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The Running Man
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Sex & Nudity

Women dance in work-out uniforms while camera pans on their butts and hips.

Violence & Gore

Many people are shot but its rarely graphic.

Man's head explodes after his explosive collar detonates.Seen from a distance but still pretty gruesome.

It's heavily implied that a crowd of people are massacred by helicopter gunfire.

Man pins a piece of paper to another man's back by stabbing him with a pen. Painful but comical.

A man is sliced between the legs with a chainsaw. Some blood splatters on his face.

A guy gets electrocuted.

A man's throat is sliced by barb wire; some blood squirts from his neck.

Character is electrocuted from a bullet hitting the sprinkler systems coming into contact with his outfit.

Profanity

About 10 uses of the F word, minor words throughout.

The movie is intense throughout, in particular 'The Running Man' gameshow featured where unarmed "contestants" run gauntlets with masked characters trying to kill them with a variety of weapons (chainsaw, razor-sharp ice hockey sticks, flamethrower, electrocution)

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Certification:
Canada:18 (Nova Scotia) (re-rating) (2003) / Canada:R (Nova Scotia) (original rating) / Canada:13+ (Quebec) / Canada:R (Manitoba/Ontario) / Iceland:16 / South Korea:15 / Netherlands:16 / Australia:MA (Cable Rating, cut) / Australia:R / Finland:K-16 / France:-12 / Ireland:18 / Norway:18 / Sweden:15 / UK:18 / USA:R (f) / West Germany:18

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