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- Sex & Nudity (8)
- Violence & Gore (9)
- Profanity (16)
- Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking (7)
- Frightening & Intense Scenes (5)
- Spoilers (6)
Certification
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Sex & Nudity
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- A man bares his rump to receive a medicinal shot. Only visible from the side.
- We see Claudia's underwear through a nearly transparent nightgown in the introductory scene of the film.
- A main character describes how his "asshole hurts" and his "dick burns", impling that he has had sex with multiple prostitutes.
- Boyle is said to be "old enough to be [Maria's] father", establishing that she was an underage when Boyle got her pregnant.
- When describing yuppie housewives, a character notes they perform 'pussy exercises'.
- We momentarily see the protagonist with his arm around his love interest as they lie naked on a cot. Her torso can be briefly seen from the side. Then we briefly catch a glimpse of her butt and breast as she gets up. Sex is implied.
- A brief scene of the same couple embracing during sex, although the camera is focused on their faces so no body parts are seen.
- A couple instances of sexual dialogue in the first half of the movie.
Violence & Gore
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- A major supporting character is graphically killed; unable to speak properly after being shot in the throat, we see his friend poke a knife into his windpipe to let him get air as he chokes to death on his own blood. The normally callous friend is seen crying and hugging the deceased character.
- We see what appears to be a mass grave full of bodies; Mexican civilians cry as they sort through photos, identifying loved ones lost. Some skeletal remains are seen. It is also implied that there is a rotting stench in the area, as characters hold scarves to their noses and make faces.
- A character and his friend get into a fight with a gang; we see punches thrown, as well as a drunk man attempting to aim a broken beer bottle like a gun.
- A dog is euthanized (off-screen). A main character is upset by this.
- A man is injected with an enormous needle in the buttocks by an elderly woman (this scene is played for comedy; see "Sex & Nudity").
- Boyle and Doc come across the charred body of a man on-screen. The man's screaming, blackened face is seen, resembling a skeleton's. It is revealed that a student was killed by the troops, and that the two protagonists have unwittingly driven into the conflict.
- A soldier says "the fiesta is just beginning!" just before a group of women are gang-raped and killed.
- We see the protagonist's rather bloodied face after a supposed beating. We also see a few shootings.
- Dead bodies are shown in a few scenes, we briefly see a few of them rather bloodied/disfigured.
Profanity
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- 'Shit' is said at least 15 times.
- 'D*mn' is said several times.
- The Lord's name is taken in vain many times, including 'God', 'oh my God', 'goddamn', 'Jesus', 'Christ', and 'Jesus Christ' are said.
- 'H*ll' is said.
- '*sshole' is said several times.
- A diaper that an infant defecated in is also held up and shown.
- '*ss' is said at least twice.
- 'Wh*re' is said at least once.
- 'Sl*t' is said at least once.
- 'D*ck' is said at least twice.
- 'B*tch' and 'son of a b*tch' are said several times.
- 'C*nt' is said at least once.
- 'P*ssy' is said at least three times.
- Many sleazy and crass terms and phrases used primarily in the first half of the movie.
- Extensive profanity in untranslated Spanish.
- 'F*ck' is said 68 times.
Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking
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- The two main characters drink heavily from a liquor bottle and smoke a joint while driving.
- An old lady smokes a cigar.
- People throughout are shown to be alcoholics and drunks.
- A powdered drug in a bag is briefly seen.
- Several drug references. A female television journalist has her drink spiked with LSD. She is then shown In front of a television camera trying to form a sentence. It is obvious she is intoxicated.
- A man asks for painkillers and is given two unknown pills.
- Many instances of drinking and smoking throughout.
Frightening & Intense Scenes
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- At two points in the film, "suicide pills" (cyanide tablets that pop open when bitten) are almost used, once by Boyle and Doc, and another time much later by Boyle, who then spits out the tablet before getting the chance to bite it.
- The rape and killing of several women is very difficult to watch.
- The war battles are very violent and chaotic, with people being shot and killed.
- Several scenes include dead bodies.
- The protagonist's face is rather bloody after a beating. He spits out a tooth with a pained expression.
Spoilers
Sex & Nudity
- Someone says Boyle slept with Maria, then left her to a life of poverty in Mexico to raise the baby after she became pregnant. The dialogue implies that Boyle has left multiple pregnant women behind to raise children out of wedlock.
Violence & Gore
- Women are pulled from a van and gang-raped; breasts are shown briefly.
- Maria's little brother is killed. Boyle and Maria are visibly distraught in separate scenes. The brother is covered in blood and laid out on a concrete slab after appearing to have been tortured to death.
- Four women, including an elderly woman, are dragged from a van, told "the fiesta is just beginning!", then gang-raped brutally. One man drools over a woman as he forcefully thrusts over her, another woman screams as her blouse is torn off. Each woman is shot point-blank afterward. Their purple, bloated bodies are discovered a short time later. A man and child cover the women's faces in palm fronds to preserve some of their dignity.
Frightening & Intense Scenes
- The ending features Maria and her two children being deported back to El Salvador, upsetting Boyle greatly, who tries to tell the guards that she'll be raped and murdered if they send her back. The film fades to black, leaving the story ambiguous, then text reveals that the real-life Maria and her children have since been confirmed to be alive in a refugee camp.
- Archbishop Romero is shot 2-3 times in the chest.
