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.
Al Pacino is Satan, and also the attorney who has just
recruited Keanu Reeves into his firm.
SEX/NUDITY 7 - Full female frontal nudity: a man begins kissing her breasts
and they begin to have sex (but not consummated). An extended sex scene: the man kisses a
woman's breasts and there is thrusting and oral sex briefly implied. Women kiss and caress
each other through clothing. A man puts his hand in his fly and rubs himself. A man bites
and caresses a woman's clothed buttocks while dancing. A woman is seen in a bra and
panties. An extended scene with a topless woman making another woman touch her breast.
Naked male and female sculptures come to life. Sexual innuendo (including references to
child molestation, homosexuality and oral sex). Kissing.
VIOLENCE/GORE 6 - A man slits the throat of a goat (there's a lot of blood).
Containers full of blood and organs and a bloody animal tongue are shown. Monster faces
are seen in a few scenes. Photos of murder victims with a lot of blood on and around their
heads and bodies -- one picture is of a child. A mass of bloody glob. Men beat up another
man with big sticks and the victim has blood on his face and arms. A woman has cuts and
bruises all over her body. A man is hit by a car and has a very bloody face. A woman slits
her own throat (a lot of blood on her neck, hands, face and clothes). Threatening with
guns. A man is shot and a man shoots his brains out with blood spurting out and onto the
face of another man. Conflagration and a charred body is seen. Scuffles.
the review continues below...
PROFANITY 10 - About 55 F-words, many mild obscenities, many scatological
references and some anatomical references. [profanity glossary]
DISCUSSION TOPICS - God and Satan, attorneys, criminals, marriage.
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