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Certification

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MPAA Rated R for sequences of strong stylized action and violence
Certification

Sex & Nudity

  • Shows a young man's buttocks a couple of times (for comic effect)
  • Some other mild sexual references

Violence & Gore

  • Opening scene with a man axing someone violently to death. No blood and no direct shot of it though.
  • A woman punches a man in the stomach and he spits blood.
  • A lot of violence, both stylized and realistic.
  • In the opening scene there is one non-bloody severed leg and a woman gets shot with a shotgun.
  • A character gets his back broken (not shown) and foam comes out of his mouth.
  • The gang of antagonists is the "axe gang" carrying around axes as a weapon. Many-on-one axe attacks against an unarmed opponent are shown.
  • A man's head is hit so hard it twists around 360 degrees, killing him. (Shown but stylized.)
  • A man is decapitated and a cat is cut in half by "magic forces", both are only seen as shadows on a wall.
  • Mother and child get soaked in gas and a burning lighter is thrown at them. (It's caught by a character mid-air before it ignites them.)
  • A boy gets beaten up by a gang of boys and they urinate on his head.
  • There is a lot of violence but nothing overly graphic/gory. Some blood overall but mostly just from small cuts and bruises.
  • Blood is seen flowing from a door in an asylum. This is a direct reference to "The Shining", which Stephen Chow said to be one of his favourite movies.
  • A man is beaten and his head is punched so hard it goes into the floor.

Profanity

  • 1 use of piss 6 uses of ass 1 paired with hole 1 use of bitch 3 uses of hell 1 use of damn 2 uses of fuck
  • Some uses of ass and asshole
  • 2 uses of fuck

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • The main character scrounges on the ground for cigarettes.
  • A protagonist character is a chain-smoker.
  • General alcohol consumption

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • Sing rescues a man from a dark and scary mental hospital.

Spoilers

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Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • Some of the fights are intense. The scene where Sing is beaten up and mutilated might not be easy to watch.

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Taglines | Plot Summary | Synopsis | Plot Keywords


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