Parents need to know that this film is violent. The opening scenes show a sense police raid, involving much shooting and death. The closing scenes are of greater violence, big explosions and more death. In between there is intermittent violence and death. Despite this, the film isn't unusually violent for this kind of movie, and the deaths aren't gory. Some younger children might be upset by the sense police's arrest and abduction of Preston's wife in front of her young family.
My emotion is... Wait... What IS my emotion? Curse those pills...
This movie was pretty decent given the plot. I... AH! Whew, almost stepped into one of the infamous plot holes! Believe me, this film has several. Still, this movie is very violent. I would say any kid who is ok with that should be able to view.
There is a lot of violence. That very true. At one point, the main character beats SWAT team members to death with the back of his gun. Also, in one scene they do not show it, but you hear dogs yelping and gunshots. There is a lot more violence than that, too. And many disturbing scenes. I think it is appropriate for some kids my age, but not most of them.
The movie can be very unsettling and disturbing at some points. Especially the scenes where they shoot the dogs and the main character is forced to watch (the shootings are off-screen). Most of the characters have got no feelings, and the main character is forced to pretend that he also has got no feelings.
The movie is not bloody and does not have any gruesome details (even when a character's face is sliced off, you see it from the very side, so you don't see any detail), but can be quite emotional and disturbing at some parts. Not recommended for teenagers under the age of 16.
The movie itself is not a masterpiece.
I had no clue what this was about, I just rented it, and it was very good!
The only reason I said off for violence is because there are many close-combat hand fights where people get smashed in the head and chest with fists, guns, and katanas. Other than that there were maybe 5 swear words in the whole movie, everything else was clean. Very good, similar to The Matrix.