Thunder Force

Emily's parents are killed by Miscreants when she's still a little girl; she vows vengeance. She's bullied at school, but Lydia stands up for her, punches out a male classmate. On her way to gaining super strength, adult Lydia undergoes injections, strenuous training, pulled muscles, repeatedly knocks out a male sparring partner. TV newscasts reference violence. Lydia and Emily are shot at and take down robbers at a gas station. Emily uses a high-powered taser to electrocute people. They're chased and fired at by a Miscreant named Laser, who has a thirst for blood and enjoys killing people. The King squeezes people to death, has a violent brawl with Lydia. A restaurant is bombed. Another ticking bomb is set to explode during a gala event. Lydia throws objects, gets beaten up. She jumps out of a skyscraper window, and her fate is uncertain.

A school-age girl tells a male classmate that he'll have trouble "getting a lady" with his bad jokes. Lydia and The Crab do a sexy dance, have a romantic dinner, kiss, start undressing each other near a bed. Lydia says an attractive car makes her "ovulate."

Language includes "s--t," "dips--t," "bulls--t," "damn," "ass," "a--hole," "kick-ass," "bitch," "damn," "suck," "hell," "balls," "morons," "loser," "psycho," "idiot," "dork," "nerd," "pee," "diarrhea," "butt," "tatas," and "wack job," plus exclamatory use of "God" and "Jesus." A character mouths "What the f" and another stops at "mother--."

Lydia drinks a lot of beer -- on work breaks, at bars, alone at home, even pouring some into her cereal for dinner. Other adults drink alcohol at dinners and events.

Parents need to know that Thunder Force is about childhood friends Lydia and Emily, who reunite as superpowered adults (Melissa McCarthy and Octavia Spencer) to fight off villains. It boasts positive, diverse superhero representations but also has quite a bit of action violence and salty language. Lydia and Emily demonstrate cunning, courage, and teamwork, and Emily and her daughter are brilliant Black scientists whose inventions will save Chicago. The women get involved in brawls and knock-down fights, many of which include violence in the form of explosions, falls, tasers, and gun shots. People get squeezed to death and electrocuted and fall out of skyscrapers. One of the villains, Laser (Pom Klementieff), could frighten some viewers with her intensity and professed love of killing, and another's eyes turn a menacing red when he gets angry. Lydia flirts with a villain known as The Crab (Jason Bateman), imagines dancing with him, goes out for a romantic date, and goes home with him, where they start undressing each other. Language includes several variations on "s--t" and "ass," as well as "bitch," "damn," "suck," "hell," anatomical terms like "balls," "butt," and "tatas," and taunts like "morons," "loser," "psycho," "idiot," "dork," "wack job," and "nerd." A character mouths "What the f," and another stops at "mother--." Ultimately, the movie offers the message that superheroes can come in all shapes, sizes, educational levels, and genders -- and that honesty and integrity win out over lying, cheating, and scaring or hurting people.

To stay in the loop on more movies like this, you can sign up for weekly Family Movie Night emails.