Left with nothing. Capable of anything.
| Cast |
Viola Davis, Michelle Rodriguez, Elizabeth Debicki, Cynthia Erivo, Colin Farrell, Brian Tyree Henry, Daniel Kaluuya, Jacki Weaver, Carrie Coon, Robert Duval, Liam Neeson |
| Director |
Steve McQueen |
| Screenplay | Gillian Flynn, Steve McQueen, from the book by Lynda La Plante |
| Music | Hans Zimmer |
| Cinematography | Sean Bobbitt |
| Editing | Joe Walker |
| Soundtrack | Available |
| Made in | 2018 |
| Produced by | Regency Enterprises, See-Saw Films, Film4, New Regency Pictures |
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| Genre | Drama |
| Language | The film contains frequent very strong impact language used in anger, normalised and used to demean other people or to degrade the character of others. |
| Nudity | The film contains fairly frequent moderate to occasionally strong impact SRA with associated nudity. |
| Sex | None (sic) |
| Violence | The film contains frequent strong impact physical violence involving bloodletting as well as depictions of domestic violence. |
| Prejudice | The film contains fairly frequent moderate impact prejudice. |
| Blasphemy | None |
| Drug abuse | None |
| Comments | The film contains complex and mature themes that are strong in impact and occasionally very strong, including criminality, making life-changing decisions, forming alliances, dirty politics, executing robberies, doing whatever it takes, gangsterism, women empowerment and overcoming resistance. Viewers under the age of 18 might be disturbed, distressed or upset by the themes or may suffer moral, psychological or emotional harm as the adult themes and strong to very strong elements may be overwhelming to them. |
| These details are supplied by the FPB. If you have a problem with any of the above, please take it up directly with the FPB. Read the Classification Guidelines. | |
| R: Restricted | ated R for violence, language throughout, and some sexual content/nudity |
| Runtime | 129 |
| USA version is usually but not always the same as South African release. Versions released on streaming or DVD, Blu-ray or Video may also differ. | |
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| Frightening / Tense Scenes |
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| Music (Scary/Tense) |
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| Suggested age limit 16 + |
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| Scale (Max) | 20 |  |
What the Critics say | ||
| 24.com Lindsey Bahr  McQueen builds tension masterfully throughout, although is so sprawling that at times you're left wondering whether this might have been better told as a limited television series. Then again, is it worth complaining about relative brevity when done this well? | 15 |  |
| Metacritic.com 57 critics | 17 | |
| Rottentomatoes critics 335 critics | 16 | |
| Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer Widows rounds up a stellar ensemble for a heist thriller that mixes popcorn entertainment with a message - and marks another artistic leap for director Steve McQueen. | 18 | |
| Movie Review Query Engine MRQE critics   | 16 | |
| CommonSenseMedia Michael Ordana Above-average crime drama has language, violence, sex. | 15 | |
What the People say | ||
| Metacritic.com users 118 users | 14 | |
| Rottentomatoes users 2828 users | 12 |  |
| IMDB 22926 Netizens | 15 | |
| The Movie DB Community | 13 | |
Average .. 76% | 15 | |