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(1979)

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Sex & Nudity

  • A man and a woman are shown sleeping in a car,
  • Two villains try to kiss a mannequin (no nudity)
  • A kissing scene lasting a few seconds is shown in the grass
  • When Max and his friend Goose arrive at the scene of a serious accident, they encounter a man running away bottomless after what the biker gang did to him. A women is implied to have been severely raped although this is not shown.
  • A man and a woman are shown naked kissing on grass through a sniper scope. No frontal nudity, only their butts are shown as they run into some tall grass.
  • There is a kissing scene at the beginning of the movie. However, it is very brief and at a distance, nothing much is shown.
  • A fully-clothed kissing scene, lasting about 3 seconds.
  • We see a man's butt as he runs through some tall grass.

Violence & Gore

  • The film has shockingly violent scenes, but are mostly minimal, and no graphic details are visually included.
  • A character is shot in the knee
  • Many scenes of Toecutters gang terrorizing the town.
  • it is implied a driver has a road accident offscreen
  • Max's arm is run over by a motorcycle. It happens quick and there are no details, although he grunts in pain briefly.
  • A severely burned hand is shown for a few seconds.
  • Several car chases, many resulting in crashes.

Profanity

  • One use of a*shole
  • h*ll- 2, sh*t- 2, a*s- 1, b*tch- 1, f*ck- 1, cr@p- 1

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • There is some minor drinking.
  • A man smokes a cigar

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • It would be a restrictive film back then, but because the content level is tame by today's standards, it would be more of a parental advisory film.
  • A man's eyes are seen popped out a little bit for a split second. The image is unsettling but isn't shown long enough to register in your brain.
  • Max is shot in the knee and has his arm run over briefly while trying to reach his gun.
  • Some intense chases and scenes of the gang terrorizing the small city.
  • A young man and woman are terrorized by a motorcycle gang who violently destroy their car while they are inside it. They are dragged out and it is implied that both are raped offscreen - a member of the gang forcefully grabs the woman so that she is straddling him, and the man is later seen running away and completely naked.

Spoilers

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Violence & Gore

  • When the leader of the biker gang is run over by a truck at the film's climax, there is a cut to a long shot which appears to show some of his severed limbs lying on the road.
  • Officer Jim Goose is killed when Johnny throws a barrel full of flammable oil in his car, and Toecutter throws a match, setting him alight. We only see the the initial shot of Goose being set on fire, and the scene quickly cuts away to a new scene, however, when Max visits the hospital, we do see a quick shot of Goose's burnt hand. We do not see the rest of the body.
  • Max is shot in the knee.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • A mother and baby are run over by a motorcycle gang.

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