The Rhythm Section is a 2020 UK action mystery thriller by Reed Morano. Starring Blake Lively, Sterling K Brown and Jude Law.
Passed 15 uncut for cinema release in 2019. A month later it was
resubmitted in a slighter shorter version with the same rating and advice. MPAA R rated in the US but it is not known which version was submitted.
Summary Notes
Blake Lively stars
as Stephanie Patrick, an ordinary woman on a path of self-destruction after her family is tragically killed in a plane crash. When Stephanie discovers that the crash was not an accident, she enters a dark, complex world to seek revenge on those
responsible and find her own redemption. Based on the novel by Mark Burnell, from director Reed Morano ("The Handmaid's Tale") and the producers of the James Bond film series, The Rhythm Section also stars Jude Law and Sterling K. Brown.
Versions
re-edited
cut:
3s
run:
109:27s
pal:
105:04s
UK: A shorter re-edited version was passed 15 for strong language, violence, brief drug misuse:
2020 cinema release
uncut
run:
109:30s
pal:
105:07s
UK: Passed 15 uncut for strong language, violence, brief drug misuse:
Christopher Mitchum
is Ricco, a pretty boy with a blonde fringe fresh out of prison who sets out to avenge the death of his father, who was murdered 2 years ago in by his competitor in the Italian mafia underworld, Don Vito. As if that wasn't enough, slick Don Vito even
stole his girl-friend.
Don Vito is a slick Italian mafia boss type with a moustache. He owns a soap factory, says stuff like don't you know by now I hate soap... and men that sweat and turns his own men into it when
they fail him. If you sleep with his sultry girl-friend you get castrated in graphic detail, fed your own penis then you're thrown in a tank full of acid (that's how he turns people into soap).
Now for the sleaze. It comes
in the form of the drop dead gorgeous Euro babes Barbara Bouchet and Malisa Longo. We get get close ups of Bouchet's ass and breasts while she walks, she has a striptease scene on the hood of a car, she's lucky enough to bed Ricco and is her all around
cute self. Longo in the role of Don Vito's girlfriend spends most of the movie scantily clad and seduces Don Vito's underling in a very sexy scene.
The first half of the movie is so delightfully cheesy that I kept
wondering where's Joe Bob Briggs when you need him. The second one is more gritty and sadistic with a graphic castration scene and lots of gunplay. The sleaze has a steady presence throughout and so does the silly dialogue.
Ricco is by no means a profound crime drama but it's entertaining and schlocky enough to warrant a viewing or two. Fans of 70's Italian crime b-movies will lap it up and ask for more.
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Passed X (18) after BBFC cuts for:
1974 cinema release
The BBFC noted the submitted running time as 93:03s = 89:20s PAL
Ricochet is a 1991 US action film by Russell Mulcahy. With Denzel Washington, John
Lithgow and Ice-T.
Cut by the BBFC for cinema and VHS, but less cut on DVD. Uncut in the US
Versions
uncut
103:00s =~98:00s
US: Uncut and MPAA R rated for:
2005 HBO Studios R1 DVD
4s
97:45s
UK: Passed 18 after 4s of BBFC cuts with the butterfly knife cuts waived for:
2007 Optimum R2 DVD
The BBFC commented:
Compulsory cut required to shot of magazine cover showing indecent images of children
5s
97:50s
UK: Passed 18 after 5s off BBFC cuts for:
2004 Cinema Club R2 DVD
1992 First Independent VHS
1992 cinema release
The cuts were:
Deleted shot of magazine cover showing indecent images of children
Two shots were cut from the finale of this violent action thriller, in order to remove the presence of the "dreaded" butterfly knife. The cut occurs during the
tower fight between Denzel Washington and John Lithgow. The missing shots are as follows - Washington punching Lithgow in the face; and Lithgow pulling out the weapon from his shoe and briefly twirling it.
v Riddick
- 2013 USA/UK action Sci-Fi thriller by David Twohy.
