• Director(s)

    James Strong

  • Production Year

    2025

  • Genre(s)

    Drama, Thriller

  • Approx. running minutes

    117m

  • Cast

    Jason Isaacs, Ben Miles, Ciarán Hinds

Film

Words of War

strong violence, language

A drama centring on real life journalist Anna Politkovskaya, a Russian war correspondent who interviewed Chechen civilians and took a stand against her country's leadership.…

A drama centring on real life journalist Anna Politkovskaya, a Russian war correspondent who interviewed Chechen civilians and took a stand against her country's leadership.

violence
Gunmen shoot victims causing large spurts of blood from their bodies.
language
There is use of strong language (‘f**k’) as well as use of milder terms such as ‘piss’, ‘bloody’, ‘bastard’, 'asshole', 'tits', ‘shit’, ‘Jesus’, ‘damn’ and ‘Christ’.
additional issues
During a menacing sequence, people are taken hostage at a theatre, their lives threatened by armed gunmen. A woman receives a phone call threatening to mutilate her body and kill her. There are upsetting scenes which people describe acts of violence, mass murder, and terrorism. There is infrequent use of a homophobic term (‘faggot’), and discrimination against Chechen people; however, all such discrimination is condemned. Dead bodies are occasionally seen. People smoke cigarettes and drink alcohol.

  • Director(s)

    James Strong

  • Production Year

    2025

  • Genre(s)

    Drama, Thriller

  • Approx. running minutes

    117m

  • Cast

    Jason Isaacs, Ben Miles, Ciarán Hinds

strong violence, language
Classified Date:
01/05/2025
Version:
2D
Use:
VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Signature Entertainment
violence
Gunmen shoot victims causing large spurts of blood from their bodies.
language
There is use of strong language (‘f**k’) as well as use of milder terms such as ‘piss’, ‘bloody’, ‘bastard’, 'asshole', 'tits', ‘shit’, ‘Jesus’, ‘damn’ and ‘Christ’.
additional issues
During a menacing sequence, people are taken hostage at a theatre, their lives threatened by armed gunmen. A woman receives a phone call threatening to mutilate her body and kill her. There are upsetting scenes which people describe acts of violence, mass murder, and terrorism. There is infrequent use of a homophobic term (‘faggot’), and discrimination against Chechen people; however, all such discrimination is condemned. Dead bodies are occasionally seen. People smoke cigarettes and drink alcohol.

  • Classified date

    01/05/2025

  • Language

    English