• Director(s)

    Dominic Cooke

  • Production Year

    2020

  • Genre(s)

    Action, Thriller

  • Approx. running minutes

    112m

  • Cast

    Benedict Cumberbatch, Merab Ninidze, Rachel Brosnahan

Film

The Courier

moderate violence, threat, infrequent strong language

THE COURIER is a British spy thriller, in which an unassuming businessman is tasked with carrying secret information out of Soviet Russia.…

THE COURIER is a British spy thriller, in which an unassuming businessman is tasked with carrying secret information out of Soviet Russia.

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violence
There is moderate violence, including a scene in which a man is shot in the head, with minimal blood and wound detail. Other instances of violence involve a man being beaten by prison guards with truncheons, with impacts occurring off screen.
threat and horror
There are scenes in which a man is subjected to cruel treatment while in prison, including a sequence in which he is stripped naked, his head shaved, and it is implied that he is penetrated anally by the guards, as they search for potential contraband items. Other scenes involve methods of torture used on the prisoner, amounting to a bombardment of bright lights and loud noise, as well as keeping him in squalid, cold conditions.
language
There is infrequent use of strong language ('f**k'), as well as milder terms, including 'assholes', 'bullshit', 'bloody', 'hell' and 'God'.
additional issues
There are several scenes of adults smoking, but this is reflective of the time period as opposed to particularly glamourised. There is natural male buttock nudity as a prisoner takes a shower. A husband and wife lie in bed together after it is implied that they have sex. There are also mild sex references to a married man committing adultery, as well as a scene containing billboards advertising "erotic" strip shows.

  • Director(s)

    Dominic Cooke

  • Production Year

    2020

  • Genre(s)

    Action, Thriller

  • Approx. running minutes

    112m

  • Cast

    Benedict Cumberbatch, Merab Ninidze, Rachel Brosnahan

moderate violence, threat, infrequent strong language
Classified Date:
22/09/2020
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Lionsgate UK Ltd/ Lionsgate International (UK) Ltd (film)
violence
There is moderate violence, including a scene in which a man is shot in the head, with minimal blood and wound detail. Other instances of violence involve a man being beaten by prison guards with truncheons, with impacts occurring off screen.
threat and horror
There are scenes in which a man is subjected to cruel treatment while in prison, including a sequence in which he is stripped naked, his head shaved, and it is implied that he is penetrated anally by the guards, as they search for potential contraband items. Other scenes involve methods of torture used on the prisoner, amounting to a bombardment of bright lights and loud noise, as well as keeping him in squalid, cold conditions.
language
There is infrequent use of strong language ('f**k'), as well as milder terms, including 'assholes', 'bullshit', 'bloody', 'hell' and 'God'.
additional issues
There are several scenes of adults smoking, but this is reflective of the time period as opposed to particularly glamourised. There is natural male buttock nudity as a prisoner takes a shower. A husband and wife lie in bed together after it is implied that they have sex. There are also mild sex references to a married man committing adultery, as well as a scene containing billboards advertising "erotic" strip shows.
moderate violence, threat, infrequent strong language
Classified Date:
27/04/2021
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Lionsgate UK Ltd / Lionsgate International (UK) Ltd - (HE)
violence
There is moderate violence, including a scene in which a man is shot in the head, with minimal blood and wound detail. Other instances of violence involve a man being beaten by prison guards with truncheons, with impacts occurring off screen.
threat and horror
There are scenes in which a man is subjected to cruel treatment while in prison, including a sequence in which he is stripped naked, his head shaved, and it is implied that he is penetrated anally by the guards, as they search for potential contraband items. Other scenes involve methods of torture used on the prisoner, amounting to a bombardment of bright lights and loud noise, as well as keeping him in squalid, cold conditions.
language
There is infrequent use of strong language ('f**k'), as well as milder terms, including 'assholes', 'bullshit', 'bloody', 'hell' and 'God'.
additional issues
There are several scenes of adults smoking, but this is reflective of the time period as opposed to particularly glamourised. There is natural male buttock nudity as a prisoner takes a shower. A husband and wife lie in bed together after it is implied that they have sex. There are also mild sex references to a married man committing adultery, as well as a scene containing billboards advertising "erotic" strip shows.
Classified Date:
04/06/2021
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Lionsgate UK Ltd / Lionsgate International (UK) Ltd - (HE)
Classified Date:
26/07/2021
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Lionsgate UK Ltd / Lionsgate International (UK) Ltd - (HE)

  • Classified date

    27/04/2021

  • Language

    English