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(1991)

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Certification

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MPAA Rated R for strong violence, drug content, sensuality and language
Certification

Sex & Nudity

  • Several women are shown topless making drugs, breasts visible.
  • A woman is shown in her bra and thong panties.
  • A sex scene occurs at around 50 minutes. The woman is seen from the back.
  • There's a short but sexy pool scene at about 1:10:00 in the film.
  • Some smooching here and there.
  • A man holds a gun to a naked man's head. He is shown nude from behind.

Violence & Gore

  • A man is thrown from a bridge.
  • A man is shot in the ankle, blood sprays.
  • A gang invades an apartment building and terrorizes the residents.
  • A man with dreads is shot in the head from the side at point blank range, graphically shown as brain matter flies out the other side
  • A man is stabbed through the hand with a sword-cane, but not much blood is shown.
  • A man is hit over the head with a bottle.
  • A man's throat is cut, no visible blood but done with a very loud sound effect of the knife cutting through flesh and bone.
  • Mobsters armed with machine guns fire upon unarmed victims, several people are hit with bloody bullet wounds shown.
  • Five men are gunned down in a drive-by shooting, bloody bullet wounds shown.
  • Two men fight and one is beaten quite badly then thrown off a fire escape.
  • A man is shot in the chest, blood sprays and he then falls from a staircase onto the floor below.

Profanity

  • Copious R-rated profanity (most of it from Ice T's character), plenty of "fuck" "shit" "motherfucker" etc. Women are constantly referred to as "bitches". A few racial slurs for blacks is used, and a couple of ethnic slurs for Spanish people is used by Don Amateo.

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • The entire movie is based around gangsters manufacturing and selling crack cocaine, including depictions of crack smoking and addiction.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • The assassination attempt in which Wesley Snipes' character uses a little girl as a human shield may be considered intense/frightening to some viewers. The entire movie centers around gang violence and drug wars.
  • The atmosphere of the movie is violent.

Spoilers

The Parents Guide items below may give away important plot points.

Violence & Gore

  • Nino shoots his brother in the head, blood sprays.

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