 Released shortly after the Hungerford massacre in the UK, the BBFC removed  just over 1 minute of violence from the cinema version and a total of 3  minutes of both violence and weapon scenes from the 1989 video version. One  scene that was trimmed for UK Theatrical & Video release was the scene where  Rambo pushes the large splinter through his side. The uncut version has  turned up many times on pay TV (Sky and Bravo).