PG-13 Movie Analysis

The impact that the world had on the film industry pushed them toward changing the Code to a Rating system. This was the idea that there would be no approval or disapproval of the content, instead, they would give caution to parents about the movie (MPAA 52). This gave the industry a chance to break out of that constant conformity and make whatever movie they could come up with. The caution didn’t come in just a caption about the movie - it came in a certain rating system that the National Association of Theatre Owners (NATO), Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), and International Film Importers and Distributors of America (IFIDA) came up with. “There were initially four categories films were placed under. G for General Audiences — all ages admitted. M for Mature Audiences — parental guidance suggested, but all ages admitted. R for Restricted — children under 16 would not be admitted without an accompanying adult. X — no one under 17 admitted” (MPAA 52). These are not the exact same ratings the film industry uses today. There has been some changing …show more content…
In this film, there are elements that cross the line of appropriate for PG-13 movies. The film has a particular theme that can either come across and fatherly love or vengeance. This movie is nonstop action and violence throughout the whole thing. It is one that keeps you on the edge of your seat the whole time and makes you tense up. Vulgar language is used frequently in the movie. A lot of the movie consists of nudity and sensual material since the daughter is sold into sex trafficking and prostitution. These parts alone should set this movie over the line into R rating. Some of the trafficking parts are very disturbing to see how people treat these women as objects and nothing else. Drugs and other elements are prominent through the movie starting with underage drinking, overdose, and also casual smoking and