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Kirstie Alley, Leonard Nimoy, William Shatner, and Ricardo Montalban in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)

Parents guide

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan

Content rating

  • Motion Picture Rating (MPA)
    Rated PG for violence and language

  • Sex & Nudity:
    None
  • Violence & Gore:
    Moderate
  • Profanity:
    Mild
  • Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking:
    Mild
  • Frightening & Intense Scenes:
    Moderate

Sex & Nudity

None
38 of 40 found this to have none

Violence & Gore

Moderate
26 of 42 found this moderate
Another individual is shown with lesions oozing green blood while dying from radiation poisoning.
There's a brief fight between two characters.
In a scene set in the Enterprise's sickbay, a number of characters die, including one shown to be horribly charred and bloodied, who speaks for a brief moment with Kirk before dying.
There are a number of scenes of space combat between the Enterprise and the Reliant. During interior "explosion" scenes, crewmen of both ships can be seen to be killed in the blasts.
Bloody corpses are hung from rafters on Regula One by Khan's men.
Two characters are disintegrated by phaser fire; no gore is shown. One of these is a suicide, although in context it is a heroic self-sacrifice.

Profanity

Mild
27 of 46 found this mild
"Son of a bitch" is also heard once, GD is said in the first 10 minutes of the movie

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

Mild
27 of 37 found this mild
Two characters consume a fictional illegal beverage; in real life, it would clearly be akin to hard liquor of some type, such as rum or whisky.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

Moderate
24 of 40 found this moderate
A man disintegrates himself with his own weapon which may upset some viewers.
The space battles are somewhat tense and frightening.
The main cast lives are in danger during much of the film as they are being hunted by another crew.
The Biblical Creation Story is refered to as "myth", which may upset Christians.
A worm-like and scary-looking Ceti eel is forcibly introduced into the ears of two characters; it is shown crawling into one man's, and both men are then shown screaming loudly in pain and/or terror.
A character runs into a bloody corpse hanging from the ceiling.

Certifications

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  • Argentina
    • Atp
  • Australia
    • NRCoriginal rating
    • M2016, re-rating
    • PG1984, re-rating
  • Brazil
    • Livre
  • Canada
    • PG
    • PGAlberta, Ontario
    • GBritish Columbia, Manitoba, Nova Scotia, Québec
  • Finland
    • K-12
  • France
    • Tous publics
  • Germany
    • 12
  • Hong Kong
    • I
  • Iceland
    • L
  • India
    • U
  • Ireland
    • 122016, director's cut
    • 122002, theatrical cut
    • PG2001, theatrical cut
  • Italy
    • T
  • Japan
    • G
  • Lithuania
    • V
  • Malaysia
    • U
  • Netherlands
    • 12
  • New Zealand
    • PG
  • Nigeria
    • G
  • Norway
    • 11
    • 121983
  • Peru
    • Apt
  • Poland
    • 12self-applied
  • Portugal
    • M/12
  • Saudi Arabia
    • G
  • Singapore
    • PG
  • South Africa
    • PG
  • South Korea
    • 12
  • Spain
    • A
  • Sweden
    • 15
  • Taiwan
    • 15self-applied
  • United Kingdom
    • 12A
    • Aoriginal rating, cut
    • 12special edition DVD
    • 122002, uncut, DVD rating
    • 151989, uncut
    • PG1987, cut, video rating
  • United States
    • PGcertificate #26694
    • PGcertificate #38939, Director's Cut
  • United Arab Emirates
    • Not Rated
  • West Germany
    • 12

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