Once Upon A Time In The Middle East (Huan ying lai Long can guan) (2026)

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Synopsis

Dir: Wen Muye. Mandarin-language War/Drama. A chef (Shen Teng) from China is hired at a restaurant in the Middle East; when war breaks out, he and his colleagues go through various ups and downs.

Content elements

• Infrequent use of the sexual expletive in a non-sexual context; infrequent use of cursing, profanity, scatological slang, and vulgar expressions
• Frequent portrayals of gun, weapons, and hand-to-hand violence in a war context, some involving children - much blood, some gory detail; infrequent portrayals of hand-to-hand violence in a torture context - some detail
• Infrequent buttock nudity in a non-sexual context
• Infrequent portrayals of alcohol and tobacco use in a recreational context - little detail

Thematic elements

• The horrors of war
• Neutrality versus profiteering
• Dedication to a purpose

Classification rationale

Rated 14A for violence

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