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Escape from New York
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Sex & Nudity

Rated R for strong bloody violence, language and brief drug material.

None.

Violence & Gore

Multiple acts of assault, gun violence, criminal threatening and torture.

Multiple explosions and a bombing.

Three fights, one of which is to the death.

Two stabbings.

One act of crossbow violence.

A helicopter blows up a raft.

A cut off finger is shown to another person, mildly graphic.

A decapitated head is shown on a post.

A large street gang violently attacks a vehicle.

A woman is run over by a car, quite graphic, with blood.

Most of the violence in this film is not graphic.

Profanity

3 F-words, and milder profanity.

Multiple instances of cigarette smoking.

Some scenes that might make you jump, but nothing too disturbing.

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Certification:
Canada:AA (Ontario) / Canada:R (Manitoba) (director's cut) / Canada:R (Nova Scotia) / Canada:13+ (Quebec) / Canada:PA (Manitoba) / Iceland:16 / UK:15 (video rating) / UK:AA (original rating) / Germany:16 / Brazil:14 / Finland:K-15 (DVD rating) / Netherlands:16 / New Zealand:R16 / Australia:M / Norway:15 / Norway:16 (original rating) / Sweden:15 / USA:R / West Germany:16 (w) / Singapore:PG

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