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(1981)

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Sex & Nudity

Violence & Gore

  • Several people are shot to death in a room with a shotgun, blood is shown splattering from every wound. Pretty bloody but brief and not graphic.
  • The film has mild to moderate violence up until one extremely horrific scene during the climax and a brief but gory scene in the beginning. Aside from that, the violence is surprisingly tame.
  • A man's head suddenly and shockingly explodes, blood and gore is shown splattering from the graphic scene but the camera quickly cuts away; very brief.
  • A man turns a gun on his partners and shoots them both in the chest, no blood is shown for one and mild blood for the second. He is then implied to commit suicide with the gun but this isn't seen, although the shot is heard.
  • A man is shot in the leg with a shotgun before being shot in the back, some blood is shown splattering from the wound in his back. Not graphic but slightly bloody, although brief.
  • A man sitting in a van is shot by a shooter with a shotgun, causing blood to splatter before the driver is killed as well. Blood sprays onto the walls and windshield of the van but no gore is seen.

Profanity

  • Three uses of "hell", two uses of "damn" and one use of "shit".

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • Some casual alcohol use.
  • Smoking.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • A house is raided and some people are shot.
  • Two men fight each other by scanning.
  • A man is seen in a video with a hole in his forehead, he states that he drilled into it. As the video is black-and-white, no gore is seen.
  • [Deleted, as this is redundant and not specific]

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Violence & Gore

  • A man is flung backwards during an explosion and is stated to have been killed, his dead body is shown without any detail.
  • Cameron hits Darryl with a stone object in the head. Darryl retaliates by fighting telepathically, and their veins start to engorge and bleed, their skin begins to melt, their eyes explode or turn white, slowly and graphically. Cameron's charred corpse is seen later.
  • A man aims a gun at the back of a character's head and a gunshot is heard, implying the character was killed. No body is seen.
  • Two characters are fighting telepathically, and their veins start to engorge and bleed, their skin begins to melt, their eyes explode or turn white, slowly and graphically. Lots of blood and gore is shown.

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