Information for Parents

Horizon Line

Horizon Line

Common Sense Media Age 13

Parents Need To Know

Positive Messages
Characters fight for their lives against difficult odds, but otherwise there's not much heft here. Raises the issue of cultural appropriation, since it's the story of White people living on an island near Africa.
Positive Role Models & Representations
Violence
Frequent peril/danger/suspense. Character dies of a heart attack. Character breaks arm; bloody wound shown. Characters decide to throw a body out of the plane to lighten its load.
Sex
Passionate kissing/embracing; one character wraps her legs around another. Couple shown sleeping together, presumably after sex. Topless man, with some below-the-belt skin visible. The naked back of a woman wearing panties is shown.
Language
Fairly frequent language includes one "f--k" and one silently mouthed "f--k," as well as uses of "s--t," "ass," "dumbass," and "stupid," plus "Jesus" and "thank God."
Consumerism
Not applicable
Education Value
Ease of Play
Privacy
Drinking in bar and at a party. Characters with hangovers played for laughs. Bottles of rum are part of the plot. Pot and cigarette smoking.
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