Comparison between the censored British VHS by Guild Home Video (BBFC 18) and the uncensored German Blu-ray by Koch Media (FSK ab 18)

- 1 cut
- Difference: 15,1 sec

A few additional master errors with a duration of less than 0.5 sec each were not listed in the cut report.

 

With Extreme Prejudice, which was released in 1987, Walter Hill created a beautifully cynical neo-western, which has a special place with fans due to its many hand-made bloody shootouts.

In the following comparison about the British VHS, the focus is on the rat scene, which was also censored in Germany. In the UK version it was censored, too, the BBFC demanded a single cut due to its regulations regarding animal violence. The other action is complete, but what is interesting is that the cut is not identical to the German versions. There you can still hear Luther's introductory comment and see the rat on the ground. The cut is therefore more extensive in Great Britain and was obviously set this way in Germany independently of the British version. In other cases such a cut version was distributed to other markets, as well, which frustrated film fans considerably. This is not the case here. Since the DVD re-issue in 2003, the film has been released uncut without interference by the BBFC.

The timecodes are ordered as follows:
British VHS in PAL / German Blu-ray

Alternate logos at the beginning, the Blu-ray is longer here.

Like the British VHS, the 720p full-screen version in the bonus material of the German Blu-ray also has the Carolco logo here. This explains the correspondingly shorter duration of this version.

Blu-ray 23 sec longer

British VHS / Full-screen Blu-ray	Main version Blu-ray

45:14 / 47:34-47:50

Luther retreats: "Shit, rats!"
Buck (William Forsythe) impales the rat with his knife and holds it up. Then he turns to Luther and says: "You call that a rat, man? If it's rats you want, Managua, baby! In Managua they got some real bad rats, man. I'm talking 4-5 pounded wrath like a dog."

15,1 sec

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Finally a small image comparison. The full-screen version in the Blu-ray bonus material is identical to the UK-VHS in terms of picture detail and in Open Matte you can see more picture information, but basically nothing really relevant.

Main version Blu-ray	Full-screen Blu-ray

The scene with the rat is of course included in the bonus version which is also uncut.