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Certification
| MPAA | Rated R for pervasive extreme drug use and related bizarre behavior, strong language, and brief nudity |
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Sex & Nudity
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- One reptile creature is having what looks like sex from behind with another lizard creature. This is brief and no actual human nudity is seen.
- Two men plot to keep a woman high on drugs so they can use her as a sex slave. (The sex does not occur)
- One scene which mentions masturbation. After that we can see a spot of something white in Duke's pants.
- A photograph of a topless woman is seen. Very brief and quick
- Brief, occasional sexual references. One instance of graphic dialogue.
Violence & Gore
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- People are threatened with guns. Guns are pulled frequently but are rarely used.
- Dr Gonzo is extremely psychotic and regularly breaks out in violent outbursts but he is never seen hurting anybody.
- A man is threatened with a hunting knife.
- We see an aftermath of a road accident and there are corpses under sheets. There is some blood on the road as well as the sheet.
- There is some war footage shown yet it is not too violent.
- There is another instance of a man being threatened with a gun but the gun is not used.
- A man hallucinates that there is a pool of blood on the floor.
- A man hallucinates a lot of large reptilian creatures and we briefly see one of them biting the neck of another. There is some blood.
- Some reckless driving in a desert.
- Two men discuss how to take care of a young girl who has become a nuisance. The answer is quite messed up and "sick".
Profanity
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- 121 Uses Of Fuck And Many Uses Of Shit, Whore, Bastard, Etc And Uses Of Others
- Fuck Is Said 116+ Times.
- Strong Language Throughout And Very Frequent Use Of Fuck And Frequent Uses Of Shit, Whore, Etc And Uses Of Retard, Cunt, Damn, Hell, Ass, Etc
Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking
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- This film is mostly meant to show the effects of various types of drugs.
- The whole movie shows excessive drug use, Mainly Hallucinogens
- Johnny Depp is seen smoking a cigarette with holder almost the entire film.
- Illegal drugs are a main theme of the film. The two main characters are almost always abusing a drug during the film. They try many illegal drugs and the film shows each drug having a different effect on them.
- The characters appear to be disoriented throughout the film and suffer the effects of each drug including prologned sequences of fear, anger and hallucinations.
- A briefcase is seen near the beginning of the film, filled entirely with, quote, "two bags of grass, seventy-five pellets of mescaline, five sheets of high-powered blotter acid, a saltshaker half-full of cocaine, and a whole galaxy of multi-colored uppers, downers, screamers, laughers... Also, a quart of tequila, a quart of rum, a case of beer, a pint of raw ether, and two dozen amyls."
- Gonzo vomits three times throughout the course of the film.
- Hunter and Gonzo are shown drunk at three different times. They appear very disgruntled.
Frightening & Intense Scenes
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- The adrenochrome scene is easily the most frightening part in the film
- Lighthearted rather low stakes film, but very surreal and unsettling
- The film is often bizarre and surreal. The realistic effects of drug-use are sometimes shown in a intense and explicit fashion.
- The film depicts two characters who are stoned, high, and drunk out of their minds. The films shows the deteriorating effects of drug abuse. The story is taken from their point of view, so some viewers could find this disconcerting or intense. The film is intended to be a "trip" for the audience.
- Several bizarre scenes include Hunter/Raoul imagining people as lizards that are covered with blood. He starts to feel faint and sees many different hallucinations. All of them can be unsettling in spite of the lighthearted undertone.
- His lawyer threatens to kill him twice while under the influence of acid and cocaine (this is meant to be funny).
- A scene where Gonzo is in the bathtub high on several drugs and tells Hunter to throw a cassette player in the tub to electrocute him to death (he doesn't).
- A scene, in which Gonzo suddenly starts yelling out supposedly from cardiac issues, whilst Raoul frantically fires off drug-related suggestions to help him.
- The scene where Gonzo threatens a woman is fairly intense. He talks in a slow and intimidating manner.
- The movie isn't that scary, but it can be unsettling. The trips are not suggested for the faint of heart, as they sometimes involve insane and off-the-wall situations.
Spoilers
Sex & Nudity
- While under the influence of drugs, a man has a vision of a hairy creature with breasts on its back. (Brief and non sexual, more played to be disturbing and creepy than anything)
