• Director(s)

    Sam Liu

  • Production Year

    2016

  • Genre(s)

    Drama, Crime, Thriller, Science Fiction, Animation

  • Approx. running minutes

    73m

  • Cast

    Kevin Conroy (voice), Ray Wise (voice), Mark Hamill (voice), Tara Strong (voice)

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Batman: The Killing Joke

strong violence

Batman attempts to stop the Joker from driving Gotham's police commissioner insane in this dark animated adaptation of the graphic novel. Violence is stronger, more sadistic and sexual than some parents may expect.…

Batman attempts to stop the Joker from driving Gotham's police commissioner insane in this dark animated adaptation of the graphic novel. Violence is stronger, more sadistic and sexual than some parents may expect.

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violence

threat and horror

language

sex

drugs

sexual violence and sexual threat

nudity

alcohol and smoking

  • Director(s)

    Sam Liu

  • Production Year

    2016

  • Genre(s)

    Drama, Crime, Thriller, Science Fiction, Animation

  • Approx. running minutes

    73m

  • Cast

    Kevin Conroy (voice), Ray Wise (voice), Mark Hamill (voice), Tara Strong (voice)

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moderate violence
Classified Date:
20/07/2016
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Warner Brothers Entertainment UK Ltd
Paperwork Remarks:
Madness Music Featurette
violence
Moderate violence includes occasional bloody images as a woman is shot from off screen and falls back with blood visible on her shirt and stomach. Later images also show blood pooled out under her bare legs, but there is no clear sight of injuries. A man is also seen being held on a leash and threatened with a taser as he is made to look at images of a dead woman.
strong violence
Classified Date:
21/06/2016
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Warner Brothers Entertainment UK Ltd
violence
Scenes of strong violence include gunfights, fistfights and beatings, with accompanying sight of blood from wounds. There is a sequence of suggested sexual violence in which a woman is shot and, while she's on the ground, a man begins to unbutton her clothes. Images of her naked body with blood on her skin are seen later, implying that she was fully stripped following the shooting and may have been raped. There is limited detail of her nudity. In another scene a man's clothes are removed and he is forced to wear a collar while being pulled around on a leash by the villains.
additional issues
Infrequent moderate sex and sex references include a woman removing her top to reveal her bra while straddling a man and kissing him, with subsequent verbal references to the encounter. There are also references to a man asking a woman to wear a mask, implying it was in a sexual context. There is occasional use of mild and moderate bad language, including 'bitch', 'asshole', 'bloody', and 'pissed'.
strong violence
Classified Date:
24/06/2016
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Warner Home Video Ltd
violence
Scenes of strong violence include gunfights, fistfights and beatings, with accompanying sight of blood from wounds.
threat and horror
In one scene a man's clothes are removed and he is forced to wear a collar while being pulled around on a leash by the villains. The film has a bleak and threatening tone throughout.
language
There is occasional use of moderate bad language, such as 'bitch', as well as milder terms such as 'pissed' and 'bloody'.
sex
Infrequent moderate sex and sex references include a woman removing her top to reveal her bra while straddling a man and kissing him, with subsequent verbal references to the encounter. There are also references to a man asking a woman to wear a mask, implying it was in a sexual context.
drugs
There is some sight of drugs but no sight of drug misuse.
sexual violence and sexual threat
There is a sequence of suggested sexual violence in which a woman is shot and, while she's on the ground, a man begins to unbutton her clothes. Images of her naked body with blood on her skin are seen later, implying that she was fully stripped following the shooting and may have been raped. There is limited detail of her nudity.
nudity
There is some brief non sexual nudity.
alcohol and smoking
Adult characters are seen drinking and there is sight of cigars.
additional issues
Infrequent moderate sex and sex references include a woman removing her top to reveal her bra while straddling a man and kissing him, with subsequent verbal references to the encounter. There are also references to a man asking a woman to wear a mask, implying it was in a sexual context. There is occasional use of mild and moderate bad language, including 'bitch', 'asshole', 'bloody', and 'pissed'.
Classified Date:
19/07/2016
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Warner Brothers Entertainment UK Ltd
Paperwork Remarks:
Mark Hamill Welcome Intro
Classified Date:
19/07/2016
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Warner Brothers Entertainment UK Ltd
Paperwork Remarks:
Sam Register Intro
Classified Date:
20/07/2016
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Warner Brothers Entertainment UK Ltd
Paperwork Remarks:
Madness Music Featurette
Classified Date:
03/06/2016
Version:
2D,16:9
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Warner Home Video Ltd
Paperwork Remarks:
Additional Material

  • Classified date

    24/06/2016

  • BBFC reference

    AVF340805

  • Language

    English