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A loose adaptation of Alan Moore's eponymous graphic novel about characters
drawn from literary works: Set in the 19th century, these characters, many
of whom possess extraordinary "talents," band together to fight a madman bent on
world domination. The group includes adventurer Allan Quatermain (Sean Connery),
Captain Nemo (Naseeruddin Shah), Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Jason Flemyng), Dorian
Gray (Stuart Townsend), The Invisible Man (Tony Curran) and Tom Sawyer (Shane
West). Directed by Stephen Norrington. [1:48]
SEX/NUDITY 3 - A man and a woman kiss passionately and a man
throws a kiss to a woman. A man slaps a woman on the buttocks. We see a man
bare-chested. Women wear dresses that expose cleavage. A man says to a woman
that he wished he'd be able to "nail you one more time." The Invisible Man says
"I am naked in the snow. I can't feel any of my extremities, and I mean any."
VIOLENCE/GORE 5 - A woman snarls, her eyes turn red, she tears at
a man's neck, her mouth is covered with blood, she bites his neck again and then
licks her lips and hands (she's a vampire). Also a vampire bites a man and we
see her pointed teeth. A man is shot several times, a man is shot in the back as
he runs away, a man is shot in the chest and blood seeps into his shirt, a man
is stabbed in the arm, and a man is stabbed in the back. A man is stabbed in the
stomach and pinned to a wall, whereupon he decomposes to a dusty skeleton. A
physically enhanced man chained to walls hits many people who try to approach
him, and they are tossed through the air. A woman stabs a man in the back, he
slashes the woman in the face, she slashes him on the face, and we see the
wounds on both of them heal. A man is hit in the crotch and doubles over, and a
woman is stabbed in the stomach and falls back. A man shoots at several armed
men, they shoot back with pistols and then with automatic weapons. Men fight
with punches, one throws two knives that pin a man's shirt to a post, one man is
hit with a bottle and falls to the ground, and one man is impaled on a
rhinoceros horn that hangs from a wall. A man is shot in the back but is just
wounded (he later swallows a poison capsule that kills him). Two physically
enhanced men fight (one is larger than the other): the large one throws the
smaller against walls, and then the larger man is stabbed in the hand, he
crashes through walls, and is slashed many times with a sword; the smaller man
shrinks back to human size and runs, and the larger man is trapped in a
crumbling building. Two men fight: one is punched in the face three times, one
is held with a chain around his neck, and one is stabbed in the back and dies
from his wounds. An invisible man with a knife slashes at a man repeatedly, and
the man shoots at him as he runs away. Five people are surrounded by many men
with guns drawn, they begin shooting back and forth, and one man with a sword
fights many other men. One man is hit repeatedly with a large book, one man's
neck is broken, one man is shot repeatedly (we see blackened bullet holes in his
shirt and chest but no blood and we watch the holes close up), and a man is run
through with a sword. Many men are slashed and stabbed with swords. A man is
beaten with a gun, men are knocked out and people shoot back and forth at each
other, and one man fights with a sword while he is being shot at. Bombs detonate
in a submerged submarine, it fills with water, and people are thrown around and
fear the worst. A mechanical creature (either a robot or a man in a metal suit,
it is not clear) blows out a flame setting much of a room ablaze and nearly
scorching one man; another man is burned badly (we see his burned flesh). A
female vampire climbs up a wall, followed by a swarm of bats that encircle men
on a rooftop and throw them off. We watch a man contort and writhe after he
drinks a potion that makes him grow large and vicious several times and we watch
him writhe and contort as he shrinks back to human form when the potion wears
off. A rocket is launched, it hits a building and causes an explosion. A tank
crashes through the wall of a building, rolls down a street running down and
crushing a man, it crashes through another wall into a bank where armed guards
shoot at it, it continues to roll over desks, through walls and it blows a safe
door off with a large gun. People in a car are shot at as they drive away and
one man in the car shoots back. A car speeds through narrow roads as buildings
crumble around it, it crashes through a wall, flips over, and crashes. A woman
breaks a glass and cuts her finger (we see blood and she licks her finger). A
woman is held with a knife to her throat, and a man threatens another man with a
sword. A man talks about his son dying in his arms. A man orders other men to
"kill them all, except one" and we hear gunfire in the background. A man shoves
and punches a man out of a room, a man shoves a man a couple of times. Bombs
begin to explode under the streets of Venice: buildings crumble, streets break
apart, people run and scream. A hangar with dirigibles in it burns. A man wears
a mask that covers his burned face but we can see the reddened and charred skin
around one eye and on his chin. A woman has two bite marks on her neck. The
Invisible Man drinks and we see the liquid passing through where the esophagus
would be. A woman slaps a man in the face. A man speaks in a condescending
manner to a woman several times.
PROFANITY 5 - 1 F-word, 1 scatological term, 1 anatomical term, 5
mild obscenities, 6 religious exclamations. [profanity glossary]
DISCUSSION TOPICS - Greed, potions, literary characters,
super-human abilities, world domination, world war, patriotism, profit, arms
race, vampires, scientific experimentation, regret, guilt, death.
MESSAGE - We cannot escape our past and we must face our demons.
War is inevitable.
(Note: People are shown drinking alcohol.)
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