Obstacle Corpse | 2022 | NR | – 1.7.7

Why is “Obstacle Corpse” rated NR? The MPAA has not rated this film. The Kids-In-Mind.com evaluation includes a kissing scene and a couple of nuzzling and caressing scenes, many scenes of people being murdered with a variety of weapons including knives, rocks, poison gas, dynamite and guns, people undertaking dangerous and taxing obstacles, many arguments, and over 20 F-words and other strong language. Read our parents’ guide below for details on sexual content, violence & strong language.

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A young woman (Sylvie Mix) begrudgingly participates in an obstacle course challenge to prove herself worthy to her overbearing father, not realizing that the goal of the course is actually to survive it. Also with Colleen Gentry, Chris Hahn, Jarrell Pyro Johnson, Gareth Tidball, Danielle Meyer, Anthony Dain, Roger Conners, Donovan Riley Wolfington, Kira L. Wilson, Shane Thompson, Tarik Woods, Jason Tostevin, Ali Ferda, Brian Spangler, George Wolf, Michael Cichowicz and Dani Mo. Directed by Hope Madden. [Running Time: 1:25]

Obstacle Corpse SEX/NUDITY 1

 – A man and a woman snuggle together, the woman caresses the man’s chest and giggles in a few scenes; they kiss in one scene.
► A woman wears a sports bra and tight-fitting athletic pants that reveal cleavage, her partial bare abdomen and the outline of her breasts, buttocks, hips and legs.

Obstacle Corpse VIOLENCE/GORE 7

 – A man holds a gun on another man, who stabs him in the eye with a stick; we see the implement in the man’s very bloody eye as he falls dead. A man cuts a woman’s head off (blood spurts from the open wound in her neck). A man and a woman run through a forest and the man breathes heavily and stumbles a few times; the woman jumps over a large fire unharmed and the man jumps over the fire as lighter fluid is squirted on the flames and we hear him screaming off-screen (presumably engulfed in flames and burned to death). Two men holding baseball bats stand at the exit of two large pipes as two other men crawl through the pipes (they seem to be prepared to hit them as they exit). Two teen girls cover the entrance and exit of a large pipe as two children crawl through it, and they then throw in a canister that emits smoke (or poison) and we understand that the children have been killed. A man with a knife lunges toward another man as the scene ends and we later see the man with the knife carving off the other man’s face (he removes the flesh to reveal blood, tissue, eyes and teeth). A man stabs another man in the leg. A man pushes another man into a fire (we hear screaming). People crawl through muddy water and one man holds another man under the surface to drown him (we see his feet thrashing and then go still). A woman beats a man in the head with a large rock and blood splatters on her face. A man shoots a woman (we see the bloody wound). A man is stabbed and we hear a crunch. Two men with baseball bats surround another man threateningly. A woman carries a bloody knife. Four people climb a rope wall obstacle and one person stabs another person in the side (we see the bloody wound). A woman slashes a man’s throat and we see blood spray as he gurgles and dies. A woman stabs a man in the chest and blood sprays. A man pushes a woman to the ground and slams a knife into her a few times. A man throws a knife at a woman as she runs away, she is struck in the back, and she falls to the ground and screams when the man pulls the knife out of her back.
► Two men with baseball bats circle a woman threateningly and she runs away. A woman with a knife tackles a man, he wraps a cloth around her throat choking her and she collapses motionless. A man shoots at another man, the bullet ricochets and hits the shooter in the neck (blood pours and spurts from the wound). A man shoots a woman and she falls to the ground with blood dribbling from her mouth as she dies. A man pushes a woman, slams her in the head with a log and we see blood and matter on the body. A man tackles another man and they wrestle, one man hits the other man in the back of the head and a man is stabbed in the leg and is then shot in the shoulder. A woman throws a knife and hits a man in the back (we see blood). Two people wrestle with a man after he threatens them with a gun. We see a dead body with a bloody bullet wound in the head. A man pulls a bullet out of a bloody shoulder wound. A man lights dynamite attached to the door of a cabin while a man and a woman are inside (we hear an explosion later). A man stabs another man in the throat with cooking tongs (we see blood pour). A woman with a knife jumps on a man and another woman with a knife slashes the woman across the abdomen (we see the bloody wound open and blood gushes).
► A man and a woman fight each other with wrestling moves, kicks and throws. A man fires a gun into the air to start a race. People run through an obstacle course across logs, up rope walls, through large pipes, and along dirt trails. We hear people screaming in the distance in several scenes. A woman puts duct tape on a man’s abdominal wound (we see a bloody hole in his flesh). A man plants dynamite around a forest.
► A man tells his daughter that she should be carrying a knife when she goes into the woods; he says, “Woods are dangerous,” and berates her for having “no killer instinct.” A man snaps his teeth at a young man. Several placards read, “Guts and Glory.” A contest is referred to as “The Race of Death.” People talk about preparing for the end of days. A character says, “My mom left and didn’t come back.” A woman tells a man, “You look like a girl,” because he has a bandana wrapped around his head. A young woman describes herself as her father’s “worst daughter.” A man describes his dog having feces matted in its fur. A woman talks about making soap using the animals they have killed hunting.

Obstacle Corpse LANGUAGE 7

 – About 23 F-words and its derivatives, 2 obscene hand gestures, 1 sexual reference, 13 scatological terms, 8 anatomical terms, 3 mild obscenities, name-calling (dead weight, crazy, idiot, weird, fools, hateful, loser, dumb, cry baby, psychotic, scary, fat, Chef Boyardee, meatheads, gross, idiocy, backwoods militia, creepy, punk, stupid), exclamations (shut-up, son of a dinner roll, wait, that’s rich, shoot, touché), 3 religious profanities (GD), 9 religious exclamations (e.g. thank God, God, left behind by God, Jesus Christ, the rapture, end of days). | profanity glossary |

Obstacle Corpse SUBSTANCE USE

 – A woman takes an unidentified pill. A reference is made to someone boozing it up. A man smokes a cigarette.

Obstacle Corpse DISCUSSION TOPICS

 – Competition, survival, murder, weakness, the end of days, psychopathy.

Obstacle Corpse MESSAGE

 – Anyone can be a serial killer, so be suspicious of everybody.