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(2008)

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Sex & Nudity

  • No sex or nudity throughout the film.
  • A discussion about a 'booty call', with slang references to breasts, etc.
  • A character makes fun of another by calling him a 'rent boy'.

Violence & Gore

  • A character makes a surreal threat to another about shoving a TV and stereo up his girlfriend's ass.
  • A character threatens another with a box cutter, who gets a light cut on their abdomen, very little blood is seen.
  • A character beats up another character (mostly off-screen).
  • A character is seen tied to a chair, with some blood and cuts on their face.
  • 2 characters are beaten up (mostly off-screen), and blood is shown on one of their faces.

Profanity

  • Approximately 127 f##ks & its derivatives, 4 c##ts, 6 sh##s, 1 ba###rd, 3 pr##ks, 1 bo####ks, 1 religious profanity, and a small amount of other mild language.
  • 2 racial slurs, 'P##i'.

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • Plenty of discussion about drugs throughout the film.
  • Drugs are sold numerous times throughout the film.
  • A character is seen at the start of the film processing a batch of heroin.
  • A man injects a woman with heroin (off-screen).
  • A character is seen sniffing some cocaine off a key.
  • 3 characters are seen smoking cigarettes at different times during the film.
  • Two characters are seen sharing a joint.
  • A character sells crack to someone, and they are seen smoking it.
  • A character is seen drinking alcohol from a can.
  • A character is seen smoking a joint.
  • A character is seen snorting a line of cocaine.
  • A character is seen snorting cocaine.
  • A character is seen drinking alcohol from a can twice throughout the film.
  • A character is seen smoking a pipe.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • 3 characters run away from a police car.
  • Some arguments between characters throughout the film.
  • The scene where a character threatens another with a knife is quite intense, and so are the scenes where characters are beaten up, because of the build up to them throughout the film.
  • The film is very drug intensive (obviously). The drug use throughout the film isn't very explicit (drugs are only used intravenously once at the start of the film but this is shown off-screen, and is very brief), but it is frequent.

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