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The Negotiator | 1998 | R | - 1.6.8
Samuel L. Jackson and Kevin Spacey are two top-notch police negotiators pitted against each other.
SEX/NUDITY 1 - Kissing and sexual innuendo.
VIOLENCE/GORE 6 - Threatening with guns in some scenes and several scenes of gunfire: A man is shot in the shoulder (some blood), a man is shot in the arm (some blood), a man is shot in the side and his hand is bloody from holding the wound, a man is shot in the leg, a man is shot in the head with blood splattering onto a windshield, and a man is shot a few times in the chest with blood seeping out of the wound (we see the last two scenes several times). A man is hit on the head. There are some explosions and fires, especially during a commando raid. Blood is seen on a floor. A man puts a gun to his own neck.
LANGUAGE 8 - About 88 F-words, many mild obscenities and scatological references, and some anatomical terms.
DISCUSSION TOPICS - Law enforcement, hostage negotiation, being framed.
MESSAGE - You must do everything you can to clear your name.
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