Riddick is a 2013 USA/UK action Sci-Fi thriller by David Twohy. With Vin Diesel, Karl
Urban and Katee Sackhoff.
Exists in a Theatrical Version and a Director's Cut
Promotional Material
Betrayed by his own kind and left for dead on a desolate planet, RIDDICK (Vin Diesel) fights for survival
against alien predators and becomes more powerful and dangerous than ever before. Soon bounty hunters from throughout the galaxy descend on Riddick only to find themselves pawns in his greater scheme for revenge. With his enemies right where he wants
them, Riddick unleashes a vicious attack of vengeance...
Versions
Director's Cut
121:33s
UK: The Director's Cut was passed 15 uncut for strong bloody violence and strong language for:
2014 Entertainment One [Theatrical + Extended ] RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon released on 13th January 2014
See article from collider.com . Director David Twohy explained that the extra
material in the director's cut adds details to advance the background of the mythology on Riddick's planet.
Ride the High Country is a 1962 USA western by Sam Peckinpah. Starring Joel McCrea, Randolph Scott and Mariette Hartley.
BBFC cuts were required for an A rated 1962 cinema release. Uncut and PG
rated for 1996 VHS. Uncut and MPAA Unrated in the US.
Summary Notes
Aging ex-marshal Steve Judd is hired by a bank to transport a gold shipment through dangerous territory. He hires an old partner, Gil
Westrum, and his young protege Heck to assist him. Steve doesn't know, however, that Gil and Heck plan to steal the gold, with or without Steve's help. On the trail, the three get involved in a young woman's desire to escape first from her father, then
from her fiance and his dangerously psychotic brothers.
Versions
uncut
Unrated
90:03s
UK: Passed PG uncut for:
1996 Warner Home VHS
US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:
2017 Warner Archive Collection R0 Blu-ray at US Amazon
Rider on the Rain is a 1970 France / Italy crime mystery thriller by René Clément. Starring Charles Bronson, Jill Ireland and Marlène Jobert.
BBFC category cuts were required for an 'AA' rated cinema release in 1970.
Home video releases in French and English language versions have all been 18 uncut. Uncut and MPAA PG-13 rated in the US.
Summary Notes
A beautiful young woman in the South of France
is raped by a mysterious masked assailant. She shoots him dead soon afterwards and dumps his corpse in the sea. Soon an American investigator turns up who seems to know what she has done.
French Language Version
uncut
run:
117:40s
pal:
112:58s
UK: The French Language Version was
passed 18 uncut for strong sexual violence:
This John Wayne film was re-released in 2004 by Delta Music. The video had increased running time but suffered BBFC cuts with the following statement:
Compulsory cut required to sight of horse being ridden off cliff .
The same scene was cut from the Classic video release of 2005 (5s) and the WHE International Release of 2006 (4s)
49:17s
The Cinema release and video versions from 1986
to the Cinema Club release of 2003 were all uncut
v The Rifleman - 2019
Latvia war historical drama by Dzintars Dreibergs.
The Rifleman is a 2019 Latvia war historical drama by Dzintars Dreibergs. Starring Oto Brantevics, Raimonds Celms and Martins Vilsons.
Exists as a Theatrical Version and an extended Director's Cut. Both were 15
rated by the BBFC.
Summary Notes
The love story of the sixteen-year-old Arturs gets interrupted by the First World War. After losing his mother and his home, he finds some
consolation in joining the army, because this is the first time the Russian Empire permits national battalions. However, war is nothing like Arturs imagined - no glory, no fairness. It is brutal and painful. Arturs is now completely alone as the war
takes the lives of his father and brother. Also, no progress is made in the promised quick resolution of the war and timely return home. Within the notion that only he alone cares about returning home and that his homeland is just a playground for other
nations, Arturs finds strength for the final battle and eventually returns home to start everything from scratch, just like his newly born country.
