To Live And Die in L.A. (1985)

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Synopsis

Dir: William Friedkin. Action/Crime. When his partner is killed in the line of duty, a Secret Service agent (William Petersen) goes to extreme measures to capture the counterfeiter (Willem Dafoe) responsible.

Content elements

• Frequent use of the sexual expletive and variations, once in a sexual context; frequent use of scatological slang, profanity, and vulgar expressions
• Frequent portrayals of gun, weapons, and hand-to-hand violence - some blood and gruesome detail
• Frequent breast and buttock nudity in a non-sexual context
• Frequent portrayals of sexual activity - breast, buttock, and male genital nudity
• Frequent portrayals of alcohol and tobacco use in a recreational context

Thematic elements

• Partnerships
• Power and corruption
• Crime and revenge

Classification rationale

Rated 14A for sexual content, nudity, violence, and coarse language

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