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Sex & Nudity

A man is seen in bed with another man (nothing explicit).

This man, later dressed up as a prostitute in order to get into the mob's safe house, kisses another man, then implies wanting to have sex before killing the other man.

Two scenes take place in a strip-club/adult theatre (nothing explicit seen).

A man caresses the exposed breast of an unconscious stripper (briefly seen).

A nude woman is dancing on a videoscreen in a strip-club/porn theatre (very hard to see).

We see a man using a bathroom. When he stands to pull his pants up we briefly see his penis.

It is implied that Rocco's girlfriend Donnas friend is a prostitute.

A man refers to the two brothers killing off drug dealers and pimps.

Violence & Gore

The movie revolves around a theme of violence against evil people, and how the brothers plan to rid Boston of its evil.

Many people are shot graphically and seen with bullet wounds. very little blood in the R-Rated. Tons in the UNRATED.

An animal is accidently shot with bloody results. ...in the "UNRATED" Cut, it is more graphic and the scene is longer. In the R-Rated, its very quick. (it is done in a verry comic manner).

A man is repeatedly bashed in the head with a cue ball showing a moderate amount of blood, does not show the victim's face.

Rocco, Connor and Murphy walk into a living room and open fire on several unknowing criminals, violently killing each of them ( both cuts)

a man electrocutes a woman with a stun gun then asks "why he has to be on 'bitch detail"

the movie opens with a violent bar brawl. A mans butt is lit on fire, and another is knocked out with a beerbottle

Blood is seen as a man's hands are cut from being handcuffed to a toilet.

Little blood when a toilet hits a man on the head. brief fight follows, another man gets bashed in the head with a part of the toilet. some blood.

There are several murders, some take place in a porn booth and others in a restaraunt. lots of blood is shown, very violent.

Several murder crime scenes are shown during a police investigation with realistic detail to the blood and gore.

...the bodies are bloody and are scattered about in pools of blood, (less blood in R-Rated cut)

A man's finger is severed from his hand, you briefly see the hand, and you get a good look at the finger.

Rocco, Connor, and Murphy sear their wounds by using an iron. More intense/emotional than violent, still bloody in nature.

A man is shot in the chest, fair amount of blood is shown.

Another man is executed, off screen.

Profanity

246 uses of the word "f*ck", and other standard R-Rated words

a joke involving racial terms and slang for hispanics and black people

Many characters smoke cigarettes.

the opening scene takes place in a bar, involving characters getting drunk

A scene of a party at a house, characters then get very drunk.

characters walk into a known killers house, and several are on drugs and drinking beer

References to a character being on "every drug known to man," but no actual drug use is shown.

Several characters are known to be drug dealers.

After being wounded, several characters cauterize their wounds with an iron.

towards the end, a man is shot in the chest, he writhes in pain graphically (less blood in the R-Rated)

several characters are shot execution-style/point blank range in the movie

Two characters are seen in the moment before they are executed. The actual deaths are not seen.

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Rated R for strong violence, language and sexual content.
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