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Sex & Nudity

  • Mortimer "stalks" his wife around a tree as a game after they exit a taxi. Some comments by both Mortimer and the taxi driver indicate that Mortimer and Elaine had been making out enthusiastically.
  • At the end, Mortimer continuously kisses Elaine for about a minute to keep her quiet.

Violence & Gore

  • References to the people characters have murdered, including a brief view of the bottom half of one dead body, blood-free.
  • A fight breaks out between Johnathan and two policemen, and they overturn furniture, punch and kick.

Profanity

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • Adult drinking and smoking.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • One intense scene in which a character is tied to a chair and another character is psychologically manipulating him by showing him the surgical implements he will use to kill him. Several jump-in-your-seat scenes, including one where a criminal character pushes aside the window curtains from outside a house and frightens two old ladies in the house. Some scuffle (non-sexual and bloodless) scenes.

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Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • Four people are murderers. Dead bodies are spoken of throughout. One man is sadistic and it is mentioned how he tortured a child and animals before becoming a serial killer.

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