Spider-Man: Far from Home
NZ release: 03 July 2019
Violence Rated on: 25 June 2019
What’s it about?
Peter Parker, the friendly neighbourhood Spider-Man, faces four destructive elemental monsters while on a school trip in Europe. Soon, he is joined by Mysterio, a fellow hero with mysterious origins.
The facts
- Directed by Jon Watts
- Starring Tom Holland (The Impossible), Samuel L. Jackson (Pulp Fiction), Jake Gyllenhaal (Brokeback Mountain), Zendaya (The Greatest Showman), Marisa Tomei (My Cousin Vinny), Jon Favreau (Iron Man), and Jacob Batalon (North Woods).
- English, Italian, and Czech languages
- Runtime: 129 minutes
- 23rd release in the Marvel Cinematic Universe
Why did it get this rating?
This film game was cross-rated by the Film and Video Labelling Body. You can find out more about cross-rating here.
Violence
Violence in this film includes the use of high-tech weapons and guns, explosions, and fistfights. Some scenes contain blood.
Drones are shown threatening to kill characters with lasers pointed at their heads. Some people are shot with minimal blood, and there are many scenes depicting large-scale destruction of buildings and towns.
Characters are crushed by buildings but no detail of injury is shown.
One sequence involves an illusionary experience with quite dark imagery intending to scare and disorient a character. This scene isn’t very violent but may unsettle some younger viewers.
Coarse language
The film contains some use of coarse high school-level language. Words used include “bitch,” “ass” and “s**t.” There is one incomplete use of the F-word and one character uses the middle finger.
When content stays with you:
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