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(1997)

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Certification

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MPAA Rated PG-13 for brief violent images, language, and some sexuality
Certification

Sex & Nudity

  • A man's bare buttocks can be seen briefly when he swims
  • Vincent's bare backside is seen when he shaves on a beach after the first sex scene.

Violence & Gore

  • A man punches another repeatedly in the face to try to escape.
  • Lots of shots of blood in vials, bags and needles. Spots of blood on feet, fingers and arms in some scenes. A puddle of blood on a floor, and later a bloody, pulpy head. A corpse is shown with cuts on its head. A man is beaten with face punches, head butts and kicks. A man incinerates himself (off screen, it is not actually seen). Scuffles.

Profanity

  • 2 uses of fucking (all by Jude Law), damn 1 used as goddamn, cripple and piss 1 use of shit, and hell.

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • Lots of smoking and some drinking between character's in some scenes, a character vomits from being drunk.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • It is implied that one of the characters gets his head smashed with a keyboard. We see the keyboard and the body covered in blood.
  • Could be triggering for those with a phobia of needles, since there are tons of finger pricks and blood draws

Spoilers

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Violence & Gore

  • There are mentions and discussion of suicide throughout. A character mentions to have previously attempted. A character commits suicide towards the end of the film.

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • Jerome (Jude Law) is a character who smokes and drinks here and there in the film. He mainly smokes

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • during one of the swimming scenes near the beginning, Vincent's Brother nearly drowns and is saved by Vincent

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