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Black Panther: Wakanda Forever | 2022 | PG-13 | – 2.5.4

content-ratingsWhy is “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” rated PG-13? The MPAA rating has been assigned for “sequences of strong violence, action and some language.” The Kids-In-Mind.com evaluation includes a sexual reference, a tender kiss, many scenes of superpowers being used to fight, other fight scenes using spears and knives, a few fight scenes with water bombs and other explosives, all with little blood, several arguments and yelling, and some strong language. Read our parents’ guide below for details on sexual content, violence & strong language.


After the untimely death of the Black Panther, Wakanda finds itself at odds with foreign powers that are pressuring them to provide access to the material called Vibranium, which is found only in Wakanda. Also with Letitia Wright, Lupita Nyong’o, Danai Gurira, Winston Duke, Angela Bassett, Tenoch Huerta, Martin Freeman, Dominique Thorne, Florence Kasumba, Michaela Coel, Alex Livinalli and Mabel Cadena. Directed by Ryan Coogler. A few lines of dialogue are spoken in a Mayan language, French and isiXhosa with English subtitles. [Running Time: 2:41]

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever SEX/NUDITY 2

 – A woman tells a man that he is looking good, asking if he is working out; she says that maybe she’ll stop by his house and jump on his “Peloton.” A woman kisses another woman on the head and the second woman says, “Thank you, my love.” A woman tells a man that she wants to apologize for a couple of things that she said to him during their marriage.
 Several men are shown shirtless in various scenes and we see their bare chests, abdomens, legs to the upper thighs and backs. A woman’s dress reveals cleavage in several scenes. A woman wears a low-cut crop top that reveals cleavage and her partial bare back. A young woman’s dress shows her bare back. A man wears a robe that hangs open and reveals his bare chest and abdomen.

