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Mad Max 2 AKA The Road Warrior (1981)
Ruthless... Savage... SpectacularDirector: George Miller
OVERALL: Draw-
OVERALL: Draw
The Original Limited Japanese Unrated release is fully UNCUT, but is Non-Anamorphic, only has 2.0 sound and is VERY hard to find. There is another Japanese release which is Anamorphic, has 5.1 sound and some extras including a featurette, but this version is slightly cut.
The current R1, R2's and the R4 releases are anamorphic and 5.1 however they are the US R-Rated cut, which is missing a few seconds (refer to cut notes below).
Beware however that the German FSK 16 version and the old Swedish release are cut for an additional 4min 25sec, AVOID THESE VERSIONS! -
CUTS:
- R1 America- Warner Home Video - Yes - "R-Rated Theatrical Cut" which is missing several brief scenes, including the close-up of Wez twisting an arrow from his arm and the shot of the feral kid with the boomerang embedded in someone's forehead, and parts of the Papagallo speech which was introduced into a TV version and released on VHS.
- R2 Finland- Warner Home Video - Yes - "R-Rated Theatrical Cut" which is missing several brief scenes, including the close-up of Wez twisting an arrow from his arm and the shot of the feral kid with the boomerang embedded in someone's forehead, and parts of the Papagallo speech which was introduced into a TV version and released on VHS (91:27 PAL).
- R2 France- Warner Home Video - Yes - "R-Rated Theatrical Cut" which is missing several brief scenes, including the close-up of Wez twisting an arrow from his arm and the shot of the feral kid with the boomerang embedded in someone's forehead, and parts of the Papagallo speech which was introduced into a TV version and released on VHS. (91:27 PAL).
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R2 FSK 16 Version Germany- Warner Home Video - YES - Cuts of 4min 25sec:
Chapter 8 - 'Wez's arrows of death': -All the rape related scenes are cut.
Chapter 9 - 'A rescue - in vain': -The scene where Max kills the Mohawker with his tool is cut. -Some of the closeups of Nathan's bloody face seems to be missing.
Chapter 10 - 'Greetings from the Humungus': -Scene where Wez is headbutting one of the hostages is cut. -The slicing of Toadie's fingers is cut.
Chapter 15 - 'Hot pursuit': -The scene where a car falls on one of the Marauder's legs is cut.
Chapter 16 - 'Defending the compound': -Almost all the scenes involving flamethrowers are cut. (pink car exploding, guy burning, burning wrecks) -The killing of the drivers of the two cars which managed to enter the coumpound is missing. (one gets his throat slit, the other is shot in the back with an arrow) -Wez headbutting the Quiet Man is cut.
Chapter 18 - 'Nobody gets out of here alive': -The torture scene where the Marauders set fire to one of the victim's legs is cut.
Chapter 21 - 'The booby trap': -The scene where Max' car explodes is a bit shorter. We don't get to see Toadie and the Berserker during the explosion.
Chapter 26 - 'Attacked all around': -We see the grappling hook catching on Zetta's leg, and we see the car tip over, but the sequence where the car is dragged behind the truck and finally pulling Zetta off is cut.
Chapter 27 - 'Casualties of battle': -The scenes where Warrior Woman clutches the arrows and drools blood are cut. -We see Warrior Woman and the Mechanic being dragged off the truck, but we don't see them hitting road. -The 'Cannonball Stunt' is missing. -The scene where the guy on a motorcycle tries to shoot the tyre is cut. We see him aiming, but not being dragged under the wheels.
Chapter 28 - 'Chaos around the driver's seat': -The scene where Max shoots a guy trying to get in through the truck's door is slightly cut. -The scene where Max' shoulder is ripped open is missing. -We don't see Humungus crashing into the rear of the tanker. -We don't see the Pappagallo's being hit in the back by the 'fork'.
Chapter 29 - 'Unloading an unwanted passenger': -During the final head-on crash, we just briefly sees Wez' face when he tries to grab Feral Kid. All the closeups of his face before and during the crash with Humungus are cut (87:06 PAL). - R2 FSK 18 Version Germany- Warner Home Video - Yes - "R-Rated Theatrical Cut" which is missing several brief scenes, including the close-up of Wez twisting an arrow from his arm and the shot of the feral kid with the boomerang embedded in someone's forehead, and parts of the Papagallo speech which was introduced into a TV version and released on VHS (91:27 PAL).
