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.
Anthony Hopkins is the retired Zorro who trains Antonio
Banderas to be the new Zorro.
SEX/NUDITY 3 - Kissing and some sexual innuendo. Some scenes with suggestive
dancing. A woman is shown scantily clad, and we get to see a few naked male buttocks.
VIOLENCE/GORE 7 - Many scenes of threatening with guns and a few explosions
and fires. Some people are shot and killed throughout the film, but usually without blood.
A man shoots himself, a man is pushed through a window and a man is thrown down some steps
leaving blood on his temple. A head and hand are shown floating in jars. A decapitation
takes place (off screen) and a man is strangled -- his neck breaks audibly. People are
whipped in a few scenes and a man is hit repeatedly in the head with steel balls until he
spits out his teeth. A small, bloody cut is seen on a neck and cheek, and we see a bloody
forehead and a bloody bandage, a bloody sleeve, a bloody bag and a bloody necklace. A
man's mouth is bloody after he is shot and killed. Lots of scenes of swordplay. A man
pokes another in the neck with his sword in an extended scene and a man is impaled on a
sword: we see his bloody mouth and teeth and the bloody sword poking out his back. A
bucking horse runs through some people and kicks someone off, and a man is kicked by a
horse. Two men are knocked off their horses by branches. There are many face punches and
kicks, some chases and falls.
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PROFANITY 2 - Some mild obscenities, and an anatomical reference. [profanity glossary]
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