Does the dog die?
185 supporters
Prisoners
Movie • 2013 • Crime
ReportWhen Keller Dover's daughter and her friend go missing, he takes matters into his own hands as the police pursue multiple leads and the pressure mounts. But just how far will this desperate father go to protect his family?
This movie contains 56 potentially triggering events.
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Your Triggers
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mandi87
Maybe I saw a different movie(?), but the suspect literally hangs his own dog with a leash. Awful. Cops find that dog’s collar after the suspect disappears.
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Unanswered Triggers
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Abandonment
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Is an animal abandoned?
51 supporters
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TheDogDies123
Not exactly abandoned, but we don’t see the dog ever again after the scene where Alex takes it on a walk.
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Abuse
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3
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Is someone stalked?
15 supporters
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40
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flisscakes
a man in all black breaks into the two missing girls houses
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Is there domestic violence?
National Domestic Violence Hotline (1-800-799-7233)
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28
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LillieKlipsch1
The kidnapper is tortured
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Is someone gaslighted?
26 supporters
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RenoRouge
The film is very psychological. Alex is gaslighted into believing he’s a different person than he is.
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RenoRouge
Much of the plot revolves around children who have been abducted.
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Addiction
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Although medical and prescribed, the mother of one of the abducted kids takes many sleeping pills and shots of medication bottles.
Also- there is talk of children being drugged throughout the movie, and one adult character is drugged on screen.
Also- there is talk of children being drugged throughout the movie, and one adult character is drugged on screen.
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Is there addiction?
7 supporters
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flisscakes
keller shows signs of alcohol addiction
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
5 supporters
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49
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Juniper72
Hugh Jackmans character becomes mildly alcoholic.
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Animal
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Yes
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Anonymous
A deer gets shot in the opening scene.
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Are animals abused?
109 supporters
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69
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Griof
At around 42:30 a dog is lifted by their lead and they yelp.
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Is there a dead animal?
59 supporters
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A severed pig’s head is shown briefly.
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Is an animal sad?
42 supporters
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Abee
Whimpering dog before it dies
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Yes
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Are there spiders?
26 supporters
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Abee
Fully confident there are none
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Are there snakes?
12 supporters
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Juniper72
There is a scene where the detective is opening up black boxes to look for something and after picking out some clothes he finds all the boxes are filled with snakes. The scene only lasts a couple minutes, but you definitely see them.
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Are there bugs?
17 supporters
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WaterloggedKazoo
A bunch of flies are shown flying around a severed pig's head in Bob Taylor's house.
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Assault
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Yes
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1
Is there pedophilia?
61 supporters
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Jubiscreudo
A character is described and acussed as a pedophile. Nothing is shown
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Is someone held under water?
10 supporters
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LillieKlipsch1
Hugh jackmans character locks his suspect into a shower where he turns scolding water on him
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RenoRouge
Loki (Jake Gyllenhaal) very briefly and non-graphically alludes to the fact that he might have been sexually abused as a kid when he threatens a suspect. Very easy to miss. The subject he’s threatening is a pedophile, but this isn’t detailed any further than the suspect being labeled as a pedophile. Holly also briefly and non-graphically mentions that her husband was a pedophile.
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Is someone's mouth covered?
7 supporters
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Abee
Multiple throughout
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Bodily Harm
Is there shaving/cutting?
17 supporters
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kelseyj610
A window is broken and a shard is used as a weapon, but I wouldn't consider it cutting.
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
13 supporters
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RenoRouge
A character is locked in a confined space and can be heard briefly hyperventilating.
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Is someone burned alive?
20 supporters
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fortz64
A character is tortured by being trapped in a shower with scalding hot water pouring on them.
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Is someone buried alive?
12 supporters
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Nikki247
SPOILER ALERT!!!
Keller finds his daughter's whistle while he's trapped underground. At the very end of the movie, Det Loki shows up right before the forensic people couldn't find anything and leave the scene right near the spot where Keller is. Loki is about to leave too but he hears a whistle noise and turns back around....he goes to leave again when he hears the noise multiple times. The movie ends there and it's never shown whether or not he finds Keller. It's left up to the viewer.
Keller finds his daughter's whistle while he's trapped underground. At the very end of the movie, Det Loki shows up right before the forensic people couldn't find anything and leave the scene right near the spot where Keller is. Loki is about to leave too but he hears a whistle noise and turns back around....he goes to leave again when he hears the noise multiple times. The movie ends there and it's never shown whether or not he finds Keller. It's left up to the viewer.
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Is there body horror?
27 supporters
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Anonymous
A characters beaten up and bloody face is shown and it looks very disturbing
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Is there amputation?
12 supporters
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PhantomSys
There's no amputation but a character is threatened to have their hand hit with a hammer which would probably almost remove it
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Does a head get squashed?
1 supporters
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kelseyj610
Not squashed, but Dover (Hugh Jackman) does repeatedly punch Alex (Paul Dano) in the face. Later in the film his face is badly swollen.
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Are any teeth damaged?
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flisscakes
a person is beaten up brutally so it is assumed so although there is no specific detail of that happening
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Does someone break a bone?
13 supporters
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flisscakes
it’s not explicitly shown but a person is beaten up very badly and so it can be assumed they’ve broken their nose/jaw/cheekbone etc perhaps.
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Is there finger/toe mutilation?
27 supporters
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kelseyj610
Dover (Hugh Jackman) does threaten to crush Alex (Paul Dano)'s fingers with a hammer, but doesn't actually hit his hands or fingers.
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Is someone tortured?
1 supporters
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wallflowers
HEAVILY recommended skipping this movie if torture makes you uncomfortable, it’s both shown on-screen and referenced to have happened to multiple characters
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Is there eye mutilation?
