The Machine | Australian Classification

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Mature Accompanied (MA 15+)

Strong violence, coarse language and drug use

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Set 23 years after the original story which inspired it, The Machine finds Bert (Bert Kreischer) facing familial crisis and the arrival of his estranged father (Mark Hamill) when the ghost of his booze-soaked past arrives: a murderous mobster (Iva Babić) hellbent on kidnapping Bert back to the motherland to atone for his crimes. Together, he and his father must retrace the steps of his younger self (Jimmy Tatro) in the midst of a war between a sociopathic crime family while they attempt to find common ground.

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The Machine is a US comedy in which stand-up comedian Bert Kreischer and his father must reckon with their past when they are kidnapped to Russia and thrust into a mafia war of succession.

Themes

The film's themes include examples of injury detail and crude humour. There are references to organised crime and murder.

Violence

The film contains violence using guns, knives and other weapons. There are examples of blood and injury detail, including a decapitation.

Sex

The film contains verbal sexual references and examples of crude sexual humour. Strong coarse language is used in a sexual context.

Language

The film contains use of the word "c**t", frequent use of the word "f**k", as well as "shit", "bitch", "pussy", "dick" and "piss".

Drug use

The film contains examples of drug use including snorting cocaine and other references to illicit drugs.

Nudity

The film contains buttock nudity and a brief depiction of a scrotum.

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Industry details

Classification date

11 May 2023

Year of production

2022

Classification

MA 15+

Consumer advice

Strong violence, coarse language and drug use

Category

Films

Category detail

Public Exhibition

Media type

DCP

Version

ORIGINAL

Duration

112 minutes

Director/Creator

Peter Atencio

Producer

Bert Kreischer | Cale Boyter | Judi Marmel | Peter Atencio | LeeAnn Kreischer

Production company

Legendary

Country of origin

USA

Language

ENGLISH

Applicant

SONY PICTURES RELEASING P/L

File number

T23/19455

Classification number

CLAS-142344

Alternative titles

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