Do you know what other scenes were cut from the final film?
This is everything that i know about deleted scenes from Exterminator 2. This report is based from all the info i read on internet sites, forums and message boards plus from pictures of deleted scenes on old lobby cards and glimpses of deleted scenes in theatrical trailer;
Original cut did not have scenes where Eastland burns down gang members with flamethrower. That means that two street scenes where he burns several guys and scene where he burns black guy who is sitting on the tree were parts of the re-shoots done with body/stunt double for actor Robert Ginty who played Eastland. If you look closely, you can tell that in the scene where Eastland burns down two gang members who just killed someone with knife shot of Eastland that is used is actually outtake from first flamethrower burning scene in the begining of the movie.
Helicopter crash and club explosion scene was originally longer and (maybe) edited differently. Unlike in the theatrical version, Be Gee and John first meet each other on streets, go into the club and then the scene where gang robs armored car and shoots down police helicopter happens. Helicopter crashes onto the club causing fiery explosion (seen in trailer). After that, John and Caroline are trying to help out everyone who got hurt during the explosion while Be Gee goes to try and stop armored car robbery by attacking the gang with his garbage truck. Then John also shows up in the scene and also tries to stop the robbery by fighting with gang members. One lobby card shows him throwing wheel cap at one of the gang members during this scene. Trailer also shows parts of the chase scene with Be Gee chasing the gang members who are driving the armored car with his truck. After the fight, X confronts John by staring and pointing his finger at him (seen in trailer). Then police shows up and everyone escape. John also runs from cops and hides in some place. Then somehow he gets into contact with Caroline who helps him out because he got wounded in head during the club explosion.
Based on what i seen in trailer, originally there was a chase scene where X's thugs are going after John and Caroline who are driving in garbage truck. During the chase couple of thugs jump onto sides of the truck.
Caroline is not gang raped and murdered in original cut. Often rumored deleted rape scene is therefore not true cause it was never filmed. In the final version scene where Eastland finds her dead body was done with Ginty's body double (notice how his face is never shown) with some close ups of Ginty (lifted from some other scene) inserted.
Ending of the movie was originally different. Original final confrontation between X and Eastland did not include cat and mouse game in factory building and X didn't die by explosion set up by Eastland. Based on some behind the scenes making of footage, lobby cards and some other info i heard, originally X and Eastland get into the brawl and then X gets shot by Caroline who has arrived in her wheelchair. When some cops show up, Eastland puts X in the back of the truck and chase starts between Eastland in his garbage truck and cop cars. I don't know was X live or dead in this scene, but one lobby card shows him wounded in arm and kneeling on the ground in front of the Eastland's garbage truck while some cop is pointing his shotgun at him. Chase ends with Eastland's truck crashing into the river and X's body floating out. I don't know does Eastland survives or not.
Re-shot ending which was used in final version was filmed with Mario Van Peebles and Ginty's stunt double. Just like with many other scenes which were filmed during the re-shoots, Ginty's face is never shown until the very end when X gets blown up by exterminator's trap and falls on spikes while covered in fire. However the shot of Ginty taking his mask off in that scene is actually outtake from earlier scene where he burns few gang members during the factory showdown. You can actually see that he starts taking of his helmet after he burns gang members but scene cuts before he does that.
Although some graphic action scenes were already deleted or changed from original cut of the movie, when it was submitted to the MPAA Exterminator 2 was rated X because of the violence and it had to be cut for R rating. According to interview with film doctor William Sachs who did the re-shoots and re-editing of the movie only opening robbery scene where old guy gets shot was cut, originally he was shown being hit with all six bullets instead of just one.
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