Forget Fast and furious Actor Paul Walker is so over the top that it will leave audiences mesmerized here. Director Wayne Kramer(The Cooler) gives us a great film that has extreme violence, extreme language, and an extremely great story. It's about a man who is mixed in with the mob and this is no Godfather mob this is over the top crazy mob, and it's great. If you read this review go out to blockbuster of hollywood video and rent this.
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Running Scared
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Not age appropriate for kids under 17, age appropriate for kids over 17; suggested age 17. -
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Grim tale of revenge and fear. Not for kids.
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About Running Scared
Parents need to know that this movie is absolutely not for kids. It's determinedly violent and disturbing. Characters include gangsters, drug dealers, junkies, an abusive stepfather, a prostitute and pimp, and a couple who kidnap children to film in pornographic situations: all are explicitly indicated, if not shown on screen; one scene has characters in a strip bar, where a dancer appears in a brief full frontal nudity shot. Murders and abuses are committed with a variety of weapons, including guns, knives, and hockey pucks; characters appear in various states of undress; language is excessive (over 300 uses of "f--k").
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Families Can Talk About
- Families can talk about the extreme violence here -- is it necessary? Is it here to make a point, or just to shock? They can also talk about the film's stereotyping of gangsters, bad cops, prostitutes, pimps: Though the movie exaggerates for sensational effect, how might stereotypes reinforce viewer prejudices and narrow-mindedness?
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- I rate this title off for age 12 and give itMy concerns are:
- Excessive violence
- Inappropriate language
Run to see this Over-the-top thriller.
- I rate this title off for age 17 and give it
Crazy movie, lots of insane action, but VERY EXPLICIT
This movie had an awesome story line and perfect actors for it. But like most movies like this there is definitely an age limit. VIOLENCE: TONS of blood, shooting, and fowl language, tons of F words. A man and woman sufficate children in bags after they use them in sex videos.(no sex video is shown or making of one but is implied) Beating of women, especially a prostitute by her pimp. SEX: A man and woman have a "quicky" in the kitchen, nothing sensitive shown but it is rough sex on a washing machine. In a strip club there are 2 FULLY naked women. (breast with nipples and genitals are shown as they dance provocatively on their pole) A prostitutes breast is shown in one scene and shes dressed in a tight revealing outfit for her pimp. Women are shown mainly as sexual objects and not much as human beings, they are not very respected in here.
- I rate this title iffy for age 2 and give it
- I rate this title off for age 17 and give it
cribby
Not for kids at all only teens.
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