Terminator: Dark Fate (2019) - Parents Guide Movie Rating

MPA: R BBFC: 15 Maturity Rating 16+

MPAA Reason: Rated R for violence throughout, language and brief nudity.

BBFC Reason: strong violence, bloody images, language

BBFC Ratings info: Terminator: Dark Fate is a US action sci-fi sequel in which Sarah Connor must team up with a cyborg super soldier in order to save a woman who is being targeted by a new kind of Terminator. Violence: Sustained action scenes feature occasional bloody stabbings, shootings and impalements, as well as crunchy blows with fists and heavy objects. Injury detail: There are occasional images of bloodied dead and injured people, including sight of wounds and pools of blood. Language: There is use of strong language (‘f**k’, ‘motherf**ker’). Milder terms include 'shit', 'asshole', 'son of a bitch', 'piss' and 'bastard'. There is frequent and sustained moderate action threat. Other issues include infrequent non-sexualised rear nudity.

Sex & Nudity

mild

Like in the other films Terminators appear naked when they first travel back to the past One scene shows a naked woman falling to the ground and getting her bearings. Her buttocks were shown at least twice. The sides of her breasts are shown in a medium shot that last roughly five seconds. Couple kiss aka make out Female character's Bra marks are visible over her shirt.

Violence & Gore

moderate

The antagonist ruthlessly pursues a young woman with the intent to kill her. He kills many, many people that try to get in his way. More than a dozen military personnel are stabbed and slashed with knives that act as an extension of the antagonist's arms. Nothing too disturbing is shown, but the series of attacks is somewhat bloody. All those who directly engage him are presumably killed. Innocent people are also in danger throughout. Five or six soldiers try to subdue the villain, but he violently cuts himself free. They are all presumably killed, but the act is so brief that it's hard to discern if anyone survives. Two people are fatally stabbed by someone who, until they actually carry out the attack, seems to be a random passerby. Blood is shown pouring from the wounds. Brief. A lot of fistfights and beatings with blunt/sharp weapons. One sees someone using a sledgehammer, and later that same person utilises a metal chain. This is usually to fend off the villain, but whenever he gets damaged by them it is bloodless. The protagonists fight the villain inside a falling plane, and the Terminator punches the villain several times, but it eats the flesh off of his hand. The two continue to struggle, with the villain being shot, and some other characters getting injured, and the Terminator manages to pin it to the wall and blow open the back of the plane with its gun. In the beginning of the film, John Connor is shot 3 times in the chest with a shotgun. He is seen convulsing on the ground after the second shot and is then finished with a third shot.

Profanity

moderate

On par with the second film, and more profane than the three in-between entries. Uses of shit, ass/asshole, bitch, and occasional F words. A few of the uses of the F word are used angrily, and in conjunction with 'mother.' 15 uses the F-word including twice from the opening T2 footage, and two used, as aforementioned, in conjunction with 'mother'. 2 uses of hell In One Scene, Sarah Said The Motherf Word.

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

mild

Some beer drinking.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

moderate

Two people are fatally stabbed by someone who, until they actually carry out the attack, seems to be a random passerby. Blood is shown pouring from the wounds. Brief.