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14A(14A) Substance Abuse, Coarse Language

Synopsis

Drama. In 1980s Detroit, a teenager (Richie Merritt) infiltrates the local drug trade in order to gather information for the FBI (Jennifer Jason Leigh, Rory Cochrane).

Content elements

  • Frequent use of the sexual expletive, some in an aggressive or sexual context; frequent use of scatological slang, cursing, profanity, and vulgar expressions
  • Infrequent portrayals of gun, weapons, and hand-to-hand violence – some blood and detail
  • Infrequent, detailed portrayals of illegal substance use and trafficking; infrequent portrayals of tobacco and alcohol use in a recreational context

Thematic elements

  • Action and consequence
  • Corruption and ambition
  • Family bonds

Classification rationale

Rated 14A for frequent coarse language and detailed substance use and trafficking

Classification date

July 31, 2018

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