| nudity |
(4/10)
In a brief scene (About 2 seconds), a man and a woman on a table appear to be having sex: they hold each other and her bare back and his bare shoulders are visible while people stand around them and watch (it appears to be a ritual of some sort).
We see a dead body on the floor in several scenes and although he is fully nude, a bright light shines on his genitals in such a way that nothing is discernable.
We see a fully nude man in several scenes and his bare buttocks, legs, feet, back, chest and abdomen to the hip are visible. This is not sexual, but for religious purposes.
Prostitutes lean into car windows presumably propositioning the occupants and we see the women wearing revealing outfits that show legs to the thigh, cleavage and abdomens. This is very brief and not very noticable.
There are many scenes that show Renaissance paintings depicting naked people (both male and female), revealing bare breasts, buttocks and bare chests, as well as a few instances of depictions of nude cherubs that reveal bare buttocks and male genitals. This is not sexual in any way.
There are a few discussions of the meaning of symbols and their representations of the male sex organ and female womb. |
| violence |
(7/10)
A man practices corporal mortification in a few scenes that includes: tightening a cilice (a barbed metal strap) around one of his thighs; we see him remove it from one leg and see skin being tugged and blood seeping from the wounds, and see him strap it to the other leg and pulling to cause the hooks to dig into his skin and blood pours from the wounds. He is also seen whipping himself on the back with a knotted rope that may incorporate small hooks (the rope tears the skin on his back, we see it pull up and blood seeps from the open wounds).
In several scenes, we are shown the bloody body of a dead man: we see a bloody bullet hole in his abdomen and a pool of blood on the floor next to him, as well as a pentagram made out of blood on his chest.
A man runs into a police officer and the officer falls to the ground. The man then fires a shot into the police officers head (Blood is briefly seen gushing out of his head and it splatters over the floor and wall behind him, and a bullet wound is bruefly seen). He then shoots another police officer in the leg (A bloodmist is seen spraing quicly out on impact). The man is then shot in the shoulder (A wound and some red smoke is bursting out), the man who shot him is shot in the elbow (Leaving a wound), the man then inocently shoots a friend of him in the shoulder (Again, leaving a wound and some red smoke). The man is then getting shot four-five times by police (Only two bullet impacts is seen, and the camera cuts away). However, all of the shooting is extremely brief and the camera is always in "motion".
A man beats his wife and a teenage boy (their son) stabs the man in the back.
A man being beaten by two men has a very bloody face and another man breaks the necks of the two attackers (we hear a crunch). A man punches a man in the nose (we see a lot of blood) and then kicks him repeatedly in the stomach while he is on the floor.
A man hits a woman in the head with a heavy object (we see her fall to the floor dead, with a bloody wound on her head). A man hits a man in the head and stomach with a cane and a woman hits his head against the floor.
A man shoves the door of an armored truck open and hits a man on the outside in the head (we see his bloody head when he falls to the ground).
We see a few sequences of battles where men on horseback ride into villages and battle with swords: we see a man stabbed through the chest and through his bed (we see the bloody sword push through the bottom of the bed), and we see a man tied to a stake and burning (he thrashes and smoke billows around him). We see what look like riot scenes where people fight in streets: a man is dragged by the arms and branded on the face with a hot iron, and another man is speared through the chest and lifted into the air (we see blood on his chest).
A man holds a gun to a man's head, punches another man in the face (he falls to the floor), and shoots at a man and a woman as they run away.
We see a car accident where a car crashes head on into a truck and we hear that a man, a woman and one child were killed. A man drives recklessly into oncoming traffic. A man and a woman speed away in a truck as another man shoots at them.
A man holds a knife to a woman's throat (we see a small cut and a small amount of blood). A woman has a bloody knee after cutting it on stone. A man and a woman are forced to their knees by a man with a gun. A man is bound and gagged with duct tape. A man is shoved into the trunk of a car and the lid is closed. A woman slaps a man in the face twice. A man is grabbed around the throat and shoved into a wall.
A man shoots a gun into an armored truck where a man and a woman are. A man threatens a man and a woman with a gun to their heads. A man runs through a museum and appears frightened, and another man chases him then threatens him with a gun. Two men are surrounded by armed police.
We hear about people being "butchered by the church." We hear about a boy being trapped in a well overnight and having to tread water to stay alive (we see a couple of sequences where the boy struggles to try to climb the wall of the well). A woman tells a man that his god does not forgive murderers but rather burns them. We hear about witch hunts and the Inquisition and we see women being drowned and others in cages being taken to stakes where they would be burned.
