• Director(s)

    Edward Palmer

  • Production Year

    2024

  • Genre(s)

    Drama, Thriller

  • Approx. running minutes

    77m

  • Cast

    Ingvild Deila, Stuart Mortimer

Film

Hippopotamus

strong threat, sexual violence, violence, sex, language

HIPPOPOTAMUS is a British thriller in which a kidnapper tries to force his female victim to fall in love with him.…

HIPPOPOTAMUS is a British thriller in which a kidnapper tries to force his female victim to fall in love with him.

violence
A person is repeatedly stabbed off-screen in a scene accompanied by blood spurts. Following this scene, both the attacker and victim are heavily bloodstained. A person is beaten to death off-screen in a scene which includes the sound of repeated crunchy impact blows.
threat and horror
There is strong pervasive threat from the start, as well as brief sexual coercion in scenes in which a captor attempts to force his captive to fall in love with him. The captive is held hostage and controlled by her captor who also drugs her during his efforts to maintain control over her.
language
Strong language ('f**k') occurs, as well as milder terms ('shit').
sex
A clothed riding sex scene lacks stronger detail. There are also moderate verbal sex references, including to 'spooning'
sexual violence and sexual threat
A character is raped by her housemate in a scene which also contains brief strong violence during the build-up. However, the scene is neither detailed nor prolonged.

  • Director(s)

    Edward Palmer

  • Production Year

    2024

  • Genre(s)

    Drama, Thriller

  • Approx. running minutes

    77m

  • Cast

    Ingvild Deila, Stuart Mortimer

strong threat, sexual violence, violence, sex, language
Classified Date:
23/07/2024
Version:
2D
Use:
VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
violence
A person is repeatedly stabbed off-screen in a scene accompanied by blood spurts. Following this scene, both the attacker and victim are heavily bloodstained. A person is beaten to death off-screen in a scene which includes the sound of repeated crunchy impact blows.
threat and horror
There is strong pervasive threat from the start, as well as brief sexual coercion in scenes in which a captor attempts to force his captive to fall in love with him. The captive is held hostage and controlled by her captor who also drugs her during his efforts to maintain control over her.
language
Strong language ('f**k') occurs, as well as milder terms ('shit').
sex
A clothed riding sex scene lacks stronger detail. There are also moderate verbal sex references, including to 'spooning'
sexual violence and sexual threat
A character is raped by her housemate in a scene which also contains brief strong violence during the build-up. However, the scene is neither detailed nor prolonged.

  • Classified date

    23/07/2024

  • Language

    English