This is a film with BALLS

Without spoiling too much by naming names or when or why it happens in the movie, these are the acts of violence that occur in R;

A man's head gets bashed repeatedly on some stairs. I've seen some very violent and nasty films and this scene ranks pretty high up on the chilling charts. You don't get to see a whole lot, like say Irreversible, but "less is more" definitely works here.

There's another part at the end but I'd rather not say anything about it because it's pretty easy to spoil. But it's definitely nowhere near as bad as the previously described scene.

Actually those are the only scenes that I'd say are worth warning about, there are some other smaller moments of violence but nothing the average crime/action film fan will be shocked by. The entire film has a depressing and taut atmosphere but not up to a point where it's too hard or unpleasant to watch. If you've seen anything by Gaspard Noe or Michael Haneke, you'll be all right.


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I only know Shawshank Redemption. And it has absolutely nothing to do with that feelgood movie. It might be pretty realistic in showing how it is to be locked up with a bunch of psychos though.