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Certification

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MPAA Rated R for violence and brief language
Certification

Sex & Nudity

  • In the very beginning, a woman is sitting on a kitchen counter, struggling with a man. Attempted groping is implied.
  • Condoms is mentioned once.
  • In an elevator scene, the undersides of Jean's buttocks are almost shown.
  • Some flirting between Grant and Jean towards the end.

Violence & Gore

  • There is a large shootout where 18 people are killed. Blood is seen spurting, and victims have blood on their shirts after being shot.
  • Some terrorist violence during a wedding in a flashback.
  • A squad takes out two men. One is briefly stabbed in the neck with a quick shot of blood spurting out of the neck as his hand covers the wound. And the other is slashed in the neck, but the injury is not shown. Very brief and fast.
  • A suicide bomber enters a restaurant in London. He presses the button and everybody inside is killed.
  • A henchman hits a pilot with the underside of a gun. Some terrorist violence towards passengers on-board a plane. A flight attendant is pushed by a terrorist and is shown dead later.
  • Hassan kills the second in command. Brief close ups of squibs can be seen.

Profanity

  • 7 uses of "God", 10 uses of "Jesus", 5 uses of "goddamn", 4 uses of "Jesus Christ", 18 uses of "hell", 2 uses of "bastard", 1 use of "prick", 4 uses of "ass", 2 uses of "Oh, my God", 9 uses of "shit", 3 uses of "Christ", 3 uses of "bitch", 1 use of "gosh", 1 use of "fuck" and 1 use of "damn".

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • There are six glasses of champagne in one scene, and Mavros sips one of them once.
  • There is alcohol in one scene, but none is consumed.
  • Cappy is treated with morphine.
  • Some alcohol is served in another scene, but none is consumed.
  • Cahill says he needs a big drink, and Lopez smokes a cigarette.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • Overall, not too violent throughout.

Spoilers

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Violence & Gore

  • Hassan kills both pilots of the plane to make it crash in Washington, and to detonate the bomb. Lopez kills Hassan with six gunshots.
  • Cappy breaks his neck (he survives), but Travis sacrifices his life to save the people on board the 747. The pilot ejects himself, and the last soldier on board the Remora plane is probably dead too.
  • Mavros is shot and killed offscreen by Hassan.
  • Grant is shown shooting two times at Demou, but misses. Hassan tries to shoot Grant, but he is shot in the back by an Air Marshall. The Air Marshall is shot two times (he survives). A few more terrorists are killed, including Demou.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • Grant lands the plane. A few explosions are caused along the way, but nobody is killed.

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