The UK VHS release from 1997 lost various shots of illegal activities (details of how to break into cars, plus a close-up of a house door being opened with a lock-picking kit -- fear of people copying these acts lead to their exclusion), a banned weapon (the balisong knife) and real cruelty to chickens. The DVD release of 2005 had all cuts waived except the cruelty to chickens, which is a compulsory cut to comply with the UK's Cinematograph Films (Animals) Act 1937.