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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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Val Kilmer stars as an FBI man with some Sioux blood, who's
sent, with partner Sam Shepard, to a reservation embroiled in a mini-civil war between
pro-government natives and militant traditionalists, in order to investigate a murder.
SEX/NUDITY 0 - None.
VIOLENCE/GORE 4 - What might otherwise be a very graphic shooting is shown
in silhouette, and still comes off looking rather nasty. Bullets are sprayed in a few
instances, with no fatalities. A small boy is shot in the arm. Shepard's character is
bitten in the hand by a badger (yes, a badger). Dead bodies are found unburied and
abandoned in at least two instances.
PROFANITY 5 - The F-word is used half a dozen times. [profanity glossary]
DISCUSSION TOPICS - Mysticism rooted in the Sioux culture is examined. The Indian
reservations as a political concept.
MESSAGE - Thou shalt not deny your ethnic heritage.
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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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