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Adrienne Barbeau, Donald Pleasence, and Kurt Russell in Escape from New York (1981)

Parents guide

Escape from New York

Content rating

  • Sex & Nudity:
    Mild
  • Violence & Gore:
    Moderate
  • Profanity:
    Moderate
  • Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking:
    Mild
  • Frightening & Intense Scenes:
    Moderate

Sex & Nudity

Mild
58 of 118 found this mild
Three men rip off a woman's shirt, her bare breast is shown.
A woman goes to kiss a Man ,but they are interrupted.
When going dow stairs in the theatre these guys are tossing around a girl and rip open her shirt revealing her bare breasts. Brief and difficult to discern any nudity because of the dark.
Adrienne Barbeau wears a shirt that reveals some cleavage.

Violence & Gore

Moderate
39 of 63 found this moderate
Snake briefly fights off several attackers while trying to escape with the president. Non-violent.
Snake attacks Duke and briefly struggles with him at the end, hitting him in the stomach and face.
Several savages raid a building, and Snake shoots at them from the inside. He runs through the building, and when he shoots, some of them can be seen dying. Snake shoots one of their hands off when they stick their arm through a window.
Maggie shoots and kills several bad guys in a room. They can be seen getting shot, but no blood or gore is seen.
Snake shoots and kills several bad guys as they escape the fortress with the president.
Near the beginning, two attackers sneak up on Snake, but he knocks them both out quickly. The scene is quick, and not violent.
Two men are seen carrying a third man on a stretcher, and the man is bloody and several cuts. Not too violent, and quite brief.
Several mines are placed across the bridge that Snake and his allies drive across to escape and several small explosions can be seen.
Snake fights Slag, a large bad guy, in an arena deathmatch. They both fight with weapons, and the final round ends when Snake buries a club with nails in it in the back of Slag's head, killing him. No blood or gore is seen.
A bad guy shoots Snake in the leg with a crossbow, and the throws a ninja star into the guy's forehead. Some blood is seen, but very little.

Profanity

Moderate
41 of 64 found this moderate
2 F-Words
3 uses of 'fuck', 11 uses of 'shit' (3 used as 'bullshit'), 6 uses of 'ass' (4 used as 'asshole'), 3 uses of 'damn' (2 paired with "God"), 2 uses of 'bitch', 2 uses of 'hell', 1 use of 'bastard', 1 use of 'Jesus' as an exclamation, 2 uses of 'God' as an exclamation, and 1 use of 'crap'.

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

Mild
43 of 57 found this mild
A man is seen very briefly drinking from a bottle containing what is presumably alcohol when Snake is on the streets.
Multiple instances of cigarette smoking.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

Moderate
32 of 57 found this moderate
The whole movie is very dark and gritty, and at times a little disturbing. Some scenes of violence may be intense, but nothing too bad.
The opening scenes when Snake walks through the city are a little unsettling.
The deathmatch fight scene may be a little intense.
The decapitated head that can be seen on a stake may be intense for some.
The scenes with the crazies may be a little disturbing.
The movie soundtrack has a very dark and intense feeling. The intensity of the music score increases even more so by the end of the film.
Some scenes that might make you jump, but nothing too disturbing.

Certifications

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  • Argentina
    • 14
  • Australia
    • M
  • Brazil
    • 14
  • Canada
    • 14AManitoba
    • Rdirector's cut, Manitoba
    • RNova Scotia
    • AAOntario
    • 13+Quebec
    • 14A2017, Alberta
  • Chile
    • 14
  • Denmark
    • 15
  • Finland
    • K-16
  • France
    • Tous publics
  • Hungary
    • 16
  • Iceland
    • 16
  • India
    • UA
  • Ireland
    • 15
  • Italy
    • T
  • Japan
    • 16+self-applied
  • Netherlands
    • 16
  • New Zealand
    • R16
  • Norway
    • 15Streaming rating
    • 152020, cinema rating
    • 161981, cinema rating
  • Poland
    • 16
  • Portugal
    • M/12
  • Russia
    • 16+
  • Singapore
    • PG
  • South Africa
    • 13DVD rating
    • 162010, re-rating
  • South Korea
    • 152022
    • 182001
  • Spain
    • 13original rating
    • 162017, re-rating
  • Sweden
    • 15
  • United Kingdom
    • AAoriginal rating
    • 151987, re-rating
  • United States
    • TV-14DLSV
    • Rcertificate #26272
  • Ukraine
    • 16
  • United Arab Emirates
    • Not Rated
  • West Germany
    • 16w

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