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Parents Guide for
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Since the beliefs that parents want to instill in their children can vary greatly, we ask that instead of adding your personal opinions about what is right or wrong in a film, that you instead use this feature to help parents make informed viewing decisions by describing the facts of relevant scenes in the title for each one of the different categories: Sex and Nudity, Violence and Gore, Profanity, Alcohol/Drugs/Smoking, and Frightening/Intense Scenes.
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Sex & Nudity

Throughout the film, prostitution is a main topic. However there is no actual nudity, just half-dressed prostitutes.

A woman is seen in a thong at a prostitution auction.

Several prostitutes are seen laying around in beds.

A seventeen-year old girl is seen in lingerie.

A young girl discusses sleeping with someone and comments he must be good in bed.

Some innuendo about a young girl losing her virginity.

Violence & Gore

Violence is intense and frequent. Neeson kills people by shooting (some blood) stabbing, and hand to hand combat, there is some neck and arm snapping. There is also a torture scene (see frightening/intense scenes). A man is strapped to a chair and is electrocuted many times; he screams in pain. The violence is also very brutal and borderline PG-13.

In the extended cut (the version originally released in Europe), there's even more intense violence, and the torture scene is shown in detail.

Profanity

6 uses of "shit", 4 uses of ass and asshole combined,

Most of the prostitutes in the movie are forcibly addicted to drugs. They are shown as high. A couple of dead women are shown as having overdosed on drugs. Used drug paraphernalia and needle scars are shown in many scenes.

People in a party are shown drinking alcohol.

The overall tone of the movie is very intense. Some depictions on slave trade and one torture scene of electrocution (this is only shown in detail in the extended cut).

This movie deals with adult themes but not explicitly.

Overall, this movie is suitable for people 14+.

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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of violence, disturbing thematic material, sexual content, some drug references and language.
Certification:
South Korea:18 / Netherlands:12 / USA:PG-13 (cut version) / Australia:MA / UK:15 (edited version) / New Zealand:R16 / Ireland:15A / South Africa:16LV / Peru:14 / Argentina:16 / France:-12 / Brazil:16 / UK:18 (DVD rating) / Portugal:M/16 / Finland:K-15 / Chile:Y7 / Germany:16 / Sweden:15 / Singapore:NC-16 / Philippines:PG-13 (MTRCB) / Canada:14A (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario) / Norway:15 (uncut version) / Canada:13+ (Quebec) / Canada:18A (Manitoba) (DVD rating) / Ireland:18 (DVD rating) / USA:Unrated (DVD rating) (uncut version) / Hong Kong:IIB / Denmark:15 / Austria:16 / Iceland:16 / Japan:PG-12 / Mexico:B15

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