- The Australian Special Edition DVD released in 2005 is rated MA, but is uncut like the previous R rated version. It is not to be confused with the cut M rated version available on video.
- VCD (Video CD) by Video Van is 103 minutes long and is heavily censored:
- Some violence is intact while other parts are edited
- Most of the profanity is left in the film
- ALTERED SCENE:
- Danny Glover has unmasked the alien to curse at it,
- the scene cuts to Predator throwing Danny Glover across the room.
- The Indian theatrical release was cut by the CBFC (Central Board of Film Certification):
- 40% of street gang war shoot out was shortened.
- 50% of the sequence showing a naked man from the roof hanging upside down was reduced.
- A copulation scene of a man and a woman was entirely deleted.
- 40% of the voodoo scene was shortened.
- The stabbing scene of a dead man shown hanging upside down from the rear and front was deleted
- 40% the sequence showing the shootout in the subway was shortened. The cuts were made to grant the film an 'A' (restricted to adults) certificate. This same cut version was released on video and to this day has not been released uncut since.
- The CBFC (Central Board of Film Certification) in India had already cut the film to achieve an 'A' (restricted to adults) certificate for cinema and video viewing, but for TV viewings for a 'U/A' (unrestricted public exhibition - but with parental guidance) rating.
- It was cut further to remove visuals of vulgar movements and showing of the finger.
- Catching below the hip.
- A man killed.
- Bodies hanging including blood stains and the oozing of blood.
- Cutting head.
- Teasing lady.
- The German VHS rental release was cut by 1,5 minutes to secure a "Not under 18" rating. The uncut version was released on DVD with a SPIO/JK approval, later also on Blu-ray. In 2010, due to the release of Predators (2010), Fox released a heavily cut version (missing ca. 9 minutes of footage) on DVD, rated "Not under 16". In 2014, the film was removed from the index for youth endangering media and the uncut version was rated "Not under 18" by the FSK.
- On initial OFLC classification in Australia, the film received an R rating. In order to bring the rating down to M, several scenes were cut for violence/language. The following scenes have now been re-instated for the R rated 2001 DVD release:
- Two of the gang members at the start of the film sniff some cocaine while loading up their weaponry
- In Harrigan's conversation with one of his superiors, he uses the words: "Cutting off my dick and shoving it up my ass"
- The shot of the sacrificial knife entering Ramon Vega's stomach
- Another shot of the character who is "netted" to the wall, this time being sprayed with gunfire from his friends
- Another gang member is impaled on the Predator's wrist blade and lifted into the air
- Jerry is startled by a skinned body hanging from the roof
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