The Matrix
Movie • 1999 • Action
ReportSet in the 22nd century, The Matrix tells the story of a computer hacker who joins a group of underground insurgents fighting the vast and powerful computers who now rule the earth.
This movie contains 63 potentially triggering events.
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Is there domestic violence?
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jdpamv
The robots
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Is someone gaslighted?
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Jezebel
The entire movie is about the biggest collective gaslighting ever.
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Jezebel
Trigger warning: there is a brief but graphic shot of an infant in a harmful medical setting.
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Addiction
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bastardlass
In a sense. In one scene a character is forced to choose between a red pill and a blue pill. Later, another character is administered a metallic serum via syringe.
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Is there addiction?
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passerby
multiple characters are shown smoking but no negative effects or other implications of addiction are shown
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
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there is a brief scene where neo meets a character who is drinking and talking about regretting leaving the matrix, but theres no other drinking other than wine
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Does a dragon die?
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NearEastMugwump
There is no dragon in this movie.
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Are there spiders?
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summeree23
There are machines which do resemble spiders. They attack the ship.
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Are there bugs?
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Jezebel
A robot bug harms one of the characters.
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Assault
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Is someone held under water?
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The people in the matrix are suspended in liquid chambers but they are asleep and not struggling
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bananareen
Cypher is on top of Trinity's body while she is plugged in to the matrix, stroking her face.
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Is someone's mouth covered?
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Bringthebrokenbacktolife
More like removed. Neo's mouth is glued shut.
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Bodily Harm
Is there shaving/cutting?
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Jezebel
There is acupuncture
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Is there throat mutilation?
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OneLuckyDucky
A character has his mouth covered in skin and erased.
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Is there cannibalism?
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sarahcastic
We are told dead humans are liquified and fed to the living
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Is someone crushed to death?
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passerby
a woman is in danger of being crushed in a telephone box but is uninjured
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Is someone choked?
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OneLuckyDucky
Two characters choke each other in a fight.
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Is there body horror?
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KamiSteele
The main character has his mouth fused closed and a small robotic bug implanted inside his body through the navel. It is later removed through a suction mechanism in the same area. The 'real world' of The Matrix is full of this; humans are born, raised, and die inside womb-like pods, with several ports for attaching wired needles to their bodies. Even after leaving the Matrix they still need to go back through a port on the back of their head. One villain kills several people by ripping out the port while they are still plugged in, with visible blood.
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Is there Achilles Tendon injury?
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passerby
Morpheus is shot in the calf, not the Achilles. It still causes him to fall mid-run.
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Does someone break a bone?
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IamFries
There's an action scene in a lobby where the female lead as Trinity breaks her leg while filming.
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Does someone have a seizure?
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Jezebel
Spoiler alert: when characters are hurt in the matrix, when looking at their bodies it looks a lot like they're having seizures.
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Is someone tortured?
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KEdRuss
A man is in custody, handcuffed to a chair, as he is forcibly administered a drug that is implied to "crack his mind".
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Does someone fall to their death?
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There are a few scenes where people are falling off skyscrapers but they don't die from it.
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Is there excessive gore?
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passerby
i don’t think it’s “excessive” but there is some pretty gross stuff with the bugs. see other categories.
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Children
Is an infant abducted?
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passerby
every infant is controlled by a world domination AI. no individual kidnappings are performed or attempted but no baby is really free or with its deserving caretakers
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Does a kid die?
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Jezebel
Trigger warning: there is a brief but graphic shot of an infant that is about to be killed. It doesn't happen on-screen, but the narration says what's happening.
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Death
Does someone sacrifice themselves?
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Mythrider
Spoiler: He lives, but he was destined to sacrifice himself.
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Does a non-human character die?
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Mythrider
Robots - which the whole movie is based off of.
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Disability
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Drugs/Alcohol
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Family
Does a family member die?
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A brother
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Is someone kidnapped?
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passerby
A man is arrested by an illegitimate authority, AKA kidnapped.
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Fear
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Are there jump scares?
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Wildstorm13
There are very few, which neither would be alarming.
Total Jump Scare Count: 2 (2 Minor)
(Minor) (19:44) (When Neo tries to open his mouth, it transformers into something mutated)
(Minor) (1:19:23) (When Neo looks between the gap on a boarded window, someone's hand suddenly grabs him)
Total Jump Scare Count: 2 (2 Minor)
(Minor) (19:44) (When Neo tries to open his mouth, it transformers into something mutated)
(Minor) (1:19:23) (When Neo looks between the gap on a boarded window, someone's hand suddenly grabs him)
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Is someone possessed?
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Jezebel
Spoiler alert: the bad guys can possess people
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Is trypophobic content shown?
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Ellie_red
There's a scene where a man is plugged with wires going into holes/circles in his body which I found a little bit yuck but not too bad
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Gross
Does someone vomit?
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Naba
He is in the white room and when Morpheus tells him "I didn't say it would be easy Neo, I just said it would be the truth." Neo walks backwards and starts shouting that he wants out. He awakens in from the simulation and people try to hold him down, eventually though he gets out and gets dizzy, (the camera gets fuzzy too for a few seconds) and then when Morpheus tells him to breathe, Neo v* into a mangrate. It's not hyper-detailed it just looks like
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if milk had pulp like orange juice. And the sound is like if you exhaled a bit more sharply.
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It dosent last long maybe ~3 seconds and then he faints (screen goes black). Hope this helped.
According to HBO Max, he starts panicking and they try to restrain him at 44:30, and 44:50 is when he v*.
