Information for Parents

American Assassin

American Assassin

Common Sense Media Age 16

Parents Need To Know

Positive Messages
Most of the movie is about revenge, both on the part of the good guys and the bad guys. Much is sacrificed to save a single person.
Positive Role Models & Representations
Violence
Lots of guns and shooting. Blood spurts, dead bodies. Martial arts and hand-to-hand fighting. Stabbing/slicing with knives. A scene of torture: a man's arm is in a vise, his fingernails pulled off. Nuclear explosion.
Sex
Topless woman. A marriage proposal includes a kiss.
Language
Frequent use of "f--k," "motherf----r," "s--t," "d--khead," "a--hole," "ass," "goddamn," "son of a bitch," "hell," "balls," "hard-on," and "Jesus Christ" and "for god's sake" (as exclamations).
Consumerism
Not applicable
Education Value
Ease of Play
Privacy
Background smoking. Drinking from flask.
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