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.
Based on John Grisham's novel, a young attorney represents
a black father accused of murdering his daughter's rapists.
SEX/NUDITY 0 - None.
VIOLENCE/GORE 6 - A few explosions and fires, a few scenes where people are
beaten up and terrorized (later we see bruises, blood and scratches on them). People are
shot and sometimes killed, a pool of blood is shown after one shooting, blood spurts from
a gunshot wound once, a close-up knife cut with blood. A girl is raped and we see her
limbs tied and the men climbing on top of her from her viewpoint; we see her legs kicking
as she is strung up from a tree. Later we see her bloody, scratched legs and her bloody,
swollen, disfigured face.
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PROFANITY 4 - One flip of the bird, some mild obscenities and scatological
references, a few anatomical references, many racial slurs. [profanity glossary]
DISCUSSION TOPICS - Racism, revenge, rape, the legal system.
MESSAGE - Keep fighting racism because it still exists.
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