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(II) (2014)

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Certification

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MPAA Rated R for pervasive language, crude and sexual humor, nudity, some drug use and bloody violence
Certification

Sex & Nudity

  • A man's privates is very briefly shown as the camera cuts from the bottom to top during a body search. This is very easy to miss and if you manage to capture it, it is quite blurry.
  • A scene where a main character is recalling events from the night before, saying he doesn't know who he had sex with the night before. Lasts about ten seconds
  • A man and woman kiss but are interrupted. No sex or nudity
  • Early in the movie there is a reference to gay porn
  • There is a sex scene, near the end of the movie , although brief
  • A woman is briefly in the background shown topless.
  • In a weapons room, Aaron and Sook are seen comedically making out as we see Sook in a bra and Aaron in his underwear but the scene cuts there. We don't see any sex
  • Before the interview the North Korean leader takes off his robe and is seen nude from behind.

Violence & Gore

  • Bloody but comic violence
  • A man is poisoned and is later shown vomiting and seizing. During a convulsion he shoots another soldier on his head, gore splatters onto lots of people. Played for laughs
  • A tiger is killed by falling projectile. This isn't very graphic, but some blood is shown.
  • Two men have a bloody, but comical fistfight in a control room, in which they each bite of several of the others fingers, and punch and kick each other. Kinda graphic.
  • A man is shot in the head with blood spray.
  • Several soldiers are run over by a tank. Blood and gore are shown This is quite fast paced and not really anything is seen.
  • A soilder is shot on his butt.

Profanity

  • Multiple uses of "bitch", "shit", "tits", and "dick" 3 uses of c**t
  • 83 uses of the word fuck, sometimes paired with mother
  • A use of "cocksucker".
  • 3 obscene hand gestures.
  • Humorous sexual references throughout.

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • The two main characters take ecstasy pills. This is followed by a montage of chaotic events of a party scene, including one of them vomiting in a toilet.
  • Several people are seen smoking.
  • People drink while partying in separate scenes.
  • A character smokes a cigar is several scenes.
  • Some drug use
  • Two characters are seen lighting up joints in a montage.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • The many onscreen deaths can be frightening.
  • The main characters are in danger for most of the film which may be intense for some.
  • A man is threatened by a tiger and eventually the tiger is killed by a falling projectile, which may disturb more sensitive viewers.

Spoilers

The Parents Guide items below may give away important plot points.

Sex & Nudity

  • Bar scene: women both in bras and topless women partying with two characters.

Violence & Gore

  • The ending has a prolonged shootout sequence, in which many people are violently killed.
  • A man is killed when a rocket is fired at his helicopter and it explodes in slow motion. The man's clothes can be seen flaking away into ash along with his face and hair. Eventually his head is engulfed in flames and explodes.

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