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14A(14A) Violence

Synopsis

Dir: Bi Gan. Mandarin-language Science-Fiction/Drama. In a future where people have stopped dreaming in order to prolong their lives, a man (Jackson Yee) chooses to shorten his life by dreaming.

Content elements

  • One use of the sexual expletive in a non-sexual content; infrequent use of scatological slang and cursing
  • Infrequent use of sexual language and references - little detail
  • Infrequent portrayals of gun, weapons, and hand-to-hand violence, some in a context of torture - some blood and wound detail; infrequent portrayals of corspes
  • Infrequent portrayals of self-harm - little blood or detail
  • Frequent portrayals of nightmarish imaginary
  • Frequent portrayals of tobacco use in a recreational context; infrequent portrayals of alcohol use in a recreational context; infrequent references to illegal substance use
  • Infrequent portrayals of crude bodily functions - little detail

Thematic elements

  • Dreams and imagination
  • Mortality
  • Time and memory

Classification rationale

Rated 14A for violence, substance use, nightmarish imagery, and coarse language

Classification date

December 15, 2025

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