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.
Halle Berry is a rich man's wife in this thriller about
murder and blackmail.
SEX/NUDITY 2 - Kissing, pictures of a nearly naked Berry (with a sheet
strategically placed).
VIOLENCE/GORE 8 - Reckless driving, two people run out into highway traffic.
Scuffles, extended fistfights and beatings with punching and kicking. Threatening with
guns, people are shot at a few times, a man cuts his hand with a knife drawing blood (he
later licks his blood). A man jumps through a glass dome falling onto a woman, a man is
shot and blood leaks from his ear as he falls through glass, a man is beaten and shot many
times and there is a lot of blood on his face and torso, a man is shot many times with his
body jerking and blood on his torso.
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PROFANITY 8 - 25+ F-words, many scatological references and mild
obscenities, a few anatomical references. [profanity glossary]
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