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Certification

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MPAA Rated R for language including some sexual dialogue
Certification

Sex & Nudity

  • During a deposition a man begins undressing, and is said to have run outside in nothing but his socks.
  • Cleavage while an attorney is seen in her bra as she's dressing.
  • A woman is seen in her slip and undershirt as she dresses.
  • A man describes receiving oral sex at a brothel, using very graphic/vulgar descriptions.

Violence & Gore

  • A man is said to have accidentally hit a runner with his car.
  • A car is destroyed by a bomb.

Profanity

  • "Asshole" is said once.
  • "Cunt" is said once.
  • "Goddamn" is said around 12 times.
  • "Fuck" is said at least 22 times.
  • "Shit" is said at least ten times.
  • A reliable word count based on the subtitles: fuck is used 13 times, shit 8 times, damn 8 times, Jesus 3 times, asshole 4 times, dick twice, cunt once.
  • There are other sexual and anatomical vulgarities and religious exclamations, including a long, graphic oral sex description.

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • Some social drinking and smoking.
  • A wake is held at a bar where characters have some alcohol.
  • A scene takes place in an illegal poker club where characters have alcoholic drinks and smoke.
  • A woman in one scene is holding a glass of alcohol and it is implied that she has been drinking for some time.
  • A man takes a shot of vodka and offers some to another man, who declines.
  • A man is forcefully injected with something.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • A character's death, although not bloody, is quite shocking.
  • People search for a mentally ill man who they cannot locate.
  • Characters are constantly stalked and being watched.
  • There are several emotionally intense scenes.

Spoilers

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Violence & Gore

  • A character is jumped by attackers in his home. They press a cloth to his face and he slumps to the floor, unconscious. They then remove one of his shoes and socks and inject something between his toes. One feels for a pulse on the character's neck for a few seconds, then says "It's done, lets go." They leave the man motionless on the floor. The implication is that they killed him. A later scene refers to a funeral.

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