Information for Parents

Ava

Ava

Common Sense Media Age 15

Parents Need To Know

Positive Messages
While there are no clear positive messages, the movie does show a family resolving their problems.
Positive Role Models & Representations
Violence
Intense action violence, often leading to death. Guns and shooting, including a shooting at a busy nightclub. Slit throat and stabbings. Blood splatter and bloody wounds. Many physical, choreographed fights with punches and kicks. Strangling. A person who's still alive is sunk to the bottom of a lake.
Sex
Brief passionate kissing. A character watches an underwear-clad threesome kissing on a bed. Ava uses her sexuality to corner men in a vulnerable position so she can kill them. Ava wears a slinky dress with a plunging neckline.
Language
Frequent use of "f--k." Other strong language includes "a--hole," "bulls--t," "damn, "hell," "prick," and "s--t." A woman calls herself "a slut."
Consumerism
A Range Rover is prominently featured. Wads of cash are seen, and Ava is paid large sums of money for killing people.
Education Value
Ease of Play
Privacy
Ava is in recovery from drug and alcohol dependencies and regularly feels challenged to stay sober. Smoking and drinking, including a character who gets drunk.
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