dum bullets was also removed for fear of  imitation and the torture of a prostitute with a soldering iron was heavily  toned down. The Synergy DVD released in the UK in 2000 was treated much more  leniently and was cut by only 22s, with the opening beheading and the  prostitutes torture still edited. The film was finally passed completely  uncut in the UK by the BBFC in 2004, since the offending scenes were no  longer judged to be harmful by 2004 standards.