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.
Nicolas Cage and Gary Sinise investigate a political
assassination which took place during a boxing bout.
SEX/NUDITY 3 - Some kissing scenes and sexual innuendo. Several scantily
clad women are seen, a woman is shown in a bra, and a woman is seen in a bra and panties
as a man buries his face in her clothed crotch. A man squeezes a woman's clothed buttocks.
A man unzips his pants in preparation for oral sex.
VIOLENCE/GORE 7 - An assassination takes place; we see blood spurting from
the gunshot wound to the throat and the blood splatters a couple of bystanders (this scene
is shown a few times throughout the film). Two people are shot and killed; one has bloody
hands and torso and lies in a puddle of blood. A man is shot and killed leaving a bloody
face. A woman is shot in the arm and a woman is seen twice with a bloody arm and bandage.
A man spits blood on another's chest and a man shoots himself in the chest leaving a
small, bloody wound. A man has very bloody hands. Bloody gloves, a bloody note and bloody
money are seen a few times. A few boxing scenes, and a few fight scenes: a man kicks and
punches another man, and a man beats up another man resulting in a bloody mouth, a bloody
face, and a bloody, swollen eye. Several scuffles, falls, chases and rioting.
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PROFANITY 6 - One F-word, many scatological references and mild obscenities,
some anatomical references. [profanity glossary]
DISCUSSION TOPICS - Law enforcement, friendship, political assassinations,
conspiracies.
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