• Is it age appropriate?

  About our ratings

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  Not age appropriate for kids under 17, age appropriate for kids over 17; suggested age 17.

• Is it any good?

  3.0

• Common Sense says

  Bloody, hallucinatory horror movie isn't for kids.

Why We Rated This

What to watch out for

• Messages:

  Infected characters are enraged and brutal; victims are mostly unable to fight back; no heroes.
• Violence:

  Lots (cast list includes many "random bodies"). Image on a TV shows exploitation/slasher movie (women tied and tortured by man with hatchet, blood everywhere). First sign of trouble is a bloody man in the street, moaning in pain. Characters afflicted with a virus-like "signal" kill and assault others continually, using a car, a bat, garden shears, a knife, a gun, a shovel, bug spray, a hatchet, a chainsaw, a golf club, and a hammer. Woman slips on pooled blood in a hallway, bloody man is duct-taped to chair, bloody bodies appear strewn in the street, a man appears on fire, a man is decapitated (bloody head rolls on the floor).
• Sex:

  Early scenes show lovers in bed, post-sex; he stands, and you see his naked bottom; she gets up to dress, appearing in bra and panties. Brief kiss near film's end. Occasional disturbing sexual language (e.g., "I'm just gonna grab a slut and pee in her butt," "She can feel my corn," "p---y," "boobs," "boner," "I made out with the dog for New Year's").
• Language:

  Many uses of "f--k," plus other profanity, including "s--t," "hell," "bitch," and "goddamn."
• Consumerism:

  Not an issue.
• Drinking, drugs, & smoking:

  Some drinking at a New Year's gathering. Occasional cigarette smoking.

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