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Certification

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MPAA Rated R for pervasive language, graphic nudity, drug use, sexual content and violence
Certification

Sex & Nudity

  • A man peeks over the wall of a dressing room where two women are dressing (we see one with bare breasts and the other wearing a bra) and he takes a photo of them. We see a photograph a few times of a nude man from the waist down, which shows genitals. We see a line drawing of a man with his penis exposed. We see a line drawing of a pistol and a severed penis.
  • A man peeps over a dressing room and pretends to cough while taking a picture of a naked woman; breasts are shown.
  • During the end, a man's testicles and penis are clearly seen for a duration of time.
  • A man has rapes a woman who's unconscious from alcohol and prescription drugs: we see his bare back and side of his chest, we see that she is wearing a bra, and the man thrusts on top of the woman while moaning and calling her name; the woman is unresponsive and there is vomit on her pillow next to her mouth but she reacts when he stops thrusting briefly, asking him why he stopped, and he continues. Intoxicated people cannot consent.
  • A man and a woman have sex in the back seat of a car: we see them thrusting violently and yelling (she is wearing a bra and he is bare-chested).
  • A man in a shopping mall applies lotion to a woman's bare arm and makes remarks about bubbles caressing her breasts. A woman sits behind a man on a motorcycle and caresses his clothed chest.
  • A man kisses a woman after she vomits. A woman kisses a man.
  • A man holds a gun to another man's head and makes a sexually suggestive remark. A man makes a remark about sexual assault. A woman's vanity license plate spells out SNCUMS. A woman talks about being a born again virgin. A woman tells a man that she used to have sex with all of her son's friends (using crude terms). A woman tells her adult son about the first date she had with his father and that she knew she was going to have sex with him (using crude terms).
  • Some of the movie revolves around a security guard trying to catch a flasher.
  • The flasher's backside can be seen once or twice.
  • A picture of the flasher with his genitals out is shown briefly from a distance.

Violence & Gore

  • At the end, a man punches a man, getting blood on the camera.
  • A man with a nightstick beats several men who try to attack him: he twists a man's arm and breaks it (we a gory shot of an open fracture) and kicks a man in the head (we see blood in a man's mouth and another man spits blood).
  • A man tasers another man in the chest (he falls to the ground and twitches uncontrollably). A man holds a gun to another man's head and makes a sexually suggestive remark. A man hits another man in the head twice with a small table (the man falls to the floor). A man punches a man in the face.
  • Three men shoot guns at a target range and they shoot at a picture of a man, blowing out the eyes, mouth and crotch. We see a line drawing of a pistol and a severed penis.
  • Dennis knocks Ronnie unconscious with a chair. Ronnie is later shown holding an ice pack on his head.
  • Two men attack several young men with punches and kicks: one is struck on the back of the head with a skateboard (the board breaks) and one is sprayed in the eyes with something. A man yells at a man and slams his head into the door of a hot oven repeatedly and then threatens to kill him.
  • A man is shot in the back and falls to the floor (blood spurts on a man and a woman standing nearby, and we see a bloody bullet wound and blood smeared on the floor near him).
  • Police officers with nightsticks surround a man with a flashlight, they charge him, he strikes several with the flashlight knocking them unconscious, several officers grab the man and hold him on the ground while striking and kicking him (he has a bloody face), and another man jumps on them; the first man gets up and runs toward a man who strikes him in the head with a sign and they fight with punches and kicks (they both have bloody faces and heads and we see one man with bruises and cuts).
  • A man in a mall parking lot exposes himself to several women and makes sexually aggressive remarks. A young woman shoplifts in a mall store in a couple of scenes.
  • A man yells at a woman and breaks a glass display case (people around them are frightened). A man yells at a man and is abusive. Two men argue and insult each other using obscene terms in a couple of scenes. A man yells at a woman in several scenes and is abusive (he is her boss).
  • A woman is afraid while walking through a mall parking lot at night. A man shoves people out of the way and off a balance beam on a police obstacle course. A woman who has been drinking alcohol falls out of her chair and onto the floor where she lies sleeping.
  • A woman vomits after drinking too much (we see goo). A man kisses a woman after she vomits. We see vomit on a pillow next to a woman's mouth. A woman talks about soiling herself after drinking too much.
  • Ronnie fights with police and is shown bloodied and bruised. He fights a man using his fists and fights several men off with a baton. Ronnie and a coworker chase and punch teens and break a skateboard over another teen's head.

Profanity

  • Lyrics in a song include talk of a "pussy" made of gold, an erection reference, and the female singer stating she'll show hers if the guy shows his.
  • A song has the phrase "cocksucking blues."
  • 150 uses of "fuck". Many other obscenities throughout including "shit", "dick", "prick", "bitch", "cocksucker", "pussy", "cock", "tits", "faggot", "asshole", "cunt", "whore", and "twat".

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • A woman takes a man's prescription drugs (several at once), another woman takes his prescription drugs, and a man takes prescription drugs in several scenes.
  • A little boy says to Ronnie, "Are you looking for that crack?"
  • Ronnie takes bipolar medicine and accidentally takes too many causing him to be impaired.
  • Ronnie gives his medication to a woman who indiscriminately ingests many pills at once, chews them, and follows with alcohol. In the same scene she takes 4 shots of vodka and finishes another alcoholic drink. She appears in the same scene obviously impaired.
  • Two men snort cocaine, drink alcohol, smoke marijuana and one injects himself with a drug and a boy offers to sell a man crack (the man does not accept).

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • Ronnie has sex with Brandi while she is passed out and drunk. No sensitive parts are shown and it is mild. Although this scene is intended to be funny, it is rather uncomfortable and it has not aged well after the #MeToo movement happened.
  • Ronnie and Dennis beat up a group of teens. Although this scene is played for laughs, it can disturb some viewers.
  • A man shoots a naked man with bloody results
  • Can be emotional at times

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Violence & Gore

  • A naked man is shot in the chest. A bullet wound is shown and we see a massive trail of blood on the ground. As he gets up, he has lots of blood on his body and the man arresting him gets blood on his clothes.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • The scene where the flasher is shot is very bloody
  • Ronnie shoots the flasher in the chest. The flasher lays in a big pool of his own blood, but is still alive. This scene is unexpected and it can startle viewers.

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