Suggests that violence/murder is OK to solve a problem that some might consider worse (abuse). Many years later, there are indirect consequences, but it's so far removed that it doesn't really connect. Clearly inspired by Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist, movie also wants to talk a little about runaway/unhoused children, but story is more about violence and corruption than it is about empathy.

Suggestion of a man sexually abusing his young child (very disturbing; nothing graphic shown). Child stabs/murders someone with a hot poker. Guns and shooting. Child shoots someone; blood splatter on wall. Bloody wounds. Characters get shot and die. Choke hold. A character slices an "x" into his own shoulder; blood shown.

Brief scene of a topless woman. Kissing. A woman wearing fishnet stockings and black underwear, with tape over her nipples, dances on a stripper pole. Nipples visible through tank top. Man ogles a woman's breasts and bottom.

Frequent strong language includes "f--k," "s--t," "motherf----r," "c--ksucker," and "ass," plus exclamatory use of "oh my God," "Jesus Christ."

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Adults drink whiskey (from bottles and flasks), beer. An abusive character is often drunk. Cigarette smoking.