The Bad Guy

Director(s)Giancarlo Fontana, Giuseppe G. Stasi
Production year2022
Genre(s)Action, Comedy
Approx. running minutes54m
CastLuigi Lo Cascio, Claudia Pandolfi, Selene Caramazza

The Bad Guy

strong violence, sex, language
Classified Date:
06/12/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming

THE BAD GUY is an Italian crime drama series; in this episode, a flamboyant public prosecutor targeting the mafia finds the tables turned when he is accused of crimes himself.

violence
A person wearing a motorcycle helmet repeatedly headbutts a man as he lies on the ground, resulting in blood splashes over the helmet and the man's face. A man falls and cracks his head in a crunchy manner. A man is blasted by a shotgun, but there is no injury detail.
language
There is strong language (‘f**k’) and milder terms like 'bitch', ‘shit’, ‘dickhead’, ‘piss’, 'bastard', 'bloody hell' and 'damn'. Characters use the middle finger gesture.
sex
A woman performs oral sex on another in bed, but there is no nudity or visual detail.
additional issues
There is brief male buttock nudity and a brief verbal reference to drug addiction. A woman reveals she has Alzheimer's disease. We briefly see a kidney in a refrigerated box during a medical transplant sequence and there is sight of a small, but growing, pool of blood after a man hits his head in an accidental fall.
strong bloody violence, language
Classified Date:
06/12/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming

THE BAD GUY is an Italian crime drama series; in this episode, Nino seeks revenge on the man who had him framed by taking on the identity of a long-forgotten criminal.

violence
Several people are shot dead at a family celebration, with sight of blood spurts and blood splashes over the faces and clothes of bystanders.
language
There is strong language (‘f**k’) and milder terms like 'bitch', ‘piss’, 'bastard', 'balls' 'ass', and 'hell'.
additional issues
We see a surgical procedure take place, with sight of skin being stitched and small patches of blood. There is a brief reference to cancer, as a man coughs up blood. There are references to suicide bombers and a woman makes what seems to be a suicide attempt by jumping into a wildlife park's killer whale tank with her baby. There is sight of crudely drawn graffiti of a penis and testicles.
strong bloody violence, sex, language
Classified Date:
06/12/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming

THE BAD GUY is an Italian crime drama series; in this episode, Nino is caught in an escalating war between rival mafia crime families.

violence
A man and woman fight, with slaps, shoves, hair-pulling, and the woman repeatedly beating the man as he lies on the ground. A man's head is repeatedly smashed into a rocky wall, but there is no sight of blood or injury detail. Characters are shot, resulting in splashes of blood over their clothes. Dead bodies are fed to killer whales in comic scenes, with sight of bloody water.
language
There is strong language (‘f**k’) and milder terms like 'bitch', 'whore', ‘shit’, ‘dick’, 'bastard', 'screw', 'hell' and 'damn'.
sex
We see two naked women having sex in an out of focus background shot, with visible breast nudity. A naked man is massaged by a woman, with sight of his nude buttocks.
additional issues
There is reference to a woman's Alzheimer's disease. There are brief verbal references to a suicide attempt.
sexual violence, strong bloody violence, language
Classified Date:
06/12/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming

THE BAD GUY is an Italian crime drama series; in this episode, as Tracina becomes more unstable, Nino takes steps to protect Teresa and find a way to turn the gang tension to his advantage.

violence
Someone is shot in the head, causing blood to spray over the face of a bystander. A man is repeatedly bludgeoned with a rock; although most of the blows are obscured from view, there are brief glimpses of blood.
language
There is strong language (‘f**k’) and milder terms like 'bitch', ‘shit’, ‘dick’, ‘piss’, 'bastard', 'balls' and 'damn'. A character uses the middle finger gesture.
sexual violence and sexual threat
A man attempts to rape a woman to make her pregnant, grabbing her and pinning her to the ground; the attack is interrupted and there is no sight of nudity.
additional issues
There are brief, undetailed verbal references to drug dealing and to abortion. A woman finds dead, bloody fish in her swimming pool.
strong violence, sex references, language
Classified Date:
06/12/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming

