From beginning to end, this means that: That Barney Ross, played by Stallone, now seems emotionally crippled and much colder and Lee Christmas, played by Statham is blaming him for this several times in the new cut. The latter suffers way more from his broken relationship with his girlfriend Lace. He almost desperately seeks help and comfort from Barney – obviously without success. In the meantime, not only does Randy Couture get more time to develop his character Toll Road, fans will also be happy to see MORE Dolph Lundgren. Furthermore, scenes with him that were already in the theatrical cut have been re-edited and almost exclusively to his advantage. In the Extended Cut his character Gunner Jensen is for example less “demonized”, which makes his change of attitude at the end of the movie more plausible. Also his fight with Jet Lee, whose key points were vigorously critizised, now opens with the necessary calm before the storm. The editing is also better. This does not reinvent the whole situation, but it makes the most of it. Similar is true for the showdown, although the nature of the flaws was different there. The sequences is more logical now and the worst CGI, as well as most of the aweful special effects shots of the burning Steve Austin, have been removed.