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Certification

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MPAA Rated PG-13 for some intense action violence
Certification

Sex & Nudity

  • At the very beginning of the film, we see a woman laying on a bed in underwear supposedly murdered.
  • Nuzzling (kissing necks and cheeks).
  • Ethan frisks a woman and then pins her on the bed.
  • We see upper part of a woman's cleavage

Violence & Gore

  • It is implied that a rat is killed. We hear the rat scream, and in a following shot see the silhouette of the body in the background.
  • In the opening credits, we see a knife being pulled out of a man's bloody gut. (See paragraph 6 for more details)
  • Jack, while trying to control the elevator's procedures, is stabbed in the eye with elevator equipment. The sharp part of the equipment goes in the eye, then cuts straight away to Ethan and Sarah, but the gory sound effects are heard after.
  • Claire gets into her car, and then the car explodes. No possible explanation of what happens after that, but we hear that she dies.
  • Ethan throws an explosive disguised as gum onto a fish tank; It shatters and the whole building is flooded, with him jumping out just in time. No reported casualties.
  • Ethan contacts the IMF, with blood still on his hands, at a public telephone. He wipes off the blood with a napkin.
  • A man holds out his bloody hands at another man, walking slowly towards him.
  • Ethan grabs Claire and searches her.
  • A man shoots a woman and she dies. He then hits another man in the head and he is dazed.
  • A helicopter is blown up and crashes in a tunnel; A man that was holding on to the helicopter is smashed against the train tracks (this is only briefly seen).

Profanity

  • 'Goddamn' is said.
  • 'Fuck' is said in Russian.
  • 'Fuck' is shown in subtitles on a video monitor in the first scene.
  • 'Bullshit' is said once.
  • 'Ass' is said five times.
  • 'Damn' is said six times.
  • 'Hell' is said eight times.
  • 'Son of a bitch' is said four times.
  • The Lord's name is taken in vain, including 'Jesus' said twice.

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • Some characters are seen smoking and drinking alcoholic beverages, and one drunk couple in background that are actually just pretending to be drunk.
  • A man is drugged, and we hear him vomit into a trash can and later in a toilet.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • The climax is very intense.
  • During the start of the "magic trick" scene, Krieger tosses the Holy Bible on the floor and everyone ignores it for around two minutes until Ethan picks it up. The viewers who believe in Jesus/God may find that moment to be very blasphemous.
  • The famous scene where Ethan is trying to get the NOC list in a very controlled room is intense, and suspenseful.
  • The film is very dark, and at times, intense with being an action thriller, giving viewers a chase of adrenaline at suspenseful times.

Spoilers

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

Violence & Gore

  • Jim apparently during the mission is shot, and on IMF camera equipment, we see his hands full of blood, and falls off of the bridge, and into the water. We later learn that he faked his death.
  • (Continued from paragraph 1) The target of Ethan's mission is seen being stabbed to death, you see some blood on the gate. Later, we see one of Ethan's recruits is actually the one who killed him, with the stabbing clearly seen. Ethan searches the man, we see blood on his clothes. Sarah is also found dead, we see no blood on her, but we see the knife used held up by Ethan, with blood on it and possibly little bits of gore.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • Ethan figures out what really happened to his IMF team, and pieces together in his head that Jim, his IMF confidante and mentor, was responsible behind each of the numerous deaths. The somber, melodic musical piece increases the intensity and tragically haunting nature of the scene.
  • Jack is stabbed and killed very suddenly.

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