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14A(14A) Coarse Language

Synopsis

Dir: Herman Yau. Cantonese-language Crime/Drama. A retired police detective (Patrick Tam) investigates an explosion on a bus, while the events leading up the explosion also play out, in which two young gay men (Ansonbean, Anson Kong) go through increasingly difficult times.

Content elements

  • Frequent use of the sexual expletive in a non-sexual context; frequent use of sexual slurs; infrequent us of cursing, profanity, scatological slang, and vulgar expressions
  • Infrequent portrayals of corpses and body parts from the after-effects of an explosion - some blood and wound detail; infrequent portrayals of hand-to-hand and weapons violence, some in a domestic context, some in the context of gender-based violence - some blood, little detail; infrequent portrayals of self-harm, some resulting in death - some blood, little detail
  • Infrequent portrayals of sexually suggestive scenes - no nudity
  • Infrequent portrayals of smoking and alcohol use in a recreational context - little detail

Thematic elements

  • Prejudice and condemnation
  • Gender-preference and identity
  • Power and control

Classification rationale

Rated 14A for coarse language and violence

Classification date

May 25, 2026

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