This is cut out of every US version that I've seen no mention of it on the Shout! Factory release.' 'After years of doubt, indisputable proof that the kid from MAC and ME gets shot on camera in the Japanese release of the film. That's right: The death by copy scene actually remained in at least some of Mac and Me's international cuts. An alternate ending (scrapped after test audiences responded poorly), however, saw Eric getting shot in the chest by a trigger-happy cop! Even back in 1988, this had to be a something of a shock to the system, especially considering Mac and Me sports a benign PG rating! Though this unused ending isn't one of the extras on Shout! Factory's recent release, it was recently unearthed and shared on Twitter by producer and film curator Peter Kuplowsky, who salvaged the footage form a Japanese release of the film. In the original ending of Mac and Me (which you can see in Shout! Factory's recent Blu-ray re-release) young protagonist Eric (played by Jade Calegory) is blown up in an explosion before being resurrected by his faithful extraterrestrial pal. soon makes friends with a young boy in a wheelchair. The movie follows a young alien, separated from his family and stranded on Earth. Before proceeding further, be warned that we're now entering Spoiler Territory!

Indeed, Mac and Me is often regarded as the worst movie ever made-and that's really saying something! Still, the film might have been infamous for a completely different reason, had the original ending of the film remained intact. the Extra-Terrestrial filled with so many references to McDonald's it's barely more than a 90-minute commercial with campy, sci-fi window dressing.

Mac and Me is famous for all the wrong reasons released in 1988, it's an obvious rip-off of Steven Spielberg's E.T.

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