The Old Guard
Movie • 2020 • Action
ReportThe story of a small covert group of immortal mercenaries who must fight to keep their team together when they discover the existence of a new immortal and their extraordinary abilities are exposed.
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Unanswered Triggers
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Is there dementia/Alzheimer's?
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lillianm
Copley discusses his wife who died of ALS or something of that nature
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Does a woman get slapped?
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Is a child abandoned by a parent?
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beforethebreakdown
no, but there is a flashback where a character's child (as an adult) is upset and yells at their parent (wordlessly) because their parent is immortal and cannot share the 'secret' to save their child.
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Abuse
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Is someone stalked?
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mad_melody
The main characters are tracked down, the main characters try to track someone down, and at Merrick there is a bunch of photos and files gathered of some people.
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Is there domestic violence?
National Domestic Violence Hotline (1-800-799-7233)
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Does the abused become the abuser?
National Domestic Violence Hotline (1-800-799-7233)
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Is someone gaslighted?
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mad_melody
There is no gaslighting, but near the end of the movie some people find out they were lied to for the whole movie by someone they care about.
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Addiction
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Duck
no, but there are several instances of alcohol consumption
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Is there addiction?
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MajaLouiseVesterdorfLange
Possibly alcoholism, perhaps especially clear very near the end (after Booker has become alone).
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
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saturn
Characters drink throughout, and one character (Booker) is constantly drinking, especially when he's stressed. He appears to be drunk in a post-credit scene but otherwise no one ever appears erratic or drunk.
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Does a horse die?
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mad_melody
In flashbacks to Andy's past, there are mounted combat scenes, but no horses are harmed.
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Eratosthenese
While no animals die on screen, Merrick talks about having experimented on and killed a quarter of a million mice.
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Are animals abused?
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Eratosthenese
While no animals are abused on screen, Merrick talks about having experimented on and killed a quarter of a million mice.
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Assault
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Is someone held under water?
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roseatespoonbill
Yes, one of the characters is doomed to constantly drown and revive for centuries.
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Is someone restrained?
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ellieannco
in the second half of the movie, characters are shown handcuffed and then strapped down to tables/chairs. they are also physically restrained by guards
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Bodily Harm
Is there shaving/cutting?
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saturn
Knives are used in close-contact fights; various wounds are dealt with them, including some to the throat.
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
29 supporters
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annco1234
A character is shown drowning on-screen as backstory.
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Is someone crushed to death?
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ellieannco
No, but two characters fall from a height and end up inside a crushed car.
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Is someone choked?
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beforethebreakdown
two characters are hung on nooses but do not die, and as such there is a lot of choking noises.
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Is someone burned alive?
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Willoughby123
Nothing is shown but one of the characters tells a story of how they were burned alive for being a witch
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Is someone buried alive?
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MerVamp26
Someone is locked in an iron maiden (metal casket) and thrown to the bottom of the ocean.
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Is there amputation?
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annco1234
Very brief shot of a man's arm getting cut off during the fight scene at the church. 56:50-56:53.
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Does a head get squashed?
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No. People are shot in the head/face, though.
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Is there a hanging?
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saturn
Around 49:00 minutes in, two women are shown hanging (as part of a witch trial) and struggling for breath, but as they are immortal, they don't die. The scene lasts less than a minute.
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Does someone asphyxiate?
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ellieannco
A character is shown drowning in the ocean. Other characters are shown struggling to breathe after being hung.
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Does someone break a bone?
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SethMiddleton
An arm is broken in a fight scene and the bone is shown through the skin. At the end, an immortal character jumps from a tall building onto a car and her hand is shown to be broken in many places. We do see it heal. Also, this doesn’t fit anywhere else, but an immortal man catches a grenade and his intestines are shown exposed before they heal.
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Are any teeth damaged?
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EMall
A character spits some blood after a strike to the face, however there is no damage shown to the teeth or mouth and no teeth are spat.
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Is there finger/toe mutilation?
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Willoughby123
Broken fingers and shot in the foot
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Is someone tortured?
