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Django Unchained (2012) More at IMDbPro »

10/10

We see Broomhilda nude very briefly, curled up in the fetal position, as she is let out of a "hot box" (as punishment) and splashed with water. She is brought out struggling, we very briefly see he bare breast as she's brought out (this is literally a "blink and you'll miss it" scene), and loaded onto a cart. We see shoulders, upper back and bare legs.

Django is tied and hanging upside down, naked except for a mask on his face. A man comes in and grabs his genitals (offscreen), threatening to castrate him, but is stopped. We see his genitalia for an extended period of time.

A gunfight briefly features a man in a bathtub standing up, we see his genitalia.

Broomhilda's bare upper back is seen when Mr. Candie shows off her whip scars. Sexual references are made to "comfort girls," (prostitutes) and a reference to oral sex

Violence/Gore: 10/10

- A man shoots a man (blood sprays), then shoots a horse in the head (blood sprays) and when it falls dead it pins its rider under it; the rider screams that his leg is broken, another man steps on the horse and the man under it screams again, and four men pick up large sticks, walk toward the pinned man and one of them with a gun shoots him (we see a huge gush of blood).

- A man shoots a man standing in the street in the stomach, he falls back screaming and the shooter then shoots him in the head. This is seen from a distance, and there is little to no blood present.

- A man shoots another man in the chest and blood dribbles from the wound as he falls dead; another man tries to get his gun when the shooter whips the man repeatedly while he cowers on the ground and the shooter then empties his gun into the man on the ground. Another man trying to escape on horseback is then shot through the back and out the chest and blood sprays on cotton in the field around him.

- A man shoots another man in the chest and he falls back dead (blood seeps through a flower that he is wearing on his lapel), another man shoots the shooter, several other men are shot and we see blood splattering, spraying and gushing (victims are shown falling down stairs and out windows); the top of a man's head is shot off (blood sprays), a man is shot in the face, a man holds a wounded man in front of him as a shield and he is shot repeatedly, and a man holds a gun to the head of a woman and the shooting stops (we see many dead bodies soaked with blood).

- Two men shoot several other men on horseback; we see lots of blood spraying as they fall off their horses and onto the snowy ground, and we then see the bodies lashed to the backs of horses. A man shoots another man riding away on horseback; the man falls to the ground and we see blood spray from the wound onto his white horse.

A man shoots another man from a distance, blood sprays out of his chest and his young son runs to his side calling his name. A man shoots several people and one is shot in the genitals (we see blood splatter; please see the Sex/Nudity category for more details.).

- A man shoots several other men and one is shot in the crotch (he screams), and then in the head; the man also shoots a woman who is thrown back through a doorway.

- A man is shot in the knee (he yells and stumbles and we see blood), then in the other knee and he is left to die in an explosion (we hear the man screaming as the explosives detonate).

- Three dogs attack a man on the ground and tear him apart: we hear crunching and tearing as the man screams and we see the dogs pulling at him. He is torn apart mostly off-screen; we see a flashback to this scene later.

- A man presses a hot branding iron onto a woman's face; we hear a sizzle of burning flesh and she screams. A man prepares to whip a woman, she screams and her husband tries to save her; we see the woman being whipped and she screams and quakes with each blow. A man is hung upside down by the feet while wearing a mask on his face and head and his hands are tied behind him (please see the Sex/Nudity category for more details); another man kicks him in the face and head to wake him up and presses a heated knife to his genitals.

- Two men fight in a room where several men and a woman watch; one of the fighters punches the other in the face repeatedly (we hear heavy blows land), one grabs the other's mouth, one slams the other's head on the ground, one man's arm is broken, the eyes of one of the fighter's are pushed in (the man screams) and one man is struck in the head with a hammer and killed (there is a lot of blood shown throughout the fight and the winner is shown with blood splatter on his body and what looks like torn and bitten flesh on his shoulder).

- A carriage explodes and several men and their horses are thrown; other men run away yelling. Many men with torches and on horseback charge toward a carriage in an open area and one man calls out to whip one of the men inside the carriage. A man throws dynamite into a cage where a few men are held; another man shoots two men and blows up a third with dynamite (we see blood splatter and blood on the bodies).

- A man says that a woman is in a "hot box" for punishment; we see the lid removed from the box and we see the woman inside in the fetal position (please see the Sex/Nudity category for more details). We see a man with a mask over his face and a metal ring around his neck as another man is told to scar his (and his wife's) face.

- Several male slaves with lash scars on their backs are chained together and walk behind a man on horseback. Many slaves (men and women) with masks and neck rings (some of the rings have long spikes protruding from them) are marched through a muddy town. - Three men are shown in a cage and another is tied to the back of the cage while being pulled behind it.

- A man shoves a woman into a chair and she screams, another man grabs her head and squeezes her face, and the man smears blood from his hand on her face and then shoves her head hard onto a table and holds a hammer over her head.

- Shackles are removed from a man's ankles and we see his skin torn and bloody. A man is shown lying dead in a barn (no blood is visible).

10/10

31 f-words. Nearly 20 s-words. Scores of uses of "ass," "bitch," "bastard" and "hell." We hear "bugger" and several crude allusions to anatomical parts.

God's name is combined with "damn" at least 30 times. It's also combined with the f-word. Jesus' is abused a few times too.

Nearly constant use of racial slurs, black people are casually almost exclusively referred to, even by themselves, as "niggers" by all characters. 104 uses of "nigger" over the course of the film.

3/10

Cigarettes, cigars and pipes are smoked regularly. Beer, wine and bourbon are all sipped and/or guzzled in a number of situations including scenes in a saloon, at a Mandingo fight, while lounging in a library and while eating dinner.

7/10

Like most other Tarantino films, much of the violence is rooted in a darkly comic context despite being very bloody.

The slave fights and torture can be somewhat disturbing to some, and bereft of the humor in much of the film's proceedings.

A plantation/slave owner is alerted that he is being deceived by the heroes and the atmosphere becomes more intense as this man, who is a remorseless murderer, plans his response and the unaware heroes are deep within his property and have no way to escape.

A character has a flashback of a man being torn apart by dogs. Quick shots of this flash up on the screen and it is quite intense.

The final shootouts show gallons of blood being spilled, further highlighting that the film is not for the squeamish.

A plantation owner threatens to bash Broomhilda's skull in if Dr Schultz doesn't sign the papers.

A black man is hanging upside down, as a white man grabs a red hot knife and comes towards him, with the thought of cutting off the black mans testicles. He is interrupted.

Towards the end, this movie gains a very dark atmosphere.

This movie easily earns it's R rating. Fans of Tarantinos other films should have no problem with this movie.

Total: 40/50