Apocalypse Now: Final Cut (2019)

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Synopsis

War. During the Vietnam War, an American soldier (Martin Sheen) is ordered to assassinate a rogue colonel (Marlon Brando), and travels with the crew of a patrol boat to reach his destination.

Content elements

• Frequent use of the sexual expletive and variations in a non-sexual context; frequent use of cursing, profanity, and scatological slang; infrequent use of ethno-cultural and sexual slurs
• Pervasive portrayals of gun, weapons, and hand-to-hand violence - some blood and detail; infrequent portrayals of weapons violence involving animals - much blood and detail
• Infrequent breast, buttock, and male genital nudity in a non-sexual context - little detail
• Frequent portrayals of smoking, alcohol, and illegal substance use in a recreational context - some detail

Thematic elements

• The horrors of war
• Madness
• Power and survival

Classification rationale

Rated 14A for violence, coarse language, and disturbing content

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