IMDB lists 97 minutes and Impulse lists 80 minutes for the "international version". It looks like all the current external reviews are for the original Impulse DVD that was recalled. Any idea what was cut for the "international version" being released 9/30/08 in the US?
shareI've only seen the uncut version, but it's largely much ado about nothing. The offending scene involves a barely legal actress (about the same age as all the actresses in this movie) trying to seduce her male cousin, obviously played by an actor of about 12. There's no actual sex, just full-frontal nudity, and the scene ends on a comparatively wholesome notes with the "father" walking in on the attempted seduction and chasing his naked "daughter" around trying to spank her.
The anonymous young German actor, now no doubt a middle-aged man, has never claimed to have been exploited by this, and a few years after watching this scene, it has not turned me into a gay pederast. The scene is distasteful I suppose, but really pretty innocuous and certainly not worth hacking 16 minutes out of the movie. . .
If anyone is looking to get the full 96minute version of this film, do NOT get the "International Version"...that's the cut version that runs 80 minutes. I wasted a rental on this tonight thinking it was the unedited version and it's not. "International version" is what Impulse threw on the cover (along with a sexier picture) to sucker buyers into thinking they're getting the full-length film but it ain't so. And *bleeping* Amazon wasn't any help either because they list both of these as running as at 80 minutes.
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