THE BAD GUY is an Italian crime drama series; in this episode, Nino plots to unite the families and declare war on Suro, while Leonarda discovers her brother was innocent all along.

violence
A man is repeatedly stabbed in the side with an improvised weapon in prison, with sight of a small amount of blood. A man is shot in the head, resulting in blood spurting over someone nearby, and there is gunfire from machine guns. There is a glimpse of blood splashed over a wall behind a man who has been shot dead.
language
There is strong language ('f**k') and milder terms including 'shit', 'balls', and 'damn'.
sex
A man buys his wife a strap-on dildo as a Christmas present in a comic scene; we see only the picture on the box briefly, not the item itself.
additional issues
There are brief verbal references to a person dying from cancer. Parents discuss sexist stereotypes as they argue over whether to buy their daughter a female doll for Christmas.
strong violence, language
Classified Date:
06/12/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming

THE BAD GUY is an Italian crime drama series; in this episode, Nino's hunt for Suro unleashes violence while Leonarda's plan to stop the crime boss hits unexpected obstacles.

violence
There are scenes of criminals interrogating rival gangsters in brutal ways, including suffocating a man in plastic, dangling someone over the edge of a balcony, setting someone on fire and threatening to feed a man to a carnivorous animal. A woman grabs the hair of another and smashes her face into a cabinet, resulting in sight of blood. A man is shot, with sight of blood on the walls behind him afterwards.
language
There is strong language ('motherf**ker', 'f**k') and milder terms including 'bitch', 'shit', 'ass', 'balls', 'bastard', 'screw' and 'Christ'.
additional issues
A criminal frightened of being tortured tries to kill himself. There are scenes of threat in which people are trapped in a building surrounded by fire, characters are gassed and others held at gunpoint.
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Classified date06/12/2022
LanguageEnglish
violence
A person wearing a motorcycle helmet repeatedly headbutts a man as he lies on the ground, resulting in blood splashes over the helmet and the man's face. A man falls and cracks his head in a crunchy manner. A man is blasted by a shotgun, but there is no injury detail.
language
There is strong language (‘f**k’) and milder terms like 'bitch', ‘shit’, ‘dickhead’, ‘piss’, 'bastard', 'bloody hell' and 'damn'. Characters use the middle finger gesture.
sex
A woman performs oral sex on another in bed, but there is no nudity or visual detail.
additional issues
There is brief male buttock nudity and a brief verbal reference to drug addiction. A woman reveals she has Alzheimer's disease. We briefly see a kidney in a refrigerated box during a medical transplant sequence and there is sight of a small, but growing, pool of blood after a man hits his head in an accidental fall.
strong violence, language
Classified Date:
06/12/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming
violence
There are scenes of criminals interrogating rival gangsters in brutal ways, including suffocating a man in plastic, dangling someone over the edge of a balcony, setting someone on fire and threatening to feed a man to a carnivorous animal. A woman grabs the hair of another and smashes her face into a cabinet, resulting in sight of blood. A man is shot, with sight of blood on the walls behind him afterwards.
language
There is strong language ('motherf**ker', 'f**k') and milder terms including 'bitch', 'shit', 'ass', 'balls', 'bastard', 'screw' and 'Christ'.
additional issues
A criminal frightened of being tortured tries to kill himself. There are scenes of threat in which people are trapped in a building surrounded by fire, characters are gassed and others held at gunpoint.
strong violence, sex references, language
Classified Date:
06/12/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming
violence
A man is repeatedly stabbed in the side with an improvised weapon in prison, with sight of a small amount of blood. A man is shot in the head, resulting in blood spurting over someone nearby, and there is gunfire from machine guns. There is a glimpse of blood splashed over a wall behind a man who has been shot dead.
