The end of the “Minions 2” modified in China for the benefit of the police

What's small, dumb, yellow and… promotes the rule of law?

A Minion.

In any case, according to the version specially modified for China of the new film of the franchise, which makes triumph the moral.

was released in Chinese theaters on August 19.

This is the fifth installment in the Despicable

This prequel chronicles the youth of Gru, the super-villain of the franchise.

But unlike the other international versions, the one for mainland China offers an alternative conclusion.

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The animated film sequences are unaltered, but a series of stills and commentary have been inserted at the end.

In the original film, Gru's mentor, Will Karnage, an attempted robber, escapes justice after faking his death.

Gru is "back on the right track"

But in the version released in mainland China, the character is caught by the police and sentenced to 20 years in prison, where, calmed down, he pursues "his passion for acting" by "creating a theater troupe", underlines the end text.

As for Gru, he's become a role model father and has "gone back on the right track," the alternate ending claims, ignoring the reality of previous films in the franchise.

Television and film works, both Chinese and foreign, must go through a censorship committee before they can be broadcast in China.

This is not the first time that a foreign film has been modified to conform to what the authorities present as more “healthy” values, particularly for productions aimed at young audiences.

Precedents

Earlier this year, the end of David Fincher's cult film

(1999), starring Brad Pitt and Edward Norton, was also changed for its broadcast on the Chinese platform Tencent Video.

Again, the police had thwarted the macabre plans of the protagonist, indicated a text at the end of the film.

The return to China, on a streaming platform, of the American TV series

in February had also caused the incomprehension of spectators, who had noticed that dialogues evoking the homosexuality of a character had been deleted.

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