The Golden Child (PG-13, 1986)
common sense media says
Murphy gets mystical in '80s adventure comedy.
parents & educators say
What parents need to know
Parents need to know that this movie has satanic imagery, mystical theories about the world, and some violence, including martial arts-style fighting with weapons and deaths, and attempted violence against a child. There's also plenty of sexual innuendo between two of the main characters who eventually sleep together, but nothing is shown.
Violence:
Martial arts-style fighting with weapons and injuries; a demon wants to kill a child; a girl is murdered and we see police taking pictures of her body, but her body isn't shown. The bad guys try to feed a child oatmeal with blood in it. Monks are killed trying to protect a child from demons, and a woman is shot in the back with an arrow.
Sex:
Lots of innuendo with romance between two of the main characters. A woman appears in a man's dreams wearing a sexy outfit and tied up with toilet paper. A couple gets dressed in the morning making it clear that they spent the night together. A woman is described as being raped by a dragon.
Language:
Quite a bit of swearing. No f-bombs, but just about everything else, at least once.
Consumerism:
Quarker Oats and Pepsi.
Drinking, drugs, & smoking:
Alcohol and tobacco use by adults.
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