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(2004)

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Certification

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MPAA Rated R for violence and language
Certification

Sex & Nudity

  • At a club there will be women in skimpy short skirts and crop tops and there will be a close up of a woman's legs dancing at the club- camera will go up on her.

Violence & Gore

  • A man shoots two other men; one lies on the ground, wounded, and the attacker shoots him in the face, killing him.
  • A man shoots another man several times in the head, neck and torso (Bloody bullet wounds are shown, and blood squirts).
  • Several corpses are seen in a morgue with bullet wounds
  • Shots are fired in a very busy club, causing mayhem during which at least seven men (including some police officers) are shot -- one is seen directly as bullets hit his forehead and his chest -- and another man is stabbed.
  • The overall violence is moderate and quite tame for an R-rated movie (with the exception of the first death and a closeup of a corpse at a morgue)
  • A man uses his hands to attack another man; movement and sound effects leave the impression that his neck is broken.
  • A man is seen shooting two other men, and a security guard is seen slumped over his desk in a pool of blood.
  • Two men repeatedly shoot at each other in a train exchanging gunfire, with one running out of bullets and then sitting down (we see a large blood stain on his shirt).
  • A man is shot near his ear, and is bleeding heavily.
  • A man is forcefully hit on the back of his leg, he collapses to the ground and is hit again.
  • A man, with a passenger, drives at high speed through city streets and deliberately crashes his car (both occupants are injured).
  • A man overpowers a police officer, knocking him to the ground and tying him up, he then takes his gun and leaves.
  • A man stalks a woman in a dark building. A man uses a gun to shoot a large glass door and gain entry to a building. Shots are fired in an office building, causing many windows to smash and break.
  • A man is sitting in a car when a body suddenly falls from a building next to the car and lands on the windshield -- the bloodied face of the body is seen through the smashed glass, and later the complete body is seen on top of the car; two men struggle to pull it off and put it in the trunk (more blood is seen) and they then wash the blood off the car with a bottle of water.
  • A man draws a gun and shoots a man three times in the head at point-blank range (Blood squirts).

Profanity

  • 24 uses of "fuck", 34 uses of "shit", 16 uses of "ass" (3 used as "asshole"), 9 uses of "damn" (6 paired with "God"), 3 uses of "hell", 3 uses of "bitch", 1 use of "Jesus Christ"

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • Alcohol is shown and used at a nightclub. Some characters are involved in a narcotics ring, and narcotics are mentioned on occasion, but never shown or explicitly discussed.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • The main character is held hostage throughout the course of the movie, and is forced to participate in illicit activities by his captor, who is a contract killer. The threat of violence and death is present throughout the film.
  • Throughout the movie, the main character is held hostage by an assassin, and is forced to drive him to each of his "hits".

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Violence & Gore

  • Vincent holds a woman at gunpoint in a room, but Max comes in with a gun and shoots him in the ear. Blood sprays and Vincent falls over
  • A man exchanges fire with another man; the latter is shot multiple times in the torso (We see a little bit of blood).
  • A man crashes his car purposefully, wounding him and his passenger, who escapes. A police officer tries to arrest the driver but he attacks the officer, handcuffing him and holding him at gunpoint before running off.
  • There's a large shootout/fight in a club, in which Vincent and Max make their way through the patrons so that Vincent can find his target. He systematically takes out his target's security, brutally breaking one's neck after kicking him, and slicing another with his knife. Cops arrive and they and Vincent, along with other bodyguards exchange fire, but Vincent manages to kill his target and escape.

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