Varför är vår censur så hård när det gäller våld?

Violence & Gore
7/10

More than a dozen people are shot, often accompanied by brief instances of bloody bullet wounds and "squibs" (not detailed or graphic). Usually these shots are to the chest or head.

A man is shot by McClane and blood sprays on the wall behind him. There are no bullet wounds however.

A man is shot repeatedly from underneath a table. The bullet impacts aren't seen but we see his body jerk and some wounds afterwards (only slightly bloody).

A man tells he shot a 13 year old kid because his toygun looked real.

A man is shot in the knee caps. This is very shocking, with pieces of flesh flying off, but not anywhere near as graphic or bloody as it sounds and is only briefly seen. He later falls over, smashing his head into a glass door.

Men are shot in the head at close range on two different occasions. The first time is offscreen but we see a large amount of blood to splatter onto a glass door panel. Very brief and cut quickly. The second time is also offscreen and we only hear the shot.

There is a lengthy fight scene between Karl and McClane which is quite intense with a headbutt and repeated heavy punches and kicks, some of which are to the head. Much of this fight is seen in long-medium shots however. It feels less intense than modern action movies.

There is a shorter fight scene, not as graphic as the other one. It ends up with a person breaking his neck in a stairwell (this is implied rather than seen)

Violence & Gore
Violence: 6/10

Rambo is shot at by a Sheriff's deputy who is hanging from the side from a helicopter; Rambo, in self-defense, throws a rock at the helicopter's window, which inadvertently causes deputy to fall from the helicopter and onto the rocks below, killing him instantly. We only hear the sound of the impact but we do see the man's bloody, mangled body from various angles afterwards. (It's also worth noting that this is the only actual death in the film.)

Rambo wounds several police officers in the forest with a knife, The actual wounding is offscreen but you do see and hear the police yell, cry and swear. He wounds, but does not kill. The scene is particularly intense.

Rambo shoots two of the police dogs with a rifle (offscreen, though we hear the dogs yelp in pain).

Rambo beats up several policemen with his bare hands.

Rambo steals a machinegun and goes on a rampage throughout the town, blowing up random buildings. He shoots a police officer several times in the legs.

In a flashback sequence, Rambo is tied up and tortured by Vietnamese soldiers. The Vietnamese cut Rambo across the chest with a knife and he grimaces in pain.

The Swedish video release is also heavily cut. Most scenes involving shooting have been shortened or cut out, including the "death" shooting of Murphy by the gang, the shootout at the drug factory and the ED-209 killing a OCP employee. In addition, several scens have been omitted. The gang member who gets thrown out of the van, Emils' disintegration and death.