Common Sense Note

Parents need to know that, as the film interrogates urban fears, violence, and racism, the language, particularly the use of racial epithets, is rough. The film also features several violent scenes, including a carjacking, a pedestrian hit by a car, a five-year-old child shot by a handgun (with her parents watching), and several car crashes. Policemen, detectives, district attorneys, and an insurance adjuster prove untrustworthy; characters steal cars, do drugs, drink, smoke cigarettes, and have sex (including implied oral sex in a car and a cop putting his hands on a woman's private parts, in front of her upset husband, under the guise of "patting her down.")

Sexual Content

Characters have sex, and oral sex is insinuated.

Violence

Several violent scenes, including a carjacking, a pedestrian hit by a car, a five-year-old child shot by a handgun (with her parents watching), and several car crashes.

Language

Very strong language.

Social Behavior

While characters steal and commit acts of violence, the film looks at reasons and contexts.

Consumerism

Expensive cars.

Drugs / Tobacco / Alcohol

Drinking, smoking.