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Certification

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MPAA Rated R for strong violent content including grisly images, and for language
Certification

Sex & Nudity

  • A short scene inside a nightclub where there are kissing and some sensitive scenes of body parts but no nudity.
  • It is briefly implied that a man was raped in prison. We never see this happen, and no one ever talks about it.

Violence & Gore

  • Strong and disturbing. This film contains scenes of blood violence mostly near the end and graphic depictions of dead bodies throughout.
  • A man has his finger skinned to the bone.
  • A man is found shot through the head, a bloody wound is seen.
  • A man is shot.
  • A man's fingers are broken.
  • A rat is shot and blood sprays.

Profanity

  • 19 f-words 12 ,sh*t 9 uses of a-s 13 uses of h-ll 12 uses of the d-word 3 uses of the b-word

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • The main character wants vodka and says this over and over again at the beginning of the movie.
  • Mild

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • The whole movie can be intense, especially the ending.
  • There are several scenes where dead bodies can be seen with gory wounds.

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Violence & Gore

  • A woman is killed by steam. Her mutilated body is seen later on.
  • A man is cut by another man and you see him graphically removing a piece of flesh from his leg, the man is then left bleeding and then is eaten alive by rats.
  • A man tries to kill another man, the man then defends by slamming a hospital bed down onto his fingers, blood spurts and graphic muscle tissue is seen.
  • The man tries to kill the man again but the man bites him in the jugular vein and blood pools out in large amounts.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • The police arrive at the second victim's location too late, she is burnt to death by a steam pipe. The aftermath is highly disturbing.
  • The killer confrontation near the end is very intense
  • A man and his granddaughter are tied to a pole in the river and begin to drown as the water rises.

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