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever VIOLENCE/GORE 5

 – Two people in deep sea diving suits are lowered to the sea floor, where we see a drill with a broken bit; the power on the rig goes out and the two divers are left in the dark, we see something glowing red and one diver says that it is a phantom jellyfish; one diver disappears and we see his cable cut and the other screams and her monitor screen loses connection (we assume that she is killed by something). A water-dwelling man throws an explosive water bomb at a window and it shatters causing a wall of water to flood in and washing two women underwater; one woman revives and swims to the surface with the other woman and later we see them both unconscious in the water, face down; one woman dies and the other is revived (she coughs up water).
 Many people on a large sailing-vessel walk off the edge of the ship and fall into the ocean when water people sing in the water and seem to hypnotize them; a water person floats out of the water and throws a spear into a man on deck, pinning him to the wall while a woman shoots at the attacker and runs toward a helicopter; the helicopter takes off and the woman continues shooting other attackers until the chopper lifts off and flies away but it is pulled back, spun around and slams into the ocean (we do not see the two people on board again). Many armed people prepare for war and march onto a ship that sails in the water and encounters many water-dwelling people; the ship emits a sound underwater that weakens the people, they fight on the deck of the ship for an extended period and we hear slashing, until one woman shoves a spear into the sound making mechanism and later plants an explosive that blows the noise making machine up and many water bombs are planted under the ship, which tips over when they explode. Water-dwelling people climb the sides of a ship and armed people on the deck jump over the side attached to cables and fight the people by stabbing and shoving them back into the water as a person wearing a Black Panther suit runs through them, slashing them with claws. Armed people break into a secured lab to get access to a dangerous material; people are knocked down and threatened with guns and when a secure vault is opened guards come out and fight the intruders using spears and daggers (the intruders are later seen bound and are marched into a meeting). A pre-teen boy returns to his village to bury his dead mother and finds men enslaving the people there (we see people tied and being whipped); the boy lifts himself off the ground and the men shoot at him, the buildings in the distance burst into flames, a man lies on the ground and curses the boy, the boy moves toward him and we understand that the boy kills the man.
 Many water-dwelling people are lifted out of the water by whales and they land on a bridge where they are shot at by police and they fight a few other people that use spears and blades; a woman using a spear fights with a water-dwelling man and she is thrown to the ground and moans, she gets up and a water-dwelling woman throws something at her that explodes and throws her off the bridge and into the water below. A water-dwelling man stabs a spear into a flying vessel’s floor and it explodes throwing him and a young woman to the ground where they fight, the young woman pulls off one of the wings on the man’s feet (we see some blood on the wing) and the young woman is stabbed in the abdomen (we hear a crunch and she moans when she pulls the spear out, without blood evident), the water-dwelling man has bloody claw marks on his face, the young woman blasts the water-dwelling man in the back with flames (we see some charred skin), he lies on the ground immobilized and she holds a blade next to his throat. A woman finds a young woman in an underwater cave; she shoots another woman in the abdomen and we see some blue goo at the wound and she dies. A wall in a village blows up and water pours in, washing people away, other people appear hypnotized and walk off walls into the water, and a woman throws an explosive into the ocean and blows several water-dwelling people into the air; many water-dwelling people and other people fight with spears and blades, one man tries to stab a water-dwelling man with a spear and he breaks the spear with his arm, then punches the attacker hard in the chest breaking his armor and throwing him through the air gasping. Two flying vessels chase a water-dwelling man that flies through the air dodging their fire before throwing one vessel into the other and causing them to crash. A water-dwelling man pounds a flying vessel’s windshield with his spear and it shatters causing the vessel to crash and sink (the occupants get out unharmed).
 A water-dwelling man is trapped inside a flying vessel that reduces the moisture on his skin and he becomes weak. Elephants rear up when they are startled by a man flying out of water and two women hold spears on him; the man threatens the women and asks for help to find a scientist. Police and federal agents surround a warehouse and open fire on three people inside that speed away in different vehicles (one in a car, one on a motorcycle and one with a flying suit); the police chase them and a few cars crash together and flip over on the road, the woman in the flying suit chases a surveillance drone, goes high enough that there is no oxygen, and falls unconscious and drops toward the ground but revives before crashing. A wall of water crashes into a car and a motorcycle causing them to flip and throw the rider; the driver crawls out of the car and tends to the rider.
 A young woman struggles in a lab to prepare something that will save her brother from dying from an unidentified illness. A woman takes her daughter to a remote area in the brush and they watch elephants in the distance as the woman places a burial robe on a fire (it’s a ritual). A young woman burns plans for a machine in a barrel. A young woman wears a diving suit and follows a water-dwelling man into the water, they are sent through a current and delivered to an underwater city where people play and swim. A water-dwelling man floats and sits in an open shark jaw throne and he calls his people to prepare to go to war. A young woman punches a mannequin and it is thrown through the air from the power of the punch. People talk about the risk of eternal war and a desire to destroy the surface world. A man in shackles in a transport van is alarmed when the van stops because there is a tree blocking the road, something pounds on the roof of the van and the door is opened by a woman with a weapon (she frees the man).
 People pray around a coffin at a funeral and a young woman sobs and rests her head on the lid before a flying vessel beams the coffin into the ship and flies away. A young woman and a man arm wrestle and he yields. A young woman becomes upset when she is told that she must leave and go away with a woman and a young woman to help them with a mission; she throws things at them and the woman uses a spear to cut the items in half and they argue. A mini drone follows a man while he jogs and he follows it to meet two women in the woods.
 A woman is stripped of her rank and she leaves disgraced. A man describes the deaths of many people and blames a woman and her people. Two security details argue about their ability to protect people. A young woman says that the world will burn with everyone in it. A man says that a woman raised a spear against her husband. A woman refers to a man as a “colonizer” in a couple of scenes. A woman says, “Death is not the end.” We hear about many people being infected with smallpox when the Spanish conquistadors arrived; a medicine was created and given to people that got sick from it, collapsed and when they revived their skin had turned blue and they were unable to breathe the air from the atmosphere and needed to absorb oxygen from water. A man asks a young woman if they will be allies or enemies. A man says that only broken people can be great leaders. A young woman talks to a man about seeking revenge and he quizzes her about her motivation. A man talks about another man killing his own brother. A man is described as a feather serpent god. A young woman says of her enemy that, “He will beg for mercy as I stand and watch as he dies.” A woman tells her daughter that her brother has died. A woman voices her concerns that AI will take over the world one day. A woman becomes upset with a woman asking her questions about a person with great powers and the woman tells her to leave.
 A pregnant woman delivers her baby underwater and we see the child with the umbilical cord attached, and with wings on its feet and pointed ears. A water dwelling man has wings on his feet and we see other water dwelling people with gills on the shoulders and their skin is blue-tinged. Several people are shown with large discs that stretch their lower lips as an adornment and others are shown with scarification on their faces and tattoos. Many glowworms dangle from the ceiling of a cave and light the area. A water-dwelling man has a nose piercing. A young woman uses a welding torch and hammers metal to create an armored flying suit.

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever LANGUAGE 4

 – 1 sexual reference, 12 scatological terms, 1 anatomical term, 4 mild obscenities, name-calling (bald-headed demon, predatory, primitive, hunk of junk, demon, son of Satan, broken people, madness, hypocrite, coward, unworthy king, little cousin, midnight angel), exclamations (stay calm), 6 religious exclamations (e.g. oh God, oh my God, son of Satan). | profanity glossary |

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever SUBSTANCE USE

 – A young woman lies back on a table and drinks a liquid that gives her super strength.

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever DISCUSSION TOPICS

 – Death of loved ones, weapons of mass destruction, protecting one’s community, dreams, hopes, goals, greed, war, revenge, technological advancements, compromise, regret, grief, trust, alliance, tradition, treason.

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever MESSAGE

 – Revenge doesn’t always end up the way you might hope.

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