The Devil's Advocate

Lots of blood and some gore. Some of the violence, including mention of rape, is deliberately not clear as to whether it's real or imagined. Two suicides graphically depicted: One shows stabbing and slitting the throat with blood; the other shows a gunshot to the head with slow-motion falling and close-ups of blood and gore. Very bloody photographs of murder victims shown in investigation context. A toddler holds up a gory, bloody internal organ, possibly in a dream or vision. A beating with a stick is shown with the dead victim's bloody face afterward. A full- frontal nude woman's body with many bloody cuts is shown. Realistic police-operation footage shows a raid on a ritual animal slaughtering with brief, quick-cut images of throat slitting and bleeding. A cow's tongue on butcher paper is manipulated in a ritual. Faces of minor characters briefly morph into grotesque monsters. A gun is shown and used a couple of times. A court case shows a teen testifying about being molested by a teacher. A pedestrian is run over by a car, thrown violently, and the bloody face and body are shown. A scared woman brandishes a knife in the darkness.

Full-frontal nudity of women twice; one is sexual, and the other shows bloody injuries. Several instances of simulated sex, including oral sex, with women's breasts shown and, once, a man's buttocks. A topless woman puts another woman's hand on one of her breasts. Lots of kissing, caressing, and suggestive behavior. A man caresses the underside of a desk with his other hand down his pants. A man encourages incest between half-siblings. Suggestive caressing over clothing. A husband and wife dance suggestively, including biting buttocks over clothing. Clingy, revealing clothing. Characters frequently talk about sex in dehumanizing terms. Subtitles mention infidelity and a vulgar phrase for anal sex. In a restaurant a woman moves off her chair and under the table.

Frequent, no-holds-barred, strong profanity with many variations. "F--k," "s--t," "goddamn," "bitch," "hell," "Jesus Christ" as exclamation, "pigf--king," "boning," "fistf--k," and "d--k" (body part).

Adults drink frequently, most often at social occasions but also alone to cope with anger and during the day out of boredom. Several scenes in bars, one showing many shots being poured and consumed with drunken behavior. Rare consequences shown involve emotional outbursts rather than hangovers or remorse. Cocaine addiction mentioned. Smoking crack mentioned in subtitles. Many background and minor characters smoke. Kevin smokes once while talking about how he hasn't started smoking again.

Parents need to know that The Devil's Advocate has graphic violence and sex; frequent profanity that dehumanizes, especially sexually; and themes including child molestation, murder, incest, and the depths you'll descend to when you give in to temptation. It's not for kids. The violence is graphic, gory, and bloody and tied to sex in a court case involving child molestation. There also are discussions about consenting to sex but then wanting it to stop, and a fully naked woman is shown from the front with bloody cuts all over her body. Another instance of full-frontal female nudity is sexual; several scenes of simulated sex show topless women; and nude male buttocks are shown. There is drinking, smoking, and drugs. Ultimately there's a moral in there about the evils of giving in to temptation, but a plot twist weakens the message. Viewers may be left with conflicting feelings of titillation and revulsion, so they should be old enough to handle those effectively.

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