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Michael Jai White in Spawn (1997)

Parents guide

Spawn

Content rating

  • Motion Picture Rating (MPA)
    Rated PG-13 for thematic elements involving the demonic underworld, violence, intense fantasy action and crude humor

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

Sex & Nudity

Mild
16 of 35 found this mild
Clown picks up a donut and squishes it, he then asks Spawn what it reminds him of.
The PG-13 cut of the film only has what is above this post, but the R-rated Directors cut adds 2 extra minutes of crude sexual references.
The closing logo is pull down your pants pictures
Clown makes humping movements multiple times throughout the movie.
Some sexual references.

Violence & Gore

Moderate
8 of 28 found this moderate
A crushed rat is seen on the ground.
More than twenty people are killed with guns and a missile explosion during a mercenary strike that blows up a jet, several cars, and an airport control tower.
A woman shoots a man and then pours a flammable liquid on him. A man then throws a lit cigarette onto the man setting him on fire. To top it off, they then set off explosives that blow up a chemical plant around him.
A woman shoots Spawn with machine guns (he heals) and later he shoots and kills her. He's then blown out a high rise window. Claws from Spawn's suit attach onto the wall and the military then opens fire on him. Spawn's cape vanishes him. Spawn reappears and from the wall of the building, Spawn gets away from the military by a cape flying him away.
Spawn and the Violator (in the shape of a huge monster) fight, with Spawn shooting the monster many times. It then throws a man across the street, slams Spawn into the side of building and then impales him on a wrought iron fence.
The Violator shoots hand grenades at Spawn and later the truck driven by the Violator explodes in a huge fireball.
A man stabs a woman with a knife, killing her. She then comes back to life, kicks Spawn through a door, and then slits open his throat with a knife.
At the end there's a huge fight between the Violator and Spawn and Cogliostro in Hell and in a house that culminates with a monster's head being cut off and lots of green blood oozing out.
Scary views of Hell with fires and monsters. A man is impaled on a fence, a woman is stabbed and a man's throat is slit. A monster's head is cut off (lots of green blood). A woman is shot in the head with a bit of blood. Many people are shot and killed, usually with automatic gunfire (but usually without blood).
Spawn is monstrous looking and sometimes looks like the burn victim he is (bloody and charred). Sometimes people and monsters bleed green blood. A man is blown out of a window. Many fights with punches, throwing people around and kicking. Explosions, threatening with guns.

Profanity

Mild
10 of 21 found this mild
1 "s" word, 6 "ass" words (2 used with "hole"), 6 hells, 5 damns, 4 craps, 1 S.O.B., and 1 use each of "Oh God," "Jesus," "Good Lord," "God," and "Christ" as exclamations.
There are several uses of "ass" and "son of a bitch".

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

Mild
14 of 19 found this mild
People drink wine at a gala.
Several characters smoke cigars.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

Moderate
13 of 24 found this moderate
Pictures are shown of victims of disease outbreaks; the pictures are not graphic, but they may be frightening for some viewers.
Malebolgia, Spawn, and the Clown/Violator may frighten younger viewers, as well as the scenes which take place in Hell.

Certifications

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  • Argentina
    • 13
  • Australia
    • M
  • Brazil
    • 12
    • 14re-rating
  • Canada
    • 18Adirector's cut, Alberta/British Columbia
    • 14AAlberta/British Columbia, theatrical
    • PAdirector's cut, Manitoba
    • 14Nova Scotia
    • 13+Quebec
  • Denmark
    • 15
  • Finland
    • K-16director's cut
  • France
    • 12
  • Germany
    • 16theatrical version
    • 162020, re-rating, director's cut
    • 181999, director's cut
  • Hong Kong
    • IIB
  • Iceland
    • 14theatrical
    • 16video rating
  • India
    • UAre-rating
    • A1998, original rating
  • Ireland
    • 18original rating, director's cut
    • 12original rating, theatrical
    • 152018, re-rating, both versions
  • Italy
    • T
  • Japan
    • G
  • Mexico
    • B
  • Netherlands
    • 16
  • New Zealand
    • M
  • Norway
    • 15
  • Portugal
    • M/12
  • Russia
    • 12+
  • Singapore
    • PG
  • South Korea
    • 12
  • Spain
    • 13original rating
    • 122012, re-rating
  • Sweden
    • 15
  • United Kingdom
    • 15original rating, director's cut
    • 12theatrical
    • 122018, director's cut
  • United States
    • TV-14TV rating
    • PG-13certificate #34833, theatrical
    • Rcertificate #35661, director's cut
  • United Arab Emirates
    • Not Rated

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