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The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim | 2024 | PG-13 | – 1.7.1
Why is “The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim” rated PG-13? The MPAA rating has been assigned for “strong violence.” The Kids-In-Mind.com evaluation includes many scenes of battling armies, many scenes of people being stabbed with visible blood or with weapons protruding from their bodies, several scenes of animal death, several scenes of hand-to-hand combat resulting in injuries or death, and several threats and discussions of violence. Read our parents’ guide below for details on sexual content, violence & strong language.
Two hundred years before the events of the “Lord of the Rings” trilogy, princess Héra (voiced by Gaia Wise) must protect her people from the traitor lord Wulf (voiced by Luca Pasqualino), who has sworn revenge against her father, King Helm of Rohan (voiced by Brian Cox). Also with the voices of Miranda Otto and Lorraine Ashbourne. Directed by Kenji Kamiyama. [Running Time: 2:14]
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The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim SEX/NUDITY 1
– A man tells a woman that she has not answered his proposal of marriage and as she begins to walk away, he grabs her arm, saying they were once inseparable and that he loves her. Several men discuss the marriage of a princess: they describe that a prince has made an offer for her hand, and another man offers his hand in marriage instead. A man insults another man’s daughter, saying, “She is no lady” and calling her other names.
► A woman wears a low-cut wedding dress with a slit down the back that reveals cleavage and part of her bare back.
The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim VIOLENCE/GORE 7
– A woman stabs a man with a pitchfork: we see the weapon sink into his chest (with little blood) and he falls dead. A man is pushed to his knees, his hands bound behind his back as another man holds a knife at his throat; we hear the man slice the other man’s throat and the body falls, but we do not see the action as people who are watching react in horror. A man is shot through the neck: we see the arrow protrude on either side (some blood forms and he falls). A man stabs another man in the stomach with a knife and we see blood stain his shirt as he falls to his knees. A man throws a knife at a woman, striking her shoulder and drawing blood, and then charges at her with a sword; they fight, she strikes him in the throat with a shield and holds the shield pressed on his throat until he dies. A man cuts an archer’s arm off; we see the bloody stump and see the bloody severed arm fall, still holding the bow. Several men are shot with multiple arrows; we see them on the ground, either dead or struggling to move and with arrows sticking out of their bodies. People are stabbed through the torso in several scenes with the sword coming out the other side (little blood is seen). Soldiers charge over a hill (a village is in flames behind them), a man lies dead with a spear in his torso, and a woman cries over his corpse. A man runs to check on his father, who has been knocked down in a fight, and finds that he has been killed; he draws his sword and charges at the killer.
► Two children practice fighting with real short swords and shields; one child strikes the other in the face, cutting across his eye; he covers his face with his hand and we see blood pool as the other child apologizes and rushes to his aid. Two men argue about politics; one clenches his fist and says, “Kings do not brawl in their own house,” but challenges the other man to a duel; outside, the men exchange blows, hitting each other in the face and body (we see blood on their faces), and one man is knocked unconscious and falls. Several armed men attack an unarmed man; he disarms them, punches them (blood spatters upon impact) and he grabs a spear and throws it, striking one man in the stomach (he collapses).
► A man grabs another by the throat and lifts him, choking him, then throws him down on the ground and the man on the ground threatens him. A man grabs a woman by the wrists and slams her against a wall, then threatens her with a knife and slices her face; we see a line of blood. A man sneaks up on a woman, puts a bag on her head, and then picks her up and carries her away; she screams and resists as a man says they should kill her, but another man says they will take her to their commander first. A man knocks a woman down and begins to choke her until a horse rears and kicks him off the woman. A man and a woman duel while riding horses; they strike each other and both fall off their horses, then stand and continue to swordfight. A door bursts open and a man is thrown through the doorway, hitting the ground; a woman with a sword runs in and fights a man inside. A woman encounters a giant eagle in a cave on a cliff; it screeches and she steps back in fear, nearly falling over the edge of the cliff.
► Armies battle in several scenes and many men are struck with arrows and fall off their horses. Many men strike others with swords and hammers (we see splashes of blood with some injuries). A man gets on top of a battle elephant and stabs it repeatedly; we see blood, hear it make pained sounds and it eventually falls dead. An elephant is shot through its open mouth with a spear; we see the elephant freeze and fall over, and men scatter to avoid being crushed. A squid-like monster grabs an elephant with its tentacles, drags it into the water and eats it whole; we watch the elephant’s body disappear into the creature’s mouth. A war elephant charges at a group of soldiers, and they attack the elephant with swords and hammers; we see blood and wounds. An injured war elephant (it has visible wounds and parts of its ears have been cut off) bellows and charges at a group of people; a man stabs it (we see little blood), and the elephant chases him. A man attacks several monsters, punching them and trading blows; one of the monster’s horns falls to the ground, bloody, and we see the bloody wound on its head where the horn broke off. A woman throws a spear at a monster, stabbing it through the eye (we see around the wound); when it falls, a man bashes its head with a rock (blood splatters on the man). Several men find the remains of a dead monster with a smashed, bloody head. A woman pulls a piece of meat on the bone out of her bag (it has visible blood on it); she throws it to a large bird that eats it whole. Several warriors wearing masks made of animal skulls in a few scenes. In several scenes, horses buck and whinny in fear and in some scenes, they nearly throw their riders off their backs.
► In several scenes, people discuss the rumor that a man has become a wraith monster, capable of “unnatural and unholy things,” who stalks his prey and kills them viciously. A man says that dead bodies have disappeared and that the wraith monster must have eaten them. An orc-type monster tells another to “check them before you eat them,” implying they are eating human corpses. A woman is caught by several monsters who threaten to eat her. A man asks what to do with a young man’s corpse; another man says to let it rot.
► Several men scream in terror and run; one of them says that he saw another man who is “no natural man” kill many men, “tearing them apart with his bare hands,” and that “he’s coming for us”; the other man goes to find a pile of dead bodies (we see blood around them). People flee an invading army in several scenes; we see adults and children looking frightened and hear babies crying. Several scenes show the corpses of soldiers and horses and one scene shows at least 15 armored corpses, lined up in the snow. We see rotting corpses of men and horses in a few scenes with decaying flesh and exposed bone visible. A narrator describes a man who froze to death in battle, still fighting; we see him standing frozen, surrounded by frozen bodies of the men he killed. As an army prepares for battle, their commander shouts, “We will paint the dawn red with the blood of our foes.” A man begs another man to spare his captured son’s life, saying, “My life for my son’s.”
► A man yells at another man and pushes him, saying he failed to protect a young woman and “she could have died.” People threaten each other with violence, revenge and death in several scenes (e.g., “I’ll kill your family,” “Your next breath will be your last,” “You’ll regret this”). People discuss past battles and war, describing people “taking up arms” to fight and people dying. A woman begs a man not to start a war, saying, “Innocent people will die.” A woman tells others about the rumors of ghosts in a fortress, including the ghost of a woman who died of a fever the night before her wedding.
The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim LANGUAGE 1
– Name-calling (wild, feral, brute, cur, murderer, filthy upstart, fool, traitor, monster). | profanity glossary |
The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim SUBSTANCE USE
– None.
The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim DISCUSSION TOPICS
– Power, royalty, loyalty, betrayal, destiny, grief, family, love, fantasy, monsters.
The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim MESSAGE
– Sometimes those who have done the greatest good are forgotten by history.
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