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American Sicario is an American dramatic thriller, based on the true story of a notorious American drug trafficker, Erik Vasquez, who tries to establish himself as a drug lord in Mexico. When a shipment goes wrong, he finds himself caught between the DEA, the Mexican authorities, and a rival cartel, with deadly consequences. The film is in English and Spanish, with English subtitles.

Themes

The film contains crime themes pertaining to drug cartels including assassinations and torture. A man discloses that a meal contained human flesh.

Violence

The film contains depictions of gun violence with blood and injury detail.

Sex

The film contains depictions of scantily clad women assumed to be strippers or sex workers. There is also use of the word "f**k" in a sexual context.

Language

The film contains the frequent and occasionally aggressive use of the word 'f**k' and its derivatives, as well as 'shit', 'dick' and 'bitch'.

Drug use

There are several depictions of people snorting white powder, said to be cocaine.

Nudity

There are depictions of female buttocks exposed by G-string or skimpy underwear.

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Classification date

11 May 2022

Year of production

2021

Classification

MA 15+

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