• Director(s)

    Peter Manoogian

  • Production Year

    1988

  • Genre(s)

    Action, Science_fiction

  • Approx. running minutes

    97m

  • Cast

    Paul Satterfield, Claudia Christian, Hamilton Camp

Film

Arena

moderate violence, injury detail, sex

ARENA is a US sci-fi sports action film, from 1989, in which a human becomes an unlikely rising star as he goes up against aliens in a galactic fighting contest.…

ARENA is a US sci-fi sports action film, from 1989, in which a human becomes an unlikely rising star as he goes up against aliens in a galactic fighting contest.

violence
Sustained moderate scenes of fantastical sporting violence feature punches, kicks, elbows, chokeholds and headbutts between aliens and humans. There is occasional brawling outside the arena, along with laser weapon shoot-outs. An alien character's head explodes in a fantastical scene but any injury detail is obscured by the blast.
sex
There are scenes of kissing, caressing and implied sex; there is fleeting sight of female buttock and breast nudity as a woman dresses following this liaison.
injury detail
There is sight of blood and bruising on both human and alien faces and bodies during fight scenes. We see a small amount of blood on the face of an alien who falls to his death.
additional issues
There are mild scenes of gun threat and characters are restrained and intimidated by a crime boss. A man makes sexist references to the appearance of a woman. Mild bad language includes the terms 'shit', 'damn' and 'hell'.

  • Director(s)

    Peter Manoogian

  • Production Year

    1988

  • Genre(s)

    Action, Science_fiction

  • Approx. running minutes

    97m

  • Cast

    Paul Satterfield, Claudia Christian, Hamilton Camp

moderate violence, injury detail, sex
Classified Date:
19/06/2023
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Arrow Film Distributors Ltd
violence
Sustained moderate scenes of fantastical sporting violence feature punches, kicks, elbows, chokeholds and headbutts between aliens and humans. There is occasional brawling outside the arena, along with laser weapon shoot-outs. An alien character's head explodes in a fantastical scene but any injury detail is obscured by the blast.
sex
There are scenes of kissing, caressing and implied sex; there is fleeting sight of female buttock and breast nudity as a woman dresses following this liaison.
injury detail
There is sight of blood and bruising on both human and alien faces and bodies during fight scenes. We see a small amount of blood on the face of an alien who falls to his death.
additional issues
There are mild scenes of gun threat and characters are restrained and intimidated by a crime boss. A man makes sexist references to the appearance of a woman. Mild bad language includes the terms 'shit', 'damn' and 'hell'.
Classified Date:
18/10/1989
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Entertainment in Video Ltd

  • Classified date

    19/06/2023

  • Language

    English