• Director(s)

    Norman Jewison

  • Production Year

    1999

  • Genre(s)

    Drama

  • Approx. running minutes

    146m

  • Cast

    Denzel Washington, John Hannah, Deborah Kara Unger

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The Hurricane

strong language, violence, injury detail

THE HURRICANE is a US biographical drama from 1999, based on real events, which tells the story of boxer Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter's battle for justice after he is wrongly imprisoned for murder.…

THE HURRICANE is a US biographical drama from 1999, based on real events, which tells the story of boxer Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter's battle for justice after he is wrongly imprisoned for murder.

violence
Scenes of violence include shootings, stabbings and use of a bottle as an improvised weapon. There are also sequences of boxing violence. Police officers are seen beating people.
language
There is strong language ('motherf**ker', 'f**k') as well as milder terms such as 'bitch', 'shit', 'ass', 'God', 'damn', 'Jesus', 'Christ' and 'hell'.
injury detail
Bloody injuries and blood splashes are visible in the aftermath of violence. Characters are left bruised and bloody after boxing matches.
additional issues
A black man faces racist attitudes and there is occasional use of the racist term 'n****r'. A man who is implied to be a paedophile approaches a group of children but this encounter is interrupted. There are brief, undetailed verbal references to sexual violence. Characters are threatened with knives and guns.

  • Director(s)

    Norman Jewison

  • Production Year

    1999

  • Genre(s)

    Drama

  • Approx. running minutes

    146m

  • Cast

    Denzel Washington, John Hannah, Deborah Kara Unger

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Passed '15' for infrequent strong violence and frequent, strong language
Classified Date:
31/01/2000
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Buena Vista International UK
strong language, violence, injury detail
Classified Date:
08/11/2024
Use:
VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Icon Film Distribution
violence
Scenes of violence include shootings, stabbings and use of a bottle as an improvised weapon. There are also sequences of boxing violence. Police officers are seen beating people.
language
There is strong language ('motherf**ker', 'f**k') as well as milder terms such as 'bitch', 'shit', 'ass', 'God', 'damn', 'Jesus', 'Christ' and 'hell'.
injury detail
Bloody injuries and blood splashes are visible in the aftermath of violence. Characters are left bruised and bloody after boxing matches.
additional issues
A black man faces racist attitudes and there is occasional use of the racist term 'n****r'. A man who is implied to be a paedophile approaches a group of children but this encounter is interrupted. There are brief, undetailed verbal references to sexual violence. Characters are threatened with knives and guns.
Classified Date:
23/03/2001
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Front Row TV Ltd
Classified Date:
27/07/2000
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Classified Date:
05/07/2000
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Classified Date:
16/03/2000
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Classified Date:
04/02/2000
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Buena Vista International UK

  • Classified date

    08/11/2024

  • Language

    English