Erik the Viking

The movie has many brawls, with some bloody results, including people being stabbed with swords and killed with axes. People are shown being tortured and slaves are whipped. Characters of different sexes punch each other. A character is pinned to a wall by their hair as a drunken axe throwing target. Settlements are burned and pillaged, with panic and screaming; kids gagged and condemned to death. Grotesque decaying corpse on display. "Joke" about "harakiri" (Japanese ritual suicide). A dragon burns someone alive. Gods fire lightning bolts at people. An attempted rape at sword point is played for laughs; the victim mocks the attacker then acts offended when they don't carry out the rape.

Character's nipples visible through dress. Two characters discuss whether they’ve slept with other people while in bed together -- one of them has no shirt on. Naked character holds cloth over their genitals. Some kissing.

Infrequent language includes "bastard," "hell," "shut up," "idiot," and "moron." Character puts up middle finger to enemies. The term “midget” is also used. A joke involving a Japanese character comes across as racist.

Drunk Vikings throw axes around a bar, kill someone, and terrorize others.

Parents need to know that Erik the Viking is a 1989 British fantasy comedy, directed by Monty Python's Terry Jones, which now feels outdated and in poor taste with jokes about rape and race. In the first scene, misfit Viking, Erik (Tim Robbins), attempts to rape a woman during a pillaging but doesn't manage it and is mocked by her because of it. He then kills two fellow Vikings who attempt to rape her. The violence is frequent and often bloody, with deaths by swords and axes. A "joke" featuring a Japanese slave driver whipping white slaves is supposedly an attempt to mock the idea of stereotypes. But is executed badly so just ends up being racist against Japanese culture. Language is mild and infrequent -- with "bastard" about as bad as it gets -- but the derogatory term "midget" is used. A man and woman are seen in bed together -- after implied sex -- and discuss their sexual history. Despite being loosely based on Jones' 1983 kids book, The Saga of Erik the Viking, the movie's mature themes and bloody violence makes this only suitable for late teens and above.

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