The Substitute (1996) Poster

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Certification

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MPAA Rated R for strong violence, language and brief nudity
Certification

Sex & Nudity

  • Some female nudity no male nudity.
  • Some making out.
  • A few crude sex references are made.
  • A scene showing women takes place at a strip club, some female nudity is seen in the background, a few dancers are topless and wearing thongs.

Violence & Gore

  • A few stabbings, usually brief and not bloody.
  • Physical fights throughout which include punching, kicking, tackling, choking and arm-twisting. Random objects are also sometimes thrown or used as weapons. Some of these scenes have a bit of blood.
  • Quite a few gunfights throughout, some of which last several minutes, results are at times bloody.
  • Some innocent people are assaulted, taken hostage and killed throughout.
  • Cinemax content advisory: rated R for violence (V), adult language (AL), and adult content (AC).
  • A man is killed by getting pushed into a huge propeller, the scene cuts away before anything is seen.

Profanity

  • 37 uses of the f-word, including around 25 uses of "mother****er", as well as several uses of the s-word and other milder language.

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • Casual smoking and drinking in a few scenes.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • A gang threatens a woman as she gets into her car, and they climb all over her car and threaten her as she sits inside it.
  • A few mildly intense moments here and there, but nothing too bad.

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Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • The story involves drugs and gangs.

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