1 supporters
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kelseyj610
Alex (Paul Dano) is beaten up repeatedly by Dover (Hugh Jackman) and his eyes swell badly. During the climax of the movie, Loki (Jake Gyllenhaal) is injured and his vision is blurred, and he is later shown with one bloodshot eye.
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Is there excessive gore?
49 supporters
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OliveMovies
Not too excessive however, there is a beating scene where a character is hit repeatedly in the face until it becomes a bloody mess. His face is seen throughout as swollen and bloody.
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Children
Is an infant abducted?
11 supporters
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HankT
young children are abducted.
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Does a kid die?
25 supporters
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jayyyy
No kids are Shown dying
However someone admits to killing 16 kids
However someone admits to killing 16 kids
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Is a minor sexualized?
58 supporters
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HankT
implied sexual abuse of children
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Creepy Crawly
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Death
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Does a non-human character die?
1 supporters
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-1
A deer is shot in the beginning while hunting
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Does someone die?
9 supporters
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Jubiscreudo
Both mentioned and on screen
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Disability
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Drugs/Alcohol
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Family
Is someone kidnapped?
5 supporters
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kelseyj610
Children are abducted, and the suspect is held captive by one of the children's father. This is a persistent theme throughout the whole movie.
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Does a parent die?
6 supporters
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jayyyy
The ending is a cliffhanger, and you are not sure if the dad is dead or not
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Is a child's toy destroyed?
14 supporters
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Sid
A toy whistle is lost
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Fear
Are there jumpscares?
28 supporters
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flisscakes
only mild jump scares in my opinion.. the man running away from loki jumps of a roof onto him.
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Is there a shower scene?
5 supporters
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jayyyy
There is no nudity in any showers. Someone that was kidnapped was kept in the shower but all you ever see is their Eye through a peep hole
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Gross
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Does someone vomit?
56 supporters
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Juniper72
At the end it’s not overly visible, but the little girl in the back of the car regurgitates a bit, due to a drugs overdose.
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Does someone spit?
8 supporters
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OliveMovies
When Alex is being beaten, blood is shown to be coming out of his mouth with his spit.
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Is there audio gore?
28 supporters
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RenoRouge
Kinda, there’s the sound of a character being beaten and repeatedly bunched in the face. There are torture scenes throughout, but the audio isn’t excessive.
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Large-scale Violence
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Law Enforcement
Is there copaganda?
14 supporters
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AnaCludiaTeixeira
i don't know why people are saying no? one of the main characters is a police detective and is portrayed as a hero throughout the movie. he's violent while dealing with suspects (including people who later are revealed to be innocent) but it's not portrayed as a bad thing necessarily
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LGBTQ+
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Loss
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Medical
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Are needles/syringes used?
18 supporters
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Ghostiy
used roughly between 2:15:00 -2:17:00 (over when there’s gunshots)
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Is there a hospital scene?
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flisscakes
SPOILER: when you hear joy is found the parents of anna meet her and her family in the hospital. loki rushes himself and anna after he’s found her to the emergency room. anna and joy thank loki for saving them in his hospital room.
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Does someone have cancer?
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jayyyy
A woman mentions her son passed away from cancer
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Mental Health
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Is autism misrepresented?
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the character “alex” has some sort of neurological disability, could be interpreted as autistic or autistic coded
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Is a mentally ill person violent?
17 supporters
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flisscakes
alex kicks joy’s mum in the stomach and smashes a window so he can use a shard of glass as a weapon.
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GSW to the face
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
14 supporters
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RenoRouge
A character is locked in an underground chamber. This is only very briefly shown, but the idea is disturbing.
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Is there autism specific abuse?
30 supporters
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saecolorum
as the other person said, its not specified its autism but he is mentally disabled. and he is abused.
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kelseyj610
A man commits suicide with a gun, on-screen.
Look away after Loki assaults Bob Taylor in the interrogation room and the other officers rush in to intervene.
Look away after Loki assaults Bob Taylor in the interrogation room and the other officers rush in to intervene.
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Noxious
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Are there flashing lights or images?
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flisscakes
police sirens and traffic
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Paranoia
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Pregnancy
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Prejudice
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Is there ableist language or behavior?
25 supporters
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saecolorum
kind of. one of the characters is disabled and mistreated HEAVILY throughout the film. no ableist language really though
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Race
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Relationships
Is there a large age gap?
21 supporters
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Jubiscreudo
A character is acused of being a pedophile, no imagery is shown
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Religious
Is religion discussed?
9 supporters
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Abee
Heavily discussed, a major theme is making people turn from their religion
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Sex
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Are there incestuous relationships?
National Sexual Assault Hotline 800.656.4673
48 supporters
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Sexism
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Sickness
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Yes
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Social
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Spoiler
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Does it have a sad ending?
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RenoRouge
The ending is pretty ambiguous, so I’d say it’s up for interpretation.
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Vehicular
Does a car crash?
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jayyyy
Someone drives their RV into the woods in a branch goes through the windshield
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Does a car honk or tires screech?
7 supporters
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Towards the end of the movie there is a scene where a character is rushed in a police car to the hospital. There is many tires squealing and honking. No car crash during this scene.
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Violence
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Is there blood/gore?
30 supporters
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somehowstillalive
Many scenes with gore, most notably when Bob Taylor shoots himself after gaining control over an officers gun in the interrogation room.
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Is there gun violence?
9 supporters
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Sid
Bob Taylor shoots himself in the head, Keller is shot in the thigh, detective Loki is grazed in the temple with a bullet, and Holly Jones is shot in the head
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