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.
Nicolas Cage and John Travolta are terrorist and law
officer, respectively, and they switch identities.
SEX/NUDITY 3 - A man's naked bottom is seen. A man squeezes a woman's
clothed behind. A cartoon of a big-breasted woman. Audio of sexual noises and moaning.
Kissing and sexual innuendo (including implied references to oral sex).
VIOLENCE/GORE 9 - A laser cuts around a face with some blood; then the face
is sucked off with sucking sounds (seen twice) and we see it floating in a glass bowl --
we glimpse the bloody, raw skin and muscle underneath. A man's chest is sliced open (some
blood). Many gunfights, mostly with automatic gunfire, sometimes with blood and sometimes
resulting in death. Blood squirts out of a man's neck, an ear is shot off and we later see
the mangled side of a man's head. Blood spurts out of a shot knee, a man is shot in the
forehead with some blood, a man spits out blood, lots of blood on the floor in one
gunfight and lots of blood on a man's chest. A woman is shot in the back of the head. A
body is thrown in front of a car and rolls under it. A man is shot and blood is splattered
on a wheel. A shot kills a boy who's shown with blood on his face. A few people are set on
fire after being doused with gasoline. Several stabbings and a man cuts another man's face
(some blood). A spear gun impales a man in the belly (some blood). A woman puts out a
cigarette on a comatose man's arm. A man falls through a skylight and dies. Some
fistfights with some blood (on mouth, faces and hands). A man is slightly mangled in a
wind tunnel. An attempted stabbing with an anchor, chases, reckless driving and flying.
Some explosions.
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PROFANITY 8 - About 30 F-words, some mild obscenities, a few anatomical
references, some scatological references. [profanity glossary]
DISCUSSION TOPICS - Terrorism, law enforcement, surgical technology, identity.
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