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Irréversible
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Sex & Nudity

Sex & Nudity: 10/10

-The beginning of the film depicts many graphic scenes of homosexual relations.

-While a man is being bludgeoned to death with a fire extinguisher, a man can be seen masturbating while watching.

-A transsexual prostitute is harrassed. She then reveals her genitalia. (Graphic)

-The film depicts an extremely graphic rape scene which last for 9 minutes. The man and womans bare buttocks can be seen as well as the womens breasts briefly. After the rape the mans penis can be seen turning from erect to flaccid very graphically.

-A party scene has women dancing in suggestive ways while wearing revealing outfits, in the same scene a man gropes another man's privates briefly, A man kisses many women in different rooms and invites them to have sex with another man. In the end of the scene you can see a scene of oral sex viewed from a different room.

-A scene contains many shots of both male, and female frontal nudity.

-A graphic scene of a naked couple after sex with full frontal male & female nudity.

-Many sexual innuendos.

-Graphic sexual dialogue.

-Many TV screens of gay sex can seen on televisions in one scene.

Violence & Gore

Violence & Gore: 10/10

-In a scene a man's arm is broken backwards in a very graphic way, the assulter then starts bashing the victim's head with a fire extinguisher until it becomes a bloody pulp (Very graphic, realistic and disturbing) .

-A man can be seen shoving , screaming & attacking others in another scene he breaks a car's windsheild with a stick.

-A woman has a bloody face.

-An extremely explicit nine minute anal rape scene after the rape the man starts hitting the woman very violently and taunting her using non-stop sexual talk and swearing. She is beaten into a coma.

-Some threatening with knives in a couple of scenes.

Profanity

Profanity: 10/10

A lot of uses of very strong language. A lot of it is aggressively strong language used during the rape scene, adding to it's impact. Plenty of strong sexual language during the S&M scene.

Please note this film is subtitled.

Alcohol/Drugs/Smoking: 8/10

-In a party scene a man can be seen sniffing drugs. Other drugs are used.

-Many scenes were there is use of alcohol.

Frightening/Intense Scenes: 10/10

Violent, vicious beating of a victim using fire extinguisher as well as minutes-long rape scene and shocking story revelation towards the ending add to the psychological intensity that some viewers may not be able to handle. Film emphasize repellent depiction of violence (physical and sexual) to convey the potent mood of raw emotions in committing inhumane acts that may be too intense for some viewers. In some cases the movie might psychologically scar viewers as a result of many intense and explict scenes.

0-5: Suitable for everyone (Care Bears). 5-10: Take some caution with young children. (The Incredibles). 10-20: Suitable for children 8 years and over (Gremlins). 20-25: Recommended for mature audiences (Titanic). 25-30: Suitable for children over 13 (The Dark Knight). 30-40: Recommended for people 17 years and over (Saving Private Ryan). 40-50: Absolutely Adults Only (THIS).

Total Explicit Content: 48/50

Absolutely Adults Only

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Certification:
Portugal:M/18 / Peru:18 / Argentina:18 / Brazil:18 / Iceland:16 / Canada:18+ (Québec) / Canada:R (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Ontario) / Australia:R / Austria:18 / Denmark:15 / Finland:K-18 / France:-16 / Germany:18 / Hong Kong:III (cut) / Ireland:18 / Italy:VM18 / Japan:R-18 / Netherlands:16 / New Zealand:R18 (with restriction) / Norway:18 / Singapore:R(A) (original rating) / Singapore:R21 (re-rating) / South Korea:18 (cut) / Spain:18 / UK:18

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