ute ▁film ▁was ▁shown ▁in ▁full . ▁In ▁fact , ▁the ▁UK ' s ▁classification ▁board ▁the ▁BB FC ▁found ▁the ▁film ' s ▁g ory ▁content ▁so ▁light - heart ed ▁and ▁com ical ▁that ▁there ▁was ▁consideration ▁on ▁giving ▁the ▁film ▁a ▁ 1 5 ▁certificate , ▁which ▁would ▁have ▁granted ▁it ▁to ▁be ▁seen ▁by ▁a ▁much ▁younger ▁audience . ▁They ▁ultimately ▁decided ▁to ▁give ▁the ▁film ▁an ▁ 1 8 ▁rating ▁because ▁the ▁amount ▁of ▁g ore ▁conf ounded ▁the ▁expect ations ▁of ▁a ▁ 1 5 ▁rating . ▁ ▁In ▁countries ▁where ▁the ▁cens ors ▁b alk ed ▁at ▁the ▁extreme ▁g ore , ▁the ▁film ▁was ▁initially ▁b anned ▁or ▁left ▁un r ated ▁before ▁being ▁heavily ▁cut . ▁In ▁Germany , ▁a ▁ 9 4 - min ute ▁version ▁was ▁seen ▁with ▁major ▁cut s ▁to ▁some ▁of ▁the ▁film ' s ▁gr is lier ▁scenes ▁but ▁was ▁widely ▁ignored . ▁A ▁F SK ▁ 1 6 ▁r ated ▁version ▁was ▁released ▁in ▁Germany ▁under ▁the ▁American ▁title ▁Dead ▁A live , ▁om itting ▁almost ▁the ▁entire ty ▁of ▁the ▁violence . ▁The ▁un cut ▁version , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁several ▁cut ▁versions , ▁are ▁b anned ▁in ▁Germany . ▁It ▁is ▁also ▁illegal ▁to ▁public ly ▁exhib it ▁the ▁film ▁in ▁Germany . ▁The ▁g ory ▁violence ▁has ▁also ▁caused ▁the ▁film ▁to ▁be ▁b anned ▁in ▁South ▁Korea , ▁Singapore ▁and ▁Finland . ▁However , ▁the ▁film ▁was ▁un b anned ▁and ▁released ▁un