KILL YOUR FRIENDS

Type of media Video

Approved Running time 98m 56s

BBFCInsight very strong language, strong bloody violence, drug use, strong sex

Genre(s) Comedy, Crime, Drama

Director(s) Owen Harris

Cast includes Nicholas Hoult, Craig Roberts, James Corden, Tom Riley, Georgia King, Joseph Mawle, Rosanna Arquette, Ed Skrein, Edward Hogg, Damien Molony

Cut This work was passed uncut.

18
ECI information

BBFCinsight publication date 17/12/2015

Note: The following text may contain spoilers

KILL YOUR FRIENDS is a comedy thriller about a young man working in the music industry in the 90s who goes to drastic lengths in order to deal with the competition and stress of signing new artists.

Language: There is occasional very strong language ('c**t') and frequent strong language ('f**k').
Violence: A man is choked and then repeatedly hit in the face with a blunt object; the injury becomes increasingly bloody. A character is stabbed in the neck and lies in a pool of blood on the floor. There is sight of a dead character's limbs being hacked off and placed in a suitcase.
Drugs: Characters use cocaine and pills frequently throughout the film. There is a scene in which a character sniffs poppers in a club.
Sex: There is sight of a woman riding a man on a bed as another man walks over to join them. There is buttock nudity in this scene. There are topless women in other scenes. Pornographic images are briefly seen on computer screens

There are references to paedophilia when a character is arrested after images were found on his hard drive.

This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.

Details

Title: KILL YOUR FRIENDS
Year: 2015
Distributor(s): Studio Canal
Classified date(s): 17/12/2015
Main language: English
Submitted run time: 98m 56s
BBFC reference: AVF328142
Remarks: Widescreen

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Rating information

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