Here Are the Young Men

Characters break into and vandalize a school, even throwing a chair through a window and destroying a teacher's car. A brief fight in a nightclub sees a punch being thrown and a character spitting at another. A young character is hit by a car, and though the camera cuts away, they are heard screaming and lying on the floor, with blood on the car. It is later revealed that they died. There is sexual violence too, as a character is seen raping someone. Later they take advantage of someone else who is drunk and vulnerable. Character holds a gun to someone's head. An attack on someone experiencing homelessness. Fight between a parent and child. A character pushes another into a fire. A character attempts suicide.

Two characters are seen -- and heard -- having sex, but there is no nudity. Character respects their partner's wishes when they say they don't want to have sex. Penises are depicted in graffiti.

Frequent language throughout. Countless uses of the word "f--k." As well as "dickhead," "pr--k," "s--t," "piss," and "wanker." Violent threats are made too, such as "I'm going to f---ing kill him." Sexually derogatory terms are also used, including "she wants your d--k" and "give it to her."

Drug use is extreme and very frequent among teenage characters. Characters take ecstasy, in a church and outside in public. Both the highs and lows of the characters' experiences are depicted. Characters smoke pot and do lines of cocaine, which they refer to as "the wonder drug." Characters convince a friend to try drugs for the first time. A character experiencing homelessness is given drugs, supposedly laced with poison. Characters play drinking games, resulting in one character throwing up. They drink and also smoke freely, at home, in bars, as well as on public transport, and in front of kids. A teacher is also seen smoking in front of their pupil.

Parents need to know that Here Are the Young Men is a coming-of-age drama that features scenes containing sexual violence, and frequent drug misuse. The central character of Matthew (Dean-Charles Chapman) makes mistakes but knows when his friend Kearney (Finn Cole) has gone too far, and can distinguish between right and wrong. There is anti-social behavior in the film, such as vandalism, spitting, and urinating in public. There are occasional fight sequences, one between a father and his son. Someone experiencing homelessness is attacked, and later another is given drugs supposedly laced with rat poison. In one particularly upsetting scene, a young girl gets hit by a car. Though the impact happens off-camera, she is seen lying on the ground with blood on the vehicle. Later it is revealed she died. There is sexual violence within the movie, when a character is seen raping a girl on a video he recorded. Later the same character takes advantage of a drunk girl and attempts to rape her too. There is one sex scene, but no nudity is shown. The language is strong with frequent use of "f--k," and derogatory, sexist comments are also common. Frequent drug use includes pot, cocaine, and ecstasy. The movie doesn't glorify drug misuse, but it doesn't shy away from displaying the fun the characters have while under their influence. Alcohol is frequent too, and characters smoke freely.

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