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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. |
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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.
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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A CAVEAT: We've gone through several editorial changes since we started covering films in 1992 and some of our early standards were not as stringent as they are now. We therefore need to revisit many older reviews, especially those written prior to 1998 or so; please keep this in mind if you're consulting a review from that period. While we plan to revisit and correct older reviews our resources are limited and it is a slow, time-consuming process. |
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