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Certification

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MPAA Rated NC-17 for sexual violence, strong sexual situations & dialogue, graphic drug use
Certification

Sex & Nudity

  • A man checks out the clothes bodies of two dead young women. Some people might take this as him getting sexual gratification from this but this can be interpreted multiple ways.
  • Two women are on a bed on their knees one is behind another and blindfolds/gags her, and thrusts from behind. She's completely nude, while the one behind is clothed.
  • A man appears fully naked, his penis clearly visible. It is implied he has a "threesome" with two women, but we only see them embrace.
  • A nun is raped. Her pubic hair and the rapists' buttocks are shown. Part of the scene, including the pubic hair and buttocks, are cut in the R-rated version. The film later implies that she was raped with a crucifix.
  • Woman's nude body is shown during a doctor's examination showing her breasts and pubic hair.
  • Later, a teenage girl(implied to be underage) shows him her buttocks (she's wearing a thong) as her sister mimes oral sex while he masturbates. This scene is incredibly uncomfortable and disturbing.

Violence & Gore

  • A man fires a gun in a convenience store. It almost hits two men but ends up hitting glass bottles on a shelf behind them. This is sudden and intense.
  • There is violent content and themes throughout, but there are only actually one or two scenes of violence
  • No violence is show aside from a short graphic rape scene. All the violence is off screen we see the aftermath of two violent crime scenes and discussions of brutal violent acts.
  • LT slaps two men around.
  • Apart from the rape, almost nothing. A slap.
  • Not an action movie. It's a drama, a study in how a destroyed human falls down to hell. I think two single shots are fired in the entire movie. It reminds of movies like Taxi Driver, which contains a lot more violence and shooting, and the french movies I Stand Alone/Seul Contre Tous and Irreversible, both directed by Gaspar Noé.
  • Harvey Kietels character has a mental collapse near the end of the film, and starts yelling and crying in a church.
  • The film has very violent themes and dialogue, however the only violence is a scene of rape and a murder scene with two victims seen close up.

Profanity

  • There are Pervasive uses of shit, bitch and cunt.
  • Numerous derogatory terms such as 'nigger', 'slut' and others.
  • Extremely graphic sexual dialogue occurs with LT sexually harassing two teenage girls.
  • Very strong and non-stop language throughout. Every foul word imaginable is used.
  • 83 uses of fuck.

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • A man and woman inject heroin
  • A man and woman smoke heroin
  • A man smokes crack cocaine
  • A man smoked methamphetamine
  • Nearly non-stop graphic drug and alcohol content including the sale and use of crack, cocaine, heroin, tobacco and hard liquor on screen and references to marijuana use.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • Graphic sexual violence only occurs in one scene, but is referenced several times in the movie in detail.
  • LT's actions may prove very disturbing to some.
  • A man breaks down in a church and hallucinates Jesus standing in front of him.
  • The movie is very bleak, depressing and sad.

Spoilers

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Violence & Gore

  • At the end of the movie, LT is shot in the head (offscreen) and his body is seen from a distance in a car. This is Sudden and intense but not graphic.

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