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- Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking (1)
- Frightening & Intense Scenes (7)
- Spoilers (2)
Certification
MPAA | Rated PG-13 for sustained intense sequences of menace, some violence with bloody images, and for substance use |
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Sex & Nudity
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- None.
Violence & Gore
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- A man is hit once in the head with a large wrench and injured. We see blood flowing from a wound.
- Several men attack another man with a knife and stab him in the hand. We see a bloody wound.
- A man walks barefoot on broken glass. His feet bleed heavily and we see bloody wounds.
- Captain Phillips is hit hard on the back with a rifle-butt multiple times throughout the film.
- A man attacks another young man; he punches and chokes the man, but is pulled off by two other men and hit in the head. We see a bloody gash.
- A man is tied up with his arms above his head. Bloody marks are later seen around his wrists when the ropes are removed.
- At several points in the movie, a man is briefly beaten by four other men. In one scene, he is hit in the stomach and a gun is held to his throat.
Profanity
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- "Shit" is said at least once and appears twice in subtitles.
- 3 uses of 'Jesus' (followed by 'Christ' on at least one of those occasions) and 2 uses of 'Goddamn'
- In the pirates dialogue, you can hear the F word a couple times, but easy to miss.
Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking
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- Elmi drinks from a jug. It's assumed to be a type of alcohol. Pirates light and smoke cigarettes. They are also seen chewing khat leaves.
Frightening & Intense Scenes
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- At several points it seems like the Somalis are going to kill Phillips.
- This movie is very intense and suspenseful as there are lots of moments where Somali Pirates hold men at gunpoint yelling at them that they are going to kill them.
- Every scene that takes place in the lifeboat is very claustrophobic.
- Three of the four Somali pirates are extremely menacing as they are constantly waving their AK-47s around and screaming at people.
- The entire movie is very intense after the first 20 minutes or so. The main character is under constant threat, as are dozens of other supporting characters.
- Pirates fire machine guns at several people at different points in the movie.
- The final 30 minutes of the movie are incredibly intense and features some fairly strong violence. The ending may also be emotionally intense for some people.
Spoilers
Violence & Gore
- Three men are shot in the head offscreen. We see a large amount of blood fly onto walls and also a large amount onto a fourth man who yells and panics.
- Captain Phillips is covered in blood during the medical attention and explains that not all of it is his.