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Parents Guide for
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Since the beliefs that parents want to instill in their children can vary greatly, we ask that, instead of adding your personal opinions about what is right or wrong in a film, you use this feature to help parents make informed viewing decisions by describing the facts of relevant scenes in the title for each one of the different categories: Sex and Nudity, Violence and Gore, Profanity, Alcohol/Drugs/Smoking, and Frightening/Intense Scenes.
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Sex & Nudity

A fully nude man jumps out of the trunk of a car when it is opened and during an attack on three other men his bare buttocks, back, chest, abdomen, and legs are visible, his genitals are covered by his pubic hair.

A woman reveals her bare breast in order to breastfeed an infant, three men see and and make remarks via coughing and moving eyeballs around. The scene lasts for about 20 seconds.

A man urinates in a swimming pool (we hear and see the trickle and his scrotum is also visible).

A man wears a T-shirt and a jockstrap and his bare buttocks are shown a couple of times (his genitals are covered).

An elevator door opens, inside the elevator a man stands up and a woman adjusts her dress (it is implied that he has been performing oral sex on her).

A man uses an infant's hand to simulate masturbation a couple of times.

A man thrusts his hips toward the backside of a tiger implying sex (he is clothed).

A man picks up a used condom in a car, he throws it a the driver who flinches and swerves the car.

A sex doll is seen in a bathtub.

Lots of sexual jokes and dialogue, some very explicit.

During and before the credits, a series of photos are seen. They include:

We see a photo of men with a lap dancer (the women's bare breasts and buttocks are visible).

We see a photo of a man holding a woman's clothed breast.

We see a photo of men with exotic dancers (bare abdomens, cleavage and buttocks are visible).

We see a photo of men kissing each other.

We see a photo of a woman standing with her foot on a man's shoulder and he is kneeling, looking up her skirt.

We see a photo of a man standing in an elevator and a woman is performing oral sex on him (we see her bare buttocks and his penis).

Violence & Gore

There is some violence in this movie, but it is almost always comedic and is not very intense.

A fully nude man jumps out of the trunk of a car screaming and swinging a crowbar, striking three men hard. We see one with a bloody face and mouth.

Two men with baseball bats break the windows of a car, three men inside the car yell and the driver tries to get away; one of the men with a bat pulls a gun, the car speeds over his foot, he falls to the ground and groans, and he fires his gun shooting another man in the shoulder.

A man with a pair of pliers pulls one of his own teeth out (we see a lot of blood on and in his mouth but is not too gory).

A man is punched hard in the face and falls to the floor unconscious.

A man is tasered in the neck (he falls to the floor and screams), another man is tasered in the crotch by a young girl and a third is tasered in the face by a young boy.

A man kicks another man in the groin.

A car slams into the side of another car and pushes it into a pole and the three men inside the car are pulled out through a window by another man.

A man cuts his hand deeply using a knife, three other men recoil as he does this and he suggests that they perform a "blood brother" pact (we do not see blood and the other men do not participate).

A man opens a car door and strikes an infant in a carrier (we hear a thud and the baby crying).

A man has a tooth missing (we see a space and blood on his mouth).

We see a man with a bloody lip.

A man has blood on his neck after having been scratched by a tiger.

A man vomits at a dining table (we see goo, hear him gag, and he gags again a little later).

A man vomits on the trunk of a car (we see splatter and hear a gag).

We see a photo of a man vomiting.

We see a photo of a man having his belly button pierced. Not gory.

Profanity

More than 100 F-words and its derivatives, 26 sexual references, 2 obscene hand gestures (one delivered by a young girl), 44 scatological terms, 18 anatomical terms, 20 mild obscenities, 3 derogatory terms for homosexuals, 8 religious profanities, 17 religious exclamations.

Name-calling (retard, idiot, bad person, loser, fat, tweeker, moron, dumb, stupid, frigid.)

We see a photo of a man snorting cocaine.

A man confesses to putting a drug in drinks he served.

We are told that the main characters had a high level of Ruffelin in their blood.

A man comments on "looking for strippers and cocaine."

A man talks about taking numerous Ecstasy pills every day.

Four men drink beer, four men drink shots of alcohol in a several scenes.

We see glasses partially filled with alcohol scattered around a room.

People drink alcohol at a reception, people gambling in a casino are shown drinking alcohol.

Two men drink shots of alcohol.

A man, while drinking beer, asks to take a turn driving a car and says he drives really well when he's drunk.

A tiger is given a drug-laced steak (we hear it moan and fall on the floor).

Some of the violence may be intense for young viewers.

When Alan sees the tiger in the bathroom, it may be funny, but it's also kind of shocking.

15+/17+ with credits

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MPAA:
Rated R for pervasive language, sexual content including nudity, and some drug material
Certification:
Turkey:15+ / USA:R (certificate #45241) / Netherlands:12 / UK:15 (cut) / Ireland:16 / Finland:K-13 / Sweden:11 / Iceland:12 / New Zealand:R16 / Norway:15 / Singapore:NC-16 (edited version) / Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) / Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud) / Portugal:M/16 / Australia:MA (cut) / USA:Unrated (unrated version) / Hong Kong:IIB / Germany:12 / Canada:13+ (Quebec) / Canada:14A (Ontario) / Canada:18A (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba) / Philippines:R-13 (MTRCB) / Argentina:16 / Mexico:B15 / India:A / Brazil:14 / Australia:R (DVD version) / Australia:R (extended version) / South Korea:18 / Denmark:11 / Austria:14 / France:U / Japan:R15+ / UK:18 (DVD rating) / Chile:Y7 / Malaysia:(Banned) / Spain:18 / Italy:T / Peru:14 / Singapore:PG13 (edited TV version) / Singapore:M18

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