Violence

Always a feature of entertainment for children and adults, classification looks at the degree and nature of violence

More restrictive features:

• Violence as normal solution to problem




Despite breaching many violent regulations, Casino Royale rated 12A


• Heroes who inflict pain/injury
• Callousness towards victims
• Encouragement of aggressive attitudes
• Characters taking pleasure in pain/humiliation
• Sexualised/glorified/glamorised violence may even be cut
• Strict policy on sexual violence/rape is applied (eroticised/endorsed may be cut) - more likely with video films due to potential of scene replaying out of context
• Any association of sex with non-consentual restraint, pain or humiliation may be cut