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.
In 1999 virtual reality tapes are black-market goods and
Ralph Fiennes and Angela Bassett try to solve a murder.
SEX/NUDITY 6 - A brief virtual reality scene of a bare-breasted woman
climbing atop another bare-breasted woman. A woman takes off her top and rubs her breasts.
During a rape scene we see a woman's breasts. In virtual reality we see a man fondle a
woman's bare breasts (we see her breasts for an extended period of time), and we hear them
both moaning and sighing. A woman in a VR tape is handcuffed and gagged and we hear
moaning and see thrusting as a man makes love to her.
VIOLENCE/GORE 8 - A violent rape scene has the man hitting and chasing the
woman before he handcuffs, gags her and cuts her shirt open. He then strangles her. In a
VR burglary scene we see people rush a restaurant, shoot people and hit them. A man falls
to his death. Many scenes of rioting and wild partying with the police seeming to use
excessive force to restore peace. A man is beaten up a few times and has bruises, cuts and
blood on his face. A man is stabbed in the back. A woman beats up people a few times. A
car is set on fire and drives into a river. A man is shot in the head and a woman is shot
in the back. Two people have their brains fried while on a VR "trip" and look
like zombies.
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PROFANITY 9 - 30+ F-words, many scatological references, many mild
obscenities, some anatomical references. [profanity glossary]
DISCUSSION TOPICS - Virtual reality, murder and rape, the millennium, rioting,
corrupt police, racism.
MESSAGE - You shouldn't betray your own values. Even people living and
working on the fringes of society can be ethical.
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