King Solomon's Mines (1985)

From the opening scene to the end credits, the movie features nearly nonstop, sustained violence. Though most of it is quite cartoonish and only a handful of instances involve bloodshed, its relentless presence is a defining feature. A man is impaled on a set of spikes, and blood drips from his mouth. Multiple scenes involve punching, kicking, and fighting or people falling from trains, or into traps, or down caves. There are numerous explosions, guns fired, and knives pulled on other people. People are shot at, slapped about, and dragged from trains. Planes crash, and men are thrown into lava, drowned, or buried alive. An alligator eats two people, but only the animal shredding the clothing is shown.

A man holding two people hostage jokes that he can have sex with either the man or the woman. A man and woman kiss a few times briefly, then passionately as the credits roll.

Minor profanity, such as "hell," and insulting or threatening language throughout, such as "fat pig" or threats to torture or "peel off skin inch by inch."

A man smokes a cigar that turns out to be dynamite. A man swigs wine directly from the bottle.

Parents need to know that King Solomon's Mines is one of five remakes of the 1885 novel about exploring as-of-yet-unknown parts of Africa. It clearly spoofs the Indiana Jones franchise that was popular at the time, and as such, it's a nonstop send-up of tribal warfare, colonialism, Nazis, cannibalism, archaeology, and explosions. Though most of the violence leans more toward the cartoonish than the explicit, it's still a relentless gauntlet of guns and knives and occasional bloodshed that's unlikely to appeal to young audiences.

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