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PG has sure gone downhill

posted 14 years ago by BouncyX
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while i've seen this movie numerous times since i was a kid, it was always on tv so it was censored of course. after all the complaints i've read about the rating change from the first movie on the internet, i was expecting some super watered down action and violence.

but color me surprised when i watched the blu-ray tonight (i watched the first movie earlier this afternoon) only to discover that its just as violent and bloody as the first movie. my guess is the R rating for the first was due to all of the nudity since this one obviously contains none.

but its so funny because movies that are PG-13 today would never be this violent and graphic even though its a rating "higher" than this very movie. its just funny and sad to see how much PC-ness had killed the movies. lol

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[–] stealinstonesbreaknbones 13 years ago

Barbarian's still way more violent. The Destroyer's violence, though bloody at times, is far more lighthearted and cartoonish when compared to Barbarian's explicit brutality.

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[–] YakuzaElite1980 13 years ago

This movie should have been PG-13 for sure.

[–] patrick255 13 years ago

This movie would have been PG-13 today. The Rating came out in 1984, but they still were less strict. They were less strict even in the 90s!

[–] silentbob8201 13 years ago

And it would of been Pg13 back then too. signed common sense.