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.
Hollywood remake of the eponymous 1988 French/Dutch film,
about a man obsessed with learning the fate of a girlfriend who vanished without a trace,
and his encounter with a strange man who claims to have the answer. Kiefer Sutherland is
the obsessed man, and Jeff Bridges is his nemesis.
SEX/NUDITY 0 - No notable nudity or sexual scenes.
VIOLENCE/GORE 7 - There's a violent fist fight, with blood. A butcher knife
is used to stab a person in the gut, and there are a couple of good cracks across the back
of the head with two-by-fours and the flat of a shovel. And, for good measure, there's a
decapitation with the shovel blade. Sutherland gets buried alive, and we are given a
point-of-view shot.
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PROFANITY 6 - Three F-words and four scatological terms. [profanity glossary]
DISCUSSION TOPICS - Obsessiveness, the amorality of psychotic behavior.
MESSAGE - Watch your back, and your loved ones. Evil can be random.
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