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.
Kurt Russell is back as Snake Plissken and now he has to
retrieve a top-secret device from criminal elements in future L.A.
SEX/NUDITY 2 - Scantily clad women (one is seen with a thong and another has
only pasties on her breasts).
VIOLENCE/GORE 8 - An earthquake leads to much property damage and
aftershocks. We see a couple people electrocuted in the electric chair, lots of fighting
and hitting with objects with some blood. A bloody corpse is used for target practice,
lots of gunshots (sometimes machine gun fire) with some blood. Explosions, cutting and
threatening with knives (some blood). Disfigured people and bloody body parts (eyes and
head), a decapitation, gladiator-style entertainment with people fighting with and without
weapons and being executed when they fail. Rioting, reckless driving, dangling on moving
objects.
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PROFANITY 5 - About four F-words, many scatological references, a few mild
obscenities and anatomical references. [profanity glossary]
DISCUSSION TOPICS - Political conservatism, the future, criminality,
technological power.
MESSAGE - Freedom means freedom to decide your own moral code.
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