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.
SEX/NUDITY 5 - A woman's bare breasts are seen in a few scenes (in one a
woman is bound). Photos of scantily-clad women -- some in torture-type situations. Kissing
(once in bed obviously after sex and in a couple of scenes as foreplay). Sexual innuendo
(including rape and homosexual references).
VIOLENCE/GORE 7 - A man beats up a woman, and a man is beaten up by a man.
Police officers beat up prisoners/suspects in some scenes. There's shoving, throwing
people around, punching etc., with a bit of blood and sometimes the victims are bound and
sometimes you can hear bones crunching. A great deal of blood trails and splatters on
walls and floors and we see corpses after a mass murder. A police officer plays Russian
roulette with a gun placed in a suspect's mouth. A woman's face is beaten and bruised
leaving blood on her pillow. A man is shot with blood coming out of his shirt. A shootout
shows blood on faces and chests and blood splatters onto a man's face. A man is seen with
his throat slit and blood around his throat and head. A man is smothered to death. A
corpse is seen with its head caved in due to a beating. A man's head is beaten into a
commode and he is hung out a window. We see wrists slit with blood and broken fingers. A
major shootout with many deaths. A knife stab in the leg. A man is shot in the back.
Threatening with guns.
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PROFANITY 6 - About 24 F-words, some racial slurs, some scatological
references and anatomical references, many mild obscenities. [profanity glossary]
DISCUSSION TOPICS - Corruption, celebrity, the 1950's, law enforcement
investigation and murder.
MESSAGE - The police can be as corrupt as criminals.
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