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Sex & Nudity

None.

Violence & Gore

Many explosions and gun fights and shots. Many people killed by guns although rarely we see any blood.

A man has a bomb implanted in him, off-screen but we see the bomb in his stomach.

A man has a pencil impale him in the head, no blood but he is slammed on the desk where the pencil was.

A woman is killed (off screen) in an explosion.

A man catches on fire. He lives, but he becomes Two-Face. Half of his face is burned off and displays parts of his teeth, jaw and cheek bones as well as a very exposed eye ball. His skin is also disturbingly burned.

A man is dropped from a great height while being interrogated. We see him hit the ground. He lands right on his feet, and breaks both his legs. He does survive, though.

The Joker talks about how his father attacked his mom and then cut his face later with a knife. He is seen with the scars later.

The Joker cuts a man's mouth open off screen, no screaming just a bystander's disturbed facial expression while watching.

A man is threatened with a knife.

A wife and son are held at gun point by Two-Face .

Many scenes of people being beaten up.

A man's dead corpse hits a window very suddenly and we see his face has been carved and has make up on it (clown make-up).

A man is shot in the leg.

Batman is attacked by angry dogs. He stitches his dog bites on screen.

Profanity

Uses of of sh*t, damn, hell, *ss, son of a b*tch.

Uses of the Lord's name in vain.

Some characters smoke, one literally.

Characters drink champagne in a party and wine in a restaurant.

There's a scene where a character takes another person's wife and two kids as hostage, he threatens to kill the wife and the son by pointing the gun to them.

There are also some massive explosion scenes.

There are also various scenes where characters are given choices as whom to choose to live or die, as well as motivating people to kill others in order to survive.

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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of violence and some menace.
Certification:
Ireland:15A / UK:12A / Australia:M / New Zealand:M / Norway:15 / Singapore:PG / South Korea:15 / Philippines:PG-13 (MTRCB) / Brazil:12 / Netherlands:16 / Malaysia:U / Argentina:13 / Iceland:12 / Canada:13+ (Quebec) / Peru:14 / Canada:14A (British Columbia/Ontario) / Sweden:15 / Canada:PG (Alberta/Manitoba) / USA:PG-13 (certificate #44427) / Portugal:M/12 / South Africa:13V (13V) / Denmark:15 / Hong Kong:IIB / Finland:K-13 / India:UA / Mexico:B / France:U / Italy:T / Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) / Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) / Germany:16

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