Save for one sequence near the end,
all of the violence in the film remains off - screen.
Green Room (Jeremy Saulnier, 2015) This is only Saulnier's third feature, but already he's proving to be one of the more interesting dissectors
of violence in the film world.
«[T] he film isn't about violence, it's about the representation
of violence in films and its reception in the media.»
Jim Carrey, who is playing Colonel Stars and Stripes in the upcoming Kick - Ass 2, spoke out on Twitter saying that he isn't happy about the level
of violence in the film.
Not exact matches
However, Fox News host Tucker Carlson ran an interview on Friday night's broadcast
of «Tucker Carlson Tonight» with documentarian and media personality Ami Horowitz, who presented a clip from a new
film documenting alleged
violence committed by refugees
in Sweden.
After large movie theater chains, like AMC (AMC.N) and Regal Entertainment (RGC.N), refused to screen the comedy following threats
of violence from hackers who opposed the
film, Sony stitched together a limited release
in theaters and a $ 5.99 video - on - demand (VOD) rental and $ 14.99 purchase option on YouTube Movies, Google Play (GOOGL.O), Microsoft Xbox Video (MSFT.O) and a dedicated site starting Dec. 24.
Huffington Post: At United Nations, Organization
Of Islamic Cooperation Calls For Ban On Insulting Prophet Muhammad As anti-American protests continue in Islamic nations against a U.S. - made film that mocks the Muslim prophet, the leader of the world's largest Islamic organization met with United Nations leaders this week to condemn violence over the film and call for a ban on insulting the Prophet Muhamma
Of Islamic Cooperation Calls For Ban On Insulting Prophet Muhammad As anti-American protests continue
in Islamic nations against a U.S. - made
film that mocks the Muslim prophet, the leader
of the world's largest Islamic organization met with United Nations leaders this week to condemn violence over the film and call for a ban on insulting the Prophet Muhamma
of the world's largest Islamic organization met with United Nations leaders this week to condemn
violence over the
film and call for a ban on insulting the Prophet Muhammad.
Ingmar Bergman's
film Scenes from a Marriage tells, like the Lenten season, a serialized story culminating
in violence, dawning
in a quiet denouement
of fragile new life.
The antipornography fight gained its greatest momentum
in 1975 with the appearance
of «snuff»
films in the U.S. Claiming to depict the actual killing and dismembering
of female actors during explicitly sexual scenes, these
films highlighted the link between sex and
violence that frequently characterizes pornography.
This example is among the most benign (see Linda Marchiano's descriptions
of the
filming of Deep Throat for worse) Many porn products are made
in «cottage industry» conditions by small - time operators who do not hesitate to use force,
violence, blackmail and drugs on the «actors.»
He and his coresearcher, Dr. Neil Malamuth, Chair
of the Department
of Communications at UCLA, believe that the increase
in «slasher»
films and R - rated
violence movies
in general («I Was a Teenage Werewolf,» «I Spit on Your Grave,»» Maniac,» «Texas Chainsaw Massacre,» and «The Toolbox Murders») are creating a serious problem
in homes where such
films are now readily available via cable television and home video.
A study done by several universities, The Influence
of Media
Violence on Youth, states, «Research on violent television and films, video games, and music reveals unequivocal evidence that media violence increases the likelihood of aggressive and violent behavior in both immediate and long - term contexts
Violence on Youth, states, «Research on violent television and
films, video games, and music reveals unequivocal evidence that media
violence increases the likelihood of aggressive and violent behavior in both immediate and long - term contexts
violence increases the likelihood
of aggressive and violent behavior
in both immediate and long - term contexts.»
A Scottish comic book writer has hit out at Jim Carrey after the Hollywood star effectively disowned a
film he was starring
in because
of its
violence.
GLAAD takes action against Ticked Off Trannies with Knives: «The
film, its title and its marketing misrepresent the lives
of transgender women and use grotesque, exploitative depictions
of violence against transgender women
in ways that make light
of the horrific brutality they all too often face.»
The researchers state: «What increasingly differentiates the instances
of gun
violence in PG - 13
films from those rated R is not only the higher frequency
in the PG - 13 category but also those
films» erasure
of the consequences (e.g., blood and suffering) and greater likelihood that the
violence will be perpetrated by or on comic book - inspired heroes and antiheroes (e.g., Batman, Avengers, and X-Men).»
The amount
of gun
violence in top - grossing PG - 13 movies, which can be seen by children
of all ages, has continued to exceed the gun
violence in the biggest box - office R - rated
films, a new analysis published
in the journal Pediatrics shows.
Indeed, the researchers say that there is no evidence to suggest that the level
of violence has changed
in children's
films since Snow White
in 1937, when Snow White's stepmother, the evil queen, was struck by lightning, forced off a cliff, and crushed by a boulder while being chased by seven vengeful dwarves.
With so few female driven and directed
films available, Beguiled feels like a breath
of fresh air — albeit one with a general sense
of foreboding and
violence mixed
in.
[Editors note: With the success
of Saturday morning cartoons and
in an attempt to cash
in, the third
of the Robocop
films drastically toned down the
violence and added a young sidekick for Robocop.
The reality
of the
film seems to collapse
in upon itself, keeping the viewer trapped
in a holocaust
of violence and degradation.
This combination
of classic horror action and satire make The Cabin
in the Woods unique and a
film that is sure not to disappoint fans
of campy gore and
violence.
