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.
Small-time thieves Nick Moran, Jason Flemyng,
Jason Stathman and Dexter Fletcher get on every big-time crook's hit list as they scramble
to gather enough money to cover the debt they owe a major crime boss. Also with P.H.
Moriarty, Sting, Vinnie Jones, Steven Mackintosh, Stephen Marcus and Peter McNicholl. [1:45]
SEX/NUDITY 5 - Sexual innuendo (including a reference to homosexuality).
Several times we see phallic objects sitting on a man's desk. A topless dancer in thong
panties rubs herself hands over her body (we see her bare breasts and buttocks). We see a
woman wearing a cleavage-revealing top.
VIOLENCE/GORE 9 - We hear gunfire exchanged in another room, and when a man
briefly opens the door to the room he gets blood splattered on his face; in two later
scenes, we see many dead, bloody bodies in the room. In one scene, we see three people get
shot (two have very bloody wounds) and one man has a hatchet thrown into his back; we see
their dead bodies in one later scene. A man is shot in the foot; a few times we see the
bloody wound and a puddle of blood around him. A man is shot (we see his bloody face) and
a man cuts another's arm (we see the very bloody wound). A woman opens-fire on a group of
men with a machine gun (we see her shoot one very bloody man several times). A man shoots
a few others with an air gun. A man with a bloody face is forced to use his tongue as a
golf tee while a man hits golf balls at another who's hanging upside down. A man throws a
knife at another man; we hear a squishy noise but don't see anything when the knife hits
his body. A man is on fire; we see him running from a building. A man begins to burn rolls
of paper placed between a man and woman's toes (we don't see or hear anything more).
Several men and one woman are punched in the face. A man beats another with a phallic
object and a man repeatedly slams a car door on another's head; he then punches and kicks
him until he's presumably dead. Twice, we see a man headbutt another; we also see a man
knocked out with a gun. A man is grabbed by the neck and dragged up a flight of steps. A
man is punched and thrown in the back of a van, and later he's elbowed in the face and
punched. A man slams a tanning bed lid on a man lying under it (we see a little blood on
his nose). A car hits a man (he gets some bloody cuts on his face). A car rear-ends
another; a man in one of the cars is semi-conscious and has a bloody nose. A man's afro is
singed when a bullet flies through his hair.
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PROFANITY 10 - About 120 F-words, lots of anatomical and scatological
references, a couple of mild obscenities, many insults and several British slang terms. [profanity glossary]
DISCUSSION TOPICS - Organized crime, con artists, armed robbery, drug
trafficking, murder, loyalty, friendship.
MESSAGE - If you double-cross someone, chances are you'll be double-crossed
at some point, too.
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