Jun 24,2014
The Guvnors is both love letter and hate mail to the alpha male. This storys alpha is Mitch who lives buried in suburban London, having turned his back on his previous life of casual violence and intimidation as part of a legendary South East London firm. In the modern day hes the doyen of respectability and quiet confidence, but Mitch used to be a Guvnor. This film holds a mirror up to Mitch and shows him the monster once again, buried deep in both DNA and psyche, desperate to break out and wreak havoc.
nudity | A boy gets out of bed where two girls are lying down. One is wearing only panties, the other is under covers. As he sits up and gets dressed, one girl's nipples are very briefly visible. |
violence | There is strong violence throughout. Some large-scale brawls include crunchy kicks and punches, but little is seen in terms of blood or injury detail. On a couple of occasions characters have their faces slashed with a stanley knife: Blood is seen to flow but there is no discernible injury detail. The strongest scene shows a gang forcing their way into a flat and beating an elderly man to death. He is first struck with a baseball bat, before receiving a crunchy head butt to the face. Several kicks and stomps are then delivered, below frame, and blood is seen on the victim's face. |
profanity | There are around 80 uses of 'Fuck'. There is also mild language, including uses of 'Arsehole', 'Bitch', 'Bloody', 'Bollocks', 'Pissed', 'Prick', 'Shit', 'Twat' and 'Wankers'. |
alcohol | One scene using weed. |
frightening | Some will find the murder of the old man upsetting and the violence throughout the whole film as such. (Source - BBFC.co.uk) |