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.
Samuel L. Jackson is fighting gangs as a teacher in an
inner-city school.
SEX/NUDITY 4 - A girl's bare breasts are seen as she lies on a couch. Nude
male corpses with towels over their crotches. A gang bang is implied as many guys leave a
building where a girl is shown dressing. Sexual innuendo.
VIOLENCE/GORE 8 - A man is shot in the chest with an arrow. A man is
attacked and stabbed in the back with a nail stuck in a piece of wood; the man's back is
bloody and later we see his very scarred back. A man is shot in the leg and is then shot
dead (shot many times). A man kicks and hits his mother. A rat is impaled with scissors
and is a bit bloody. A dog is found hanging dead over a wall. We see a bloody stump where
a finger was; the cut-off bloody finger is also shown. A partially decomposed corpse is
seen. A man pushes a woman, knocks her down and then hits her several times. A man is hit
in the face with a gun and his lips are bloodied. People play Russian roulette and two
people shoot themselves in the head with blood splattering. Threatening with guns,
scuffles.
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PROFANITY 8 - About 70 F-words (including derivatives, the hand gesture and
the word written out), many scatological references, many anatomical references, many mild
obscenities, a few racial slurs (sometimes African-Americans use them referring to other
African-Americans). [profanity glossary]
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