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Anson Mount in Hell on Wheels (2011)

Parents guide

Hell on Wheels

Content rating

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

Sex & Nudity

Mild
38 of 99 found this mild
A married couple in bed, moaning and thrusting with woman on top.
Prostitution is a very large theme in the show (one of the main characters runs a brothel)

Violence & Gore

Severe
28 of 39 found this severe
A dead man is found attached to a tree, scalped and with this dismembered penis shoved in his mouth. (Very disturbing)
A man has his leg amputated slowly and in graphic detail. Extremely disturbing.
A man has his eye gouged out, and his attacker eats the eye.
There is violence throughout this show that can range from completely bloodless to very graphic and bloody.
A woman slowly pushes an arrow through the neck of an Indian (close up of arrow piercing the skin).
A man is shot in the head while confessing in a church, blood is seen on the wall.
Native Americans scalp people.
Detached limbs are shown burning.
A man gets his throat cut, blood pours through his hands.
A man is seen dead after being hanged through a window for a few seconds or so.

Profanity

Moderate
18 of 38 found this moderate
Shit, ass, and whore are used as well as "the N word"

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

Moderate
11 of 36 found this moderate
One of the main characters runs a bar (the same one that runs a brothel).
Many of the men are alcoholics frequently abusing alcohol.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

Moderate
15 of 31 found this moderate
This show takes place right after the Civil War and the slaves had recently just been freed.
There is a lot of abuse towards the newly freed slaves that work on the railroad
This show is very violent and there is a lot of prostitution in it.

Certifications

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  • Australia
    • MA15+
    • R18+season 4, DVD rating
  • Brazil
    • 16
  • Canada
    • 14AManitoba/Nova Scotia, DVD rating
  • Egypt
    • Not RatedDVD rating
  • Finland
    • K-162014, DVD, Blu-ray
  • France
    • 12
  • Germany
    • 16
  • Netherlands
    • 16
  • New Zealand
    • R16
  • Norway
    • 15
  • Poland
    • 15DVD rating
  • South Africa
    • 18L, P, V, season 1, DVD rating
    • 16P, V, season 2, DVD rating
  • South Korea
    • 18
  • Spain
    • 12
  • Sweden
    • 15self-applied
  • United Kingdom
    • 15
  • United States
    • TV-14
  • United Arab Emirates
    • 15+

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