- After the UK censors informed Fox that the R-rated cut of the film would be carry a 15 rating, the distributors cut out almost all strong language, some scenes of fisticuffs and bloodier violence in order to release the film with a 12A rating for theatrical exhibition only. The cuts were waived when released on DVD and Blu-ray in the UK in 2013 with a '15' rating thus presenting the US R-rated Theatrical Version uncut for home video release. The UK 12A Theatrical cut is not released on home video formats.
- Mary Elizabeth Winstead's scenes were cut in the extended version of the film.
- In the first airport scene, she no longer drops her father off. The scene was reedited, in the last shot you can only see Bruce Willis getting out of the car, but you can't see any driver. You only hear voice sounding like Amaury Nolasco's character.
- During the car chase in Moscow, she doesn't call McClane anymore. This time father and son can look at each other in the slow motion shot.
- The end scene at the airport was cut, the movie ends with the aerial Chernobyl shot. Despite she's not in this version, her name still appears in the end credits.
- The Extended Cut adds a total of three minutes of footage to the original theatrical release.
- South Korea, Singapore and India received an edited version which tones down most violent moments and bleep strong language, this last one was so notorious that Singaporean's cinemas has to denote that they were not their faults and no devolution would be admitted
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