In the Line of Fire (1993) Poster

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Certification

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MPAA Rated R for violence and language
Certification

Sex & Nudity

  • Some mild flirting, and a man commenting on a woman's appearance.
  • There is one reference to getting laid.
  • Police rush into a house, and a woman in a black bra and black panties and a man are forced to lay on the floor. Not revealing and not sexual.
  • A man and a woman kiss passionately in an elevator. They go inside a hotel room, both of them undressed but you only see their legs and feet. They end up on the bed, she's in a slip and he's fully clothed. They continue to kiss, then the phone rings and they are interrupted. Intimacy is over.

Violence & Gore

  • A man holds two other men at gunpoint, but one of them hits him with a baton several times, and the other man helps him wrestle the man to the ground.
  • A man grabs another man, knees him in the groin, and shoved him against a wall.
  • A black and white picture of a man's corpse
  • There is a bit of gunfire in this, many people shoved, a scene where 2 men are fighting and a lot of punching going on and at least a couple more men shot that haven't previously been mentioned.
  • A man is shot The shooter then shoots another man dead
  • A man breaks someones neck offscreen
  • A man shoots two men at point blank range and holds his gun on another.
  • There's an intense foot chase through a street, and one of the men runs into a car's windshield, but escapes.
  • A man is forced to shoot his partner in the head, but when he pulls the trigger the gun does not fire because it has no bullets.
  • There's a blurry flashback of President Kennedy being assassinated. , but it's hard to make out.

Profanity

  • 16 uses of 'fuck' including 2 paired with 'mother').
  • 5 uses of 'damn' including 8 paired with 'God'.
  • 9 uses of 'shit'.
  • 2 uses of 'h*ll'.
  • 7 uses of 'ass' including 3 paired with 'hole'.
  • 4 uses of 'bastard'.
  • 3 uses of 'bitch'.
  • 5 uses of 'Jesus', 4 uses of 'oh my God', and 3 uses of 'Christ'.
  • 1 use of 'prick'.
  • 1 use of 'piss'.

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • A few scenes take place in bars.
  • Frank drinks at a bar.
  • There are about 2 scenes of cigarette smoking and about 7 drinking scenes. A man puts medications into his water a couple times while he has the flu.
  • Frank is a recovering alcoholic, and this is mentioned a few times.
  • Some casual drinking.
  • Al is seen smoking.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • A soft-spoken man follow a woman to her home. He kills both her and her roommate by breaking their necks (on-screen for under a second).
  • There's a long and tense foot chase across several rooftops. One of the participants eventually hangs off of a ledge.
  • There's an intense foot chase through a street.
  • During a scene where a character is overwhelmed, there are many camera flashes and a swirling effect.
  • The villain taunts Frank over the phone repeatedly. He's unsettling in how he is always watching Frank and always in different disguises. Many viewers may find his merciless and sometimes sadistic nature frightening or creepy.
  • The whole movie is rather suspenseful and focuses on a potential presidential assassin attempt.

Spoilers

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Violence & Gore

  • Two men draw their guns on each other and fire, one of them is shot multiple times and he hangs over the side of a building with lots of blood draining out of his mouth. The other man then shoots him again in the head (bloody bullet hole seen), killing him.
  • Two men struggle in an elevator, and one begins punching the other many times, knocking him out of the elevator. He falls many stories and lands on a rooftop, and dies (some blood seen).

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