OVERALL: Draw

Between the R1 20th AC, R2 Holland Director Edition, R3 Hong Kong Director Edition, R4 Definitive Edition and the R0 Criterion releases.

The R1, R2, R3 and R4 above have both the "Theatrical Cut" and the "Unrated Director's Cut", plus all the main extras from the original SE releases. It is only missing the Director's Cut footage (as the Director's Cut is part of the set, thus rendering the feature useless) and some trailers.

The R0 Criterion release has the director's approved aspect ratio of 1.66.1.

For a Comparison of the Picture Quality between the original R1 Criterion, the R1 "RoboCop" Trilogy and the R2/R4 SE see here:

CUTS:

• R0 America- Criterion Collection - No cuts - Unrated Director's Cut (103:39 NTSC).
• R1 America- Image Entertainment - No cuts - R-Rated Theatrical Cut.
• R1 America- MGM Home Entertainment - No cuts - R-Rated Theatrical Cut (102:40 NTSC).
• R1 20th Anniversary Collector's Edition America- MGM Home Entertainment - No cuts - includes the R-Rated Theatrical Cut (102:46 NTSC) and the Unrated Director's Cut (103:14 NTSC).
• R1 Robocop Trilogy Box Set America- MGM Home Entertainment - No cuts - Unrated Director's Cut (103:05 NTSC).
• R2 France- MGM Home Entertainment - No cuts - Unrated Director's Cut (98:57 PAL).
• R2 Collector's Edition France- MGM Home Entertainment - No cuts - includes the R-Rated Theatrical Cut (98:31 PAL) and the Unrated Director's Cut (98:57 PAL).
• R2 Special Edition Germany- MGM Home Entertainment - No cuts - includes the R-Rated Theatrical Cut (98:31 PAL) and the Unrated Director's Cut (98:57 PAL).
• R2 Holland- MGM Home Entertainment - No cuts - R-Rated Theatrical Cut (98:34 PAL).
• R2 DTS - Director Edition Holland- Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment - No cuts - includes the R-Rated Theatrical Cut (98:34 PAL) and the Unrated Director's Cut (99:00 PAL).
• R2 Special Edition Holland- MGM Home Entertainment - No cuts - includes the R-Rated Theatrical Cut (98:34 PAL) and the Unrated Director's Cut (99:00 PAL).
• R2 Special Edition Portugal- MGM Home Entertainment - No cuts - includes the R-Rated Theatrical Cut and the Unrated Director's Cut.
• R2 Special Edition United Kingdom- MGM Home Entertainment - No cuts - includes the R-Rated Theatrical Cut (98:28 PAL) and the Unrated Director's Cut (98:55 PAL).
• R3 DTS - Director Edition Hong Kong- Deltamac - No cuts - includes the R-Rated Theatrical Cut (102:40 NTSC) and the Unrated Director's Cut (103:08 NTSC).
• R3 Special Edition South Korea- Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment - No cuts - includes the R-Rated Theatrical Cut and the Unrated Director's Cut.
• R4 Definitive Edition Australia- MGM Home Entertainment - No cuts - includes the R-Rated Theatrical Cut (98:31 PAL) and the Unrated Director's Cut (98:57 PAL).
• R4 Special Edition Australia- MGM Home Entertainment - No cuts - includes the R-Rated Theatrical Cut (98:31 PAL) and the Unrated Director's Cut (98:57 PAL).
• R4 Special Edition Brazil- MGM Home Entertainment - No cuts - R-Rated Theatrical Cut.

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Comparison added by Adrian_Busby on 18/10/01
Comparison last updated by Vincent_Bouche on 08/05/20

UPDATE LOG:

07/02/19: Added additional notes and runtimes to original R1 MGM release and caps-oholic link.
30/08/19: Added additional availability notice to R1 MGM Theatrical Version release.
09/05/20: Criterion's disc audio commentary does not include Robocop expert Paul M. Sammon (wrong statement on the case), note added and overall updated accordingly.