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TFMD
Characters are held captive to find the secret to their immortality. We don't see much of the experimentation but the bad guy threatens to spend decades cutting pieces off them if necessary. We are also told about (or shown in flashback) some deaths by torture, including burning alive and imprisonment in an underwater coffin.
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Does someone fall to their death?
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saturn
Two characters fall from a window, they are shown falling then the impact of them landing on a car is shown. One is immortal and the other is not, but no gore/body is shown afterwards from the character who dies.
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Is someone stabbed?
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beforethebreakdown
swords are used in the opening fight scene, and an axe/labrys is used to also kill people in multiple scenes.
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Children
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Does a kid die?
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saturn
An immortal man discusses the pain of losing his son (an adult), since his family aged around him while he didn't.
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Creepy Crawly
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Death
Does someone sacrifice themselves?
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ellieannco
Sort of. They're immortal, so no permanent damage is done. We do see characters using their bodies to shield others, though.
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Does a major character die?
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beforethebreakdown
not permanently, as the premise of the film is a group of immortals who cannot die.
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Disability
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Drugs/Alcohol
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Family
Does a family member die?
21 supporters
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beforethebreakdown
multiple characters discuss the family that they have outlived.
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Does a parent die?
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Willoughby123
Main characters are immortal and talk about loved ones lost along the way
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Is someone kidnapped?
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mad_melody
At the beginning of the movie, the main characters go to save children being held hostage, but it turns out that there were never actually any children there, it was a lie. When Andy first sees Nile in-person, she knocks Nile out, kidnaps her, and won't let her leave after she wakes up. After Nile and Andy step outside of the church, two characters are forcefully kidnapped, and a rescue is planned and performed for the remainder of the movie.
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Does someone cheat?
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H077y
There are multiple cases of the opposite, where two characters show immense love towards each other and a complete lack of desire to ever leave each other or betray each other
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Fear
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Gross
Does someone vomit?
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saturn
Around 33:30 minutes in, Nile Freeman stabs Andy and Andy pulls the knife from her own arm. She says "Can you please not do that again?" and Nile starts r*tching, then ducks in and out of the frame before v**iting. Full audio, I think there's visual. Lasts less than ten seconds and she's fine afterwards.
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Does someone spit?
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mad_melody
During a fight on a plane, Nile hits Andy in the face and Andy spits out blood.
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Large-scale Violence
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Law Enforcement
Is there copaganda?
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ellieannco
No, but there's positive depictions of the US military.
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Is there incarceration?
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nevermindirah
Several main characters are imprisoned in a private research lab, and in a flashback main characters are imprisoned by church-government authorities.
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LGBTQ+
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Medical
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Are needles/syringes used?
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annco1234
We see a syringe inserted into a man's abdomen area, and hear/see his reactions of pain.
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Is there a hospital scene?
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saturn
Not a "hospital" but a lab with medical equipment and restraints, so it may be triggering nonetheless.
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Does someone have cancer?
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Willoughby123
One of the main characters lost a loved one to cancer
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Mental Health
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TFMD
This should be a yes due to a scene where a character deliberately holds her hand in a fire to check whether her self-healing powers are real. She's in obvious pain and there is a shot of her severe burns rapidly healing. Not typical self-harm since she knows she'll heal within seconds, but could definitely be triggering. As mentioned, there's also another scene where she shoots herself in the foot.
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ellieannco
Sort of. Characters are immortal and they are shown intentionally doing things that cause them to die, but this is done with the knowledge that they are immortal. One character discusses trying to find a way to end their life.
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Is there misophonia?
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ellieannco
Lots of loud gunshots. Nile can be heard throwing up after getting out of Andy's van.
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Are there anxiety attacks?
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mad_melody
A few times Nile is shown having slight difficulty breathing and moving around anxiously, and does things like listening to music to calm down.
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
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No but Booker expresses suicidal ideation
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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wolfy998
There’s a story told in which a character is locked in coffin on the bottom of the ocean for over 500 years. They die and then revive repeatedly.