Versions
Director's Cut
run:
123:06s
pal:
118:11s
UK: The Director's Cut was passed 15 uncut for strong violence, injury detail:
2020 cinema release
Theatrical Version
run:
108:37s
pal:
104:16s
UK: The Theatrical Version was passed 15 uncut for strong violence, injury detail:
Righting Wrongs is a 1986 Hong Kong action comedy by Corey Yuen Starring Biao Yuen, Cynthia Rothrock and Melvin Wong
The film exists in 4 versions. The original Hong Kong cut, Righting Wrongs, an English
language version called Above the Law. A Singapore cut and an Integral version including all existing material. There are 4 alternative endings. The BBFC cut the English language version for 18 rated VHS but the 2022 Bu-ray release is uncut.
Summary Notes
Yuen Biao plays Jason Chan a lawyer, angry at the way the law seems to protect the bad guys, he decides to take the law into his own hands when a key witness and his entire family
are murdered. but Cindy Si is soon on his case and it all spirals into a situation only a few will s...
Versions
Integral Version
UK: BBFC details not yet published for:
2022 88 Films Collector's Edition [English + Hong Kong + Singapore + Integral versions] (RB) Blu-ray
at UK Amazon #ad
Riki-Oh: The Story Of
Ricky is a 1991 Hong Kong / Japan action comedy horror by Ngai Choi Lam (as Simon Nam). Starring Siu-Wong Fan and Mei Sheng Fan and Ka-Kui Ho.
Released uncut on DVD in 2002 with a BBFC 18 rating. Uncut and MPAA Unrated in the US.
Despite the fact that this is just yet
another mindless kung-fu action movie, isn't that part of the culture of the late 80s early 90s? It is a snapshot of American culture and dreams in that time era. The movie centers around two kick boxing gangs, what more do you want? Cheesy plot outline,
mindless action that makes you wish you could fight like that, and a predictable ending with a cool training sequence. All of the ingredients that made us love movies like Rocky .
I think movie goers should lighten
up and enjoy these kind of films more. Even though they aren't through provoking, not every movie can be, it still entertains you if you have a light heart going in.
Ring of Spies is a 1964 UK drama by Robert Tronson. Starring Bernard Lee, William Sylvester and Margaret Tyzack.
Cut by the BBFC for 1964 cinema release. Probably the same version released
on 2014 DVD.
Promotional Material
There have always been spies men and women who have pried for patriotism, for religion, for love... or for money. This intriguing drama is based on the true story
of the Portland spy ring an unlikely Soviet operation active in southern England from the late 1950s until January 1961 when the core members were arrested. Directed by TV drama veteran Robert Tronson, Ring of Spies stars Bernard Lee
(best known as Ian Fleming s M ) William Sylvester, Thorley Walters and BAFTA winners Margaret Tyzack and David Kossoff. It is presented here in a brand-new digital transfer.
An antiquarian bookseller and his wife; a disgruntled,
hard-drinking naval clerk and the lonely secretary he recruits; a polished Soviet agent who assumes the identity of a dead Canadian citizen: the players in a familiar Cold War story of hidden cameras, dead-letter drops and a long-range radio calling
Moscow Central. A duel between Soviet intelligence and British counter-espionage, and a trade in deadly secrets directed from a bungalow in suburban Ruislip, hidden for years from unsuspecting neighbours and British spycatchers...
Versions
category cuts
cut:
run:
90:16s
pal:
86:39s
UK: Presumably the UK cinema
version was passed PG for mild bad language without further BBFC cuts for:
The Ring Two is a 2005 USA horror mystery by Hideo Nakata. Starring Naomi Watts, David Dorfman and Sissy Spacek.
The Theatrical Version was cut in the US for an MPAA PG-13 rating. This
version was released in the UK for cinema and DVD with a 15 rating. There is also a US uncut MPAA Unrated version.
Summary Notes
A high school student named Jake tries to make his girlfriend Emily watch
a cursed tape. But then Jake finds out that Emily covered her eyes and didn't watch the tape, and then Jake is killed by Samara Morgan (from the first The Ring movie). Rachel Keller learns of Jake's death and finds his twisted body in the back of an
ambulance. Rachel then realizes she once again has to save her son Aidan from Samara the evil ghost child.
