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McCinsey's Island

Mean Guns

12:28s pre-cut

The film and video versions are cut in exactly the same way. The cuts made by the distributors were not suggested by the BBFC but made voluntarily by the distributors to tone down the overall level of violence and gun play in the film.

The Mechanic

• Killer of Killers

See trailer from youtube.com

Uncut version is available at:

PG

Passed 15 uncut after previous BBFC cuts waived for:

• UK 2004 MGM R2 DVD at UK Amazon

The US release is uncut and MPAA PG rated for:

• US 2002 MGM R1 DVD at US Amazon

• UK 1988 Warner VHS

The BBFC cuts were:

• close ups of lock picking

PG

• UK 1972 cinema release

R Rated

Passed 18 uncut for:

• UK 2003 Arrow R2 DVD
• UK 2000 Arrow VHS
• UK 1992 Island VHS
• UK 1991 cinema release

The Germany release is uncut for:

• De Laser Paradise R2 DVD at UK Amazon

The US release is uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• US 2002 Spectrum R1 DVD at US Amazon

Meltdown

• Shu dan long wei
• High Risk

A shortened version was passed 18 without BBFC cuts for:

• UK 2002 Columbia/TriStar DVD

See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com

• The violence is uncut but narrative scenes have been shortened by 29s

Memoirs of an Invisible Man

Same cuts for cinema and video version.

Maybe it is the "Fuck You" that has been deleted

Memphis Belle

Uncut version is available at:

The US release is uncut and MPAA PG-13 Rated for:

• US 2009 Warner R1 DVD via UK Amazon and at US Amazon

• UK 2005 Warner R2 DVD
• UK 1998 Warner VHS
• UK 1991 Warner VHS

Cut for a PG:

• Airman chorusing Situation normal: All fucked up, is shortened to just: Situation normal

• UK 1990 cinema release

Men in Black

• MIB

The BBFC made 5s of dialogue cuts to the 1997 cinema release and 1997 Columbia/TriStar DVD

• The BBFC have overdubbed 2 aggressive uses of the word prick by the lesser cuss of jerk & twerp. The offending lines of dialogue are You insensitive prick and I just hope the little prick hasn't skipped town

The uncut region 1 DVD is available at US Amazon
The uncut US Blu-ray is available at US Amazon
The uncut region 1 DVD is available via UK Amazon
The uncut US Blu-ray is available via UK Amazon

Men with Guns

The BBFC have problems with both drugs and things anal. This video offends both by having a man snort cocaine from a woman's butt and so this has been cut.

Menace II Society

R Rated

The BBFC passed the 2009 Entertainment in Video Director's Cut DVD/Blu-ray, 18 uncut

From cuts details on IMDb

The director's cut version makes the following changes:

• An extra shot of bullets leaving the back of the guy Samuel L Jackson kills.
• An extra shot of Awax holding the gang member while he shoots him.
• A small scene showing how Caine and O Dog brake into the car in the garage.
• Two extra shots of bullet wounds during the final scene.
• It also includes two deleted scenes, the funeral of Caines cousin and a scene at his grandparents house after the funeral.

The Director's Cut region 2 DVD is available at UK Amazon
The Director's Cut UK Blu-ray is available at UK Amazon

The Director's Cut region 1 DVD is available at US Amazon
The Director's Cut US Blu-ray is available at US Amazon

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R Rated

Previous BBFC cuts waived when re-submitted by Entertainment in Video in 2003. But this is still based on US R rated Theatrical Version.

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1. A single shot of O-Dog (Larenz Tate) and Caine (Tyrin Turner) breaking open a car door by inserting a thin piece of metal between the window and the lock has been cut lest any aspiring car thieves are watching.
2. At the revenge shooting at the burger stand: The UK video shows a victim staggering away from Caine & O'Dog whose friend offers help but in fact shoots him. 2 further shots are heard as the scene cuts away. The original version clearly shows all 3 shots with chunks of the victims back being shot out.
3. When Caine's dad shoots one of his gambling buddies, there are trims applied to the entrance and exit wounds of the many gunshots fired.
4. In the final showdown Sharif's death by gunshots was trimmed, and 2 gunshot wounds were also trimmed from Caine's death.

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R Rated

Mercenary

• Suneel Darshan's Mere Jeevan Saathi

The DVD was passed uncut at 15 in 2006

The Messenger

Metropolis

Cut by the BBFC for cinema release in 1927.

Numerous significantly different versions now exist with the 2010 Complete Version currently claiming 'best available verion.'

