- The following were cut out of the 1989 U.S. release.
- The opening execution sequence.
- Terry and Scott talking about Mac was cut down.
- Scott and the pimp's conversation.
- The phone conversation between Scott and Sulin was cut down as well as the pimp interrupting Scott was cut out.
- Conversation between Scott, Mac, and Terry in the helicopter.
- Colonel Tol Nol using Terry as "collateral" in the military deal is cut out.
- The U.S. version of the film, released in 1989, omits the following: -The opening "firing squad" scene involving General Ty character giving the order. -Some dialogue between Terry and Scott at the Muay Thai gym. -All of Scott's interactions with the pimp at the motel, in turn cutting down the phone conversation between Sulin and Scott. -Some opening dialogue between Scott and Sulin at the restaurant as well as their subsequent love scene at the motel. -Some dialogue during Scott's interrogation with Mr. Nguyen actually saying it was not his fault. -All of Mr. Nguyen's subsequent scenes pre-kidnapping, including his death from an assassin hiding in a manhole.
- All UK versions had to have a scene removed in which a living snake is strung up and cut open, in order to comply with the Cinematograph Films (Animals) Act 1937.
- The German version was heavily edited for violence and plot reasons by over 13 minutes due to the distributor Ascot targeting a "not under 16" rating. Only in 2024 was the movie released uncut in Germany with the same "not under 16" rating after a successful re-rating testing with the FSK.
- Australian video release featured subtitles when characters were not speaking English, but the DVD release simply cut all the subtitles out.
- In Australia, the title in the opening credits is simply "Raging Thunder", not "No Retreat, No Surrender 2: Raging Thunder". This (along with the absence of any familiar faces from the first movie) caused a lot of confusion with viewers as they thought they were watching the wrong film (the title on all the video boxes was "No Retreat No Surrender 2", with the "Raging Thunder" part being very small and unnoticeable).
- The song "Everywhere With You" by Lisa Donovan Lukas & David Spear is played on the closing credits of the Australian video release, but a different non-vocal instrumental tune is played for the official Australian DVD release.
- Some versions use alternate music for the "Waterfall Scene". The new music was simply an instrumental sequence.
- The 2004 region 2 UK DVD release from Universal now features the following changes compared to the UK video release on the Entertaiment in Video release The logo on the DVD release is red and the words raging thunder in italics there are numerous scenes which are either extended or longer when compared to the video release The US video print deletes the execution scene of the family being shot by a firing squad at the start of the film The logo on the UK video print were red and blue with raging thunder lettering in white on a gray background
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