The Courier
moderate violence, threat, infrequent strong language
Director(s)Dominic Cooke
Production year2020
Genre(s)Action, Thriller
Approx. running minutes112m
CastBenedict Cumberbatch, Merab Ninidze, Rachel Brosnahan, Vladimir Chuprikov, James Schofield, Fred Haig, Emma Penzina, Mariya Mironova, Anton Lesser, Angus Wright, Dominic Cooke, Tom O'Connor, Adam Ackland, Rory Aitken, Ben Browning, Ben Pugh, Abel Korzeniowski, Sean Bobbitt, Tariq Anwar, Gareth C. Scales, Nina Gold, Suzie Davies
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 ...
THE COURIER is a British spy thriller, in which an unassuming businessman is tasked with carrying secret information out of Soviet Russia.
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:
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'.
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'.
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 date27/04/2021
LanguageEnglish
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 year2020
Genre(s)Action, Thriller
Approx. running minutes112m
CastBenedict Cumberbatch, Merab Ninidze, Rachel Brosnahan, Vladimir Chuprikov, James Schofield, Fred Haig, Emma Penzina, Mariya Mironova, Anton Lesser, Angus Wright, Dominic Cooke, Tom O'Connor, Adam Ackland, Rory Aitken, Ben Browning, Ben Pugh, Abel Korzeniowski, Sean Bobbitt, Tariq Anwar, Gareth C. Scales, Nina Gold, Suzie Davies
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'.
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'.
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 date27/04/2021
LanguageEnglish
