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MPAA Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of action violence, sexuality and innuendo
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Sex & Nudity

  • During the chase scene in Saigon, Bond and Wei Lin crash through the roof of what appears to be a brothel. A woman appears to be having sex in the background. As they leave the room, the woman appears to resume. The woman's nipple is briefly visible.
  • After the chase scene, Bond and Wei Lin rinse off in a "shower" on the street. Bond is shirtless, and Wei Lin's bra can been seen through her wet shirt. A little boy is also seen naked while being bathed by his mother, but he's only seen from the back, and his bare butt is fully visible for a little while.
  • A woman removes her dress and is seen from the back wearing stockings, and much of her bare back is visible. She and Bond kiss, but the scene cuts. Sex is implied, and Bond is shown lying in bed shirtless while the woman redresses, and again, nothing is shown.
  • Bond and a woman kiss while lying naked in bed. Bond receives a phone call while making out with the woman, and the scene is somewhat lengthy. There is female lower nudity visible briefly in several frames while Bond is stretches across the woman to reach for the phone at the 22min 55sec mark.
  • The usual shadows of naked women appear during the opening credits but nothing is visible really.

Violence & Gore

  • There's a brutal fight between Bond and a group of men inside a building during a party. They punch him and repeatedly kick him, but he dodges a punch from one which hits another, and then punches out the others, smashing them with objects in the room. He and another man crash through a glass pane, and he knocks out him and another man.
  • There's a large action sequence in the beginning where Bond beats up several men and shoots many others while destroying weapons at a base. Many explosions are seen, and he flies out in a plane just as a missile explodes the entire base. A man in the plane tries to strangle him, but he ejects him out into another plane, which crashes.
  • There's a long chase in which men pursue Bond and Wai Lin while they drive a motorcycle. Lots of gunfire and destruction, and several vehicles crash. A helicopter fires guns at them, and they jump over the helicopter and crash through a roof. They're cornered in an alley, but Bond jams a chain into the propeller and the helicopter crashes, resulting in an explosion.
  • There's a shootout in a factory between Bond and a large group of men, and several men are shot. During this scene, Bond and another man fight over a printing press, and Bond beats the man, and knocks another attacker into the press, and blood is seen on the newspapers. Bond escapes while being shot at.
  • There's a large final battle on a ship with lots of heavy gunfire, and many men are shot and killed. One man is shot point blank by the villain, and Wai Lin kicks a man several times and throws a throwing star into another man's neck (bloody; most graphic moment). Many explosions occur during this scene, and Bond uses a rocket launcher against several men.
  • Bond tases a man and then turns the man's own gun on him, and shoots him in the head (impact not shown).
  • Bond kicks one man and knocks out several others when he boards Carver's ship.
  • A man is harpooned.
  • A ship is attacked and sunk near the beginning, and many men are seen being engulfed by water, and there's lots of visible destruction.
  • Bond hits several men and Wai Lin fights more, and Bond grabs a machine gun and begins firing around the room, hitting several men. The two crash through a window, and slide down the side of the building using a hose.
  • A man ruthlessly guns down a large group of survivors escaping from a sinking ship. None of the deaths are shown.
  • Wai Lin engages in a lengthy fight with a group of men, kicking and punching them, and knocking them into objects. Bond punches two men during this scene, and arrives in time to knock Lin's last opponent out.
  • There's a large action sequence in a parking garage where several men shoot at Bond while he drives a car. There are a few explosions, and lots of gunfire, and one car crashes into another car and explodes. Bond eventually dives out of the car and it flies off a roof and crashes into a store.

Profanity

  • 2-3 uses of "hell", 1 use of "Jesus", and 1 use of "bastard".

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • A party scene where a lot of people are drinking wine or champagne Bond drinks in his hotel room.
  • A man smokes a cigarette.
  • When Bond breaks into Elliot Carver's safe there are bags of cocaine and heroin.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • A helicopter chases two people on a motorbike through streets full with people. The blades of the helicopter are faced to the front and ground and are very close to all the citizens if not hitting some.
  • Several images of dead bodies in a sunk ship appear suddenly which may shock some people.
  • A man says he will torture another man by removing his genitals and then taking out his heart.

Spoilers

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Violence & Gore

  • Paris Carver's corpse is found on a bed in a hotel room.
  • Bond and Stamper engage in a brutal fight in the ship in the end, and Stamper smashes Bond into metal pillars. Bond is beaten brutally, but stabs Stamper in the arm and chest with a knife, before brutally punching him several times. He manages to activate explosives, and he drops into the water as the explosives detonate, killing him.
  • Bond is hit in the back and held at gunpoint by Carver, but he disarms Carver and hits him a few times, as a large drill approaches them, and he gets out of the way as Carver is killed by the drill (not seen).

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • Elliot Carver is killed by a drill torpedo. It is offscreen, but graphic sounds and screaming are heard.

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