A 1985 warning about the possible loss of individual freedom and privacy due to communal fear -- in this case, prophetically, the fear of terrorism. Other far-sighted notions: super-dependence on imperfect technology, people becoming desensitized to extreme violence, and honor and morality corrupted by exaggerated dangers. Several comic warnings included as well (excessive plastic surgery, addiction to romance).

With black comedy abandon, mayhem and violence reign in numerous sequences. Masked (read "faceless") military and police forces intimidate the population frequently: chasing, shooting, capturing, generally wreaking havoc upon the innocent. The hero is tortured. Gunfire erupts, people fall. Buildings collapse and catch fire. Explosions kill multitudes -- bloody bodies and body parts fill the screen in several scenes. Masked men and baby-faced monsters attack. Many chases, wild rides, attacks by armored vehicles, people on fire, cars blown up.

A scantily dressed character is seen in black stockings and a garter belt. There is kissing. Two characters seen in bed together, presumably after sex. Some sexual innuendo in dialogue.

Occasional coarse language, including "s--t," "f--k," "damn," "bastard." Excrement is sent through a vacuum tube to flood two men in hazmat suits.

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Characters drink alcoholic beverages in a few social situations. The heroine smokes cigarettes.