Compared are the cut BBFC 15 VHS by 20th Century Fox and the German Uncut DVD (FSK 16) by 20th Century Fox (=BBFC 18)

There are 48 differences with a length of 31 seconds:

22 cuts = 31 seconds
26 censored dialogs = no difference

To get the BBFC 15, almost any violent scene needed to be shortened. Moreover the word "Fuck" has been removed from the audio track and replaced by more harmless words here and there. The Uncut Version got the BBFC 18 rating and is also available.


Thanks to Gavin Salkeld for informations about the audio-edits.

7 Min
A part of the beginning is missing. The old man's body flies backwards and some blood splatters because he got shot.
0.5 sec

10 Min
Vito: Fucking Tourists! Ought to be a law!
3 sec

13 Min
McClane headnuts a baddie.
1 sec

14 Min
And another one.
1 sec

14 Min
Shot of the screaming baddie getting steamrolled.
1 sec

20 Min
Lorenzo: I got a fucking reindeer flying in here from the fucking petting Zoo! But John McClane, he's got a little Problem! Let's shut down the whole fucking airport!
The word "fucking" has been replaced by the more harmless equivalent "freaking".
no difference

20 Min
Lorenzo: I'll send your fucking Captain in LA a fucking commendation!
The word "fucking" has been replaced by the more harmless equivalent "freaking".
no difference

21 Min
Undertaker: What are you doing?
McClane: Pretty gruesome fucking Job!
The word "fucking has been removed from the audio track.
no difference

28 Min
Lorenzo: They got it right in the fucking News!
The word "fucking" has been removed from the audio track.

30 Min
McClane: What the Fuck do you think this is?
Same here.
no difference

30 Min
Lorenzo: You're the one that gave us that fucking Body. Remember that!
The word "fucking" has been replaced by the more harmless equivalent "freaking".
no difference

35 Min
McClane: Fuck Monday morning!
no difference

35 Min
McClane: Take your fucking Hands off me!
The word "fucking" has been removed from the audio track.
no difference

36 Min
McClane: You can't fuck with these People!
The word "fuck" isn't audible anymore.
no difference

36 Min
McClane: Take your fucking Hands off me!
The word "fucking" has been removed from the audio track again.
no difference

36 Min
Lorenzo: Two unauthorised Personnel in the fucking Tower!
The word "fucking" has been replaced by the word "front".
no difference

36 Min
Coleman: Can't fuck with what Guy?
The word "fucking" has been replaced by the word "fool".
no difference

41 Min
McClane: But, no! I gotta crawl around in this motherfucking tin can!
The word "motherfucking" has been replaced by the word "goddamn".
no difference

42 Min
Further take of the headshot of one of the SWAT team members.
0.5 sec

42 Min
Extended shot of Barnes looking at the bullet wound in his arm.
1.5 sec

42 Min
A baddie gets shot by a SWAT team. His body flies backwards and hits a phone on the wall. Then the body drops on the ground.
3 sec

42 Min
A SWAT team member gets shot.
1 sec

42 Min
Same here.
1.5 sec

43 Min
The last SWAT team mamber has to bite the dust. The BBFC 15 version only contains the shot of the body flying baclwards through the glass.
3 sec

43 Min
Missing shot of the exit wound after McClane shoots the first baddie.
0.5 sec

44 Min
The UK Version lacks the terrorist's "Fuck" when he's out of ammo.
no difference

44 Min
Shot of the screaming baddie on the ground before the scaffold falls on him.
0.5 sec

45 Min
Bad Guy: I'm gonna kick your fucking ass!
2 sec

45 Min
Two more missing shots of the baddie getting shot plus intercut to McClane firing off some shots.
2 sec

55 Min
McClane gets up and looks at the crashed plane. While he's looking at it, he says "Motherfucker" but he doesn't in the UK Version.

60 Min
McClane: This is it? One fucking Platoon?
The word "fucking" has been removed from the audio track.
no difference
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64 Min
McClane: I gotta put a fucking glass up to the Wall! The word "fucking" has been removed from the audio track.
no difference

67 Min
The first couple of frames are missing when the Pilot gets shot in the head point blank.
0.5 sec

77 Min
Major Grant: We're here to jerk off that Cocksucker until he tries to take off!
The dialog is slightly different in the UK Version: We're here to service that Hijacker until he tries to take off!
no difference

79 Min
McClane: We looked at 12 fucking Houses, and we're nowhere!
The word "fucking" has been removed from the audio track.
no difference

80 Min
When McClane says to Barnes Who gives a fuck? Just be ready!, the word "fuck" isn't audible anymore.
no difference

82 Min
Missing profile shot of the screaming baddie with the icicle in his eye.
1 sec

82 Min
Extended shot of the baddie with the broken off icicle in the eye.
2 sec

82 Min
Missing shot of the body when McClane is looking sideways.
1 sec

86 Min
SWAT team: Got one here! Looks like C-4! The motherfucker is armed! Thw word "Fucker" has been removed.
0.5 sec

89 Min
Major Grant: Check out your own fucking Plane!
The word "fucking" has been replaced by the more harmless equivalent "freaking".
no difference

89 Min
Major Grant: I will pull that Detonator out of Stuart’s dead fucking Hand myself!
The word "fucking" has been removed from the audio track.
no difference

91 Min
Shot of Telford with his throat cut.
2 sec

91 Min
Shot of Telford with a sliced throat while he's bending over and gasping.
2 sec

95 Min
Lorenzo: Vito? Get the fuck outta the Car!
The word "fuck" has been removed from the audio track.
no difference

98 Min
Major Grand: I’ve seen enough fucking Snow to last me a lifetime!
The word "fucking" has been replaced by the more harmless equivalent "freaking".
no difference

104 Min
During the fight between McClane and Colonel Stuart. The word "Motherfucker" has been deleted from the audio track.
no difference

106 Min
Barnes: They used the fucking Fire to see!
The word "fucking" has been replaced by the more harmless equivalent "freaking".
no difference