There is also a scene
of an arrow being shot into someone and various other slapstick
violence which is common
in the
film.
The
film, yet another
in the season's onslaught
of vengeance sagas, can't pause to address the desperate political and economic climate that produces (though surely doesn't excuse) such awful
violence.
The
film soundtrack includes a few mild suggestions
of violence in the lyrics
of «Bad to the Bone,» «Game Over,» «I'm the Bad Guy» and «Highway to Hell.»
More than that, despite the surplus
of violence in the pilot
film, it is refreshing to see a television drama about young people
in which the protagonists are doing something besides drugs,
in which their concerns run deeper than clothes and dates... It could get terrific.
The PG - 13 rating keeps much
of the actual
violence off the screen, though Forster may have gone too far
in removing nearly all
of blood and gory moments that many zombie - flick fans relish (that crowd has dubbed the
film, «World War Zzzzz»).
Nevertheless, it bears repeating that there is a difference between the depiction
of violence in other
films concerned with serial murder (such as Natural Born Killers) and a
film like Seven.
By focusing on the specific (and frequently heartbreaking) stories
of the aforementioned parents, former Congresswoman and gun -
violence survivor Gabrielle Giffords, and Moms Demand Action founder Shannon Watts — who was motivated to action by Newtown and unwittingly sparked a grassroots movement on Facebook — the
film lays out the gaping holes
in the system where regulations are needed, and offers hopeful examples
of activism
in the face
of what often feels like an insurmountable problem.
While the first
film in the pair was an eye popping homage to Asian cinema and all things extreme, the outrageous
violence of Kill Bill, Vol.
A pretty uneven
film, lurching from comedy to
violence to sentiment, but it's best when it sticks
in the realm
of flat - out farce.
VIOLENCE / GORE 6 -
In a close - up,
film footage shows a man using a knife to cut a large square
of flesh from a grunting man's abdomen; the first man pulls back the bloody flesh and we see snake - like coils writhing through the victim's abdomen.
In pushing the
film into gonzo - style comedy instead
of melodrama or pure docudrama, Gillespie successfully navigates a very tricky line — this is, after all, a story filled with domestic abuse and
violence, something that shouldn't be played for laughs but is also not the focus
of the story.
The first
of the five «episodes»
in the
film shows a race
of peaceful, veggie - eating apes (the precursor
of man) as they slowly discover weapons and
violence, which causes them to kill and eat meat.
Notwithstanding the fact that Evil Dead 2 is an 18 and this
film is a PG, the answer lies
in the execution (no pun intended)
of said
violence.
That moment is the most shocking
in the
film: the
violence, and then the lifetime
of care needed to contain and control its consequences, are well suggested; the movie soberly keeps Marjorie away from any suggestion
of black comedy.
Many
of the most controversial and exciting
films of the 20th century are westerns, such the Outlaw with Jane Russell
in her memorable
film debut - shelved for years before finally receiving approval - to many
of our Spaghetti Westerns for their portrayal
of explicit
violence.
Along those lines, a slow - motion nightmare
of war
violence that plagues Georges
in his sleep feels out
of place compared to the understated calm that marks the rest
of the
film.
... The
film may offer no verdict about the coach but there's plenty
of another kind
of judgment here, captured vividly
in the recurrent images
of football
violence.
Living
in an age post-Jackass, where people will willingly be
filmed (or
film themselves) causing all manner
of pain and damage to their bodies, complaining about the
violence in Home Alone 2 could come across as quaint.
The lack
of a convoluted motivation felt that much more terrifying, a tactic also used
in 2006's Them and 2016's Hush, maybe because the indiscriminate nature
of the
violence makes us all feel unsafe and maybe because, as many classic horror
films have shown, the less we know, the more terrifying it can all seem.
7 Boxes is both a tense and frightening crime
film as well as a sometimes - dreamy evocation
of life
in the sprawling underclass, its hallucinatory aspects, its chaos and
violence, its fantasies.
The
films overall tone is gritty and dark, highlighting the harsh reality
of the
violence and horror that occurs
in the modern world
of America as well as parts
of Mexico.
Tension and drama unfold along with ample
violence in the politically motivated
films The Bourne Supremacy and The Sum
of All Fears.
In comparison to other films that receive this rating and demonstrate far greater use of profanity, sexual and crude dialogue and often comic violence, this film is much milder and in comparison is a soft PG - 13 or perhaps P
In comparison to other
films that receive this rating and demonstrate far greater use
of profanity, sexual and crude dialogue and often comic
violence, this
film is much milder and
in comparison is a soft PG - 13 or perhaps P
in comparison is a soft PG - 13 or perhaps PG.
The
film deals with very real (and socially relevant) issues
of gun
violence in the United States, but more often than not skirts around its questionable morals
in order to transport Willis back to the 1980s with catchy one - liners as he takes down the next faceless villain.
(While the policemen
in this
film may worship the
violence of American
films, the reality is most often quite different.)
The
film is too standard for its own good, and there are viewers who will definitely feel uncomfortable with its depiction
of gun
violence given current events
in the country.
In my view, if the humor was taken out, along with some
of the
violence that was cartoonish and overkill, this
film would've been spectacular.
Thankfully, Prey At Night makes no attempt to mythologise or explain its killers, keeping their acts
of violence as inexplicable and seemingly random as they were
in the first
film.
The
films overall tone is gritty and dark, highlighting the harsh reality
of the
violence and horror that occurs
in the