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(2004)

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Certification

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MPAA Rated R for language and strong violence
Certification

Sex & Nudity

  • A husband and wife kiss. Scene lasts maybe five seconds.
  • It's implied that a police officer and a news reporter are sleeping together. This is brief and only implied.
  • A women is seen in her underwear kissing a man. Only a short scene.
  • A woman removes her shirt, kisses and straddles her husband while wearing a bra. No nudity.
  • Some brief sexual references throughout, nothing bad.

Violence & Gore

  • A man's beheaded body is seen in a pool, the colouring of the water and the distance from the camera to the body makes it very hard to see what is actually in the pool.
  • A man is shot in the chest with a shotgun. Very graphic.
  • Four of a mans fingers are blown off by a shotgun. Very graphic and disturbing.
  • A man's bloodied face is shown after he shoots himself. A bit graphic, pretty bloody.
  • A man is shot in the shoulder, and another man's ear is cut (not shown).
  • A man is shot in the head then his car is exploded.
  • A man with a gun goes into an apartment where there are children and a pregnant woman, a man shoots him from behind, and the wounded man chases the assailant.
  • A car crashes into a truck, blood is seen on the drivers face and hand.
  • A man is shot repeatedly (we see bullet holes in his shirt and jacket) and he falls back into a swimming pool.
  • A man is tied to the back of a car, we hear that he has an explosive device in his rectum, and we see and hear an explosion later suggesting that he has been blown up.
  • A man asks another man questions, when he answers he shoots him and leaves. (Not graphic.)
  • There's a violent shootout in a street in which a man shoots a gun in the air, he is shot in the shoulder by another man, several men shoot back and forth across a street, and a few are hit and fall to the ground (one is shown with a bullet hole in his head); men in a car try to drive away, the car crashes, the men come out of the car and are shot -- one man shoots another man in the chest, and another man is shot in the chest and falls to the ground (we see a few bloody patches on his shirt).
  • A man's ear is cut off, mild blood seen running down his cheek but his hand is covering the wound.
  • It's implied that a man shoots himself, but he only hear the gunshots.
  • A man fires a grenade launcher the explodes a car, he fires it a second time to remove all evidence.
  • A man slams another man through a door into another room and shoots the two men in that other room.
  • A young man is shoved into a car by several men, we see him later with a very bloody face, and then he's bound and taped over the eyes and put out of a car on a very busy roadway (we see more blood on his face).
  • A man sets a crowded building on fire, shoots a gun in the air rousing the crowd, the building explodes and the crowd cheers from outside.
  • A woman screams at and slaps a man. A woman slaps and screams at a room full of people.
  • Pool water is tinged red in a few scenes when a man gets in the water with bleeding wounds.
  • A man is bandaged and on oxygen in a hospital (we see blood seeping through bandages in a few scenes).
  • We hear that a young man has been killed, and we hear that another child has been killed.
  • A man has many scars on the backs of his hands (we are never told how he got them).
  • A bird bites a man's finger and he flinches.

Profanity

  • 7-8 misuses of God's name
  • HBO content advisory: rated R for graphic violence (GV), adult language (AL), and adult content (AC).
  • Lots of cussing.
  • 16 uses of 'fuck' (1 in Spanish), 3 uses of 'damn' (1 paired with "God"), 1 use each of 'hell' (Spanish), 'shit', 'bitch' (Spanish), 'ass', and 'prick'.

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • The protagonist of the film is an alcoholic. There are a couple scenes depicting his addiction.
  • Some characters are seen smoking and drinking alcoholic beverages.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • The film's general nature is quite disturbing since it deals with kidnapping, ransom, revenge, and the loss of a loved one.
  • Even though the film contains strong brutal and bloody violence in some scenes the camera techniques are cleverly used to avoid the viewers seeing the direct actions, and this adds to the brutality of the deeds, but the violence is still very brutal.
  • A young girl is grabbed by a man, carried off and put in a car (we hear her screaming).
  • A man puts a loaded gun to his temple, and pulls the trigger (we hear a click but no explosion).
  • A woman describes how a child was beaten.
  • A man appears tormented by his past (we do not learn many details).
  • A man in a car pulls his gun on young people trying to wash his windows and beg for money.
  • Lots of the action is brutal and bloody, but much of it is seen through quick and flashy jump cuts, making it more brutal then gory.

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Violence & Gore

  • A man dies from wounds.

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