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The Shoot is a 1964 West Germany/France/Italy/Yugoslavia/Spain/US adventure by Robert Siodmak
Starring Lex Barker, Marie Versini and Ralf Wolter

According to the BBFC: There is infrequent use of very strong language ('c**t') and strong language ('f**k'), as well as milder terms such as son of a bitch, bastard, God and hell.

According to publicity blurb Eureka appear to have created new subtitles for this release. Maybe they did this with an AI tool and no-one checked the finished product?  Or maybe the BBFC were using an AI censor, or maybe a BBFC examiner was hearing things.

Summary Notes

When a villain named "the Shoot" terrorizes the constituents of Albanian country, which he rules. Heroic Kara Ben Nemsi (Lex Barker), and his sidekick are the only ones who can stop him

Versions

uncut run: 118:24s pal: 113:40s

UK: Uncut and BBFC 15 rated for very strong language: 2026 Eureka Entertainment Blu-ray (rated 27/04/2026)  The BBFC comments about the strong language: There is infrequent use of very strong language ('c**t') and strong language ('f**k'), as well as milder terms such as son of a bitch, bastard, God and hell.

The increasingly secretive censors at the BBFC have recently removed a facility to let interested users monitor recent decisions. The only database search facility remaining is to search for sepecific titles.

The BBFC responded to a query asking about this vanished recent decisions page and the BBFC responded:

With regard to the website, you are correct that the primary purpose of the site is to assist viewers, and parents in particular, in deciding whether content will be suitable. This is why the functionality has changed.

You can of course still search for classification information via the main search.

The BBFC has said that it is now using an AI censor tool which scans streaming vidoes and creates reports for humans to review. It has used the tool to classify the entire UK catalogue of HBO Max which has recently started its UK service.

TV shows including Game of Thrones and Euphoria have received age ratings for the first time in the UK using the tool. It identifies content that triggers compliance issues, such as violence, nudity and bad language . The flagged scenes are then passed over to BBFC staff for human review.

As a result, all the HBO Max titles were assigned BBFC age ratings -- with Game of Thrones and Euphoria receiving an overall rating of 18, although some individual episodes were rated 15 -- for the platforms UK launch last month.

David Austin, the BBFC chief censor, described the use of AI for HBO Max content as a major step forward in how we support families to make safe and informed viewing decisions.

The BBFC said it had completed the classification of HBO Maxs entire catalogue in six months, a process that normally would have required 1,570 working days -- or more than four years -- of viewing from a compliance officer. The organisation said the final age ratings and content advice remained the sole responsibility of BBFC staff.