China adds postscript to Minions film to show crime does not pay

Visitors to a cinema showing Minions: The Rise Of Gru pass an advertisement for the film in Beijing (Ng Han Guan/AP)

The latest Minions film subtly reinforces a message for Chinese audiences that viewers in other countries will not see: crime does not pay.

A postscript added to the version in Chinese cinemas says a villainous character, who ends the movie as a free man, is later jailed for 20 years.