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(1996)

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Certification

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MPAA Rated R for strong action violence and language
Certification

Sex & Nudity

  • None, except for mild flirting at the end of the movie.

Violence & Gore

  • The film opens on two men boxing in a ring, with hard punches to the head and one man is knocked down.
  • A man and woman struggle and fight over control of a gun. No one is injured and they eventually stop.
  • A helicopter shoots at a truck and the truck explodes. It then shoots at two people as the run away. A man shoots the pilot from the ground and the helicopter crash lands, a blade almost injuring a woman.
  • A male and female camper are shot suddenly by a man who lied about being a park ranger. Some blood.
  • A helicopter loses control and crashes, exploding on impact.
  • A man and woman fight briefly. He throws her to the ground and aims to shoot her with a gun however she throws an object at his head and knocks him out.
  • A helicopter crashes into the side of a mountain.
  • A man is kicked out of a moving vehicle and falls a great distance from a bridge but the impact is not shown.
  • A nuclear bomb explodes.
  • Level of violence:8.5/10.
  • An henchman gets run over by a truck. (no blood shown)
  • A man gets his windpipe whacked.
  • A man gets eviscerated by a helicopter propeller.
  • Many people are shot and killed throughout. There are several shootouts. Some blood splatter and bodies jerking from the bullets.
  • Many fistfights without blood. However, one extended fistfight shows two men with bloody faces.
  • There is a reckless car chase and many explosions (people often jump and fall due to the explosions).

Profanity

  • 'F*ck' is said 9 times.
  • 'Pussy' is said once in a non-sexual manner.
  • 'Sh*t' is said seven times.
  • 'D*mn' is said twice. 'Godd*mn' is said five times.
  • 'Jesus Christ' is said once. 'God' is said twice.
  • '*ss' is said four twice.
  • 'H*ll' is said 12 times.
  • 'D*ck' is said once with a non-sexual meaning.
  • 'B*tch' is said.
  • 'Balls' is said in a profane manner.

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • A man is offered a cigarette but turns it down.
  • John Travolta's character smokes almost throughout the movie. He is told in two separate occasions to put his cigarette out.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • The extended fight between Hale and Deakins towards the end of the movie is very intense.
  • The many gunfights and several on-screen deaths are intense.
  • The threat of a nuclear bomb detonating in the USA is meant to be frightening.
  • Throughout the film, the protagonist's lives are in danger and they are in very precarious situation's.

Spoilers

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Violence & Gore

  • Deakins gets slammed in the torso by a flying bomb and gets burned up onboard a train.

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