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CAST AS ROLE MODELS:

SUSAN SARANDON plays a compassionate nun who looks past the hideous acts of Poncelet and tries to save his soul.

SEAN PENN plays the racist, anti-government convicted murderer who angrily claims he's innocent.

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ALCOHOL OR DRUG USE

Lots of talk of using alcohol or drugs -- but never seen.

Talk of father taking Matt to bar at age 12 and him getting drunk.

BLOOD/GORE

Shots of dead teens in the woods.

Photos of the dead girl with many stabs wounds to her body.

A needle is shown going into a vein.

There are very imaginative descriptions of what happens to the body during lethal injection.

DISRESPECTFUL/BAD ATTITUDE

Matt is a racist and uses the "n" word often and talks of how Hitler "got the job done."

Matt has "no love for the government" and talks about how he wanted to blow up government buildings.

Matt refers to women as "bitches."

Support and opposition to the death penalty is represented by most of the characters (depending on your views you may be offended by the other sides views).

FRIGHTENING/TENSE SCENES

There are many flashbacks of the murder ( which is upsetting since we already know what's going to happen).

The death by lethal injection scene is shown in full.

There is a brief, scary dream with Matt at Helen's family dinner table.

GUNS/WEAPONS

Rifle: Used to shoot a couple in the backs of their heads (seen during flashbacks).

A victim's father says he could have grabbed sherrif's gun and killed Matt and then would have felt good about it.

IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR

Talk of white supremacy and anti-government stands.

Flashback scene of kids beating a possum to death with sticks.

Talk of putting a dead squirrel in the locker of a younger sibling.

JUMP SCENES

None.

MUSIC (SCARY/TENSE)

Flashback scenes of the murders have eerie music playing throughout.

MUSIC (INAPPROPRIATE)

None.

PROFANITY

*1 "f" word, 3 ass words, 1 bitch, 1 hell.

SEX/NUDITY

Matt tells nun that she missed out not being married and having sex.

The couple is seen making out in their car (just kissing).

There is full rear nudity of the dead girl's body.

The other killer is seen raping the girl (seen kneeling between her legs).

SMOKING

Matt smokes throughout the movie.

TENSE FAMILY SCENES

There are lots of stressful, emotional scenes (crying, yelling, etc...) with the victim's families as well as with Matt's family.

TOPICS TO TALK ABOUT

Death penalty, murder, rape.

VIOLENCE

Reoccurring flashbacks of the rape and shooting of two teens.

Lots of descriptions of the above told by Matt, lawyers, and family members.

Talk of the girl's vagina being "all torn up."

Talk of how prisoners have been executed in the past (beheadings, electric chair, etc...).