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(1996)

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Certification

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MPAA Rated R for brief grisly violence, pervasive strong language and a sex scene
Certification

Sex & Nudity

  • Some nude women paintings on a wall of bilardo club.
  • There is a video tape shown however it isn't that sexual as you don't see much, brief bare breasts are in the scene, but other than that, there's a couple moderate sexual comments. The scene isn't bad at all.
  • References to sexual abuse. A videotape where two men are seen caressing a woman, she takes off her shirt and her bare breasts are seen, one of the men takes off his pants and his bare buttocks is seen. A man is heard giving directions behind the camera, telling the woman to perform oral sex, her head is seen moving. The scene then ends.

Violence & Gore

  • Two men briefly fight in a hotel room. One tackles and punches the other, and they wrestle, and the attacker escapes.
  • There's a long foot chase in which two men pursue a third man through streets and alleyways. The man attacks one of them, and both wrestle him to the ground, with one threatening him at gunpoint. The two men rough him up a few times during the scene.
  • The bloody scenes as mentioned, but they are disturbing, such as the scene of cutting off the fingers at the beginning of the movie. If you do not like the bloody scenes, So be careful and close your eyes quickly, but it is not classified as a bloody movie
  • A brief scene in which a man is attacked with a large knife. His fingers of one hand are cut off in medium close-up followed by a shot of him in anguish with his mutilated hand in view. There is a large spray of blood and the attack, although momentary, is very bloody and disturbing. Immediately afterwards, the ensuing murder is witnessed in part from outside the room, with windows being smashed, although detail is obscured by curtains.
  • A man is seen covered in blood, running away from chasing police officers.
  • At a few points in the film, images of the attacked man's dead body are shown. These are graphic gory images including his empty, bloodied eye sockets and several large knife wounds over much of his body. Blood stains are present on the carpet, walls and curtains. Occasionally, there are references to details of the attack such as that the man was stabbed 78 times, although these are not very descriptive.
  • A man is pushed against a wall and hit across the head. There is sight of a little blood in a following scene. This is momentary and mild.
  • A man's corpse is seen being dragged out of a river with a clear gunshot wound in the jaw. His corpse is watered and gray.
  • A woman is attacked by a man who holds her throat. This is not only brief but undetailed as the scene features much panic. The woman escapes unharmed quite soon and the man is restrained.

Profanity

  • 1 use of "cocksucker" and "cunt"
  • 1 use of crap, dick, bastard, cocksucker and cunt 65 uses of fuck 23 uses of shit 5 paired with bull 1 paired with head 2 uses of spics, christ 13 uses of damn 5 paired with god 5 uses of bitch 3 paired with son of a and for christ sakes 6 uses of ass 1 paired with hole 4 uses of sex 7 uses of hell 2 seen on a wall 2 times 5 uses of Jesus christ
  • Heavy profanity throughout.

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • Janet smokes cigarettes, as do various other characters.
  • Some drinking of alcohol, although none to excess.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • The attack scene is both shocking and brutal, and further images and descriptions of the corpse have the potential to upset some viewers.
  • There is a long foot chase scene, followed by a scene in which characters are threatened with both a knife and a gun.
  • The courtroom scenes are often quite intense.

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