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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

Rated R for strong graphic bloody violence, pervasive language, drug use and some sexual content.

Women are seen topless in a co-ed locker room and a night club. Men are seen nude (rear view only) in the police co-ed locker room scene.

Another woman is almost sexually assaulted until the hero comes to her rescue.

Characters also watch a Benny Hill-like television show ("I'd buy that for a dollar!") which features risque behavior.

A man and two women snort cocaine and make out; he snorts the drug from one woman's cleavage. (Taken from Netflix)

Violence & Gore

Lots of fatal gunplay.

Men are shot and blood is seen bursting from their wounds violently.

Someone is riddled with machine gun fire repeatedly until he dies; with extremely gory results.

A criminal is shot in the crotch area; we see the blood soaked wound on his jeans.

A disgruntled employee holds a handful of people hostage and threatens to kill them several times.

A man falls from a building to his death.

A criminal is punched through a fridge window at a convenience store.

A man is repeatedly thrown through glass until his face is bloodied and scarred.

Keep in mind that the uncut version was originally rated X and that was not without reason, these are some of the most graphic scenes:

A man gets his arm blown off and then he gets exectued by lots of shotgun blasts before someone caps him right between the eyes.

A man's skin melts after crashing his truck into a tank of acid and then is violently hit with a speeding car; with explosively gruesome results.

A man is stabbed in the neck; we see blood spurt from his wound until he dies.

Profanity

At least 20 F words and some strong profanities.

Character is seen drinking from a glass of wine, others seen smoking cigarettes and snorting cocaine. A shootout occurs at a cocaine processing facility.

Frankly, the entire movie pretty much qualifies. Murphy's death can be very difficult to watch, even for adults. On top of this are amny other very violent scenes, including the aforementioned man who fell in a vat of acid and is shown as a graphically shambling monstrosity before being run over by a car. There is no other way to say it -- this film is decidedly NOT for kids.

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Certification:
Canada:18 (Nova Scotia) (re-rating) (2004) / Canada:R (Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Ontario) (original rating) / West Germany:18 (cut) (video premiere) / Germany:18 (re-release) (JK/SPIO) (uncut) / Australia:R / Italy:T / Finland:K-16 (heavily cut) (video rating) (1989) / Finland:(Banned) (1987) / Germany:16 (cut version) / Canada:14A (Manitoba) (re-rating) (2004) / Canada:18A (Ontario) (re-rating) (2004) / USA:R (certificate #28646) (edited for re-rating) / USA:X (original rating) / Finland:K-18 (cut) (1988) / Spain:13 (DVD rating) / Portugal:M/16 / Finland:K-18 (uncut) (also director's cut) (2002) / South Korea:15 / Brazil:14 / Malaysia:18SG / Hungary:16 / Italy:VM14 (DVD rating) / India:A / Finland:(Banned) (cut) (video rating) (1987) / UK:18 / Argentina:16 / Australia:M (theatrical rating) / Canada:13+ (Quebec) / Chile:18 / France:-12 / Hong Kong:III / Iceland:(Banned) / Iceland:16 (cut) / Ireland:18 (director's cut) / Japan:R-15 / Netherlands:16 / New Zealand:M (TV rating) / New Zealand:R18 (theatrical rating) (director's cut) / Norway:18 / Spain:18 / Sweden:15 / USA:Unrated (director's cut) / Singapore:M18 (director's cut) (uncut version) / Germany:BPjM Restricted

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