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Michael Caine in Harry Brown (2009)

Parents guide

Harry Brown

Content rating

  • Motion Picture Rating (MPA)
    Rated R for strong violence and language throughout, drug use and sexual content

  • Sex & Nudity:
    Moderate
  • Violence & Gore:
    Severe
  • Profanity:
    Severe
  • Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking:
    Severe
  • Frightening & Intense Scenes:
    Severe

Sex & Nudity

Moderate
21 of 46 found this moderate
There is no female nudity in this movie.
A couple of groups of teenagers kiss and touch each other in an underpass.
A sex tape is shown on a TV in a drug dealer's house. The woman is implied to have been coerced, so it is disturbing but it is in the background mostly and not super detailed.
A teenage boy gives a man oral sex in a car. While there is no nudity, the sounds of him doing it are very clearly heard. He is then seen wiping his mouth.
Lots of sexual dialogue directed at women.
A man makes comments about an older man's sex drive.
A man caresses an unconcious woman's thigh and encourages a man to have sex with her.

Violence & Gore

Severe
28 of 31 found this severe
Strong violence.
Caine's character witnesses several beatings from his window, all of which are realistic and bloody.
A man is knocked to the ground and kicked while his girlfriend is pushed around.
A mother gets shot in the head by gang members on a bike.
A bike with two teenagers riding it is hit by a truck.
A man's car is vandalized, not necessarily for any reason but entertainment, by a group of teenagers, the owner of the car comes from his house and attempts to be rid of them, the teenagers respond extremely aggressively and beat him until he is unconscious. (Bloody)
A man plunges a knife into a robber's chest, blood is seen spraying from his chest and onto the man's jacket.
Pictures are shown of an old man beaten to death, stabbed and urinated on. (Very disturbing)
A man stabs a drug dealer in the arm, then shoots this man again, he than shoots another man in the chest and watches him die. (Graphic and bloody, this whole scene is very disturbing)
The drug dealer's warehouse is set alight, with bodies inside, and explodes.

Profanity

Severe
28 of 30 found this severe
Strong use of language
Around 75 uses of 'Fuck' and 'Shit'.
12 uses of 'Cunt'.

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

Severe
26 of 29 found this severe
Several scenes at a pub where drugs are sold and people are drunk.
Scenes take place in a drug dealer's warehouse where drugs are being grown.
A few minors smoke in a handful of scenes.
A scene shows characters shooting up and snorting cocaine.
One character injects heroin into himself and another unconcious character.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

Severe
22 of 28 found this severe
The violence is graphic but the camera does not linger and there is a moralistic context, with clear boundaries between good and evil displayed, surrounding much of it, so it is more thought provoking though still disturbing.
Not for the some of squeamish women or victims of past violence.
The final scenes are very intense and dark, and the entire film has a very realistic feel to it, at times appearing as a documentary; serving as a reminder of the darker malpractices and violence occurring in inner city sink estates. Threatening undertones throughout the whole film.

Certifications

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  • Australia
    • MA15+
  • Brazil
    • 16
  • Canada
    • 18AAlberta
    • 14ABritish Columbia
    • 16+Quebec
  • Finland
    • K-16
  • France
    • 12 avec avertissement
  • Germany
    • 16
  • Greece
    • K-17
  • Hong Kong
    • III
  • Hungary
    • 18
  • Iceland
    • 16
  • Ireland
    • 18
  • Netherlands
    • 16
  • New Zealand
    • R18
  • Norway
    • 15
  • Singapore
    • R21cut
  • South Africa
    • 18
  • Spain
    • 16ICAA
  • Sweden
    • 15DVD rating
  • United Kingdom
    • 18
  • United States
    • Rcertificate #45879

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