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Certification

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MPAA Rated R for language throughout, and drug use
Certification

Sex & Nudity

Violence & Gore

  • Genesis tries to negotiate with Rip's mother to let him go to the Chess Tournament but fails. Genesis brings out a chess board and encourages everyone to come play with him. Rip's father then walks to Gen and punches him in the face and the scene blacks out for a second.
  • A gang member carves a V on Mana's face.
  • Mana and Mutt break into a house. Mutt head-butts the owner of the house and kicks his torso as they barge in. Mutt then stomps on the man's face at the end of the scene.

Profanity

  • Profanity is heard extensively in the film.
  • Profanity first 20mins: The driver, The memory of the kids in the shed, Mana comes into room what the f**k u doing in my room, Music playing in van use of swear words, Gang member use of F words toward manna, Mana swears at Jen i didn't ask for your f**king help, Gang member swears at Jen, When Jen goes to friends house repeats f word.
  • 60 - 80 minutes: 30 uses of the word "fuck" and its variants, 3 uses of the word "shit" and various uses of mildly offensive words throughout.

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • Drugs were provided to the hotel worker to bribe him to let all the kids stay there and pay less, without telling the hotel manager
  • When Genesis goes to Arikis house to get Mana, from the time he gets into the house people are smoking cigarettes & marijuana and there is a lot of drinking. Alcohol, Drugs and smoking: 7 times *Kids scene, Genesis and Araki when they were younger drinking alcohol. You wanna beer? Ariki smoking in the car with Genesis. Beer bottle on table with some gang members sitting around them. Mana and Genesis walks into liquor store and buys a box of beer. *There is beer all over the table were the gang members are sitting, they are drings a huge amount of beer. The gang members are all sitting round the table gambling and smoking. *Genesis takes his medication/drugs.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • 60 - 80 minutes: Genesis and Ariki have an intense argument in which they both shout and swear and one another.
  • Mana's initiation into the Vagrants Gang could be frightening to some viewers, as it involves a home invasion and violence towards innocent people.

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