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Independence Day | 1996 | PG-13 | - 2.7.5
Aliens invade the earth and humans must fight for independence.
SEX/NUDITY 2 - Kissing, a brief shot in a strip club shows suggestive dancing and G-string clad buttocks of a woman.
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VIOLENCE/GORE 7 - Lots of explosions, fireballs, buildings erupting and collapsing, people screaming and running and cars flying through the air. A couple of times we see bodies flying/rolling, plane fights with a spaceship, fires and pilots screaming. A hideous-looking alien attacks a roomful of people and is shot many times.
LANGUAGE 5 - One mouthed F-word, some mild obscenities, anatomical references and scatological references.
DISCUSSION TOPICS - Aliens, leadership and political decisions, the end of the world.
MESSAGE - Don't give up without a fight.
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