8 Movies Banned For Telling You How To Commit A Crime

The BBFC put the scissors to RoboCop 2 during its original theatrical release, making nine cuts of violence amounting to 31 seconds, and removing a further four seconds for the subsequent VHS release.

In this case, the objectionable content was taken from the film's opening scene, where a criminal is shown breaking into a car by sliding a blade beneath the window and triggering the unlocking mechanism.

Given that the demonstrated method is relatively legitimate - car thieves will often use a thin metal rod called a "slim jim" to reach the mechanism - the BBFC felt that depicting it could result in a wave of car thefts across the UK.

This isn't to forget the scene's context within the movie itself, though, being part of a satirical faux-commercial for a fictional anti-carjacker device called the MagnaVolt, which shocks car thieves to death.