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En Brazos de un Asesino (Killing Sarai)

En Brazos de un Asesino (Killing Sarai)

Common Sense Media Age 16

Parents Need To Know

Positive Messages
Saving yourself from hard situations takes courage, as does learning to live life on your own terms. But film doesn't portray romantic relationships in a particularly healthy way.
Positive Role Models & Representations
Violence
Violent depictions of murder, including explosive gunshots to the head, legs, chest. Blood shown on-screen. Mentions and scenes with abuse and torture. A scene showing rape from the victim's point of view. Mention of a violent abortion ending with both fetus and mother dying. Body horror such as cutting a microchip out of Sarai's neck. Sarai gets knocked unconscious; she also threatens Victor with a gun. Mention of patricide. Mentions and allusions to sex trafficking.
Sex
Partial nudity, including breasts. Scenes with Sarai clothed in skimpy underthings. Suggestive touching, voyeurism from the camera lingering on Sarai's body. Sex scenes include partial nudity (chests and upper body). Female waitresses are also shown partially nude, chest up, in a scene involving a lurid party.
Language
Curse words/phrases include "a--hole," "s--t," "son of a bitch," "go to hell," "bitch," and "whore." Use of the word "stupid," which could be seen as ableist.
Consumerism
Victor wears a Rolex watch, drives a Maserati car. Victor and Sarai drive a Chevrolet truck later in the film. Luxury is an important part of selling Victor's lifestyle to the audience.
Education Value
Ease of Play
Privacy
Mention of drugs. Characters drink alcohol in several scenes.
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