The Killer's Game Parents Guide - Lovebugs and Postcards

I wrote this The Killer’s Game Parents Guide to help you know what is in the movie. All opinions are my own.

The concept of the movie The Killer’s Game immediately got me excited to see it. And then I saw the cast and thought – this is going to be freaking amazing. The movie overall was ok. I felt like they could have done so much more with it – I was a little surprised by the lack of twists and turns. It is very straightforward without much “creativeness” regarding an exciting plot. It is just what it is. It is extremely gory, there is a lot of language, and some nudity. I would have loved to see them take all the effort they put into the special effects of the gore and make actual character development and depth of storyline. Instead, you get a “fun” 2-hour movie that will entertain you if you aren’t looking for anything more than some laughs, a lot of violence, and a little bit of romance.

THERE ARE SOME SPOILERS IN THE GUIDE BELOW BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF THE MOVIE.

The Killer’s Game opens in theaters on 9/13/2024

The Killer’s Game Parents Guide

The Killer’s Game is rated R for strong bloody violence throughout, language, some sexual material, brief drug use, and nudity. It runs for 1hr 44m.

There are no end-credit scenes for The Killer’s Game.

Sex & Nudity & Innuendos – 3/5 – It shows a scene with a man and three women. They are wearing thongs (but full close-ups of their bottoms are shown, and 1-2 of them are topless while the other has a bra on. Sex implied. A love scene between a man and a woman. No nudity is shown here, but love-making motions are seen. Two exotic dancers are shown, one on a pole with close-ups of private parts. There is talk about blowjobs, swallowing, and taking it “in the ass”. A shirt is worn by one of the characters (fairly certain no bra) and its a high cut shirt. A boob (I believe) is shown a couple times – but quickly. There are two different scenes where a woman grabs a mans crotch. One is very violent, the other is forceful. A use of “shoot your dick off”. Shows male genital getting cut off.

Violence & Gore – 4/5 – Pretty much anytime there is a combat scene you can expect extreme gore. Blood spraying, heads and other body parts blown off, teeth knocked out, gruesome cuts that leave people bleeding out. Getting blades in the head or other body parts and then showing it close-up with blood and other matter going everywhere. Body parts (insides out) shown after an explosion. There is a knife, sword, gun, hand-to-hand, bomb (grenade), deer horns, and multiple other weapons used, and each scene shows very detailed graphic violence. One very gruesome scene is a man tied up by two motorcycles and they take off in different directions and the man is ripped to pieces (and its shown). A burning and mutilated hand is shown being used to light a cigar of the killer.

Profanity – 4/5 – 55+ uses of F (and variations), 7+ uses of ass (and variations), 5+ uses of bitch, 6+ uses of hell, 4+ uses of damn, 17+ uses of shit, 10+ uses of God (and variations). Also use of bastard, cunt, and other crude words.

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking – 3/5 – Smoking is scene throughout, drinking (socially and also with purposes of getting drunk) is shown throughout. Sniffing drugs, smoking drugs, selling drugs – it’s all in there.

Frightening & Intense Scenes – 2/5 – I didn’t feel like there was much intensity to the movie. I wasn’t overly frightened or on the edge of my seat at any point.

The Killer’s Game is a fun watch. But it is predictable and very gory. If you go in expecting to be entertained, and just have fun – you will leave enjoying the movie.

The Killer’s Game Parents Guide

About The Killer’s Game:

In the new action-comedy THE KILLER’S GAME, when top hitman Joe Flood (Dave Bautista) is diagnosed with a terminal illness, he decides to take matters into his own hands – by taking a hit out on himself. But when the very hitmen he hired also target his ex-girlfriend (Sofia Boutella), he must fend off an army of assassin colleagues and win back the love of his life before it’s too late.

Directed by: JJ Perry
Screenplay by: Rand Ravich and James Coyne
Based on: The Book by Jay R. Bonansinga
Produced by: Andrew Lazar, Steve Richards, Kia Jam
Executive Producers: Jonathan Meisner, Dave Bautista, Chris Milburn, Thane Watkins, Peter E. Strauss, Scott Lambert, Dean Altit, Adam Fields
Cast: Dave Bautista, Sofia Boutella, Terry Crews, Scott Adkins, with Pom Klementieff, and Ben Kingsley

Lionsgate presents, a Mad Chance & Endurance Media production, in association with Dogbone Entertainment, K. Jam Media and Lipsync.