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Dark City | 1998 | R | - 6.8.2
Rufus Sewell and Kiefer Sutherland star in the story of a man who does battle with an alien race in order to get his real memories and his life back.
SEX/NUDITY 6 - A man's bare buttocks are seen several times. A corpse's bare breasts are seen several times. A woman is shown undressing, exposing her breasts, buttocks and there's a quick glimpse of full frontal nudity.
VIOLENCE/GORE 8 - We see a bloody corpse. A man is hanged. A man is threatened with a knife, and a man is shoved into a wall. An alien's head is split open (during a very bloody scene), and a tentacled creature crawls out of it. A man jumps in front a subway train. A corpse is shown with bloody cuts on her chest. An alien is crushed by a building (another very bloody scene) and an alien is impaled. A man is bitten in the hand by a creature. A person's throat is slit and some blood is seen on a woman's throat after being scratched by a knife. Some aliens are shot. Several telekinetic fights take place with people and objects being knocked and tossed around. A blood covered man is shown. A man injects himsef and people are shown being injected in the forehead with a huge syringe. Threatening with guns.
LANGUAGE 2 - A handful of mild obscenities.
DISCUSSION TOPICS - Aliens, mind control, telekinisis, the permanency of memories, being human.
MESSAGE - The future of the human race could be very bleak.
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