language
There is strong language ('f**k') and milder terms including 'shit', 'balls', and 'damn'.
sex
A man buys his wife a strap-on dildo as a Christmas present in a comic scene; we see only the picture on the box briefly, not the item itself.
additional issues
There are brief verbal references to a person dying from cancer. Parents discuss sexist stereotypes as they argue over whether to buy their daughter a female doll for Christmas.
sexual violence, strong bloody violence, language
Classified Date:
06/12/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming
violence
Someone is shot in the head, causing blood to spray over the face of a bystander. A man is repeatedly bludgeoned with a rock; although most of the blows are obscured from view, there are brief glimpses of blood.
language
There is strong language (‘f**k’) and milder terms like 'bitch', ‘shit’, ‘dick’, ‘piss’, 'bastard', 'balls' and 'damn'. A character uses the middle finger gesture.
sexual violence and sexual threat
A man attempts to rape a woman to make her pregnant, grabbing her and pinning her to the ground; the attack is interrupted and there is no sight of nudity.
additional issues
There are brief, undetailed verbal references to drug dealing and to abortion. A woman finds dead, bloody fish in her swimming pool.
strong bloody violence, sex, language
Classified Date:
06/12/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming
violence
A man and woman fight, with slaps, shoves, hair-pulling, and the woman repeatedly beating the man as he lies on the ground. A man's head is repeatedly smashed into a rocky wall, but there is no sight of blood or injury detail. Characters are shot, resulting in splashes of blood over their clothes. Dead bodies are fed to killer whales in comic scenes, with sight of bloody water.
language
There is strong language (‘f**k’) and milder terms like 'bitch', 'whore', ‘shit’, ‘dick’, 'bastard', 'screw', 'hell' and 'damn'.
sex
We see two naked women having sex in an out of focus background shot, with visible breast nudity. A naked man is massaged by a woman, with sight of his nude buttocks.
additional issues
There is reference to a woman's Alzheimer's disease. There are brief verbal references to a suicide attempt.
strong bloody violence, language
Classified Date:
06/12/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming
violence
Several people are shot dead at a family celebration, with sight of blood spurts and blood splashes over the faces and clothes of bystanders.
language
There is strong language (‘f**k’) and milder terms like 'bitch', ‘piss’, 'bastard', 'balls' 'ass', and 'hell'.
additional issues
We see a surgical procedure take place, with sight of skin being stitched and small patches of blood. There is a brief reference to cancer, as a man coughs up blood. There are references to suicide bombers and a woman makes what seems to be a suicide attempt by jumping into a wildlife park's killer whale tank with her baby. There is sight of crudely drawn graffiti of a penis and testicles.
strong violence, sex, language
Classified Date:
06/12/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming
violence
A person wearing a motorcycle helmet repeatedly headbutts a man as he lies on the ground, resulting in blood splashes over the helmet and the man's face. A man falls and cracks his head in a crunchy manner. A man is blasted by a shotgun, but there is no injury detail.
language
There is strong language (‘f**k’) and milder terms like 'bitch', ‘shit’, ‘dickhead’, ‘piss’, 'bastard', 'bloody hell' and 'damn'. Characters use the middle finger gesture.
sex
A woman performs oral sex on another in bed, but there is no nudity or visual detail.
additional issues
There is brief male buttock nudity and a brief verbal reference to drug addiction. A woman reveals she has Alzheimer's disease. We briefly see a kidney in a refrigerated box during a medical transplant sequence and there is sight of a small, but growing, pool of blood after a man hits his head in an accidental fall.
Director(s)Giancarlo Fontana, Giuseppe G. Stasi
Production year2022
Genre(s)Action, Comedy
Approx. running minutes54m
CastLuigi Lo Cascio, Claudia Pandolfi, Selene Caramazza
Classified date06/12/2022
LanguageEnglish