Dead Presidents

The majority of the cast are Black and male, with some supporting roles for other ethnicities and women -- although the latter tend to be underused. There is some discussion of politics and race as it relates to the Vietnam War. There is also some discussion of mental health and portrayal of post-traumatic stress, but the social norms of the movie's 1960s and 1970s setting means it is limited. The directors of the film are twin brothers who are the sons of an African American father and an Armenian American mother.

Character pulls a knife and cuts someone's face. Another is beaten bloody with a pool cue. Scuffles. Character thrown through a window, punched, and kicked while on the ground. Characters threatened with guns. Man punches a woman to the floor. Wartime battles with artillery and explosions. Bloody injury and death. Character beheaded with a machete. The head is then carried as a memento. Graphic close-ups of its decomposing state. Another character is disemboweled with their genitals chopped off and placed in their mouth. Character headbutted, blood spray from broken nose. Traumatic nightmares and flashbacks feature bloody injury and death.

Character bears their backside during an argument. Someone is shown in underwear when getting changed. References to having sex. Kissing. Character dances in their nightwear. Sex under covers, partial nudity shown, including topless male nudity. A character propositions some sex workers.

Language used includes "f--k," "motherf---ing," "s--t," "p---y," "c--ksucker," "bastard," "idiot," "damn," "ass," and the "N" word. "Dinks" and "gooks" also used as racial slurs.

Characters drink alcohol and smoke cigarettes socially. They also smoke marijuana at a party. Someone vomits from drinking too much. Deliberate and accidental heroin overdoses -- a character is showing injecting the drug. Character offered speed recreationally. Another is criticized for drinking too much. References to drink and drugs in songs in the soundtrack.