Onmebus beat me to blogging about the Passion recut so I'll have to trump him with a little more information (am I too competitive?). It will be released in Britain on March 25th, it's 6 mins shorter and the editting has allowed it to gain a UK "15" certificate instead of the "18" it carried originally. There's a preview in London next Wednesday (16th), I may be able to get you a free ticket if you're up for that and can let me know your thoughts!
I saw the original and I thought there was only about 10 minutes of it WORTH seeing! I think I'd be more interested in a version that ONLY had the Mary and Jesus falling section and Simon of Cyrene. The restis just brutal.