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(1996)

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Certification

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MPAA Rated R for strong violence, and for some sexuality and language
Certification

Sex & Nudity

  • A man seductively holds a woman's hand.
  • Two people are seen passionately kissing.
  • Men are seen topless wearing only towels.
  • In one scene, men are seen topless wearing only towels as the setting is a spa.
  • A woman is seen topless while changing clothes; scene is not long and is reflected in a mirror at a distance.
  • A man and his girlfriend have sex in a bathroom. They undress each other in detail. Nudity, passionate kissing, and moaning is included. The whole scene is brief.
  • A woman removes her dress, showing off her bra and panties.

Violence & Gore

  • An apartment is burning down as a man saves a woman after fighting another man.
  • The opening scene shows a chase seen between three men through a village. The chase prolongs when a man busts a door down as the door falls on a man. He jumps and survives the already collapsing balcony. He steals a man's vehicle to keep running away from them. Many tables and chairs are seen to be breaking apart whilst people run away from the scene. The car crashes and he lands on another car as the windshields shatter. His body is later seen.
  • The opening 5 minute action scene is non-stop thrilling.
  • A sight of a dead body is seen on a hospital bed.
  • During a fire, two men brutally fight each other. A head smashed through a glass window, one hitting the other with a fire extinguisher, the other firing with a gun, a man hanging on the cliff of a window cover but hops in, and gets the upper hand as he punches the man and throws him in the flames.
  • A fight scene occurs between a man and three men. One man is kicked and is thrown on garbage cans. One man gets somewhat stabbed, the other gets his arm twisted, and has his face smashed through glass window. A bald man gets kicked away. He trips a man with a wooden bat and smacks his face with his palm that leads to a nosebleed. Pain is occurred.
  • A man strangles a man with his scarf whilst being interrogated. His choking sounds are very realistic, but is spared.
  • A prolonged action scene begins on a roof as two people run away. It continues through a strip club when a woman trips over and glass shatters. A man gets thrown over a banister and falls on a table. Gunfire is included and glass shatters everywhere. The scene continues outside the club as a taxi drives on the pavement and they successfully escape.
  • A man dies, but the gunshot wounds are not seen.
  • A man hits a man in the neck and in the stomach in the car. They briefly fight in a house, but gets his arm twisted which causes him to scream in pain and punches him to knock him out.
  • A man kicks a man in the head, drags him in, punches him three times and takes his gun. He throws him across a bedroom. He headlocks him and throws him through a wardrobe with a glass door. He takes a mirror and hits him with it. The blows of the punches and kicks are very heavy and aggressive in impact.
  • A man gets his hand twisted and is kicked in the stomach. Another man is kicked in the face. These blows have crunching sound effects.
  • All violent sequences are strong in terms of heavy blows with realistic sound effects, and dwelling on pain.
  • A man gets brutally stabbed and two men fight each other with heavy blows to punches and kicks. Later, some men are seen being shot. This happens during the fight. The stabbed man (including a brief shot of the bloody wound) gets shot afterwards.
  • After a man gets stabbed and shot, a chase occurs throughout a city. Gunshots are used throughout, cars are seen crashing, people scream in fear, etc. A man jumps over a train on the track. Another man jumps but is run over by the train (on-screen). The man jumps between the trains and falls through the bridge.
  • A man's throat is cut as blood is seen on the table.
  • Two men fight each other in an elevator. One uses a knife, but the other bits his arm as he screams in pain. He strangles him but uses the knife to stab his foot and stabs him in the abdomen. He dies.
  • A van is driven backwards Then a shootout occurs in public. Policeman are seen being killed. A man gets shot in the head with blood splattering on the window and on the seat. The van drives through, but ends up being tossed over and it explodes into flames.
  • During the van being on fire, two men fight each other to free himself befor the van explodes.
  • A man is shot in the shoulder.
  • A man is seen swinging a chainsaw around but gets shot.
  • Just the usual action in Van Damme's films: Kickboxing fights and shootouts. There is some bloody results.

Profanity

  • A group of young black teens surround the main protagonist and discriminate him in milder terms.
  • One use of "shithead".
  • Some uses of the f word and other mild curses.

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • Van Damme smokes a cigarrette in one scene.
  • Some scene involve people drinking alcohol.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • A fight scene occurs during an apartment being burnt down.
  • The first 5 minutes is very intense with cars driving through the town and people dodge out of the way.
  • Anxiety and fear are shown as a woman is saved from a fire. It is implied she was locked in a room and the next was the fire spreading.
  • All violent scenes are realistically disturbing, intense, and strong in impact.
  • All chase scenes are very non-stop intense.
  • The climax of the bank scenes are very intense in suspense and action.
  • Another chase scene occurs during the climax which is very intense with it being non-stop and thrilling.
  • Some of the action sequences might be a bit disturbing for younger viewers.

Spoilers

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Violence & Gore

  • A cab driver (who befriends Alain) dies from unseen gunshots.
  • Dimitri gets stabbed and shot.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • The man who died at the beginning of the film turned out to be the main protagonist's twin brother.

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