The chief spokesperson and lobbyist Nick Naylor is the Vice-President of the Academy of Tobacco Studies. He is talented in speaking and spins argument to defend the cigarette industry in the most difficult situations. His best friends are Polly Bailey that works in the Moderation Council in alcohol business, and Bobby Jay Bliss of the gun business own advisory group SAFETY. They frequently meet each other in a bar and they self-entitle the Mod Squad a.k.a. Merchants of Death, disputing which industry has killed more people. Nick's greatest enemy is Vermont's Senator Ortolan Finistirre, who defends in the Senate the use a skull and crossed bones in the cigarette packs. Nick's son Joey Naylor lives with his mother, and has the chance to know his father in a business trip. When the ambitious reporter Heather Holloway betrays Nick disclosing confidences he had in bed with her, his life turns upside-down. But Nick is good in what he does for the mortgage.
There is a somewhat lengthy (albeit non-explicit) scene of sexual activity, although we see only the actors backs and an obvious thrusting movement; nothing explicit is shown. A woman climbs on top of a man and expresses sexual interest in him
violence
Guns are shown at shot, although not at people. People are threatened with guns
profanity
Around 30 f-words.
alcohol
the entire movie revolves around smoking and cigarettes. Characters are seen drinking (though not smoking, surprisingly) heavily in the film. Minors smoking and drinking are implied but not shown
frightening
Naylor is briefly threatened with a gun.
He is later kidnapped and covered in nicotine patches and almost dies.
Suggested MPAA Rating: R for sexual content, language and substance use.
