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.
Hugh Grant is a doctor who discovers a nefarious medical
plot.
SEX/NUDITY 2 - Two naked men run down a city street and we see their
buttocks and their crotches in shadows.
VIOLENCE/GORE 7 - Close-ups of bloody wounds during medical procedures and
in other situations. People are shot and there are some deaths as a result. A man has
bloody hands and blood is dripping onto his shoes. A man is hit by a subway train
(offscreen) and two men are nearly hit. A man is electrocuted on the subway track. Men
have convulsions. A couple of fistfights; a fight in an elevator results in blood on the
elevator walls. A man is hit across the back with a bat. A man is shot and lies in a pool
of blood. Reckless driving, foot chases.
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PROFANITY 7 - About 25 F-words, some mild obscenities and scatological
references, a few anatomical references. [profanity glossary]
DISCUSSION TOPICS - Paralysis, medical experimentation, doctors.
MESSAGE - You shouldn't kill one person even in order to save many; doctors
shouldn't play God; the end does not justify the means.
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