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Parents Guide for
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Sex & Nudity

Some brief full-frontal female nudity, seen in a picture near the beginning of the movie. A man shoots at the picture; Bullet holes hit both nipples and the crotch area. Someone then spritzes seltzer water into the crotch of the female singer.

A crewman has his buttocks showing during an alarm and several crewmen have their buttocks showing during a crabs inspection.

Violence & Gore

Some mild-moderate violence. (Not in order)

-A submarine is frequently bombed, with explosions seen and damage from the interior.

- A merchant ship is attacked. People are seen burning and falling off the side of the boat, screaming for help.

-A crewman is nearly swept overboard. When he's brought into the sub, he has an open wound.

- A man prepares to shoot a person who has gone insane, nothing happens.

- A man is shot by a plane, is later seen covered in blood while screaming from the pain.

- A lot of characters are shot and killed, blood seen.

- Some dead bodies seen, with bloody bullet wounds.

- Blood comes out of the mouth of an injured man, he then falls to the floor.

Profanity

A brief use of "fuck". Some mild language.

Some characters are seen drinking and smoking in a few scenes.

- All scenes where the submarine is bombed are very intense.

- Some distressing scenes towards the end of the film.

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MPAA:
Rated R for some war violence and brief language. (director's cut)
Certification:
Iceland:12 / Canada:14A (Ontario) / South Korea:15 / Brazil:14 / Argentina:13 / Australia:M / Chile:14 / Finland:K-16 / France:U / Ireland:15 / Netherlands:12 / Netherlands:16 (director's cut) / Norway:15 (director's cut) / Norway:16 / Portugal:M/12 (original rating) / Portugal:M/16 (director's cut) / Singapore:PG / Spain:13 / Sweden:15 / UK:12 (dubbed directors cut) / UK:15 (subtitled directors cut) / USA:R / USA:Unrated (original uncut version) / West Germany:12 (w)

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