A man looks at a photo of a dead body (we see just a flash of the image and can make out blood and grey-tinged flesh). A man cuts himself shaving (we see blood on his face and a trickle in the sink).
A woman gives birth (we see her scream and struggle and see the infant covered with slime and blood). A man is poisoned and we see him gag and gasp and fall to the ground dead.
A woman drives in reverse through crowded streets for an extended period of time, and she drives up onto sidewalks and is nearly squeezed between two trucks. A man drives a truck with three passengers through thick woods, and away from the police that are trying to catch them (a tree branch breaks the windshield).
A man suffers from claustrophobia and we see him sweating and being very anxious in confined spaces. An elderly woman is frightened when shutters on her window blow closed. We see a young girl running away from a man and she appears upset and frightened.
A man driving says, "I could run them over" about being tempted to run down people who try to prevent them from passing. Police speed in cars while chasing people in several scenes.
We see a photo of people wearing robes that look like those worn by the Ku Klux Klan. We see people wearing gilded masks and robes in a few scenes performing what appears to be a ritual. A man breaks up a church floor using a hammer.
A full sequence apart of the Extended Cut only: Silas (Paul Bettany) remembers back to when he was physically and emotionally abused, drove a knife into his father's back, & when he was put into an Arabian prison. This is where the extended cut starts from. Silas, in his prison cell, is shown reading a Bible as the building starts to rumble and break apart (Most likely due to an earthquake), killing some of the inmates and guards (off-screen). Silas walks outside after the chaos, and looks around the demolished courtyard; Castle battlements, and flags are shown. Silvas face is bloody, and briefly a dead woman with blood splattere around her is seen. Experiencing heat exhaustion, Silas collapses onto the ground where he is then shown looking at a tall, dark figure hovering over him; Extended Cut ends here. Silas is shown sleeping in shock on a bed inside a church, and the tall man, Bishop Aringarosa (Alfred Molina) gives him some medicine. The next shot shows Silas waking up to a man yelling in Spanish. He goes downstairs to find Aringarosa beat up and bloodied. Silas breaks the neck of one of the intruders (neck break IS audible), and chokeholds the other one. Silas then walks over to the Bishop, and is called "An Angel" by the Bishop himself. Flashback ends, & Silas enters a church. Intense and Disturbing
There are several quick shots of flashbacks (In the Extended Cut) that pertain to Silas' murders: Killing a nun (Bloody), slitting the throat of one guy (Briefly Gory/Graphic), among other instances... Intense to watch
A painting of a battle scene between men and skeletons is visible in the distance (men are shown slain on the ground and a skeleton holds a sword). People walk through a temple that has large stone heads and faces on the walls, which are scary and one has a small rodent-looking creature nibbling at its ear.
A man yells at several men. |
| profanity |
(5/10)
5 scatological terms, 2 anatomical terms, 4 mild obscenities, 1 derogatory term for the physically challenged, 5 religious exclamations. |
| alcohol |
(4/10)
A man prepares to take a drug using a hypodermic needle, but he does not.
A man makes a reference to an "old cannabis charge."
A man smokes a cigar in a couple of scenes. |
| frightening |
(8/10)
The fact that the movie, litteraly f**ks up what we learned about Jesus and Mary Magdalena (Mary was Jesus' wife, and she is the holy grail. ) might be controversial and blasphemic to Christians, but it's all pure fiction.
Silas appearance in the film can be frightening to younger people.
Seeing French police waiting for them at the American embassy, a woman rapidly drives in reverse through heavy traffic to elude them (barely making it between two trucks, with a side-view mirror being torn off in the process).
Odd-colored scenes throughout showing a very frightening car crash, a beating to the head, lots of blood throughout the film.
A man suffers from claustrophobia and we see him sweating and being very anxious in several scenes.
The ending of the film, especially on the Extended Cut, is Intense, Gripping, and Emotionally Startling, and Heartbreaking...
Possible rating for Blu-Ray Extended Cut: Rated R for Strong Violence and Shootings, Disturbing Content/Images, Sexuality including Nudity, Language, and Thematic Material throughout.
Even though it's rated PG-13, does it include bloody violence (Throat slitting, bloody head-shots, etc.) and disturbing content, and really i would prefer it to teens 14/15+ |
