| Defiance |
 (14A) Violence, Coarse Language |
| Synopsis: Drama. Based on the historical novel ‘Defiance: The Bielski Partisans’ by Nechama Tec. Following the German invasion of Belorussia in World War II, three Jewish brothers (Daniel Craig, Liev Schreiber, Jamie Bell,) escape into the woods and work to protect themselves and any other Jewish survivors they are able to find. |
| Content Elements: Frequent use of the sexual expletive in a non-sexual context, frequent use of scatological slang and vulgar expressions One use of crude sexual language Frequent gun, weapon, and hand-to-hand violence – some blood, little detail Infrequent portrayals of corpses, once in a mass grave – no blood, little detail One portrayal of a crude bodily function – little detail |
| Thematic Elements: Courage in the face of adversity The human cost of war Dignity versus vengeance |
| Classification Rationale: Rated 14A for war violence and coarse language. |
| Classification Date: 11/28/2008 |
