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.
Bruce Willis is a brutal, cold-blooded gun-for-hire who's
targeted a high-ranking government official for assassination.
SEX/NUDITY 1 - No sex or nudity. One homosexual implication: A brief scene in
which two men kiss twice in a crowded bar.
VIOLENCE/GORE 9 - Two large explosions. Several violent, extremely bloody
gunfights. Many people are shot and killed during shootouts, with lots of realistic,
graphic violence. A few examples: A man is shot point-blank in the neck and dies. Another
man is shot in the forehead, with blood and gore sprayed against the wall behind him. A
man is riddled with machine gun fire and dies, a man is killed by an axe to the back of
his head and another man gets his arm shot off and is then rifled with hundreds of
bullets, while a car explodes behind him, engulfing him in flames. A man is shot twice in
the chest and dies, with bloody bullet holes. A woman is shot twice in the abdomen and,
after a scene in which she's in obvious agony, she eventually dies. A man is nearly run
over by a speeding subway train. A man holds a frightened teenaged girl hostage, with a
gun held to her head. There's also an extended sequence with stray gunfire spraying into a
crowd of panicked bystanders.
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PROFANITY 7 - About 10 F-words and F-word derivatives, a couple of anatomical
references, some mild obscenities, and some scatological references. [profanity glossary]
DISCUSSION TOPICS - Terrorism, different identities, the IRA.
MESSAGE - A man's honor is stronger than his ideology. Morality has many
shades.
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