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(1986)

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Sex & Nudity

  • one of the three main characters is a pimp
  • There is one scene for about 2 and a half minute a fully nude female is shown lying on a bed, breasts and some pubic hair visible.
  • the fact that he gets set up into thinking a 12 year old child is a prostitute is a key point of the movie

Violence & Gore

  • one 45 second scene where Zack and Jack fight "schoolyard" style, they wrestle and punch and kick..the next scene shows them beat up.... nothing too bloody, some busted lips and black eyes

Profanity

  • 45-50 uses of f*ck, around 20 uses of sh*t, a few uses of b*tch.
  • Several uses of some graphic profanities References to sexual activities and prostitution

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • all three characters smoke/drink, and Zack is an alchoholic, all throughout the beginning of the movie he is drinking,
  • and at the end where we meet Nicoletta he has an entire bottle of wine for himself
  • There are some fleeting references to drugs

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • NONE (Although, there is a dead body [found by the police] in the car Zack is driving across the border-- yet this is not an intense scene. . . It serves the purpose of setting up the rest of the story)

Spoilers

The Parents Guide items below may give away important plot points.

Violence & Gore

  • Roberto explains that he killed a man by bashing his head in with a pool ball

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