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(2011)

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Certification

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MPAA Rated R for strong brutal violence including a sexual attack, menace, some sexual content, and pervasive language
Certification

Sex & Nudity

  • A girl implied to give a man oral.
  • A woman is raped twice by two separate men one right after the other. The second one is considerably more violent. Flashbacks of the event are also shown at different times in the film. There is some very brief breast and buttocks female nudity, though it is flashed so fast you barely even notice it.
  • A woman is seen jogging. Her nipples are visible through her shirt. She removes her shirt, flashing several men. (No actual nudity is seen)
  • A man takes chess pieces and places them up his wife's nightgown and she guesses which piece it is. No nudity
  • A man and woman briefly discuss having sex

Violence & Gore

  • There's a car crash. The driver acts relatively fine, but he's bloody and his arm is broken. There is a prolonged shot of the bone sticking out.
  • A man is shot in the back with a shotgun. Blood splatters on the screen.
  • A man is shot in the foot and then shot several times in the chest.
  • A man nails another man's hands to a wall with a nail gun. Later we see the second man with his throat cut on a broken window.
  • A man is shot in the chest with a shotgun.
  • A man is splashed with boiling water
  • A man is beaten severely.
  • A teenage girl is (accidentally) killed; a man, to keep her quiet, puts his hand over her mouth and ends up smothering her.
  • A woman is raped by two men. One is more violent than the other. The more violent one is mostly just heard and not actually seen.
  • A dead cat is shown hung in a closet by its neck.
  • A man gets a bear trap shut on his neck. It's shown for a long time with blood coming from his mouth.
  • Two deer are shot (with minimal blood)

Profanity

  • 16 uses of "goddamn."
  • 83 uses of "fuck", several uses of "shit" and "pussy". mainly used by the bad guys and James woods the coach

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • Several scenes take place in a bar.
  • Several characters are seen drinking, some to excess.
  • Men are seen drunk multiple times, in most cases, it gets violent.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • The last fifteen minutes are quite intense
  • The rape scene may disturb some viewers
  • A man (accidentally) smothers a teenage girl
  • A couple's dead cat is seen hung in a closet

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