Thursday (1998) - Parents Guide Movie Rating

MPA: R BBFC: 18 Maturity Rating 18+

MPAA Reason: Rated R for strong violence, sexuality, language and drug use.

BBFC Reason: strong violence, sex

Sex & Nudity

severe

Sexual dialogue with references to: participating in a porn movie, oral sex, penis sizes, prostitutes, gay sex, cheating. A man's story is told: he raped a girl who bit his penis off as revenge. They tried to re-attach it on him but it "never worked again." A woman touches her vagina (through the clothing, nothing is seen) on a couch in front of a man, then asks him if he "got hard." A woman ties a man to a chair and gives him oral sex (brief and offscreen). After he gets an erection, she forces herself on him and starts going up and down. She reaches her climax twice.

Violence & Gore

severe

A man is implied to have cut three people's bodies in pieces with a buzzsaw. He is seen dragging black trash bags with the body parts inside them. Several men are shot to death during a drug deal. Bloody, graphic bullet wounds are seen. A woman pregnant of about 7 months is shot repeatedly in the stomach. Her corpse is seen on the ground in a pool of blood. A woman is shot to death. Large blood splatter sprays on the window behind her. A man threathens another man to torture him with a buzzsaw and blowtorch. He talks about a girl he kidnapped and tortured for 16 hours straight. Two tied-up, hung upside-down men are shot by another man. A man is said to hit everyone in his way with an hammer when he's angered. We see a man with an bandaged arm that was broken by that man. A man hits another man repeatedly with a pan. A man is slapped by a woman. A room is seen with blood all over the place, on the walls, furniture and ground. A man is later seen cleaning. There are a few fistfights. A topless woman who's riding a man tied to a chair is shot in the back of the head by a man. Her bloody brain matter splatters all over the man's face. Her dead body is later seen briefly on the ground.

Profanity

severe

Strong language, including: several F-words and S-words, graphic sexual language, name-calling, a lot of racial slurs.

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

severe

The film's plot is centered on drug dealers. Heroin and cocaine are consumed multiple times. Two men smoke marijuana. Some drinking / smoking.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

moderate

The film is mostly a black comedy, violence sometimes intense and bloody. As always OFFICIAL ratings presented below by IMDB