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Certification

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MPAA Rated R for violence, menace, graphic nudity, and language
Certification

Sex & Nudity

  • Ray is shown wiping his butt after defecating outside.
  • Brief partial female breast nudity of a female showering.
  • A flashback of disturbing sexual violence is shown of a female victim being raped.
  • Full female back & buttocks nudity is displayed in a post sex scene of a naked female laying in bed with a male lover then answering & taking on the phone. Extremely violent depictions & discourse of female rape is featured throughout the film.
  • Lengthy & explicit full front & back female nudity of four females featured vividly dancing completely naked in a four minute opening sequence to the movie.
  • There are some sexual references that are somewhat creepy.
  • A woman talks about how rubbing your genitals with a lubricant will reduce the need for vaginal rejuvenation.
  • Full female back & buttocks nudity of two naked female rape victims laid out together on a couch is shown when they are found & in flashbacks as well.

Violence & Gore

  • A man is shot twice, once in the chest, and the second time is while he is on the ground.
  • A man is shown on the ground with a bullet wound in his chest, and a puddle of blood underneath him.
  • This film contains some scenes of disturbing violence, mainly involving depictions of a family that gets tormented by a group of road bullies and are harassed constantly before they are kidnapped, the father is punched in the face, blood can be seen on his face.
  • A woman opens a manuscript and gets a paper cut on her finger. Blood is drawn.

Profanity

  • 51 uses of "fuck", as well as "damn", "shit", "bitch", "bastard", "asshole" and "hell", 1 use of "pussy".

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • Some scenes of casual consumption of wine.
  • Ray and Bobby smoke cigarettes.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • The main villain Ray Marcus is very creepy and disturbing who takes pleasure in raping and killing people. Every scene with him is incredibly dark and unsettling.
  • This movie is a very dark revenge drama with lots of extremely unsettling moments.
  • The film contains several frightening scenes that include threat and menace, involving a family that gets tormented and harassed by a group of men on a highway and eventually getting kidnapped.

Spoilers

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Violence & Gore

  • A man shoots another man in the chest, the man who was shot hits the perpetrator in the head with a crow bar, and the scene immediately ends. The impact of the hit isn't shown, but the sound of it is heard against the blank screen. We later see him with a bloody black eye.
  • A man accidentally kills himself with a pistol. The actual shot isn't shown, but we later see him dead on the ground.
  • A woman and child are found dead. The mother has a bloody wound on her head. It is mentioned that the mother was hit in the head hammer, and that the daughter was suffocated, along with having a broken arm. They were both raped as well.
  • There is also a brief scene where sexual violence is implied, loud screaming is present in this scene. In the scene, a man is seen restraining a screaming woman, but no sexual activity is portrayed.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • A family gets pulled over by a group of men who harrass and bully them. The teenage daughter and mother are constantly harassed (sexual undertones, but nothing outright sexual) by the men and one of them lunges towards the daughter, making her scream, and the father is beaten up.
  • One scene that is incredibly disturbing and rather scary, is when a naked man holds down a naked woman and violently rapes her. She screams throughout the whole scene and the man makes a rather menacing grin. This scene is very brief but uncomfortable at the same time.

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