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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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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.
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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Special Keywords: S0 - V7 - P6 - MPAAR |
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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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