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.
Steve Zahn and Paul Walker star as two brothers who are
driving across the country. To entertain themselves they use their CB radio to strike up a
relationship with a trucker. But it turns out that the trucker does not take lightly to
being made fun of and the results are deadly. Also with Leelee Sobieski, Rachel Singer and
Walton Goggins. [1:36]
SEX/NUDITY 4 - Two young men remove their clothes and go into a restaurant;
they hold their hands over their genitals as they do so, but everything else is evident. A
TV is tuned to an adult channel showing a woman caressing a man. A young man and woman
talk on the phone (he's bare-chested and she's in panties and a tank top) and there's some
flirting. A young man is bare-chested in a bathroom, and a young woman wears a skirt with
a slit up the thigh and a tank top which shows the outline of her nipples. There are
sexual references: a young man talks about another man wanting to have sex with a young
woman, a young man (disguising his voice as a woman) seduces a man over a CB radio. A
young man talks about removing his clothes, two young men talk about watching adult
channels on TV, a young man remarks that he's getting aroused by a conversation, a young
man urges another young man to kiss a young woman. Two young women kiss on the cheek as
they say goodbye.
VIOLENCE/GORE 7 - A man is shown in a hospital bed with his lower jaw
missing (we see bloody tissue and his upper teeth) and a police officer describes it as
having been ripped off by a perpetrator. Two young men and a young woman are chased by a
truck through a cornfield; they're nearly hit several times, and at one point they fall
into a ditch and the truck goes over them. A car side-slams into a tree and a truck pins
it and begins crushing it; two young men are inside (glass begins to shatter and metal
crumples). A man punches a window and grabs another man, and throws him to the ground
where he lands on a metal rod which pierces his leg (we see some blood on his pants). A
man steps on his wounded leg causing him to scream. The man with the imbedded metal rod in
his leg is then hung on a fence -- the rod is attached to the fence and he screams when
another man tries to get him down and remove the rod. A man describes the best way to keep
a corpse unidentifiable: cut off all ten fingers and then the jaw. A woman is taped and
tied to a chair and a shotgun is rigged to a door that, if opened, will blast her in the
face. A truck slams through the middle of another truck tearing it in two (we assume the
driver of the split truck is killed when it explodes), and a truck barrels down on a group
of people and police officers; the officers open fire. A man approaches a woman hiding in
a cornfield, grabs her and takes her away as she screams and struggles. A man talks about
taking a victim apart piece by piece. A car catches fire and explodes, and a car is chased
down a dead end road by a truck until they can go no farther; the occupants of the car
panic and start yelling. A truck crashes through a hotel room; a man is then shown with a
very bloody arm and chest. We hear the muffled whimpering and screams of a young woman on
a CB radio, and a young woman screams for help on a CB radio. We also hear a struggle
through a wall and a description of a gasping/gurgling sound. A young woman is shown bound
and gagged in the back of a truck. A young man drives recklessly and drives off the road
to make a point. A young man yells abusively at a man on a CB radio. Two young men panic
and yell at each other when they think they are being chased by a truck. There is a
conversation about a young man having been put in jail on a drunk and disorderly charge. A
young man urinates in a bathroom.
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PROFANITY 7 - 17 F- words, 20 scatological terms, 1 sexual reference, 16
anatomical terms, 22 mild obscenities, 9 religious profanities, 7 religious exclamations. [profanity glossary]
DISCUSSION TOPICS - A brother's love, revenge, feeling like a loser, missing
home, eavesdropping, psychosis, stalking, being the brunt of a joke.
MESSAGE - Practical jokes and pranks can get you in serious trouble. Always
apologize for hurtful things you do.
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