• Director(s)

    Destin Daniel Cretton

  • Production Year

    2019

  • Genre(s)

    Drama

  • Approx. running minutes

    131m

  • Cast

    Michael B. Jordan, Jamie Foxx, Rob Morgan, Tim Blake Nelson, Rafe Spall, Brie Larson, O'Shea Jackson Jr.

Film

Just Mercy

execution scene, racist language, moderate threat, language

JUST MERCY is a biographical drama in which a law graduate sets up a practice offering legal services to death row inmates, and campaigns for a wrongfully convicted man to be granted a retrial.…

JUST MERCY is a biographical drama in which a law graduate sets up a practice offering legal services to death row inmates, and campaigns for a wrongfully convicted man to be granted a retrial.

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Violence
There is an intense, prolonged sequence leading up to a man's execution by electric chair. There is some emphasis on the man's anguish, as well as that of others witnessing the execution.
Threat and horror
Scenes of threat include one in which a woman receives a telephone call from men muttering insults and racist abuse, and claiming there are explosives rigged at her home.
Language
There is moderate bad language ('bitch'), and peer use of the term 'n***a', as well as milder terms such as 'ass' and 'shit'.
Discrimination
There is some use of racist language, including 'n****r' and several instances of discriminatory behaviour, such as a scene in which a black man is stopped and intimidated by white police officers.

  • Director(s)

    Destin Daniel Cretton

  • Production Year

    2019

  • Genre(s)

    Drama

  • Approx. running minutes

    131m

  • Cast

    Michael B. Jordan, Jamie Foxx, Rob Morgan, Tim Blake Nelson, Rafe Spall, Brie Larson, O'Shea Jackson Jr.

execution scene, racist language, moderate threat, language
Classified Date:
25/11/2019
Version:
3D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Warner Bros Entertainment UK Ltd.
Violence
There is an intense, prolonged sequence leading up to a man's execution by electric chair. There is some emphasis on the man's anguish, as well as that of others witnessing the execution.
Threat and horror
Scenes of threat include one in which a woman receives a telephone call from men muttering insults and racist abuse, and claiming there are explosives rigged at her home.
Language
There is moderate bad language ('bitch'), and peer use of the term 'N***a', as well as milder terms such as 'ass' and 'shit'.
Discrimination
There is some use of racist language, including 'n****r' and several instances of discriminatory behaviour, such as a scene in which a black man is stopped and intimidated by white police officers.
execution scene, racist language, moderate threat, language
Classified Date:
25/11/2019
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Warner Bros Entertainment UK Ltd.
Violence
There is an intense, prolonged sequence leading up to a man's execution by electric chair. There is some emphasis on the man's anguish, as well as that of others witnessing the execution.
Threat and horror
Scenes of threat include one in which a woman receives a telephone call from men muttering insults and racist abuse, and claiming there are explosives rigged at her home.
Language
There is moderate bad language ('bitch'), and peer use of the term 'n***a', as well as milder terms such as 'ass' and 'shit'.
Discrimination
There is some use of racist language, including 'n****r' and several instances of discriminatory behaviour, such as a scene in which a black man is stopped and intimidated by white police officers.
execution scene, racist language, moderate threat, language
Classified Date:
10/02/2020
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Warner Home Video Ltd
Violence
There is an intense, prolonged sequence leading up to a man's execution by electric chair. There is some emphasis on the man's anguish, as well as that of others witnessing the execution.
Threat and horror
Scenes of threat include one in which a woman receives a telephone call from men muttering insults and racist abuse, and claiming there are explosives rigged at her home.
Language
There is moderate bad language ('bitch'), and peer use of the term 'n***a', as well as milder terms such as 'ass' and 'shit'.
Discrimination
There is some use of racist language, including 'n****r' and several instances of discriminatory behaviour, such as a scene in which a black man is stopped and intimidated by white police officers.
execution scene, racist language, moderate threat, language
Classified Date:
10/02/2020
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Warner Home Video Ltd
Violence
There is an intense, prolonged sequence leading up to a man's execution by electric chair. There is some emphasis on the man's anguish, as well as that of others witnessing the execution.
Threat and horror
Scenes of threat include one in which a woman receives a telephone call from men muttering insults and racist abuse, and claiming there are explosives rigged at her home.
Language
There is moderate bad language ('bitch'), and peer use of the term 'n***a', as well as milder terms such as 'ass' and 'shit'.
Discrimination
There is some use of racist language, including 'n****r' and several instances of discriminatory behaviour, such as a scene in which a black man is stopped and intimidated by white police officers.
Classified Date:
22/11/2019
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Warner Bros Entertainment UK Ltd.
Paperwork Remarks:
Trailer F4
Classified Date:
12/09/2019
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Warner Bros Entertainment UK Ltd.
Paperwork Remarks:
Trailer F1

  • Classified date

    10/02/2020

  • BBFC reference

    AVF378631

  • Language

    English