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.
Jason Patric and Brad Pitt avenge themselves on abusive
boy's home guards with some help from priest Robert De Niro.
SEX/NUDITY 3 - Kissing, sexual innuendo, a brief glimpse of scantily clad
skaters and bare breasts.
VIOLENCE/GORE 7 - A hanging corpse, photos of dead corpses: one with a pool
of blood around his head and the other has blood all over his body. A man beats a woman
with a belt (we see the whipping belt but not the woman). Chases, a hot dog stand clatters
down steps and crushes a man (there's blood on his forehead), two men are shot at close
range with spurting blood and jerking. Threatening with guns, shootings offscreen, a few
scenes of beatings (kicks, punches, hits) with resultant injuries (bloody noses, bruises,
swollen eyes); a few faces look like they've been beaten to a pulp. Boys are raped in a
reform school and we hear screams and see pants pulled down but not much else.
the review continues below...
PROFANITY 8 - 30+ F-words, some scatological references, some mild
obscenities, some anatomical references. [profanity glossary]
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