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.
Morgan Freeman investigates a murderous
"collector" of women.
SEX/NUDITY 3 - A couple of brief glimpses of bare breasts. A brief glimpse
of a woman's bare buttocks on a postcard. A few brief caresses of clothed breasts.
Kissing, sexual innuendo.
VIOLENCE/GORE 7 - A man is shot and blood spurts out of his head. We see a
man with bloody gunshot wounds in his chest. A woman smashes through an aquarium and is
bloody from a cut on her arm. A man throws another man against a wall repeatedly. In an
extended scene a man is cut with a knife then he smashes into glass (there's blood on his
head and hands throughout the scene; by the end he and a stove are covered in blood). A
man tries to rape a woman. A couple fight with punches, kicks and throwing each other
around. A man cuts a woman's arm. A man is shot and killed (no blood). A man is hit by a
car and later almost hit by a truck. Bloody scrapes on child's face. A woman has blood on
her hands. A woman has a bloody, bruised face with a severely bloodshot eye. Bloody
scrapes/cuts are seen on a person's face. A knife is held to a woman's neck. Intense
kickboxing fights, chases and falls.
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PROFANITY 6 - About 13 F-words, some mild obscenities, a few scatological
references, a couple of anatomical references (plus some anatomical references vaguely
heard in background music). [profanity glossary]
DISCUSSION TOPICS - Police investigation, law enforcement, murder,
stalking, an uncle/niece relationship.
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