Waterworld (1995) - Parents Guide Movie Rating

MPA: PG-13 BBFC: 12 Maturity Rating 13+

MPAA Reason: Rated PG-13 for some intense scenes of action violence, brief nudity and language.

BBFC Reason: moderate violence, bloody injury detail, sexual threat

BBFC Ratings info: There is mild bad language including uses of 'shit', 'crap' and 'screw', as well as other terms such as 'damn' and 'hell'.

Sex & Nudity

mild

Woman drops her clothes to suggest letting the main character "use her" in payment for letting her daughter and her stay on his boat. Her bare butt is seen. Main character touches her breast but doesn't take liberties. Main characters kiss and it is assumed that they have sex though nothing is shown.

Violence & Gore

moderate

The extended, uncensored version has more violence (very little blood). Numerous people are shot, stabbed, beaten, and blown up at multiple points during the action scenes. Some people are pierced with arrows, others are stabbed with knives, others are shot with guns and rifles. The scenes are moderately violent, but never bloody or gorey (especially in the censored version). The bad guys are violent, merciless and sadistic, and often attack and kill other people. They also kidnap and mistreat a little girl, who is later slapped by one of them. In one scene, they put up a trap using dead people as marionettes, manipulating them with strings; those people are hung and have their eyes open, it is pretty disturbing to watch. One man has a harpoon shot through his foot; another is speared through the chest (both scenes are removed from the extended version). A group of people is about to drown a man in corrosive goo, but he is saved. During a funeral, a woman's dead body is seen being immersed in a pool full of a corrosive green substance. A woman is almost raped by a man, but he is stopped. Another man then fights with him and kills him. A little girl is thrown in the water by a man. The main smoker tries to replace his eye and may be gross for some people.

Profanity

mild

Multiple uses of GD!!!! When some smokers are attacking them in a plane, a gun runs out of ammo and the smoker drops an f bomb.

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

mild

Many of the "Smokers" (the bad guys) smoke cigarettes. Their leader gives away packs of cigarettes to earn the appreciation of his followers. A man drinks at a bar.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

moderate

The movie takes place in a post-apocalyptic world; drinkable water is lacking, people suffer and die, evil men attack others for resources. Some action scenes are intense, there are explosions, stabbings and shootings, lots of people are killed. The scene where the villains use dead people as marionettes is disturbing. A little girl is kidnapped by bad men and held hostage; she is mistreated, threatened and goes through situations of peril. The main male character sometimes behaves rudely to a woman and a little girl. In one instance he throws the little girl in the water. A man drinks his own urine.