The Peripheral

Director(s)Vincenzo Natali
Production year2022
Genre(s)Science_fiction, Thriller
Approx. running minutes70m
CastChloe Grace Moretz, Gary Carr, Jack Reynor

The Peripheral

strong violence, gore, threat, language
Classified Date:
20/10/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming

THE PERIPHERAL is a US sci-fi series; in this episode, a young woman agrees to take part in a lucrative experimental virtual reality game.

violence
There are scenes of strong violence and torture.
threat and horror
There is strong threat, including in a scene in which an immobilised patient is operated on without anaesthetic.
language
There is use of strong language ('f**k'), and other terms such as 'asshole' and 'Jesus Christ'.
injury detail
A person's eye is surgically extracted, in close-up detail.
additional issues
There is misuse of prescription drugs. A disabled man is taunted for his condition and referred to as a 'cripple'. There are mild sex references.
strong language, violence, threat
Classified Date:
20/10/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming

THE PERIPHERAL is a US science fiction thriller series; in this episode, Wilf offers Flynne financial assistance with her mother's medical care in return for help to locate Aelita's whereabouts.

violence
Occasional scenes of strong violence include shootings using rapid-fire guns, resulting in blood spurts. In one darkly lit sequence, a character is shot in the head, with resulting blood splatter on the wall. Other moments include characters lining up dead bodies.
threat and horror
There are occasional scenes of strong threat including a sequence in which a group of armed men pursue and attempt to kill a character in their home.
language
Strong language occurs ('f**k', 'motherf**ker'), as well as milder terms such as 'shit', 'balls', 'ass', 'asshole', 'Jesus', 'Christ', 'God', 'damn' and 'hell'.
additional issues
There is a scene of prescription drug misuse, however, it is aversive in its presentation.
strong language, violence, injury detail
Classified Date:
20/10/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming

THE PERIPHERAL is a sci-fi thriller series; in this episode, Burton strikes a deal with Corbell while Wilf and Flynne chase down a lead in London.

violence
There is strong violence with resultant blood spurts in which a man's throat is slashed with a sword. There are also stylised fight sequences, use of fantastical weapons, shootings and a scene in which a woman is attacked by a swarm of hornets.
language
There is use of strong language ('motherf**ker', 'f**k'), a middle finger gesture, and milder terms ('shit', 'ass', 'pissed', 'Christ', 'damn', 'God', 'Jesus').
injury detail
There is strong detail of a man's eyeball being removed during an operation and sight of dead bodies in a surgical room.
additional issues
There are scenes of moderate gun threat, knife threat, and a scene in which a group of men are deliberately locked in a hot car. There are references to drugs and drug dealing.
strong language
Classified Date:
20/10/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming

THE PERIPHERAL is a sci-fi series; in this episode, Flynne begins to experience physical side effects from the technology, Connor is transferred into Flynnes' body and Wilf looks back at his relationship with his sister.

language
There is use of strong language (f**k') and milder terms ('shit', 'bullshit', 'asshole', 'ass', 'piss', 'bloody', 'Christ', 'hell', 'damn', 'God', 'Jesus').
additional issues
There are references to a deadly virus which fills organs with blood and agricultural failures which lead to an apocalyptic event. Includes some animations of people and animals dying. There are scenes of moderate gun threat, and use of a fantastical weapon to knock a woman over. There are moderate bloody images, chase scenes, a child abduction and a scene in which a woman has a fit.
very strong language, strong violence, injury detail
Classified Date:
21/11/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming

THE PERIPHERAL is a US sci-fi drama series; in this episode, a hitman is hired to deal with Flynne

violence
There are instances of strong violence, including a character breaking another's neck, and a man shooting multiple characters, causing blood to spurt. There are scenes of moderate fantasy violence.
language
There is infrequent use of very strong language (‘c**t’), as well as milder terms including ‘f**k’, ‘bitch’ and ‘shit’.
injury detail
In the aftermath of violence, a man is seen with a broken and gorily wounded arm. The is blood all over a man's face after he is involved in a car accident.
additional issues
There are sequences of threat in which characters are in danger from guns or explosions.
strong language, violence, injury detail
Classified Date:
21/11/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming

THE PERIPHERAL is a US sci-fi series; in this episode, Flynne learns more about the London of the future.

