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- Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking (2)
- Frightening & Intense Scenes (6)
- Spoilers (1)
Certification
| MPAA | Rated R for disturbing violent images, language throughout, and brief sexuality/nudity |
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Sex & Nudity
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- Colvin has sex with a man in a bedroom, both in silhouette.
- Lengthy & explicit full female nudity of a female viewing her naked body in a bathroom mirror while a male awaits her a tub with her bare breasts, pubis & buttocks fully visible including brief rear pubis nudity as she bends over entering the tub to join the male.
Violence & Gore
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- There are scenes of modern war violence which include airstrikes, bombings and shootings, resulting in bloody injury detail.
- A disturbing scene shows a mass grave being dug up in Iraq. There is sight of skeletons being lifted out of the grave.
- Soldiers relate how a thousand civilian were raped in Libya after one uprising.
Profanity
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- There is use of strong language ('f**k'), as well as milder terms including 'bloody', 'shit', 'God', 'Jesus', 'Christ', 'God', 'pussy' and 'arse'. There is also use of the rude middle finger gesture.
Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking
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- References to alcoholism and substance misuse. Several characters smoke cigarettes.
- Colvin smokes cigarettes in many scenes, including while working and after sex.
Frightening & Intense Scenes
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- The journalists are detained by Iraqis at a checkpoint.
- Iraqi women grieve when a mass grave is dug up.
- Colvin has graphic flashbacks to modern war violence, perhaps showing PTSD.
- Colvin sits on a high building ledge when recovering from a tough battle.
- Colvin is embedded during several realistic battle scenes.
- Several graphic scenes in war hospitals.
Spoilers
Violence & Gore
- At the end of the movie, Paul, Marie, and Remi start to leave the building. A bomb hits the ground and knocks the three to the ground. Another explosion happens that kills both Marie and Remi. Paul crawls besides Marie and lays there.
