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.
The army escorts an elephant to a village during the
Vietnam War.
SEX/NUDITY 1 - Male villagers are bare-chested with knee-length loincloths
that show the sides of their thighs.
VIOLENCE/GORE 3 - Gunfire in a couple of scenes, fistfights, reckless plane
flying. A man is attacked by a man with a knife, a village is held at gunpoint, a man
almost falls over a railing into a river many feet below, a boy is shown with a bloody
nose and lip after being captured and interrogated, and a boat explodes. Two people and an
elephant almost fall out of a plane, an elephant is shot (we hear the shots and see the
corpse), an elephant runs wild through a village causing people to run away and scream in
fear and a plane is fired upon.
DISCUSSION TOPICS - War, sacrifice and responsibility, the relationship between
animals and humans, clash of cultures.
MESSAGE - Sometimes doing a good deed is worth any risk; you must take
responsibility for what you cause to happen -- even inadvertently -- and you must try to
remedy the situation.
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