Zero Dark Thirty
A docudrama thriller chronicling the decade-long CIA manhunt for Osama bin Laden, rated R for strong and disturbing violence and pervasive language. The film's most significant content is an extended, unflinching depiction of prisoner interrogation and torture in its opening act, followed by a graphic combat raid in its climax.
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The film opens over a black screen with audio recordings of real 9/11 victims; viewers who find that sound-only prologue distressing may wish to be prepared.
The film's most sustained content: a prisoner is waterboarded, kept in stress positions with arms bound, walked on a dog leash, sexually humiliated with forced nudity, deprived of sleep via blasting music, and locked in a small wooden box. Urine and fecal matter are visible on the floor in one shot.
Armed gunmen storm a hotel compound; extensive gunfire, multiple casualties, and injured victims are shown. A main character's vehicle is hit by heavy gunfire.