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Bill Paxton, Laurence Fishburne, and Kevin Zegers in The Colony (2013)

Parents guide

The Colony

Content rating

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

Sex & Nudity

Mild
11 of 23 found this mild
Two scenes of a couple kissing.
Dead bodies can briefly be seen nude at one point (Nothing really explicit)
A guy finds a porn magazine (no graphic nudity is seen but women with cleavage showing), and another man makes a joke about masturbation ("do you need some time alone with that?").

Violence & Gore

Severe
9 of 12 found this severe
There are several fairly gruesome scenes and a fair amount of blood. People get stabbed, shot, and beaten, and although not all deaths are graphic, the majority of them are intense.
A young man kills another man by cutting his face in half, pulling a blade in his jaw (very graphic).
A man's severed head is seen on video.
A man is seen frozen with a gun in his hand; it is revealed a few seconds later that he shot and killed his wife and son and had planned to shoot himself.
A man is found starving to death in a locked room. He has visible signs of PTSD and he shoves one man away from him so that he can lock himself back in the room and hide.
A common statement made in the film is that members of the colony, when sick, can either be shot outside, or be forced into exile to freeze to death in the snow.

Profanity

Moderate
3 of 15 found this moderate
A couple F-words, several uses of bastard, sh**, piece of sh**, a**hole, etc.

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

None
7 of 7 found this to have none
None.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

Moderate
5 of 12 found this moderate
There are quite a few morbid, gross, bloody scenes.
Some scenes are highly psychological, intense and emotional.
Some parts of the movie are very suspenseful and scary.

Certifications

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  • Australia
    • MA15+2013
  • Brazil
    • 16
  • Canada
    • 14AAlberta
    • 14ABritish Columbia
    • 13+Quebec
  • Egypt
    • Not RatedDVD rating
  • Finland
    • K-18
  • Germany
    • 18
    • 16edited version
  • Hungary
    • 18
  • Netherlands
    • 16
  • New Zealand
    • R18
  • Norway
    • 15
  • Philippines
    • R-16
  • Singapore
    • M18
  • South Africa
    • 16
  • South Korea
    • 18
  • Spain
    • 16ICAA
  • United Kingdom
    • 18
  • United States
    • Not Rated
    • TV-MATV rating
  • Ukraine
    • 18
  • United Arab Emirates
    • 18+DVD rating

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