Unlike the MPAA we do not assign
one
inscrutable rating based on age, but 3 objective ratings for SEX/NUDITY, VIOLENCE/GORE
and PROFANITY on a scale of 0 to 10, from lowest to highest,
depending on quantity and context.
A new, improved, genetically cloned Ripley (Sigourney
Weaver) fights the Beast once again.
SEX/NUDITY 5 - No sex, but there is the implication of a sexual encounter
between human and alien. Brief female frontal nudity in a non-sexual manner (one woman in
a scientific test tube; another lying on an autopsy table). Some brief sexual banter and
innuendo. A man suggestively massages a woman. A man physically threatens a woman in a
sexually aggressive manner.
VIOLENCE/GORE 9 - Two violent, bloody gunfights, and several frightening,
extremely graphic alien vs. human showdowns with human blood and acidic alien blood
splattered about. A woman is choked and shocked with a tazer, a woman is shot, a woman
drowns and a woman is bashed in the face with a metal weight. Several men are shot and
killed, with bloody bullet holes. A man is bitten through his chest and dies, and a man
gets bitten in his head; as he dies, he pulls out a portion of his own brains and examines
them. A man's head is bitten in two by an alien (with exposed brains and gore). A man is
rapidly frozen and breaks apart. A man's face is severely burned from alien acid blood.
Several men are shown with bloody, gaping chest wounds. A man is incinerated. Several men
are slaughtered by an alien, with blood splattering and pieces of flesh strewn about. A
man's head is squeezed open by an alien. A woman stabs herself in the hand with a dagger.
A man convulses and coughs blood as an alien bursts through his chest. A human/alien clone
is torn apart and sucked out into space, piece by piece, through an airhole.
the review continues below...
PROFANITY 8 - Over 20 F-words, several anatomical references and
scatological references, a few mild obscenities. One profane hand gesture. [profanity glossary]
DISCUSSION TOPICS - Genetics, cloning, terrorism, the Military, extraterrestrial
life.
MESSAGE - It's not wise to fool with Mother Nature.
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