Miami Vice: Golden Triangle

Uncut when re-submitted in 2001 by Universal Pictures

Thanks to Shane, September 2006:

Interestingly the uncut 18 rated version has been screened on ITV 4 at 6pm & 7pm slots

The uncut region 2 DVD is available at UK Amazon
The uncut region 1 DVD is available at US Amazon

• The offending cut was a fight scene between two characters were a rather hard ear slap was issued by both hands

Miami Vice: One-Eyed Jack

Cut when submitted in 2005. The BBFC said: Cuts required to remove sight of animal cruelty (in this case a genuine cockfight)

Midnight

• John Russo's Midnight
• Backwoods Massacre

See trailer from youtube.com

Uncut version is available at:

The Uncut Version was passed 18 uncut for:

• UK 2011 Arrow R0 DVD at UK Amazon

The US release is uncut for:

• US 2005 Lions Gate R1 DVD at US Amazon

Summary Review: Low Budget

A low budget horror that stands out from most. A backwoods setting with Satanists and kidnapping. There are a few shocks but it is not particularly gory.

• UK 1993 Vipco VHS

From IMDb:

• Pre-cut to remove the opening sequence where a girl is caught in a trap and battered to death by a group of youngsters

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R Rated

• UK 1982 cinema release

Presumably the cuts were for an R Rating.

The Midnight Meat Train

• Clive Barker's Midnight Meat Train

Unrated

The Director's Cut/Extreme Edition was passed 18 uncut for:

• UK 2009 Lions Gate Blu-ray at UK Amazon
• UK 2009 Lions Gate R2 DVD at UK Amazon

The US release Director's Cut is uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• US 2009 Lions Gate Blu-ray at US Amazon
• US 2009 Lions Gate R1 DVD at US Amazon

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R Rated

• UK 2008 cinema release

Midnight Movie

The Theatrical Version was passed 15 uncut for:

• UK 2010 OMG R2 DVD at UK Amazon

There is also an alternative Killer Cut that runs 2:18s longer. It is a re-edit, but doesn't contain any additional sex or violence.

Mikey

See trailer from youtube.com

Uncut version is available at:

The US release is uncut MPAA R Rated for:

• US 2000 Sterling R0 DVD via US Amazon

The Spanish release is uncut for:

• Es Smile Price R0 DVD via UK Amazon

Summary Review: Strong thriller

A strong thriller directed by Dennis Dimster-Denk. Brain Bonsall is extraordinary good as the young smart psycho.

The film received some controversy, because of Mikey's age in the film, when it's came out in the Spring of 1992.

• UK 1996 VPD VHS

The BBFC explained their ban:

• A 9 year old boy kills his foster family one by one, including the realistic drowning of his 3 year old sister. It was argued that this was a fantasy horror film and not to be taken literally, but three distinguished child psychiatrists advised us that the video was sufficiently realistic to have a dangerous impact on a significant proportion of vulnerable children.

Millionaire's Express

• Foo gwai lit che
• Fu gui lie che

The European Version was passed PG uncut for:

• UK 2005 Contender/Hong Kong Legends R2 DVD

From IMDb:

European prints of the film delete:

• The second intro scene where Sammo verbally defends the hookers at the hotel from the angry wives with banners.
• The scene in the final brawl where Sammo's ladies attack the bandits from the toilet stalls.
• The scene featuring Corey Yuen's gangster character in a short battle with Kenny Bee's Marshall character.

• UK 1986 cinema release

Mimic

• Métamorphose

Unrated

The Director's Cut was passed 15 uncut for:

• UK 2011 Studio Canal Online
• UK 2011 Studio Cana/Optimum RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon

The US release featuring the Director's Cut is MPAA Unrated for:

• US 2012 Lions Gate 3Film Set (+ Mimic 2 + Mimic 3) RA Blu-ray at US Amazon
• US 2011 Miramax RA Blu-ray at US Amazon

From Promotional Material:

This all new cut of the film, featuring seven minutes of restored footage, introduces subtle character moments that transform Mimic into a film that Del Toro fans and newcomers alike will embrace as the definitive version.

R Rated

• UK 2002 Disney R2 DVD
• UK 1999 Buena Vista R2 DVD
• UK 1998 Buena Vista VHS
• UK 1998 cinema release

The US release featuring the Theatrical Cut is MPAA R Rated for:

• US 2012 Lions Gate 3Film Set (+ Mimic 2 + Mimic 3) R1 DVD

The Minion

• The Fallen Knight

R Rated

The MPAA R Rated version was passed 15 without BBFC cuts.

There is also an alternative German Version. See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com

Minority Report

Uncut by the BBFC but in a phrase about being in a prison shower with: a hard on you couldn't knock down with a hammer, 'hard on' got overdubbed with 'attitude'. This seems to apply to all versions.

Miracles

• Miracles: The Canton Godfather
• Ji ji
• Black Dragon

The Original Hong Kong Version was passed PG uncut for:

• UK 2001 Medusa/Hong Kong Legends R2 DVD via UK Amazon
• UK 2001 Medusa/Hong Kong Legends VHS

• UK 1990 VPD VHS titled Miracles: The Canton Godfather

Mirrors

• Oglinzi malefice

The US unrated version was submitted and passed 18 uncut for the 2009 Blu-ray version and presumably the DVD too. There is also the US R rated theatrical version included which is about 10s shorter

The BBFC explained their 18 rating:

Mirrors is a supernatural horror film based on a Korean film, Into the Mirror, about a man who discovers that mirrors create a dangerous alternate reality after he takes on a security job in a burnt out department store. The work was passed '18' for strong bloody violence and horror. A reduced version of the film had previously been passed '15' for cinema release.