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mad_melody
In the penthouse at Merrick, Nile grabs someone and jumps out of a window. She does die when she hits the ground (as the immortals can temporarily die) but she comes back to life a few moments later. Additionally, there is a plotline about someone allowing themselves to be tested on in the hopes that it'll someday result in their own death.
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Does someone suffer from PTSD?
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ellieannco
Nile has a nightmare about being killed/killing someone else after her time in the military. Booker clearly struggles with the loss of his wife and children.
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Noxious
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Is there shakey cam?
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SandraSabrina
The entire movie has a shakey cam
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Are there flashing lights or images?
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saturn
No, but some scenes have constant flashes from gunshots that you may want to be aware of.
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Paranoia
Is someone watched without knowing?
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beforethebreakdown
the opening scene is recorded by security cameras without the group's knowledge, though they later become aware of it.
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Is the fourth wall broken?
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ellieannco
In the beginning of the movie, a character is narrating. Presumably to the audience, although they aren't directly addressed.
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Pregnancy
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Prejudice
Are there homophobic slurs?
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MajaLouiseVesterdorfLange
Not slurs, but obvious disrespect, mocking.
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Does an LGBT person die?
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Willoughby123
Two of the main characters are in a same sex relationship, both are immortal and die multiple times. Both are alive at the end of the film. All of the main characters die and the LGBT ones don't die a disproportionate amount.
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Does the black guy die first?
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saturn
Unknown black soldiers are the first non-immortals killed onscreen (by the main characters on a mission), and one of the main characters is a Black woman who is immortal and alive by the end of the film, but is shown dying graphically before this. [addition: also yes, the only immortal we know of that died is a Black man. he is seen dying in flashbacks at two different points in the film.]
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Is there hate speech?
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annco1234
One character makes a homophobic joke, but is quickly told off by another.
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Race
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Relationships
Is there a large age gap?
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ellieannco
Not between romantic pairings.
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Religious
Is religion discussed?
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nevermindirah
One character ridicules another's belief in God.
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Sex
Are there nude scenes?
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ellieannco
Nicky and Joe are shown shirtless, otherwise no.
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Is someone sexually objectified?
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nevermindirah
There's a remarkable absence of objectification given how common it is in the genre. Both the lead characters are women and neither of them is ever sexually objectified by other characters or the camera.
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Are there incestuous relationships?
National Sexual Assault Hotline 800.656.4673
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Is there sexual content?
64 supporters
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annco1234
The most sexual part of the movie is when a couple kisses for 1-2 seconds. One character makes a joke about another's sex life.
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Sexism
Is a male character ridiculed for crying?
20 supporters
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saturn
Booker cries when speaking about his son, Copley's voice breaks when speaking about his wife, Joe is near tears when trying to wake Nicky. Joe is teased (by the antagonists) for showing affection but he quickly shuts the homophobia down. All together, this movie puts a lot of emphasis on emotional vulnerability of all characters and subverts expectations by having the main cast be emotionally open and supportive, and having the men do the emotional caretaking.
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Sickness
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Does someone have a chronic illness?
1 supporters
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ellieannco
One character discussing having had a son with cancer, another discusses having a wife with ALS. Both of these characters died before the movie takes place and are only mentioned by others.
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Social
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Spoiler
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Does it have a sad ending?
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raspberrysys
It has a very bittersweet ending
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Vehicular
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Does a plane crash?
16 supporters
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saturn
No, but a pilot stops steering and it looks like a plane is going to go down--turbulence is shown both inside and outside, but it continues safely.
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Is someone hit by a car?
21 supporters
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Duck
no, but there is one instance of characters falling into a car from a high height, both die and one, the villain, is not immortal
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Violence
Does someone drown?
24 supporters
Yes
41
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FireInBabylon
A character is shown drowning and resurrecting multiple times over centuries, and it is discussed in detail
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Is there blood/gore?
57 supporters
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39
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saturn
Constant blood and gore--the main characters are immortal and their wounds heal, but some bad wounds and blood are shown both on them and on others throughout.
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Is there gun violence?
1 supporters
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saturn
Gun violence is constant throughout with a variety of weapons and situations -- it's best to avoid this movie if this is a trigger.
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