Harlem Nights
Movie • 1989 • Comedy
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'Sugar' Ray is the owner of an illegal casino and must contend with the pressure of vicious gangsters and corrupt police who want to see him go out of business. In the world of organised crime and police corruption in the 1920s, any dastardly trick is fair.
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Sort of? Two characters, one of whom is an older woman, fight while others watch, and the woman is shot in the foot after threatening the man with a razor blade. The other characters make jokes and references throughout the movie, though the other character involved seems somewhat remorseful.
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Someone has their toe shot off.
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Not a lot is shown even though there are quite a few shootings.
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Are any teeth damaged?
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But a character is ridiculed for having missing teeth.
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There is an explosion in a booty trap.
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The madam is overweight and a character calls her fat.
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Is there throat mutilation?
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After a character is shot to death, an antagonist laments that they were instructed to “cut his throat”, and another says that he should do it anyway. The character’s body is briefly seen in this state after its discovery.
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Someone has their throat slit off screen (after they are already dead). They are later seen, it is bloody, but not exactly gory.
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There are sex workers, exotic dancers, etc.
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Is someone buried alive?
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Not in the traditional sense, but a character is locked in an airtight vault and told to save air.
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The main character’s parents are deceased prior to the events of the movie.
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A lot of gun violence.
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
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Are there usages of the n-word?
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Lots of them, by the black characters to each other, and by white characters toward the black characters. Other racial slurs are used as well.
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Is a minority is misrepresented?
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While the Black characters are almost all very well off, they are still put in uncomfortable and tense race-based situations. There are moments of Black stereotyping. There are incredibly racist white characters. This is a comedy movie with racial relations at the center… If you’re bothered by Black stereotypes, casual racism, etc., this is not the movie for you.
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A man has his hand broken as punishment early in the movie.
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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Someone is tied up and locked in an old bank vault.
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Does someone cheat?
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There are several instances of casual cheating, including a character leaving his wife and children for a woman he recently met.
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But there is an ambulance scene.
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Is someone homeless?
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The main character is homeless at the very beginning of the movie.
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Does the black guy die first?
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There is a mostly black cast, and a black guy does die first.
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Is there ableist language or behavior?
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A prizefighter is mocked for his stuttering. A character asks another character of he is "retarded" after he makes a mistake. An older character needs glasses and won't wear them, so another character repeatedly calls him "blind".
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The only animals in the movie are two birds in a birdcage repeating vulgar language in one scene. And dogs are heard barking in the background near the end.
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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But a character is tied up and locked in an old bank vault, not knowing if help will be called as promised or if the oxygen will last.
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