Like many supernatural horror films, the story involves sustained personalised threat. In this case the threat is not only centred upon the lead male character but also his family, including his children. In particular, towards the end of the film, one child is shown to nearly drown and the other has her throat cut slightly by an evil mirror image of her mother, before being rescued by her real mother.

The film features two notably gory and bloody moments: a character slowly cuts his own neck with a shard of glass, causing a substantial blood spurt onto a mirror and an' evil mirror image' forces a woman to pull apart her own jaws, bisecting her face and partially removing her lower jaw, accompanied by copious blood splatter, terrorisation and pain. Despite the well established supernatural fantasy setting, these scenes exceed the upper level of the '15' category for which the BBFC's Guidelines state 'strong threat and menace are permitted. The strongest gory images are unlikely to be acceptable' and 'violence may be strong but may not dwell on the infliction of pain or injury'.

The uncut region 2 DVD is available at UK Amazon
The uncut UK Blu-ray is available at UK Amazon

The uncut region 1 DVD is available at US Amazon
The uncut US Blu-ray is available at US Amazon

This film was originally shown to the BBFC for advice. The BBFC advised the company that the film was likely to receive an '18' classification but that the requested '15' could be achieved by making some reductions throughout the film.

In particular, the BBFC suggested:

1. that the bloody spray in the slashing open of a throat in the opening sequence should be removed
2. that focus on a badly burned partially naked woman, crying out in pain, should be reduced or removed
3. that the protracted bloody detail when a woman's jaw is ripped apart be reduced
4. that, after scissors have been pressed against the neck of a young girl, the sight of scissors being drawn across the neck causing a larger bloody wound be removed.

When the finished version of the film was submitted, edits had been made, reducing the strength of the stronger moments sufficiently for the content in the film to be allowable under BBFC Guidelines at '15'.

Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters

• Mishima

The US release is uncut and R Rated for:

• US 2008 Criterion R1 DVD via UK Amazon and at US Amazon

• UK 1986 Warner VHS
• UK 1985 cinema release

IMDb noted:

The UK VHS version apparently inadvertently left out two shots during the film's ending: The suicide ending to Kiyoko's House and the burning of the pavilion in Temple of the Golden Pavillion.

Miss March

• Miss March: Generation Penetration

Unrated

The Fully Exposed/Extended/Unrated Version was passed 15 uncut for:

• UK 2010 20th Century Fox Online
• UK 2010 20th Century Fox R2 DVD at UK Amazon

The US release is uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• US 2009 Fox Atomic RA Blu-ray via UK Amazon and at US Amazon
• US 2009 20th Century Fix R1 DVD at US Amazon

See version details from movie-censorship.com

R Rated

• UK 2010 20th Century Fox Online
• UK 2010 20th Century Fox video
• UK 2009 cinema release

Mission: Impossible II

• M:I-2
• Mission: Impossible 2

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PG-13

The 2000 Paramount DVD is the cut US PG-13 version. No cuts by the BBFC though for a 15 certificate

From version details on IMDb:

Cuts to:

• a loud crunch during the aeroplane hijack as Ambrose twists and breaks Dr. Nekhorvich's neck
• the actual impact and blood spurt on Stamp's knee when Ambrose shoots it, thinking Stamp is Ethan
• the kick to Hunt's face during the beach fight is seen in full and does not cut away to Ambrose' face at the point of impact

It is assumed that this version is the cut of the film made before trims were made to it for the MPAA to secure a PG-13 rating.

Mission of Darkness

Cut by the BBFC in 2003 with the following statement: Cuts required to remove pornographic detail from animated depictions of rape and sexual assault. With these cuts made an R18 was available to the distributor. Distributor chose to cut explicit sexual detail in consensual sex scenes in order to achieve an 18.

Missouri Breaks

The video versions have been uncut from 1987. The latest submission in 2004 was listed as re-edited but these are uncontentious changes

• Reduce thrusting movements as man has sex with woman outside cabin.
• Reduce sequence where man is shot whilst sitting on toilet.
• Remove impact shot where Lee throws a spike into man's forehead.
• Reduce the sequence where Tom cuts Lee's throat, in particular removing the blood trickle from the mouth.

The Mist

• Stephen King's The Mist

The black & white Director's Cut was passed 15 uncut for the 2008 Technicolor DVD

The 2010 Eros DVD is uncut but uprated to a 15 certificate.

The BBFC explained their 12A rating:

Mitti is a Punjabi language drama about two rival tribes in a village fighting for dominance. The film was classified 12A for moderate violence.

The moderate violence includes the depiction of gun shootings and hand-to-hand fight scenes, including kicks and punches. The violence is realistic and occasionally threatening, but never focuses on strong detail of injury. The Guidelines for violence at 12A allow for depictions of violence where there is no emphasis on injuries or blood.

The film also contains infrequent mild language (eg bloody').