Parents Guide for
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998) More at IMDbPro »

Explicit sexual dialogue about Gonzo drugging and having sex with a young girl. (neither is shown just talked about)

Gonzo asks a woman indirectly if she is a prostitute and she spits at him

several other sexual jokes and dialogue

The naked head of the Duke is exposed in several scenes

a nude photograph is shown. (a woman is topless in it)

No actual violence, but some characters do make threats of violence which in the context of the film may or may not be halucinations.

Gonzo is tripping on acid in his bathtub, and wants Hunter/Raoul to throw a cassette player in the tub, electrocuting him to death (it doesnt happen)

Gonzo points a gun at Hunter/Raoul and he grabs a flyswatter and says "dont f--- with me" and flings the flyswatter at him

Later in the movie, Gonzo points a knife at him, he grabs a flyswatter, and he says the exact same line.

several references to guns, violence, and murder while Hunter and Gonzo are stoned/tripping/high/drunk

Hunter imagines some people to be bloodied and bruised, also in another scene he imagines them to be fierce evil dragon creatures (they are fine, he is just high)

nearly constant R-Rated profanities, inlcuding sexist and racist jokes and remarks.

Illegal drugs is a main theme of this movie, as the 2 main characters are almost always on some drug during the movie. They try many illegal drugs and the film shows each drug having a different effect on them.

The characters appear to be disoriented throughout the entire movie and suffer the effects of each drug including prologned sequences of fear, anger and spend most of the time in a hallucinary state.

the beginning of the movie Hunter/Raoul opens a breifcase filled to the brim with many different drugs..... and he explains each and every one of them and they are all shown on camera

Hunter Thompson/Raoul Duke is always shown with a cigarette hanging from his mouth whether or not he is smoking it

several scenes in a bar, and several characters drink throughout the movie.

Hunter and Gonzo are shown drunk 2 or 3 different times in the movie

The entire movie depicts two characters who are stoned, high, drunk and ripped out of their minds and shows the deteriorating effects such drug abuse could have on a person's reality. The story is taken from their point of view so some people could find this disturbing & intense as the movie is intended to be a "trip" for the audience.

Several intense scenes including Hunter/Raoul imagining people as man eating lizards and trapeze artists giving birth,

his lawyer threatens to kill him twice while under the influence of acid and cocaine (this is meant to be funny)

a scene where Gonzo is in the bathtub high on several drugs and tells Hunter to throw a cassette player in the tub to electrocute him to death (he doesnt)