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The Quick and the Dead | 1995 | R | - 3.6.3
Sharon Stone and Gene Hackman star in this western tale of revenge.
SEX/NUDITY 3 - Some talk of sex and one scene in which a female character wakes up in a male character's bed, but it is not clear that sex really occurred. A few passionate but brief kisses and a glimpse of a woman's cleavage and thigh.
VIOLENCE/GORE 6 - A great deal of violence, much of which comes off as cartoonish. Three or four classic saloon fist fights and several shootings, resulting in a little blood. Two scenes in which the victims have see-through holes blown through them. We also see two hangings and a near hanging and a disturbing scene in which a child is forced to fire a gun.
LANGUAGE 3 - About a half a dozen mild profanities and insults.
DISCUSSION TOPICS - Murder, torture, gambling, using intimidation and force to gain and keep control, revenge.
MESSAGE - You can push someone just so far before he snaps and defends himself.
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