Dante's Peak (1997) Poster

(1997)

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Certification

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MPAA Rated PG-13 for disaster related peril and gore
Certification

Sex & Nudity

Violence & Gore

  • A woman in a car is hit over the head by a hot rock.
  • The badly burned bodies of a dead couple are found floating on a superheated hot spring.
  • A van tries to cross the bridge, the driver trying to manage to escape, but he is swept away.
  • Multiple scenes of people running in peril from falling buildings, ash, and the like.
  • A helicopter full of people goes down in an ashfall and explodes on impact.
  • A character's arm gets broken as the bone pierced through his skin with blood coming out.
  • Dead squirrels are shown with long burns on their backs.
  • People in cars are shown futiley trying to get through a river.

Profanity

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • Main hang out is the local bar. Mom and Dr. drink wine together.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • There is a moment after the volcano eruption that shows a little girl holding a kitten on her front porch who is crying. It is very brief and may be upsetting or disturbing to some viewers, especially children and parents or those who have pets. We never see these two again, which also may be upsetting.
  • The volcano eruption itself is very intense and scary.
  • The scene with pyroclastic flow is very intense.
  • Harry and a woman drive through a darkened, panic-filled street with burning rocks falling from the sky.
  • As a guy and girl skinny dip in some hot springs, scary music starts and they scream as burning rocks emerge at their feet.
  • Two bodies are seen floating in some hot springs and their bodies look as if they've been boiled (with welts and many red marks).
  • A technician gets trapped under a rock slide in the volcano.
  • The scenes described above in violence/gore may appear frightening to some viewers. A lot of screaming. Children in peril.

Spoilers

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Violence & Gore

  • A lady jumps out of a boat into a lake of acid to pull it to shore before it sinks. In the process, her legs become badly burned. The bloody blistering legs are briefly shown. She dies hours later.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • The eruption causes massive mudslides and flooding which destroys everything on its path.
  • The death of the lady who got burned in the acid lake may be upsetting to younger viewers.

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