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Donnie Brasco | 1997 | R | - 2.7.10
An FBI agent successfully infiltrates the Mob. With Johnny Depp and Al Pacino.
SEX/NUDITY 2 - Sexual innuendo, a brief shot of a woman's breasts. A couple kiss passionately as the woman tears her shirt off and we see her bra; the man is laying on top of her.
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VIOLENCE/GORE 7 - A few people are shot and killed with lots of blood and screaming. A man is hit in the back with an ax. Close-ups of bullets tearing into legs with blood spurting and splattering. Some very bloody corpses are seen. A man cuts up some bodies and we see a brief glimpse of bloody body parts; we see him hacking away on a bloody leg as he gets sick. A man is viciously beaten with lots of blood on his face and shirt. A few scenes where people are beaten up and slapped and punched. People are threatened with guns. Animals kill each other on a television program.
LANGUAGE 10 - 100+ F-words, many anatomical references, some scatological references and some mild obscenities.
DISCUSSION TOPICS - Undercover work, betrayal and dishonesty, friendship, the Mob.
MESSAGE - Even if it is your job, it isn't right to betray your friends.
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