1:23:08
Theatrical Version
And again.
1 sec.



1:23:12
Theatrical Version
The palace is burning in and additional shot and is even collapsing partially.
2 sec.



1:23:14
Theatrical Version
Again.
1,5 sec.



1:23:18
Music Score Alteration
While the Theatrical continues with the movies score the Extended uses the song "Diamond Eyes" by Shinedown for the shootout in front of the palace.
No difference in time

1:23:48
Szenenumstellung (Erweiterung Extended Cut)
Die Einstellung, in der Caesar einem Soldaten äusserst blutig durch den Brustkorb bzw. einem zweiten den kompletten Kopf wegschiesst, wird in der KF am Stück gezeigt. Im EC wurde diese zweigeteilt; der "Kopf-Platzer" kommt ein paar Einstellungen später. Dort ist dann dem Szenenübergang entsprechend auch eine zusätzliche Einstellung des feuernden Caesar zu sehen.
1 sec.



1:24:48
Extended Cut
The watchtower being hit by Caesar's bullets can be seen a bit earlier.
0,5 sec.



1:24:52
Extended Cut
Hale goes back into cover, Barney Hale geht wieder in Deckung; Barney macht eine Siegerfaust.
3 sec.



1:24:54
Theatrical Version
Munroe & Sandra run towards the helicopter in an additional close-up.
2 sec.



1:25:28
Alternative Shot
In the Theatrical, Barney can be seen shooting towards the two soldiers earlier. The Extended, however, cuts to the next shot earlier showing him from behind, shooting, while Yin Yang comes out of the tent.
Theatrical a few frames longer

Theatrical Version:Extended Cut:



1:27:25
Recut
Caesar shoots at one of the trucks, causing it to explode. This can be seen later in the EC, after the fight Toll Road vs. Paine.
No difference in time

1:27:26
Theatrical Version
Lee is looking around the corner a shot earlier.
0,5 sec.



1:27:30
Theatrical Version
The shot of Toll Road and Paine getting up again starts a bit earlier.
A few frames

1:27:40
Theatrical Version
Paine is rolling over the floor burning a bit longer.
A few frames

1:27:41
Theatrical Version
The shot of Toll Road is a bit longer.
A few frames

1:27:43
Theatrical Version
Paine is stumbling around burning and screaming longer. Cuts to Toll Road, who is starting to jump earlier as well.
9 sec.



1:27:57
Theatrical Version
The camera tracks upwards again to Toll Road standing in front of the flames while Paine lies at the ground longer. He is still screaming.
3 sec.



1:28:03
Theatrical Version
The last tower of the palace collapses, Caesar can just evade the falling debris. Cuts to Barney. In his shelter.
10,5 sec.



1:28:51
Theatrical Version
The shot of the tent is a bit longer.
0,5 sec.

1:30:22
Extended Cut
Munroe adds that people like Sandra's dad, Barney or the C.I.A. can only see life through a peep hole because emotions blind them as they are like cancer for intelligence.
12 sec.



1:31:14
Extended Cut (Alternative Shot)
The Theatrical shows the longshot of Lee, Barney and Sandra a bit longer. The Extended softly cuts to Caesar, Yin Yang & Toll Road leaving the battlefield in slow motion.
28 sec. (EC longer)



1:31:41
Alternative Scene(Expansion Theatrical Version)
Theatrical: Barney hugs Sandra on moment and then tell her twice to take care of herself. He then gets into the airplane and says "Bye." (21 sec.).
EC: Barney wants to go, but then turns around and and tells her to take care once. He then gets into the plane faster. (8 sec.).

Theatrical Version:Extended Cut:



1:33:36
Alternative Shot
When Yin Yang says that he won, Gunner answer laughing: "Of course." and winks at him. In the Extended Cut, he shortly looks at him snidely (though witha small grin) and says "Never.".
No difference in time

Theatrical Version:Extended Cut:



1:33:40
Extended Cut
Additional shot of Gunner making a pout.
1 sec.



1:33:46
Extended Cut
Gunner nods seemingly understanding, but then he does ask what Toll Road had meant. Barney adds that he should try therapy, causing gunner to answer with a short "Ah." and look confused.
5,5 sec.



1:33:47
Extended Cut
Additional shots of Gunner and Toll Road, who obviously like each other now.
3 sec.



1:34:34
Music Score Altertaion
The Theatrical Version features "The Boys Are Back In Town" by Thin Lizzy at the beginning of the ending credits, the Extended uses "Diamond Eyes" by Shinedown again.
No difference in time

1:42:52
Alternative Shot
The Theatrical Version's credits also contain info about the sSongs "Keep Your Hands To Yourself" by Georgia Satellites and "The Boys Are Back In Town" by Thin Lizzy.
No difference in time

Theatrical Version:Extended Cut:



1:43:27
Extended Cut
The ending credits of the Extended Cut features some more text and ends with the Lions Gate logo.
38 sec.




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