Rings of Fear is a 1978 Italy/West Germany/Spain mystery thriller by Alberto Negrin. With Fabio Testi, Christine Kaufmann and Ivan Desny.
Cut by the BBFC for cinema and VHS. The pre-cert video was uncut though.
Uncut and MPAA Unrated in the US
Summary Notes
A detective investigating the murder of a teenage girl begins to focus his suspicions on the three girlfriends of the victim, who call themselves
"The Inseparables."
This rather obscure giallo is relatively tame in terms of gore, but still retains a sense of creepiness. Add some high-grade nudity from some VERY beautiful actresses, a bizarre method of
interrogation (choking the suspect while on a wild roller-coaster ride!), and a perfectly functional Fabio Testi performance in the lead and you have an uneven but creepy giallo.
Versions
uncut
Unrated
81:07s
UK: Released uncut for pre-cert video:
1983 Video Shack VHS titled Rings of Fear
1983 VFP VHS titled Rings of Fear
US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:
2018 Scorpion Releasing (RA) Blu-ray at US Amazon titled Red Rings of Fear
Riot is a
good action film about Jim Brown and Gene Hackman staging a riot in prison in order to allow a distraction so they can escape through underground tunnels.
Brown and Hackman are great in this and the suspense of the last 30
minutes is killer! I rank this one up there with Escape From Alcatraz . A must see for all fans of escapism movies.
The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer is a 1970 UK comedy by Kevin Billington. Starring Ann Beach, Desmond Walter-Ellis and Peter Cook.
BBFC category cuts were required for an 'AA' rated cinema release in 1970.
Uncut and 15 rated for DVD in 2007. Uncut and MPAA R rated in the US.
Summary Notes
Fresh-faced young Michael Rimmer worms his way into an opinion poll company and is soon running the place. He uses
this as a springboard to get into politics, and in the mini-skirted flared-trousered world of 1970 Britain starts to rise through the Tory ranks.
Versions
uncut
98:01s
UK: Passed 15 uncut for sexualised nudity and strong sex references with previous BBFC cuts waived
for:
Rise of the Footsoldier is a 2007 UK crime action biography drama
by Julian Gilbey. With Ricci Harnett, Terry Stone and Craig Fairbrass.
Uncut by film censors. Exists as an Original Version and an Extreme Extended Version.
Summary Notes
Rise of the Footsoldier follows the inexorable rise of Carlton Leach from one of the
most feared generals of the football terraces to becoming a member of a notorious gang of criminals who rampaged their way through London and Essex in the late eighties and early nineties. It is three decades of his life following him from football
hooliganism, through to his burgeoning career as a bouncer, his involvement in the criminal aspects of the early rave scene and subsequently to his rise to power as one of the most feared and respected criminals in the country.
Versions
Extended Version
run:
134:49s
pal:
129:25s
UK: The Extreme Extended Version was passed 18 uncut for
very strong language, bloody violence, injury detail, drug misuse, sex:
2023 Signature Entertainment video titled Rise Of The Footsoldier: Extreme Edition
2023 cinema release
UK: The Extreme Extended Version was passed 18 uncut for strong bloody violence, sex, hard drug use & very strong language for:
2012 Studio Canal Limited Edition Steelbook RB Blu-ray/R2 DVD Combo at UK
Amazon
The Rise of the Phoenixes is a China historical TV series Starring Kun Chen, Hong Yuan and Ni Ni.
The BBFC Annual report covering 2018 says that the VoD release had cuts for
a horse being tripped and made to fall on its neck, but these cuts are not recorded in the BBFC database.
v Rising Damp
- 1980 UK comedy by Joseph McGrath (as Joe McGrath).
Rising Damp is a 1980 UK comedy by Joseph McGrath (as Joe McGrath). Starring Leonard Rossiter, Frances de la Tour and Don Warrington.
Cut by the BBFC for an A rated 1979 cinema release. The same version was later released with a PG rating on VHS and DVD.
