Casualties of War (1989) Poster

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Sex & Nudity

  • A teenage girl is violently raped by a man while several other men watch. Her bare buttocks can be seen, and so can the rapists. After the rape the girl is seen nude from the rear with only a small blanket covering half of her behind. A man then tells several other men to rape the girl. A man then undresses, and his buttocks are shown, and briefly his penis. He turns the girl over almost exposing her nipples, then gets on top of her and is very briefly shown raping her but the fifth soldier refuses.
  • Sexual references and references to rape throughout.

Violence & Gore

  • A character hits another with a shovel.
  • Some war violence, quite strong sometimes. Images of an army hospital including severed arms & legs. Might disturb some.
  • The gunfights are quite depressing because the teenage girl is suffering while watching the fights and loads of explosions happen as well including that this is real life.
  • Meserve saves Eriksson's life by taking him out near the tunnel and Meserve killed the vietnamese soldier

Profanity

  • From what I can tell there is 1 use of "cunt" used by Sean Penn while kidnapping the girl.
  • 8 used of "Wh*re"
  • The language is pretty harsh. About 50 or so F-words are used and other harsh profanity
  • In the extended version, Michael J Fox aggressively shouts out the F-word in court

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • Smoking cigarettes/marijuana & drinking.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • Rated R For Pervasive Strong Language Throughout and War Violence Including Rape.

Spoilers

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Sex & Nudity

  • The film is about the discussion, build up, act and cover up of group rape which may prove distressing to many.

Violence & Gore

  • The female victim is shot multiple times by three men on a bridge and you can see bullet wounds and blood.
  • Eriksson is nearly killed by a grenade quietly placed below him. He immediately runs on-time before it goes off.
  • A soldier steps on a "Toe Popper". His body is seen seconds later covered in blood with both of his legs blown off and four wooden spikes going through his chest.
  • Graphic depiction of a woman being stabbed multiple times in the chest.
  • Meserve orders Hatcher to kill the Vietnamese girl but Eriksson stopped them by shooting the M-16 in the air because the helicopters were near and to stop them from killing the girl
  • One of the soldiers killed the Vietnamese girl because she tried to escape.

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