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.
In
this comedy, Eddie Murphy and Martin Lawrence are wrongfully accused of murder and
sentenced to life in prison. Also with Obba Babatunde, Ned Beatty, Lisa Nicole Carson,
Nick Cassavetes, Noah Emmerich, Bernie Mac, Poppy Montgomery, Miguel A. Nunez Jr., Guy
Torry, Clarence Williams III and Bokeem Woodbine. [1:48]
SEX/NUDITY 3 - Some sexual innuendo (including some mild references to
homosexuality). One kiss. Twice it's implied a man and woman have sex: in one scene they
mildly flirt, and we later see him walking down a staircase with his shirt untucked and
his tie untied. We see a few women in cleavage-revealing tops and a man with his robe open
(his arm covers his groin area).
VIOLENCE/GORE 4 - Two men are shot and killed; both are seen lying on the
ground, one with some blood on his shirt and the other with a very bloody wound on his
chest. A man slices another's cheek (we see some blood). A man walks into a burning
building (nothing is seen after that). A man is hung upside down by his feet and dunked
into water. Two men fistfight -- one gets a slightly bloody mouth -- and several people
are shoved around. A couple of men are knocked out with a gun, a man is punched in the
crotch and another is punched in the stomach. Several instances of threatening with guns
and a man is shot at but not hit. A corpse with a bloody face and chest falls onto a man
(his shirt gets a little bloody) and we see a man wearing a bloody apron (he apparently
was delivering a child). We see a body bag and a sheet-covered body. Men shoot at birds
and for a split-second we see a bloody bird before it's shoved into a bag. A plane is
wrecked (we see an explosion behind some trees).
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PROFANITY 10 - Nearly 55 F-words, lots and lots of anatomical references,
scatological references, mild obscenities and racial epithets and several insults. [profanity glossary]
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