Prisoners Parent Guide
Prisoners
Rating & Content Info
Why is Prisoners rated R? Prisoners is rated R by the MPAA for disturbing violent content including torture, and language throughout.
This additional information about the movie’s content is taken from the notes of various Canadian Film Classification boards:
Violence:
- Frequent explicit violence.
- Infrequent portrayals of gun, weapons, and hand-to-hand violence, with blood and some brutal detail.
- Violent acts shown in a realistic manner with details, blood and tissue damage.
- Brief portrayal of suicide with blood and detail.
- Depictions of fighting, beating, torture and shooting.
- Disturbing scenes / adverse psychological impact.
- Gory and grotesque images.
Sexual Content:
- Mild sexual references and language.
Language:
- Frequent use of the sexual expletive.
- Infrequent use of scatological slang and vulgar expressions.
Page last updated July 29, 2021
News About "Prisoners"
Cast and Crew
Prisoners is directed by Denis Villeneuve and stars Hugh Jackman, Jake Gyllenhaal, Viola Davis, Melissa Leo, Paul Dano.
Home Video
The most recent home video release of Prisoners movie is December 17, 2013. Here are some details…
Prisoners is coming to home video on December 17, 2013.
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Hugh Jackman plays another character that takes the law into his own hands (should we say steely claws?) in The Wolverine (and X-Men Origins-Wolverine and the X-Men Franchise.) Jake Gyllenhaal investigates strange weather in The Day After Tomorrow. And Paul Dano can be seen in Cowboys and Aliens.