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Parents Guide for
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Since the beliefs that parents want to instill in their children can vary greatly, we ask that instead of adding your personal opinions about what is right or wrong in a film, that you instead use this feature to help parents make informed viewing decisions by describing the facts of relevant scenes in the title for each one of the different categories: Sex and Nudity, Violence and Gore, Profanity, Alcohol/Drugs/Smoking, and Frightening/Intense Scenes.
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Sex & Nudity

A man is sewed into a "sleeping bag" so he cannot get out of bed and interact with the girl who's house he's staying at. A man and a woman kiss passionately about 3 times.

Violence & Gore

Battle violence is bloody with a decapitation and some dismemberments. A young boy, about 12 years old, is shot by some soldiers; also there are different scenes where bodies of other killed children are briefly shown. Main character brutally kills a man with a hatchet, then continues in his rage to hack at the body repeatedly. The body is not seen, but blood spurts and the main character becomes soaked in it. One extremely violent scene where a man is shot in the head with a canon, his decapitated body is seen and blood squirts from it.

Profanity

Damn is said a few times.

None

People are burned to death in a church, but not much is seen, also there are scenes where young children are killed by gunshots or their corpses are briefly shown.

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Rated R for strong war violence.


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