• Director(s)

    Daniel Percival

  • Production Year

    2023

  • Genre(s)

    Drama, Science Fiction

  • Cast

    Stephan James, Natasha Mumba, Lena Headey

TV Show

Beacon 23

BEACON 23 is a US sci-fi drama series; in this episode, Wreckers in search of valuable cargo break into the Beacon.…

BEACON 23 is a US sci-fi drama series; in this episode, Wreckers in search of valuable cargo break into the Beacon.

  • Director(s)

    Daniel Percival

  • Production Year

    2023

  • Genre(s)

    Drama, Science Fiction

  • Cast

    Stephan James, Natasha Mumba, Lena Headey

moderate violence, sex references
Classified Date:
26/11/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
A person is put in a chokehold until they pass out. There are verbal references to murder.
sex
A humorous comment is made about masturbation.
additional issues
There is mild gun and knife threat. Mild bad language (‘shit’, ‘bugger’ ‘ass’) is accompanied by very mild terms such as ‘damn’ and ‘God’.
strong violence
Classified Date:
20/11/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
There are fight scenes in which characters are beaten, stabbed and shot. There are occasional blood spurts, and bloody injury in the aftermath.
additional issues
Scenes of threat include those in which people are stalked by armed characters. There are verbal references to PTSD, murder and death. Mild bad language ('shit', 'ass', 'crap') is accompanied by very mild terms ('God', 'damn', 'hell').
moderate bad language, violence
Classified Date:
20/11/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
People are beaten, stabbed, strangled and shot. There is blood in the aftermath.
language
Moderate bad language ('son of a bitch') occurs, as well as milder terms ('shit', 'bullshit', 'ass', 'up yours', 'Jesus', 'Christ', 'God', 'damn', 'hell').
additional issues
There are scenes of gun threat, and couples kissing.
moderate threat, language
Classified Date:
26/11/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
threat and horror
Characters find themselves in mortal danger from artificial intelligence systems.
language
There is use of moderate bad language ('dick'). Milder terms include 'shit', 'God' and 'damn'.
additional issues
Brief and undetailed verbal references are made to suicide and genocide; however, these occur within a sci-fi context.
moderate violence, threat, language
Classified Date:
26/11/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
People are punched and strangled during the episode recap. Resulting injuries include bloody detail.
threat and horror
A man experiences hallucinations during an unsettling sequence.
language
There is use of moderate bad language ('wanker'). Milder terms include 'arse', 'screw', 'shit', 'hell', 'God' and 'damn'.
mild threat, violence, language, injury detail
Classified Date:
26/11/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
A woman is impressionistically kicked in the face.
threat and horror
A man attempts to detonate a bomb. A woman is concerned when her child exhibits strange behaviour caused by a fantastical phenomenon.
language
There is use of mild bad language (‘shit’) as well as milder terms (‘damn’, ‘hell’).
injury detail
A person is seen with a small cut, though they quickly heal the wound fantastically.
additional issues
A man drinks alcohol and becomes inebriated. Brief implied references are made to abortion.
moderate bad language, sex references, violence, drug misuse
Classified Date:
26/11/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
A woman pushes a man roughly against a wall, her hands around his neck. People are shot with fantastical weapons.
language
There is use of moderate bad language (‘son of a bitch’) as well as use of milder terms such as ‘asshole’, ‘bullshit’, ‘shit’, ‘God’, ‘damn’ and ‘hell’.
sex
A man makes a joke about masturbation.
drugs
A man is injected with a fantastical drug at his request.
additional issues
People are threatened by exploding technological equipment. Adults drink alcohol.
moderate violence, threat, language, sex references, drug misuse
Classified Date:
26/11/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
A person is shot with a fantastical weapon causing them to hit their head and bleed profusely. There are crunchy moments of hand to hand combat.
threat and horror
Two people are trapped in an airlock and are in danger from being suffocated.
language
There is use of moderate bad language ('bitch') as well as milder terms such as 'bullshit', 'ass', 'shit', 'God', and 'damn'.
sex
A reference is made to a person 'getting laid'.
drugs
A man is injected with a fantastical drug.
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strong violence, injury detail
Classified Date:
26/11/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
A man under the control of another character slices his own face and throat with a blade. There are shootings and beatings.
injury detail
There is occasional bloody detail in the aftermath of slashings, shootings and beatings, including pools of blood. A man's body is found foaming at the mouth.
additional issues
There is mild bad language ('shit', 'piss', 'balls', 'asshole') as well as milder terms which include 'screw', 'God', 'damn' and 'hell'. Characters are threatened with fantastical guns and blades; a man spasms alarmingly during a medical episode.
strong horror
Classified Date:
27/11/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
threat and horror
In a scene of strong horror, a man's mouth opens unnaturally wide, his face turns veiny and his flesh appears to disintegrate.
additional issues
A woman stabs a woman's neck with scissors in a brief scene which includes some bloody detail in the aftermath. She also strangles a woman using telephone wire. There is mild bad language ('bastard') along with milder terms such as 'hell' and 'damn'.
moderate violence, threat
Classified Date:
26/11/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
A person is stabbed, but without sight of blood.
threat and horror
A person cowers under a desk from a figure holding an axe. A person in restraints screams for help.
additional issues
Bad language includes uses of ‘shit’ and ‘hell’.
moderate threat
Classified Date:
26/11/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
threat and horror
A man is dragged along the floor by a cable attached to a spaceship. Scenes occur within a sci-fi context and ultimately result in reassuring outcomes.
additional issues
Mild bad language ('shit') is accompanied by even milder terms ('God').
moderate bad language, threat, distressing scenes
Classified Date:
27/11/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
threat and horror
Men and women capture and tie up a group of people in a scene of moderate threat.
language
The episode features moderate bad language ('bitch') and milder terms ('crap', 'shit', 'ass', 'hell').
theme
As part of a ritual, men and women express their intense grief, crying and screaming as they chant until they pass out.
additional issues
A man briefly vomits.
violence, threat, language, bloody images, sexual violence references
Classified Date:
27/11/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
Scenes include stabbings and use of fantastical energy blasts. There are verbal references to the massacre of civilians by a rogue army.
threat and horror
There is intense, moderate gun threat.
language
Moderate bad language (‘bitch’) is accompanied by milder terms such as ‘ass’, ‘asshole’, ‘balls’, ‘bastard’, ‘shit’, ‘screw’, ‘damn’, ‘hell’ and ‘God’.
injury detail
Restraining cables are pulled from a man’s body, with brief sight of blood and flesh at their ends.
sexual violence and sexual threat
A teenage girl implies that her mother was raped by soldiers before her death.
additional issues
There are mild upsetting scenes centred on bereavement.
moderate violence, threat, bloody images
Classified Date:
26/11/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
There are undetailed stabbings, punches, kicks and use of fantastical weapons.
threat and horror
There are occasional scenes of threat within a sci-fi context, including a brief sequence in which people find themselves starved of oxygen aboard a spaceship.
injury detail
Scenes include sight of blood across a wounded person's face.
strong violence, injury detail
Classified Date:
27/11/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
A woman beheads a man with a knife in a scene which incudes bloody detail.
injury detail
There is an image of a man's severed head. A man's brain is operated on and brain matter is briefly shown
additional issues
Scenes of moderate threat includes a sci-fi A.I woman screaming as she glitches and disappears and another woman who screams as she falls through space. There is mild bad language ('shit').
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  • Classified date

    20/11/2024

  • Distributor

    Spirit Entertainment

  • Language

    English