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Certification

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MPAA Rated PG for mild language and violence
Certification

Sex & Nudity

  • None, other than a dimly lit and mostly obscured archaic wall mural that shows men (and possibly women?) without shirts.

Violence & Gore

  • A man is shot in the shoulder, we see a little blood on his jacket.
  • A large number of military weapons are auctioned to civilians. One is fired; no one is injured.
  • A machine gun is fired repeatedly to destroy some equipment.
  • Guns are brandished by many soldiers, police, and civilians.
  • A man is murdered by a shot to the head. This is shown at a long distance; no gore or blood is visible.
  • A couple of brawls occur, with punches thrown, but without serious depiction of impact or injury; no blood.

Profanity

  • A few uses of "dammit", "hell", "sh*t". Nothing stronger.
  • 15 uses of hell 6 paired with storm 1 use of son of a bitch, bastard, dick, christ, condom, scum, by god, pissant and oh my god 9 uses of shit 1 used as shitty 1 paired with bull 1 paired with less 6 uses of damn 3 paired with god and sucks 3 uses of Jesus and butt
  • A "dick" is mentioned twice.

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • Beer plays an important role in the plot. We see people drinking it; empty cans are littered intentionally; and people fight to defend its reputation.
  • One main character is seen smoking a cigar repeatedly.
  • Several scenes occur in bars.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • Except for the murder of an incapacitated soldier, only the youngest viewers are likely to be frightened or disturbed by the content listed above, which is portrayed in a comical, satirical way.

Spoilers

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Violence & Gore

  • Several nuclear weapons (land-based ICBMs) become armed and the countdown to launch approaches zero.

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