Parents guide

Many women are naked or clothed in only underwear as they work in a drug processing room. This room is shown in at least three separate scenes. The women are focused on briefly.

A few sexual comments throughout.

One of the main protagonists is said to have many illicit affairs while married, and is shown with different women.

At 32:51. Richie Roberts (Russell Crowe's character) is in bed with a woman, he answers the phone and she rolls over, exposing a bare breast for 1-2 seconds.

From 52:14 to 52:46, Frank Lucas walks his brothers into his drug processing rooms, and there are 10-12 women with breasts clearly seen, naked from the waist up, wearing only bikini panties, walking, standing, processing the heroin.

At 2:08:37, a man is getting a massage and 2 topless women are shown.

A partially naked woman makes love to a man, she makes mildly sexualized comments in this scene.

A partially nude woman massages a man.

A man admires a woman who is dancing.

A man touches a woman's breast. They are both clothed.

A heroin house raid occurs. Many drug dealers are shot in this sequence, with fleeting shots of blood and gore.

A police officer punches a man in the face to take his car.

Some hateful/unbelievable behaviour.

R violence type: blood and gore.

A man is lit on fire, screams, and then shot several times killing him.

A man smashes a door with a sledge hammer, chases another man, and one man is bitten on the hand (he screams and no blood is visible); a man is struck in the head with the handle of the sledge hammer (no blood), a man is thrown to the floor and we see a man being kicked.

A man holds a gun to a man's head, he fires, the man falls and we see him with a wound in the forehead and some blood around his head. A man shoots a man in the head (some blood splatters on a curtain). A man's hand is shot (we see blood fly through the air).

A man is shot in the shoulder (blood flies through the air), a man is shot in the stomach and falls backward, a man is shot in the chest, and people fire guns at other people. Some blood.

A man shoots a woman in the back (she falls, there is no visible blood and she does not die).

A man shoots a man in the knee (we see blood later).

'F*ck' is said at least 111 times, including paired with 'mother' 15 times.

'Sh*t' is said 31 times, including paired with 'bull' twice.

'*ss' is said 11 times, including paired with 'hole' twice.

'B*tch' is said twice, including paired with 'Son of a' once.

'H*ll' is said five times.

''D*mn' is said eight times.

'Godd*mn' is said six times.

The Lord's name is taken in vain, including 'God', 'Swear to God', and 'Jesus' each said at least once.

'Chink' is said once as a racist insult.

'Kike' is said once as a racial insult.

Several instances of people shown that are implied to have died from heroin overdose.

Stash houses are seen full of equipment used to cook heroin.

People use heroin throughout, including preparing the drug and injecting it. The effects (death and sickness) are shown. Heroin is not seen in a positive light.

Cocaine is used a few times.

A man holds a cigarette and asks for a lighter.

Many people drink alcohol at a funeral.

One of the main characters, a policeman, smokes a cigarette many times

Police officers mix a drug, called dope, with filler to sell back to drug dealers.

Many people smoke and drink at a dance club.

Many people smoke and drink at an overseas club.

Many instances of people using drugs, the ill effects of drugs, and the violence related to drugs.

The several police raids are violent, fast paced, and chaotic.

Several instances of violence are sudden and unexpected.

Several of the characters face severe moral dilemmas.

A sudden suicide.

The film focuses heavily on police corruption.

A main character shoots a man point blank in the forehead in public in front of a diner. A bit unsettling.

The film is set in the 1970s, and it goes to show how crime and times were different in those days in a very realistic tone.

There are many instances of violence, illegal activities, and bad behavior by many of the characters, including the protagonists and police officers.

The film has very dark themes and tone.