MCV quotes the BBFC's director David Cooke as saying, "Rejecting a work is a very serious action and one which we do not take lightly. Where possible we try to consider cuts or, in the case of games, modifications which remove the material which contravenes the Board's published Guidelines." With the game already filled with all manner of cuts, slashes and eviscerations, the BBFC could simply not see a way around the game's "unremitting bleakness and callousness of tone" and its "sustained and cumulative casual sadism." http://www.joystiq.com/2007/06/19/rockstars-manhunt-2-rejected-by-uk-ratings-board/
The idea behind the game is excellent. Its a shame they didnt spend more time polishing the original game.
I think I read that its been either scrapped or delayed here in the US. Guess this game is worth an A rating afterall. Too bad nobody will ever get to see its original version.