Even the summary of Hangmen oozes action-sleaze from the 80''s, and the film itself also fulfills this cliché with its heavily-sunglassed CIA mercenaries in ill-fitting suits, shooting automatic firearms as if their ammunition supply was infinite. Of course, there is also the upright agent who tries to stop the pack and to do so he gathers his buddies from the Vietnam War, because they also have their old combat skills still on call. By the way, the action movie is the feature film debut of Sandra Bullock and the first directing work of John Christian Ingvordsen, who produced several more films with excessive use of weapons and a thin story in the years after.

In Great Britain, the uncut version is available on DVD with the BBFC 18 rating. The version on VHS, which was released years earlier, carried the BBFC 18 rating as well but had been shortened by just over 5 minutes. Besides several scenes of violence, they have also shortened a few shots showing the use of butterfly knives.

The cut BBFC 18 VHS by Medusa was compared to the uncut German VHS (FSK 18, equivalent to the R-Rated version) by Intercontinental Home Video.

28 cuts = 5 minutes and 22 seconds

10 min
Danny plays around with the butterfly knife.
3 sec

10 min
Danny to his buddy Brian: This is a Butterfly.
1.5 sec

10 min
Again Danny is waving the butterfly around.
5 sec

20 min
Mrs. Black holds the gun up.
11 sec

20 min
She shoots a second bullet in Brian's back.
2 sec

25 min
The mercenary chokes the woman to the ground. Then he opens the bag with the knives inside.
26 sec

25 min
The bad guy chooses one of the knives and stabs the woman on the floor with it.
19 sec

29 min
Two more men are shot at the scrap yard.
4 sec

32 min
Completely missing is how the armed mercenaries enter the house and search it.
42 sec

33 min
In their bed, Ken and his mistress are riddled with several bullets.
5 sec

34 min
A car is approaching and then stops. Meanwhile, Sgt. Ryan runs towards the car.
30 sec

34 min
The men take the running Ryan under fire.
5 sec

46 min
The guy happily inspects the machine gun and asks his buddy where he got the gun from. He answers that he got the gun as a gift from a Vietcong. His buddy asks amusedly whether he killed him in return for it. Everyone starts laughing.
28 sec

67 min
Danny unfolds his butterfly to cut through the cuffs.
5 sec

69 min
The shooting in the factory takes much longer.
27 sec

69 min
Dog fires his weapon in two directions.
13 sec

70 min
A bloody bullet hole is missing.
0.5 sec

70 min
The victim then slides down the wall.
2 sec

70 min
Rob shoots an opponent from behind.
17 sec

71 min
Shooting exchange between two opponents. One of them dies.
27 sec

71 min
Mrs. Black fires at an opponent and kills him.
13 sec

72 min
She is shot by Dog shortly afterwards.
6.5 sec

75 min
The dead man lies bleeding on the grid for a longer time.
1 sec

79 min
A butterfly is unfolded.
1.5 sec

82 min
You see the cops and how they have pointed their guns at Rob and the other one.
10 sec

85 min
During the credits, a few men run towards the camera and aim their guns at it. Instead, the shortened version shows someone rappelling out of a window.
No time difference

85 min
A few men have gathered around a billiard table and are discussing. On the billiard table are weapons and ammunition. The shortened version shows alternative material again.
No time difference

86 min
A guy is talking to another person. A door opens behind him. A few men enter the room. One of them points his gun at the guy in the red shirt on it. In the next shot, you see several men standing next to each other and shooting around.
17 sec