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.
Cinematic version of the classic TV series, with Harrison
Ford as Dr. Richard Kimble, the fugitive who's been wrongly sentenced to die for the
murder of his wife, and Tommy Lee Jones as Gerard, the relentless lawman who's pursuing
him.
SEX/NUDITY 2 - Some bathing-suited women at a fund raiser. A very brief side
shot of a naked Ford. Sexual references.
VIOLENCE/GORE 5 - Several people are hurt and killed during a bus/train
wreck. Ford is shown to have a nasty-looking side wound, which he stitches shut himself.
Gerard shoots and kills an escaped convict. Lots of violent fist fighting takes place, and
the one-armed man shoots a cop on an elevated train. Several people are bloody after being
shot.
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PROFANITY 4 - Mainly locker room-level profanity: No F-words, just some
scatological terms. [profanity glossary]
DISCUSSION TOPICS - Murder, death, obsession, being wrongly condemned and blind
justice, the death penalty, corruption in the medical industry.
MESSAGE - Justice can be achieved through tenacity.
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