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18A(18A)

Synopsis

Horror/Thriller. After a cult and their leader (Linus Roache) harms his girlfriend (Andrea Riseborough), a lumberjack (Nicolas Cage) hunts down the people responsible.

Content elements

  • Infrequent use of the sexual expletive and variations in a non-sexual context; infrequent use of scatological slang, cursing, profanity, and vulgar expressions
  • Frequent portrayals of gun, weapons, hand-to-hand violence - much blood, some detail
  • Frequent portrayals of frightening scenes and nightmarish imagery - much blood and detail
  • Infrequent portrayals of sexual activity - no nudity, detail
  • Infrequent male genital nudity in a non-sexual context; infrequent breast and female frontal nudity in an artistic context
  • Infrequent portrayals of illegal substance use and manufacturing - much detail; infrequent portrayals of smoking and alcohol use in a recreational context - little detail

Thematic elements

  • Power and control
  • Cycles of violence
  • Grief and revenge

Classification rationale

Rated 18A for detailed violence and frightening scenes, as well as substance use and some detailed sexual content

Classification date

September 04, 2018

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