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- Sex & Nudity (1)
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- Profanity (2)
- Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking (1)
- Frightening & Intense Scenes (3)
- Spoilers (9)
Certification
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Sex & Nudity
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- Sonny and his girlfriend lie in bed after sex. The sheets are covering their whole bodies and nothing beyond that is seen.
Violence & Gore
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- Some bloody violence.
- 13-year-old Sonny undergoes a gang initiation where he runs in-between gang members while being hit with belts, clubs, pipes and chains. He collapses on the floor, his head covered in blood.
- A gang fight ends with a young man being stabbed in the back. He falls dead on the ground, eyes wide open.
Profanity
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- Strong language throughout. The film opens with a group of children cursing while stealing from a convenience store.
- Many uses of "f*ck", "n*gga", "sh*t", etc. throughout.
Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking
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- Characters smoke and drink at different times in the film.
Frightening & Intense Scenes
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- The tone of the film is bleak and depressing. It deals with how gang violence and inner city poverty can destroy the potential of individuals.
- The funeral of one of the gang members is very sad and intense.
- A character is shown handcuffed to a pipe and is beaten badly by a police officer.
Spoilers
Sex & Nudity
- A prison psychiatrist asks Sonny personal questions about incest and masturbation.
- It's implied that Willie, one of Sonny's friends in prison, is raped by two prison guards.
Violence & Gore
- Sonny is handcuffed to a pipe and violently interrogated by a racist cop.
- Sonny's friend Willie is thrown to his death from one of the upper floors by two prison guards.
Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking
- After coming home from prison, Sonny discovers his girlfriend became a drug addict. She injects herself with heroin to numb her pain.
- Sonny's girlfriend overdoses on heroin.
Frightening & Intense Scenes
- The interrogation scene is very violent.
- In the turning point of the story, Sonny goes to prison after a brutal interrogation and unfair trial.
- The scene of Sonny's dad visiting him in prison is heartbreaking.
