 Following the introduction of the Video Recordings Act in 1984, Death Wish  was consistently refused a video certificate for fifteen years. When it was  finally released in the UK in 2000 (and shown on television two years later),  the film had been quietly trimmed by the BBFC to remove 29 seconds from the  rape scene including shots of breast fondling and Carols bottom being  sprayed with paint. The film was finally passed completely uncut by the BBFC  in June 2006 and all previous edits were waived.