violence
A man is slashed with a sword, resulting in a large blood spurt. Characters attack a woman with butcher’s knives, and she fights them off, defending herself with punches and kicks.
language
There is use of strong language ('motherf**ker', 'f**k'), as well as milder terms ('shit', 'ass', 'asshole', 'son of a bitch', 'damn', 'God', 'hell', 'Jesus').
injury detail
After an explosion, a man is wheeled through a hospital corridor, and there is sight of undetailed bloody gore and the man’s severed leg stump. There is sight of a sewn up bloody wound on an animal, and blood on a woman’s face after another character spits at her.
additional issues
There are sequences of moderate threat.
strong bloody violence, language
Classified Date:
01/12/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming

THE PERIPHERAL is a US science fiction thriller series; in this episode, Lowbeer puts their new recruits to the test during a training exercise, while Ella finds herself in danger at the hospital.

violence
Strong violence includes fight scenes featuring crunchy blows, asphyxiation, neck and arm breaks, knife slashings and stabbings resulting in large blood spurts. Strong bloody images include a dead woman lying in a pool of blood in the aftermath of murder, with accompanying sight of a slit throat. Other moments of bloody aftermath detail include sight of blood streaming between a man's fingers as he tries to stem the flow following a knife injury.
language
Strong language occurs ('f**k', 'motherf**ker'), as well as milder terms such as ‘dick’, ‘bloody’, 'shit', 'ass', ‘balls’, ‘Christ’, 'God', 'damn' and 'hell'.
strong language
Classified Date:
01/12/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming

THE PERIPHERAL is a sci-fi series; in this episode, Flynne receives bad news about her mother and decides the best course of action is to reboot.

