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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. |
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In the tradition of "Tales From the Crypt,"
"Tales From the Hood" tells four tales of terror.
SEX/NUDITY 2 - A couple of scantily clad nurses. A naked woman is seen
through plastic so that nudity is barely evident. A man is shown in very brief briefs.
VIOLENCE/GORE 9 - A man is beaten up by cops: he's hit, kicked and his head
is pushed through a car window. A man is pushed off a pier in his car. A man urinates on a
grave. A corpse comes out of the grave holding a man's beating heart. A man is attacked by
the corpse and we see his headless body. A man is crucified to a wall with hypodermics and
a hypodermic flies into his mouth. A boy is taunted and beaten up by his classmates,
another boy falls down stairs. In an extended scene a man beats up a woman. A man becomes
a twisted heap on the floor, and he's shown burning. In an extended scene a man is
attacked by malevolent dolls which bite him to death. A man is forced to watch a montage
of lynchings and murders. Murder victims are shown with bloody wounds and mutilated bodies
and faces (one victim is missing half his head and brain matter is evident). A man turns
into a hideous, huge demon and we see Hell, complete with flames and writhing patrons.
PROFANITY 9 - 50+ F-words, 50+ scatological terms, many milder obscenities,
and many racial epithets. [profanity glossary]
DISCUSSION TOPICS - Racism and police brutality, murder, domestic violence
(spouse and child abuse), drugs, gang warfare, lynchings, prison and rehabilitation, the
Ku Klux Klan, Hell.
MESSAGE - Racism is still prevalent today; young African-Americans are
killing each other.
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A CAVEAT: We've gone through several editorial changes since we started covering films in 1992 and some of our early standards were not as stringent as they are now. We therefore need to revisit many older reviews, especially those written prior to 1998 or so; please keep this in mind if you're consulting a review from that period. While we plan to revisit and correct older reviews our resources are limited and it is a slow, time-consuming process. |
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