Information for Parents

Blankman

Blankman

Common Sense Media Age 13

Parents Need To Know

Positive Messages
One person can make a difference.
Positive Role Models & Representations
Violence
Cartoonish violence is rampant. People are shot. A man chained to a bank vault dies in an explosion off screen. Campaign workers are shot, but only the gunman is seen. A man is shot in the shoulder with minimal blood and no lasting effects. People are mugged in the subway and on the street. A pimp beats up one of his workers. A fight with another man ensues. Two brothers live across the street from a crack house. Police officers sleep in a squad car while mayhem erupts around them. A woman throws a bottle at someone committing a crime below her window. A pregnant woman gets stuck in an elevator and has to give birth with the help of two good Samaritans.
Sex
A woman kisses a man who has had little sexual experience. He whines, buckles at the knees, and wobbles around for a while in a comic overreaction to the kiss. A woman makes a reference to a criminal having small genitals. While using a homemade walkie-talkie, a man seems to be talking to his genitals. A tabloid news organization goes after a "lesbian necrophiliac" story. References are made to a sperm bank and "S & M." A man describes his first kiss as a "tongue probing my mouth." A TV producer in a wheelchair claims that high ratings "give me a woodie." A woman in labor pain grabs a man's crotch in the belief that she's squeezing his finger. Display of a Rorschach test line drawing of a woman's breasts.
Language
"S--t," "ass," "bitch," "woodie," "nuts," "balls," "testicles," and "scumbags." References are made to new superheroes "Midgetman" and "Gayman."
Consumerism
Not applicable
Education Value
Ease of Play
Privacy
Two brothers live across the street from a crack house.
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