language
There is use of strong language ('f**k') as well as mild and very mild terms such as 'shit', 'bitch' and 'Christ'.
additional issues
Scenes of moderate violence include crunchy fights with leg breaks, shootings with some bloody detail and stabbings. There are references to a massacre of millions of innocent people who are said to be buried under a large field and a woman holds up the skull of one of the victims. A man describes his childhood experiences in a refugee camp that was violently raided. A man drives a car with people inside onto open train tracks and it is hit by a train. Drunk characters vomit.
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Classified Date:
04/01/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
Classified Date:
04/01/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
Classified Date:
04/01/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
Classified Date:
04/01/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
Classified Date:
20/10/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
Classified Date:
20/10/2022
Version:
N/A
Use:
VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
Classified date20/10/2022
LanguageEnglish
violence
There are scenes of strong violence and torture.
threat and horror
There is strong threat, including in a scene in which an immobilised patient is operated on without anaesthetic.
language
There is use of strong language ('f**k'), and other terms such as 'asshole' and 'Jesus Christ'.
injury detail
A person's eye is surgically extracted, in close-up detail.
additional issues
There is misuse of prescription drugs. A disabled man is taunted for his condition and referred to as a 'cripple'. There are mild sex references.
strong language
Classified Date:
01/12/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming
language
There is use of strong language ('f**k') as well as mild and very mild terms such as 'shit', 'bitch' and 'Christ'.
additional issues
Scenes of moderate violence include crunchy fights with leg breaks, shootings with some bloody detail and stabbings. There are references to a massacre of millions of innocent people who are said to be buried under a large field and a woman holds up the skull of one of the victims. A man describes his childhood experiences in a refugee camp that was violently raided. A man drives a car with people inside onto open train tracks and it is hit by a train. Drunk characters vomit.
strong bloody violence, language
Classified Date:
01/12/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming
violence
Strong violence includes fight scenes featuring crunchy blows, asphyxiation, neck and arm breaks, knife slashings and stabbings resulting in large blood spurts. Strong bloody images include a dead woman lying in a pool of blood in the aftermath of murder, with accompanying sight of a slit throat. Other moments of bloody aftermath detail include sight of blood streaming between a man's fingers as he tries to stem the flow following a knife injury.
language
Strong language occurs ('f**k', 'motherf**ker'), as well as milder terms such as ‘dick’, ‘bloody’, 'shit', 'ass', ‘balls’, ‘Christ’, 'God', 'damn' and 'hell'.
strong language, violence, injury detail
Classified Date:
21/11/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming
violence
A man is slashed with a sword, resulting in a large blood spurt. Characters attack a woman with butcher’s knives, and she fights them off, defending herself with punches and kicks.
language
There is use of strong language ('motherf**ker', 'f**k'), as well as milder terms ('shit', 'ass', 'asshole', 'son of a bitch', 'damn', 'God', 'hell', 'Jesus').
injury detail
After an explosion, a man is wheeled through a hospital corridor, and there is sight of undetailed bloody gore and the man’s severed leg stump. There is sight of a sewn up bloody wound on an animal, and blood on a woman’s face after another character spits at her.
additional issues
There are sequences of moderate threat.
very strong language, strong violence, injury detail
Classified Date:
21/11/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming
violence
There are instances of strong violence, including a character breaking another's neck, and a man shooting multiple characters, causing blood to spurt. There are scenes of moderate fantasy violence.
language
There is infrequent use of very strong language (‘c**t’), as well as milder terms including ‘f**k’, ‘bitch’ and ‘shit’.
injury detail
In the aftermath of violence, a man is seen with a broken and gorily wounded arm. The is blood all over a man's face after he is involved in a car accident.
additional issues
There are sequences of threat in which characters are in danger from guns or explosions.
strong language
Classified Date:
20/10/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming
language
There is use of strong language (f**k') and milder terms ('shit', 'bullshit', 'asshole', 'ass', 'piss', 'bloody', 'Christ', 'hell', 'damn', 'God', 'Jesus').
additional issues
There are references to a deadly virus which fills organs with blood and agricultural failures which lead to an apocalyptic event. Includes some animations of people and animals dying. There are scenes of moderate gun threat, and use of a fantastical weapon to knock a woman over. There are moderate bloody images, chase scenes, a child abduction and a scene in which a woman has a fit.
strong language, violence, injury detail
Classified Date:
20/10/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming
violence
There is strong violence with resultant blood spurts in which a man's throat is slashed with a sword. There are also stylised fight sequences, use of fantastical weapons, shootings and a scene in which a woman is attacked by a swarm of hornets.
language
There is use of strong language ('motherf**ker', 'f**k'), a middle finger gesture, and milder terms ('shit', 'ass', 'pissed', 'Christ', 'damn', 'God', 'Jesus').
injury detail
There is strong detail of a man's eyeball being removed during an operation and sight of dead bodies in a surgical room.
additional issues
There are scenes of moderate gun threat, knife threat, and a scene in which a group of men are deliberately locked in a hot car. There are references to drugs and drug dealing.
strong language, violence, threat
Classified Date:
20/10/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming
violence
Occasional scenes of strong violence include shootings using rapid-fire guns, resulting in blood spurts. In one darkly lit sequence, a character is shot in the head, with resulting blood splatter on the wall. Other moments include characters lining up dead bodies.
threat and horror
There are occasional scenes of strong threat including a sequence in which a group of armed men pursue and attempt to kill a character in their home.
language
Strong language occurs ('f**k', 'motherf**ker'), as well as milder terms such as 'shit', 'balls', 'ass', 'asshole', 'Jesus', 'Christ', 'God', 'damn' and 'hell'.
additional issues
There is a scene of prescription drug misuse, however, it is aversive in its presentation.
strong violence, gore, threat, language
Classified Date:
20/10/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming
violence
There are scenes of strong violence and torture.
threat and horror
There is strong threat, including in a scene in which an immobilised patient is operated on without anaesthetic.
language
There is use of strong language ('f**k'), and other terms such as 'asshole' and 'Jesus Christ'.
injury detail
A person's eye is surgically extracted, in close-up detail.
additional issues
There is misuse of prescription drugs. A disabled man is taunted for his condition and referred to as a 'cripple'. There are mild sex references.
Director(s)Vincenzo Natali
Production year2022
Genre(s)Science_fiction, Thriller
Approx. running minutes70m
CastChloe Grace Moretz, Gary Carr, Jack Reynor
Classified Date:
04/01/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
Classified Date:
04/01/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
Classified Date:
04/01/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
Classified Date:
04/01/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
Classified Date:
20/10/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
Classified Date:
20/10/2022
Version:
N/A
Use:
VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
Classified date20/10/2022
LanguageEnglish