There’s one use of the “f” word, and some other very mild language, but it’s infrequent.Ģ. Once the camera begins to zoom in on her, everything important is kept covered by her long hair. There is a brief scene with a naked woman, but she’s only shown at a distance. One of them is pregnant, and it’s made clear through the movie that none of them were part of the harem willingly. There’s also the central plot of the movie, which revolves around Charlize Theron’s character rescuing a group of women from Immortan Joe’s harem. (The actor who plays Joe, by the way, appeared in the original Mad Max movie.) And there’s a whole army of nameless bad guys who willingly put themselves in harm’s way, and occasionally do things knowing it will result in their deaths, to please the main bad guy, Immortan Joe. There are lots of starving, thirsty people around. A bit later, we’re shown a grotesquely mutated man being put into some combination of protective suit/armor/life support system. The first scene of the movie has Max eat a live two-headed lizard, and includes a shot of the still-moving legs sticking out of his mouth. The “disturbing images” bit also definitely fits. There is also some blood along the way, but honestly a whole lot less than I expected. However, there’s only one overtly gory scene, and it’s almost at the end of the film. Many dozens of people are killed, lots of them in fiery explosions. Almost from the moment it starts, Fury Road is non-stop action and violence. The official reason given by the MPAA for Fury Road’s rating is for “intense sequences of violence throughout, and for disturbing images.” “Violence throughout” actually nicely sums it up. It’s a loud action movie with fast cars and lots of explosions, but it’s also rated R–so I wanted to help parents decide whether or not it’s safe to take the kids. Mad Max: Fury Road roared into theaters this weekend, coming in second at the box office behind Pitch Perfect 2.
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