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.
A law student gets embroiled in some nasty goings-on when
he takes a job as a nightwatchman at the medical examiner's office. With Ewan McGregor and
Patricia Arquette.
SEX/NUDITY 7 - Kissing. Sexual innuendo (mainly referring to necrophilia). A
woman fondles a man under a table at a restaurant as he moans and groans. A brief glimpse
of both male and female full frontal nudity, and a few shots of female bare buttocks
(including one extended scene). Many shots, usually brief, of bare breasts.
VIOLENCE/GORE 8 - A woman is stabbed repeatedly and viciously in two scenes;
in one there is no blood and in the other there is a lot of blood dripping onto her feet.
A man is shot three times with jerking and bloody bullet holes. A man hits another in the
nose, a man is punched in the face and sides resulting in a bloody mouth and a bloody
scab. A close-up of a drug addict shooting up into his neck. A woman bites a man's mouth
leaving a bit of blood. A man cuts off his own thumb with blood dripping and leaving a
bloody puddle and bloody stump. A man is hit in the back with a bat, and another in the
head with blood splattering. A corpse with empty, bloody eye sockets, nose, mouth and hair
with a bloody chunk taken out of the torso is seen a few times (but usually not the
torso). Fetuses and body parts in jars, and covered cadavers are seen several times in a
morgue. We also see bloody sheets and a gurney. A bloody knife is seen a few times, blood
is seen in a syringe and some very bloody gloves. A huge bloody stain on a carpet with a
bloody trail. We see bloody feet and bloody bare female buttocks and thighs. A name is
written in blood. A man cuts out a corpse's eyes (not actually seen). There's blood on a
temple, a bloody cut on an arm, blood on a shirt and hands. Threatening with guns and
knives. Scuffles.
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PROFANITY 7 - About 21 F-words, a few anatomical references, many mild
obscenities and scatological references. [profanity glossary]
DISCUSSION TOPICS - Morgues, law school, law enforcement, murders, necrophilia,
prostitution.
MESSAGE - You can't always tell the good guys from the bad.
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