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(2011)

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Certification

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MPAA Rated R for strong and disturbing violence, sexuality, graphic nudity, drug use and language
Certification

Sex & Nudity

  • A sex scene takes place. Brief and containing no nudity
  • A woman in a sweater & no underwear flaunts around. We see in-your-face pubic area. Frontal pubic hair visible.
  • Woman's rear end also visible, nipples seen through clothes.
  • Dottie is asked to strip down and she is fully nude. Her breasts and pubic hair are shown, the man goes up behind her then the scene cuts off, graphic but only lasts about a minute.
  • A stripper goes topless.

Violence & Gore

  • A man is brutally beaten by bikers. His face gets covered in blood, his arm gets broken, and he almost dies
  • A man is shot in the stomach
  • A man is shot in the neck
  • A woman's corpse is put in a car, then, the car is set in fire and it explodes
  • Strong bloody depictions of violence, gore, and torture are depicted.
  • There are several scenes of strong violence which include terrorisation of individuals.

Profanity

  • The film features 56 uses of expletives such as 'motherf**ker', 'f**k', 'dick' and 'p*ssy', mostly for emphasis, in an aggressive manner, and at times in a sexual context.

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • Drugs are mentioned and are smoked. People drink often. Cigarettes are smoked often

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • Very intense. Constant threat of violence and unpredictability.

Spoilers

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Sex & Nudity

  • A woman is forced to perform simulated oral sex on a fried chicken drumstick that a man positions at his crotch. The prolonged sequence shows the terrified woman sucking the drumstick and is made to moan during the process, as the man mimics reaching a climax.

Violence & Gore

  • An example of a scene involves Joe repeatedly punching a man's face before hitting it several times with a tin can, leaving the latter's face bloodied and bruised.
  • In another scene, Joe gives a woman a hard punch on her nose (causing it to heavily bleed across her face), and then forces her to perform simulated oral sex on a fried chicken drumstick that he positions at his crotch. The prolonged sequence shows the terrified woman sucking the drumstick and is made to moan during the process, as Joe mimics reaching a climax.

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