Pusher 2 (2004)

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Synopsis

Dir: Nicolas Winding Refn. Danish-language Crime/Drama. After being released from prison, a desperate man (Mads Mikkelsen) struggles to change his life.

Content elements

• Frequent use of the sexual expletive, many in a sexual context; frequent use of scatological slang, cursing, profanity, vulgar expressions, and ethno-cultural, developmental, and sexual slurs
• Infrequent use of sexual language and references - some detail
• Infrequent portrayals of hand-to-hand, weapons, and gun violence - some blood and detail
• Infrequent portrayals and depictions of sexual activity - breast, male genital, and female frontal nudity, detail; infrequent depictions of sexual aids - some detail
• Infrequent breast, buttock, and female frontal nudity in a non-sexual context
• Frequent portrayals of tobacco, alcohol, cannabis, and illegal substance use in a recreational context

Thematic elements

• Shame
• Perspectives on fatherhood
• Toxic masculinity

Classification rationale

Rated R for explicit sexual content and substance use

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