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(1996)

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Sex & Nudity

  • Two men discuss sex with a woman.
  • One female character is a prostitute.
  • A woman is seen in her underwear
  • A stripper is performing in the background of a dimly-lit club scene
  • A female character describes being offered money for sex

Violence & Gore

  • Tonny shows Frank how to make a roundhouse kick but he twists his ankle while trying to do it
  • Frank tells Tonny about a man he beat up one time
  • The cops harass Frank to make him talk (including throwing pieces of candy at him and pouring icy water on him)
  • Radovan gives a shotgun to a junkie tells him to rob a bank. When the junkie refuses he threatens both Radovan and Frank with the shotgun, but Radovan grabs it and kicks the junkie to the ground. The scene culminates when the junkie blows his own head off (we don't see it but do see blood everywhere, including the bloody hand of the deceased)
  • Frank holds a gun to another man's head
  • Radovan punches Frank several times and another man holds a knife to Franks throat
  • Frank coughs up blood
  • Frank knocks down Radovan and are about to shoot him but doesn't
  • We see several men in a van with many handguns

Profanity

  • 'Whore' is said at least three times.
  • 'Shit' is said many times.
  • 'Hell' is said several times.
  • 'Ass' is said.
  • 'Bitch' is said.
  • 'Fuck' is said many times, in English, Danish and Bosnian.
  • Much crude and graphic sex talk
  • A racial slur comparing a black woman to an ape.

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • A few scenes take place in bars where alcohol is being served and consumed.
  • The protagonist is a drug dealer and uses drugs. Most of the characters are drug addicts or dealers and use drugs in the film. This is quite intense.
  • Customers test the heroin Frank brings them by tasting it
  • Frank and Tonny are seen doing lines of cocaine.
  • We see a woman shooting up heroin
  • Frank smokes pot
  • Frank and Tonny smoke and drink in many scenes

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • A scene where Frank beats a man up in a bar.
  • Several instances where people are harassed for money.
  • Many instances of violence.
  • The main 'protagonist' fears for his life.

Spoilers

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Violence & Gore

  • Frank is tortured (electrical shock, punched, kicked) by Milo's men, but he escapes when he gets a gun from one of the men (he shoots that man in the kneecap with bloody results)

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