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(2013)

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Certification

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MPAA Rated R for disturbing violent content including torture, and language throughout
Certification

Sex & Nudity

Violence & Gore

  • A pig's head is seen briefly in a sink.
  • A man slams another man's face into a wall and he is seen bleeding from his mouth.
  • A detective shows a man pictures of bloody clothes.
  • A man steals a police officer's gun and proceeds to point it at his own mouth. When he is told to stop, he pulls the trigger.
  • Not so brutal, but still some scenes are painful.
  • A man drives erratically to an older woman's house where she pretends to have burned her hand but pulls a gun on him, forcing him to handcuff himself, go to a car in the driveway, back it up and pull up a plywood cover and get into a big hole; he refuses to get in until the woman shoots him in the leg and we see some blood as he slides down into the hole; the woman tells him to make a tourniquet and he might survive 24 hours as she covers the hole.
  • A detective shouts and grabs a man that he is interrogating until two police officers pull him away; the suspect grabs a pistol and all three of the officers draw guns and tell him to put the gun down; he puts the pistol into his mouth, pulls the trigger and blood and brain matter splatter the two-way mirror behind him as he falls down, dead; the camera cuts to a body bag on a gurney being wheeled out.
  • A mentally disabled man is repeatedly tortured. He's repeatedly punched, threatened over a long period of time and tortured with extremely hot water. His face is extremely bloody and swollen.
  • A deer is shot onscreen, but no blood present as it is seen from afar. It is later seen through a foggy window.
  • A woman unties a beaten/bloody man who then smashes a window trying to escape. Another man is cut trying to subdue him. The tortured man tightly holds a piece of broken glass in his hand, cutting his palm.
  • A decaying body is seen. Gore is not shown.
  • A detective slams a suspects face into a table in anger. Very graphic.
  • A mentally disabled man yanks a small dog up into the air by its lead for a few seconds. The dog struggles and appears to yelp in pain and is then released.

Profanity

  • 45 uses of the F-word
  • A few religious exclamations and about 30 uses of milder language such as; 13 sh*t, 5 a*s, 2 bi*ch, 4 he*l, etc.

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • A man states that this is his first drink in 9 and a half years- after that the man drink alcohol certain times throughout the film
  • People drink occasionally, sometimes recreationally and other times to excess.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • This movie is violent, emotionally intense and very dark.
  • 2 particularly disturbing and emotionally draining scenes they are not very bloody but are very upsetting.
  • The final act is very intense and distressing.
  • Many scenes throughout can be emotionally intense and unsettling to watch.

Spoilers

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Violence & Gore

  • A man shoots himself in the head. Blood splatters onto the wall behind him and he slumps to the floor. The scene is not as graphic as it sounds, but is quite emotional.
  • A man and woman shoot at each other. It's unclear where she's shot, but blood flies onto the wall behind her and she slumps to the floor. The man is shot in the forehead, but only a bloody gash and a damaged eye is seen.
  • A man is shot in the leg and thrown into a hole in the ground.

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • Two children are drugged and held hostage.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • A mentally ill man is repeatedly tortured throughout the majority of the film.
  • The way how the families cope with the disappearance is really hard to watch and Keller Dover (Hugh Jackman) starts to become scarier as the film progresses
  • Alex holds a puppy by its leash in the air for several seconds, strangling it. Brief but very unsettling.
  • It is revealed towards the end of the film that there is a satanic cult who's mission is to kidnap and kill as many children as possible. This revelation and the details of the cult are very disturbing.
  • This movie is extremely dark and brutal as it deals with child abduction and implied murder.

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