| Cast |
Chris Rock, Samuel L. Jackson, Max Minghella, Morgan David Jones, Ali Johnson, Dan Petronijevic, Richard Zeppieri, Edie Inksetter |
| Director |
Darren Lynn Bousman |
| Screenplay | Josh Stolberg, Pete Goldfinger |
| Music | Charlie Clouser |
| Cinematography | Jordan Oram |
| Editing | Dev Singh |
| Sound formats | Dolby Digital |
| Made in | 2021 |
| Produced by | Twisted Pictures, Serendipity Productions, Dahlstar |
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| Genre | Horror, thriller. |
| Language | The material contains strong impact frequent crude language. |
| Nudity | None |
| Sex | None |
| Violence | The material contains strong to very strong frequent violence with graphic and gruesome details |
| Prejudice | None |
| Blasphemy | None |
| Drug abuse | None |
| Comments | The material contains strong to very strong impact, complex and mature themes presented within a horror genre. Themes explore killing police for revenge, police murder investigation, working with the enemy, childhood trauma turning a man into a serial killer, father and son relationship, gruesome murders where victims are kidnapped and tortured before being brutally killed, corruption in the police force, characters living in constant fear of death, turning killing into a game, graphic footages showing gruesome and gory details of killings and teamwork. There are no positive outcomes as the serial killer got away and the police officers brutally shot an innocent man to death in the end. The negative and anti-social behavioural themes are sustained throughout the film, these will cause moral and emotional harm, disturbance, or distress to viewers under the age of 18 years, due to graphic, realistic, gruesome visual presentation of thematic torture and killings. Moreover, these negative themes may morally harm viewers under the age of 18 years by teaching them organized killings as the antagonist was not punished in the end and got away. Viewers aged 18 years and above are cognitively matured to understand the consequences of anti-social behaviour that are not outlined in the film. The film is exempted from xx classification based on artistic and entertainment merit. |
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| R: Restricted | Rated R for sequences of grisly bloody violence and torture, pervasive language, some sexual references and brief drug use |
| Runtime | 93 |
| 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. | |
| Suggested age limit 18 + |
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Drinking, drugs, smoking |
| Scale (Max) | 20 |  |
What the Critics say | ||
| Metacritic.com 21 critics | 8 |  |
| Rottentomatoes critics 73 critics | 11 |  |
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| CommonSenseMedia Jeffrey M. Anderson Saw spin-off is a decent police story with TONS of gore. | 10 | |
What the People say | ||
| IMDB 449 Netizens | 13 | |
| The Movie DB Community | 13 | |
Average .. 53% | 11 | |