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.
John Cusack is a professional hitman who returns to his
hometown for his high school reunion.
SEX/NUDITY 2 - A couple kiss and she takes off her shirt but that's the end
of the scene (and we don't see anything because his body blocks our view). Kissing, sexual
innuendo.
VIOLENCE/GORE 7 - Two extended shoot-outs with machine gun fire where many
people are shot and killed, with some blood and jerking movements as
they fall (through
glass, etc.). A man is shot in the abdomen and head with blood seeping out. A man is
stabbed in the neck with a pen (a great deal of blood on the man's shirt and neck). A man
is killed when a television is thrown on his head; his body twitches. A man's hand is cut
and is very bloody. An extended fight scene with punches, kicks, tripping and throwing
each other against lockers (with some blood on both men's faces). A lot of property damage
and people being thrown by the force of an explosion. Threatening with guns. A man and a
woman have bruised eyes. Scuffles.
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PROFANITY 7 - About 25 F-words, some mild obscenities and scatological
references, a few anatomical references. [profanity glossary]
DISCUSSION TOPICS - Professional hitmen, high school reunions, having a moral
code, going home again.
MESSAGE - You can go home again. You have to live by a moral code.
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