Fargo
A darkly comic crime thriller in which a desperate car salesman's kidnapping scheme spirals into a string of brutal murders, investigated by a sharp, very pregnant police chief. The film earns its R rating through graphic gun violence, explicit gore, and sexual content, and is firmly adult material.
Explicit sexual contentHarm to childrenGraphic violence & goreAbuse & manipulationSubstance abuseRacial & cultural stereotypes
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A state trooper is shot point-blank in the head by one of the kidnappers; blood gushes out in a graphic close-range shooting with a firearm.
Two bystanders who witness the trooper's murder are immediately shot and killed by gunfire; one is shot while fleeing in a car.
Two men break into a family home, chase a woman through the house, and abduct her by force; she is knocked down a flight of stairs during the struggle.