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Certification

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MPAA Rated R for strong violence, language, some drug content and brief nudity
Certification

Sex & Nudity

  • Top of a man's buttocks are shown very briefly.
  • In the background of dimly lit night-time sequence by the fire, a nude woman is seen. It's pretty blurry, but her breasts, nipples, and her pubic hair can all be seen. Full frontal male nudity can also be seen.
  • Some of the hippie women are clearly topless in the background while walking through a field, breasts and nipples are seen.

Violence & Gore

  • Lots of gunshots, people getting hit, stabbed, injured... Graphic and bloody violence overall.
  • There's a scene that involves a war battle where people get shot. Lots of corpses are shown.
  • Two characters have bloody injuries throughout the most part of the movie.
  • A man gets "cut in half by a shotgun" whilst another sustains a facial injury from the shrapnel which is on screen for the rest of the film.
  • A graphic scene of a man being stabbed occurs late in the film, it's prolonged and although nothing too gory other than a bloody knife is seen it's a fatal injury.
  • There's multiple references to a brutal murder reported through the news with a few brief images of covered corpses.
  • A man is shot from behind by a shotgun. Blood sprays and then we see his bloody body on the ground.
  • A woman is shot in the chest and bleeds out.
  • A man is hit in the face and body with a piece of wood that is on fire.
  • A character is struck forcefully by another with a bottle to the side of his head and is knocked out.
  • Two girls fight and one repeatedly slams her knee into the other girl's groin.
  • An intense scene occurs where a man makes two hostages play roulette to see which one will die. It ends with a character getting abruptly shot in the face.
  • A man kills five people in succession, shooting four of them in the head with large blood sprays. One of the dead bodies is scene up close with a bullet hole in his head and blood everywhere.
  • A girl stabs a man and he slowly bleeds to death. Very sad scene.

Profanity

  • 4 abuses of 'Jesus,' and 2 of 'Christ.' 19 uses of "f*ck" (a few of which are seen in a sign-in sheet repeatedly), 7 uses of "sh*t", 2 racist references toward an African-American, and around 10 additional obscenities.

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • There's drinking throughout the film, but nothing too serious.
  • A few characters smoke cigarettes.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • There're lots of intense moments throughout the film.
  • The scenes with a hippie cult leader can be frightening.
  • A vehicle is shown upside down with two men in the front cab. They are injured but it is said that they will live.
  • There is a scene of people being tied up to chairs and interrogated. The threat of death is apparent.

Spoilers

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Sex & Nudity

  • Some sexual references when Emily is talking to Miles. Miles admits the type of shady place the El Royale is. Says he's seen a senator abuse a prostitute. Also says he's seen a man sleep with a feral wolf in a bed.

Violence & Gore

  • It's revealed a character was involved in a murder which is crucial to the plot, a brief shot of this can be seen as a graphic match pits the character holding a knife whilst being blood soaked over the brutalised body, implying she was heavily involved.
  • Two young women in a cult are encouraged by the cult leader to fight to the death to win a night with him.

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • A character is revealed to be an IV drug addict. He is caught with an injected syringe in his arm. Drugs are shown on his room.
  • There's further reference to a character's drug habits and use with a 'wrap' of the item being visible on a couple of occasions.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • There's a scene of a man trying to coerce a singer into performing sexual acts to "make her a star."

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