Summary Notes
Stingy English landlord Rigsby manages to scam
his lodgers Cooper, an arts student, and Philip, an African jock, making both pay for a room they must share. However Rigsby's favorite lodger, miss Jones, now flirts with both boys rather then the old goat, despite his pitiful attempts to be generous.
Crossed by her still overprotective dad, she actually prefers an affair with slick veteran Seymour, who is really only interested in her money.
Versions
category cuts
best available
94:23s
UK: The cut
cinema version was passed PG without further BBFC cuts for:
Rising Damp: Stand Up and Be Counted is a episode of a 1975 UK TV comedy by Ronnie Baxter. With Leonard Rossiter, Richard Beckinsale and Frances de la Tour.
Summary Notes
It's election time and true blue Rigsby will be voting Conservative whilst the boys are flying the flag for Labour. Ruth is a floating voter. All three candidates visit
the house, Rigsby antagonizing the Labour man by suggesting that he is a homosexual with a Filipino house-boy whilst Ruth scares off the Liberal hopeful by making advances at him. Finally the Conservative candidate comes in and, after his dog has fouled
the carpet, he tells Rigsby he plans to knock his house down.
Versions
pre-cut
24:19s
UK: A pre-cut version was passed PG uncut for mild sex references for:
2008 Granada Complete Collection R2 DVD at UK Amazon
This episode was first broadcast on 17th January 1975. It featured a dishonest Labour Party political candidate called Pendry. Labour MP Tom Pendry successfully sued Yorkshire TV for libel and the
original broadcast taped was apparently wiped. The episode survives as a NTSC-format tape returned from Canada. For repeat showings and DVD release, Pendry's name on election banners has been electronically blurred out and the credits remade to rename
the character as Labour Candidate .
Risky Business is a 1983 USA crime comedy romance by Paul Brickman
Starring Tom Cruise, Rebecca De Mornay and Joe Pantoliano
Exists as a Theatrical Version and a Director's Cut with a variant ending. The film
was BBFC 18 rated until downrated to 15 for 2024 Blu-ray.
Summary Notes
A suburban Chicago teenager's parents leave on vacation, and he cuts loose. An unauthorised trip in his
father's Porsche means a sudden need for lots of money, which he raises in a creative way.
UK: Uncut and BBFC 15 rated for strong sex, sex references, nudity, language:
2024 Spirit Entertainment/Criterion Collection (RB) Blu-ray at UK Amazon #ad
released on 29th July 2024
Versions
Director's Cut
run:
99:14s
pal:
95:16s
UK: The Director's Cut is uncut and BBFC 15 rated for strong sex, sex references, nudity, language:
2024 Spirit Entertainment/Criterion Collection [Theatrical Version + Director's Cut] R0 4K Blu-ray/(RB) Blu-ray Combo
at UK Amazon #ad
2024 Spirit Entertainment/Criterion Collection
[Theatrical Version + Director's Cut] (RB) Blu-ray at UK Amazon #ad
Theatrical Version
run:
98:54s
pal:
94:57s
UK: The Theatrical
Version is uncut and BBFC 15 rated for strong sex, sex references, nudity, language:
2024 Spirit Entertainment/Criterion Collection [Theatrical Version + Director's Cut] (RB) Blu-ray
at UK Amazon #ad
UK: The Theatrical Version is uncut and BBFC 18 rated for:
Rituals is a 1977 Canada / USA adventure thriller by Peter Carter. Starring Hal Holbrook, Lawrence Dane and Robin Gammell.
Uncut and MPAA R rated for theatrical release but also released in a
cut TV version.
Summary Notes
Five doctors go on vacation deep in the Canadian wilderness. After all but one pair of the party's shoes disappear, the remaining shoed camper
decides to hike out and go look for help. Soon after he leaves, however, his four companions realizes that something is very wrong when someone leaves a decapitated deer head just outside their camp. Even though they still don't have their shoes, they
decide to follow their friend's trail out of the woods, but their path is blocked by someone who doesn't want to see them leave the forest alive.
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