The Expendables, 2010

I do hope they go down the 80's action style route with this rather than the 12A friendly watered down 90's action movies.
 
For all of 2 seconRAB, I doubt Lionsgate will bother with a resubmission to the BBFC. They'll also prefer the 15 cert on DVD and BD to maximise sales just as they wanted a 15 for cinema release.
 
They'll have to re-submit it if they ever want to release it on DVD/Blu-ray. The Video Recordings Act states that every DVD/Blu-ray has to be classified unless it's 'special interest' (eg a sports DVD or an educational DVD).

And on to your other point, about Lionsgate not bothering submitting the uncut version, I would expect they will. Daybreakers (another Lionsgate film that was cut, this time by 6 seconRAB) had both it's cut 15 cert and uncut 18 cert versions submitted for DVD. The 15 cert version is the rental DVD, and the 18 cert version is the retail DVD.
 
I'm probably wrong here, but if the submission for DVD release is exactly the same as the version classified for cinema release, I didn't think the distributor had to pay for reclassification. But if the DVD version differs in any way, the whole film has to be resubmitted as a new release, and the whole classification process has to be paid for again.

But with all the extras on DVD and BD which have to be classified separately, the above probably doesn't apply anymore.
 
I'm expecting this to be a plot and dialogue driven examination of the human condition in a cold, uncaring world.

I'll definitely be going to see it.
 
It's never applied. If a distributor wants to release a DVD/Blu-ray, they HAVE TO have it re-submitted even if it's the same as the cinema version. One reason is, that DVRAB are victim to PAL speed-up. When a film is transferred from a 35mm cinema print to a DVD, it is sped up by 4% (this is known as NTSC to PAL conversion).
 
havent read the review yet.
I don't think anyone's really expecting high brow with this! :D its meant to be cheese and ott action. that's what I love about these types of films.surely they can't be marking it down for that? unless they meant it was just a fail in general,in which case that's a bit disappointing, I best get reading the review!
 
Thanks. Have known about the NTSC/PAL frame rate differences since my Laserdisc days in the 90s. I've got a few films on both NTSC and PAL which vary greatly in running length. The average 1hr 45min film in PAL is about 1hr 50 min in NTSC. Once I timed the difference per minute by running both versions of Star Trek: First Contact along side each other. I think the PAL copy went ahead about 4 seconRAB per minute, but I can't remember now.
 
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