- The subtitles accompanying the Cantonese soundtrack on the 'Hong Kong Legends' DVD were translated more accurately and also restored the proper Chinese names. The English export international versions made the following name changes: Bee = Ben, Fai = Frank, Sai Wing = Paul, Sau Ching = Sally, Lok = Luke, Siu Jan = Jane.
- The 'Mei Ah' VCD uses an alternate shorter ending where Bee kills Sai Wing in the office as opposed to the longer gun-duel finale which features on the majority of versions available today. This shorter finale is available as a bonus feature on the 'Hong Kong Legends' DVD - However, it's incorrectly in Mandarin (instead of Cantonese).
- Singaporean VHS is drastically cut to approx. 90 minutes. It is missing every scene showing student demonstrations in Hong Kong, the entire POW-camp scene as well as all the scenes which had already been removed for the Hong Kong theatrical version.
- The German version, although rated 18, is heavily cut (ca. 30 minutes).
- In 1997 the German distributor re-released the film on video as an uncut version.
- Tai Seng VHS tape and the original Hong Kong laserdisc runs 120 minutes with many scenes omitted, notably the finale and is missing end credits.
- Hong Kong DVD from Joy Sales/Fortune Star is the longest version of the film available (legally). It runs approx. 5 minutes longer than the Hong Kong Legends-DVD. This is the only available version that includes (among other short additions throughout the film) the piss-drinking scene and the complete alternate ending in the boardroom (all other versions of this ending, as seen on the HKL-DVD or the Chinese VCDs omit 1 short piece of dialog by Tony Leung) and has the correct Cantonese soundtrack. However, it still misses 8 seconds at the beginning (which could be seen on the festival-print bootleg and on the Media Asia VCD) in which Ben walks through some numbered footprints taped to the dance floor (towards a crucifix) to demonstrate a dance.
- In 2001, 'Bullet In The Head' has been released uncut on DVD in Germany (rated FSK 18). Although the box says it runs 97 mins, it nearly has the full running time of 126 mins (like the UK version) and is only missing the end credits.
- John Woo's original cut of Bullet In The Head was over three hours long. Much like he was forced to do with A Better Tomorrow 2 (1987), Woo reluctantly re-cut the film down to little over two hours long running time. But, as Woo himself confirmed, the version of the movie that was premiered in Hong Kong the day before it was actually released was 2 hours and 35 minutes long. It was decided this version was still too long, so all the prints of the film had to be re-edited and delivered back to the cinemas all over Hong Kong by the next day. Even after all the re-edits that movie already had, many other different cuts of it were made due to local market/censorship, which is why even today there are many different versions of the film with different running times. The longest home video release of these being the 126 minute cut as per the HK MegaStar DVD as well as the UK DVD. It was also released in a shorter length (around 80 min.) on VHS and VCD (the vcd using the alternate board room ending). The New UK Hong Kong Legends DVD features the 126 min. cut as well as the alternate ending as a special feature.
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