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if milk had pulp like orange juice. And the sound is like if you exhaled a bit more sharply.
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It dosent last long maybe ~3 seconds and then he faints (screen goes black). Hope this helped.
According to HBO Max, he starts panicking and they try to restrain him at 44:30, and 44:50 is when he v*.
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Does someone spit?
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After being punched/shot different characters spit up blood.
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Is there audio gore?
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Mythrider
Off screen, you can see/hear shootouts.
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Large-scale Violence
Are there 9/11 depictions?
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Anonymous
Made pre-9/11, however a helicopter does crash into a skyscraper.
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Law Enforcement
Is there copaganda?
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OneLuckyDucky
In this movie the cops work against the heroes.
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Is there incarceration?
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Agents take a man, handcuff him, and keep him in a room
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LGBTQ+
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Is there deadnaming or birthnaming?
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SiRenfield
Smith referring to Neo as “Mr. Anderson” is basically confirmed to be an allegory for this…that and the movie itself kind of does it retroactively on a meta level
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Loss
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Medical
Is electro-therapy used?
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bananareen
No this not ECT. someone uses a lightning canon thing but thats the only time anyone is shocked. the other imagery is people being plugged into a computer. they only move around when they are being shot in the matrix. to me, it was very different from ect imagery in movies and in real life
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Are needles/syringes used?
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TamasMcCoy
Neo is given acupuncture throughout his whole body.
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Mental Health
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cupofcoffee222
the movie used to be very reality checking for people back in time
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Does someone attempt suicide?
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Is there misophonia?
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YourLocalINTJ
There’s a part where a guy’s eating a steak that really triggered me
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Are there anxiety attacks?
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KEdRuss
Main protagonist has an existential freak out when he's dropped a hell of a truth bomb by another character about the true nature of Matrix.
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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 body dysmorphia?
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passerby
the whole story is widely believed to be an allegory for being transgender, and there are multiple scenes where a metaphorically transgender character is extremely uncomfortable (terrified) of the state of their physical body. These are not related to sex characteristics, but do involve some light and then less-light body horror.
Otherwise, bodies are regularly “invaded” or posessed by the enemies.
Finally, a good character turns the tables on this possession near the end and it’s a little spooky. The Agent is clearly extremely uncomfortable in his body at the time.
Metaphorically, yes.
Otherwise, bodies are regularly “invaded” or posessed by the enemies.
Finally, a good character turns the tables on this possession near the end and it’s a little spooky. The Agent is clearly extremely uncomfortable in his body at the time.
Metaphorically, yes.
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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redrosy
The biggest one that comes to mind is when the crew is running from the villains and they are stuck inside a house. They need to climb through the walls to escape & the shots are very tight
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No but someone gets very close to dying via ‘assisted’ suicide
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Noxious
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Is there shakey cam?
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Naba
A little when someone gets dizzy.
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Is there obscene language/gestures?
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passerby
Neo flips off a man but it’s a “fuck off” not a sexual innuendo
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Are there flashing lights or images?
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During shooting scenes there is flashing
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Paranoia
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Pregnancy
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Is there childbirth?
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not anymore
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Prejudice
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passerby
Many people believe this story to be an allegory for being transgender, so any time a character’s “real name” or non-hacker name is used, it might be construed as misgendering. This, to me, is not triggering. Just present in the text.
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Does an LGBT person die?
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Anonymous
Switch, who in early versions of the script was a trans woman, dies.
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Is there hate speech?
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jdpamv
Villains calling characters by their non-preferred names is coded as deadnaming as the film is a trans allegory. While the film doesn't condone misogyny, it's where the term "red pill" was created which is mostly used by manosphere misogynists now.
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Race
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Relationships
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Religious
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Sex
Are there nude scenes?
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passerby
at one point a woman appears in a public space wearing a strapless dress, the first shot revealing her presence shows her bare shoulders. she is clothed but does not initially appear so.
later, a man wakes up in a strange machine naked in a tub of goo, no “bits” or butts are shown.
later, a man wakes up in a strange machine naked in a tub of goo, no “bits” or butts are shown.
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Is someone sexually objectified?
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One character makes a computer program that looks like a sexy woman in a red dress and he says some pretty objectifying things about her
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Are there incestuous relationships?
National Sexual Assault Hotline 800.656.4673
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Is there sexual content?
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There's a shot of a man looking at a pinup.
He also later asks his friend if he wanted a night with the sexy woman he designed for the training program
He also later asks his friend if he wanted a night with the sexy woman he designed for the training program
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Sexism
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Sickness
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Social
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Is someone homeless?
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There's a homeless man watching in a corner in a scene where they are trying to escape
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Spoiler
Is Santa (et al) spoiled?
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I mean, not specifically. Only in the sense that they explain that everything we were taught to think is real-is not real.
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Vehicular
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Does a car crash?
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deathhairball
a truck crashes into a phone booth in an opening scene, someone is in the phone booth but they are not harmed
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Does a plane crash?
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Jezebel
Spoiler alert: not a plane, but a helicopter does crash.
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Is someone hit by a car?
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Anonymous
A villain is hit by a train but is not injured
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Violence
Does someone drown?
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passerby
A character gets the equivalent of being flushed down a toilet (haha) but he’s good dw
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Is there blood/gore?
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KEdRuss
Characters occasionally spit out or cough up blood after taking a massive beating or being shot.
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Is there a nuclear explosion?
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Crow75
But there are regular explosions.
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Is there gun violence?
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KEdRuss
This movie has guns... lots of guns -- and a lot of shooting.
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