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(1995)

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Certification

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MPAA Rated R for strong bloody violence, a strong sex sequence and language
Certification

Sex & Nudity

  • A extended sex scene begins with a man and woman kissing and embracing passionately, including close-ups and full views. Both are nude with their groins never visible and the woman's breasts briefly exposed.
  • A short sex scene between a man and a woman, with the woman riding on top of the man. The woman is clothed in lingerie and the man is shirtless.
  • The main female character wear revealing clothing.
  • A man kisses a woman as she resists.
  • A long sex scene, with a musical overplay, you see the woman's breasts and it is very erotic. A short sexual scene with another couple after that.

Violence & Gore

  • While in a bar, a man holds a knife to a woman's throat and another man attempts to rob someone but they are injured and stopped. Brief but some blood.
  • After quickly dodging gunshots at him, the man jumps on the shooter and shoots him with his own guns. The injury is offscreen by the man's face is shown splattered heavily with blood.
  • A man is his with throwing knives to the chest, and dies. The attacked then hits another man several times, but the victim runs away.
  • A man grimaces in pain as a woman attends to his wounds in two separate scenes, with the bloody wounds shown several times.
  • A man shots at his own hired men, killing one.
  • Many instances of shootings, fights, and deaths with a considerable amount of blood.
  • A flashback to a shootout between one man and several others, where several men are shot and killed dramatically with some blood and impact shown.
  • A dead women lays in a pool of blood and a man is shot in the hand as a lot of blood sprays from the wounds.
  • Two men have a fight in a ring as other people watch, with many punches and kicks. One man is kicked in the mouth and blood gushes out.
  • An extended gunfight in a bar where many men are killed by one man, very bloody.

Profanity

  • 'F*ck' is said 28 times, including said at least once in Spanish and shown in integrated subtitles, and paired with 'mother' at least once.
  • 'B*tch' is said twice.
  • 'P*ss' is said 15 times.
  • 'D*mn' is said twice.
  • 'H*ll' is said four times as an exclamation.
  • '*ss' is said three times, including paired with 'hole' once.
  • 'Sh*t' is said ten times.
  • The Lord's name is taken in vain, including 'God', 'Jesus', and 'Jesus Christ' each said at least once.
  • 'P*ta' is said as a Spanish profanity once.
  • Moderately frequent profanity. 28 F words (some in Spanish), 1 b*tch, 1 p*ss, as well as damns and hells.

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • The film opens on a man smoking a cigarette, entering a bar, and ordering and drinking a beer.
  • After a large item is exchanged between two people, a man finds a package drugs hidden inside of the item.
  • A person is confronted about allowing their business to be used to traffic drugs.
  • Several scenes take place in bars, where people drink and smoke.
  • A man strikes a match on another man's face to light his cigarette.
  • People order and drink beers in a few separate scenes.
  • The movie features drug dealers, but no drugs are shown being taken.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • The deaths of some sympathetic character's could be emotionally difficult for some viewers.
  • While the film is over the top and sometimes humorous, the many instances of violence, death, shooting, blood, and injuries may be disturbing for some viewers.
  • Loud gun shooting and some explosions.
  • The climax is quite intense.
  • The injury of a child is meant to be intense.
  • The main character is being pursued and in danger during most of the film.
  • During a fight, a man's leg is heard painfully cracking.

Spoilers

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Violence & Gore

  • Several men storm a house to kill the occupants, but the targets shoot their way out while killing many men.
  • In the climactic final fight a man is shoot and killed with some blood.
  • A large shootout between three men with guns rockets and machine guns kill many other men, with heavy blood. A child is found wounded in a pool of blood.
  • An injured child is taken to the hospital, with a brief view of the bloody injury from a distance.

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