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.
Damon Wayans stars as a Marine who must whip some boys into
shape and help them win their Junior ROTC championship.
SEX/NUDITY 1 - Two kisses between a man and his girlfriend.
VIOLENCE/GORE 3 - Some of the violence and gore here are played for laughs.
There is a war scene with explosions: A man has a bleeding chest and another breaks his
finger (crooked finger shown). A man puts a gun to a man's back and crotch. A man cooks
and almost eats a rat. A man slaps another man a few times across the face, kicks a window
and hurts himself. A man taunts and berates his ROTC members, with a few scenes of boys
pummeling each other (after one scene a boy is shown with a black eye and blood on his
lip). Some graphic descriptions of wartime violence. A parent slaps his son across the
face. A gun is fired a few times (but not at anyone). A man daydreams about hitting and
throwing an aggressor into a kiddie pool.
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PROFANITY 3 - About seven scatological terms, many milder obscenities. [profanity glossary]
DISCUSSION TOPICS - The military life, killing pursuant to military order.
MESSAGE - Once you start something, you should always follow through,
especially if others are counting on you.
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