- R2 Holland- Warner Home Video - Yes - "R-Rated Theatrical Cut" which is missing several brief scenes, including the close-up of Wez twisting an arrow from his arm and the shot of the feral kid with the boomerang embedded in someone's forehead, and parts of the Papagallo speech which was introduced into a TV version and released on VHS (91:27 PAL).
- R2 Italy- Warner Home Video - Yes - "R-Rated Theatrical Cut" which is missing several brief scenes, including the close-up of Wez twisting an arrow from his arm and the shot of the feral kid with the boomerang embedded in someone's forehead, and parts of the Papagallo speech which was introduced into a TV version and released on VHS (91:27 PAL).
- R2 Japan- Warner Home Video - Yes - "R-Rated Theatrical Cut" which is missing several brief scenes, including the close-up of Wez twisting an arrow from his arm and the shot of the feral kid with the boomerang embedded in someone's forehead, and parts of the Papagallo speech which was introduced into a TV version and released on VHS.
- R2 Japan- Warner Home Video - Yes - "R-Rated Theatrical Cut" which is missing several brief scenes, including the shot of the feral kid with the boomerang embedded in someone's forehead, and parts of the Papagallo speech which was introduced into a TV version and released on VHS. The close-up of Wez twisting an arrow from his arm DOES appear on this release, however all other scenes from the Unrated version are cut out.
- R2 Unrated Japan- Warner Home Video - No Cuts - Uncut version, including the missing scenes from the US Theatrical Cut.
- R2 Norway- Sandrew Metronome - Yes - "R-Rated Theatrical Cut" which is missing several brief scenes, including the close-up of Wez twisting an arrow from his arm and the shot of the feral kid with the boomerang embedded in someone's forehead, and parts of the Papagallo speech which was introduced into a TV version and released on VHS (91:27 PAL).
- R2 Poland- Warner Home Video - Yes - "R-Rated Theatrical Cut" which is missing several brief scenes, including the close-up of Wez twisting an arrow from his arm and the shot of the feral kid with the boomerang embedded in someone's forehead, and parts of the Papagallo speech which was introduced into a TV version and released on VHS (91:27 PAL).
- R2 Spain- Warner Home Video - Yes - "R-Rated Theatrical Cut" which is missing several brief scenes, including the close-up of Wez twisting an arrow from his arm and the shot of the feral kid with the boomerang embedded in someone's forehead, and parts of the Papagallo speech which was introduced into a TV version and released on VHS (91:27 PAL).
- R2 Sweden- Sandrew Metronome - YES - Cuts of 4min 25sec (same cuts as German version, see German release above for details) (87:06 PAL).
- R2 Sweden- Sandrew Metronome - Yes - "R-Rated Theatrical Cut" which is missing several brief scenes, including the close-up of Wez twisting an arrow from his arm and the shot of the feral kid with the boomerang embedded in someone's forehead, and parts of the Papagallo speech which was introduced into a TV version and released on VHS (91:27 PAL).
- R2 United Kingdom- Warner Home Video - Yes - "R-Rated Theatrical Cut" which is missing several brief scenes, including the close-up of Wez twisting an arrow from his arm and the shot of the feral kid with the boomerang embedded in someone's forehead, and parts of the Papagallo speech which was introduced into a TV version and released on VHS (91:27 PAL).
- R4 Australia- Warner Home Video - Yes - "R-Rated Theatrical Cut" which is missing several brief scenes, including the close-up of Wez twisting an arrow from his arm and the shot of the feral kid with the boomerang embedded in someone's forehead, and parts of the Papagallo speech which was introduced into a TV version and released on VHS (91:27 PAL).
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Comparison added by Craig on 18/07/01
Comparison last updated by Mark_Meakin on 14/11/18UPDATE LOG:
02/01/16: Title update (same as for Blu-ray entry). Also added runtime of French release.
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14/11/18: R2 Germany (FSK 18), Italy, Poland & Spain added. RT added to heavily cut releases.
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