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(2017)

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Certification

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MPAA Rated R for strong bloody violence, pervasive language, some drug use and brief nudity
Certification

Sex & Nudity

  • On Money's first night in prison, a man gets gang-raped by five other men. You see the men go to his cot, roll him over and pull his pants down. The camera pans down to Money who is trying to ignore it, but you hear the cot getting rocked, moaning, muffled screaming and the sounds of the other prisoners egging each other on. This scene is incredibly disturbing despite the lack of visibility of the actual rape.
  • A man attempts to seduce his wife by saying they still have 45 minutes and passionately kissing her. He then says "It's not happening, is it?" The scene goes no further.
  • A woman can be seen nude. Her bare breast is visible. The scene lasts for less than 10 seconds.

Violence & Gore

  • Several scenes involving blades and edge weapons and including bloody deaths.
  • A police officer is shot thrice through the front door of a house, the bullets are stopped by the officers bullet-proof vest. The officer runs inside and has a brief unseen shootout.
  • During a house party, a machine gun is fired through a window. One woman is hit, her bloody wound and blood on the walls is shown.
  • A car full of people is brutally hit in the side by another vehicle, the aftermath is seen, characters with some blood, one character is dead and is seen covered in blood.
  • A man with a smoking gun is seen standing over a bloody body.
  • Two men fist fight, one man straddles the other and punches him in the face repeatedly, they are sprayed with mace and later seen bleeding from the nose.
  • A man is stabbed numerous times in the torso, little blood is seen during the stabbing but more is seen in the aftermath.
  • In a prison riot, many people engage in unarmed fighting. Four people are stabbed, some of this violence is graphic and bloody, some is not. A man is shot through the head with a rifle, blood sprays.
  • Two men briefly fight with their hands tied behind their backs and are sprayed with mace.
  • A man is brutally stabbed multiple times during an extended struggle, the man slowly chokes on his own blood and dies. Large amounts of blood are all over the floor and the men's bodies.
  • In a brief shoot out, many gun shots are fired, Three people are killed with only a minimal amount of blood.
  • Towards the beginning of the movie a bloody corpse can be seen hanging from his bedsheets in his cell. It is unknown whether he killed himself or was murdered by his cellmate.

Profanity

  • 112 uses of "f**k".
  • 38 uses of "S**t".
  • 11 racist terms for Mexicans and African-Americans.
  • 14 uses of the a** word 4 uses of the b** word 8 uses of d*mn 6 uses of h*ll

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • In a party scene, alcohol is consumed by everyone, people smoke marijuana and also smoke methamphetamine.
  • One character is addicted to cocaine and is seen snorting it.
  • A man keisters a small balloon full of drugs in order to smuggle them into the prison courtyard and give them to someone. The camera focuses on his strained face during both insertion and ejection.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • The whole movie is very intense and has an extremely dark atmosphere.

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Violence & Gore

  • A prison riot is shown. Most of the violence is hand to hand, shanks being shown and used. A man is seen shot in the head at the end of it. Mostly bloodless, except for a few scenes.
  • Money attacks Shotgun by slicing his arm than stabbing him in the chest. The two get into a struggle but eventually Money gets the upper hand to which he overpowers Shotgun and repeatedly stabs him. This scene is graphic, realistic and incredibly violent.
  • Money kills The Beast by slicing his throat w/ a small razor blade. Blood spills on Money till he rolls on top of The Beast which results on The Beast bleeding all over the dirt.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • The ending where Money kills The Beast is very bloody and disturbing as well as the scene where he stabs Shotgun to death. The actual last five minutes are also very sad and may upset some people.

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