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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. |
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Robert De Niro and Joe Pesci help the mob run
Las Vegas in the 1970's. Also with Sharon Stone, James Woods, Don Rickles, Alan King,
Kevin Pollak, L.Q. Jones, Dick Smothers, Frank Vincent, John I. Bloom, Pasquale Cajano,
Melissa Prophet, Bill Allison and Vinny Vella. Directed by Martin Scorsese. [2:58]
SEX/NUDITY 5 - A man is behind a woman thrusting violently while they are
both lying on their sides (we only see their faces and shoulders). In two scenes, a man
guides a woman's head into his lap for oral sex. We see some cleavage, a woman in a bra
and undies in one scene and a nude woman in the background of a scene (her breasts and
buttocks are visible).
VIOLENCE/GORE 9 - In a close-up shot, a man's throat is stabbed with a pen
numerous times; we see lots of blood spurting. A woman is shot in the head point-blank and
as her head is tipped over blood drains out of her mouth. Many people are shot and
violently beaten (we see a great deal of blood and bloody bodies) and in one scene we see
a gang shoot-out. A badly beaten man has his head put in a vise and squeezed until we see
one eye begin to protrude. Two men are beaten with bats until their bodies are bloody and
their faces disfigured; a man has his hand beaten with a baseball bat -- in close-up --
and we watch his skin split while he's screaming. A man is buried alive. People are
threatened (sometimes with guns) and there are many scenes of screaming and cussing. A car
explosion is shown a couple of times.
PROFANITY 10 - 100+ F-words, many anatomical references (most quite obscene
and graphic), many scatological references and many mild obscenities. [profanity glossary]
DISCUSSION TOPICS - The Mafia, gambling, Las Vegas.
MESSAGE - If you live by the sword, then you're going to die by the sword.
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A CAVEAT: We've gone through several editorial changes since we started covering films in 1992 and some of our early standards were not as stringent as they are now. We therefore need to revisit many older reviews, especially those written prior to 1998 or so; please keep this in mind if you're consulting a review from that period. While we plan to revisit and correct older reviews our resources are limited and it is a slow, time-consuming process. |
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