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.
Eddie Murphy is a vampire in Brooklyn searching for a lost
female vampire to be his mate.
SEX/NUDITY 3 - Passionate kissing, moans coming from a bedroom when two
people are presumably having sex, some sexual references. A man and woman kiss while she
rips off his shirt and he tugs at her blouse.
VIOLENCE/GORE 8 - A man is seen rotting throughout the film; body parts fall
off making squishy noises. A few minor explosions and a few scenes of people being chased
and beaten up. A woman is almost hit by a car and is bitten by a cobra. A vampire is shown
sucking people's necks (with some blood). A man eats a cockroach -- slowly. We see the
corpses of many people with pale, bloody faces and slashed throats. A vampire causes a dog
to fly many feet to its death into water; also he shoots and kills a lunging cat. A man's
heart is pulled out of his chest and we see a close-up of it. A man is shot many times. A
man kills another man but we only see body parts flying and hear squishy noises. A woman
is found hanging and there is blood around her neck. Another woman is killed and we see
blood and slashing. A vampire has a stake driven through his stomach, and then his heart.
He eventually sort of melts.
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PROFANITY 8 - 20+ F-words, many scatological references, many mild
obscenities, a couple of anatomical references, some racial epithets. [profanity glossary]
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