Alien (2003 Director's Cut) (1979)

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Synopsis

Science Fiction/Horror. Director’s cut of the 1979 film in which a commercial mining vessel is re-routed to investigate a crashed space ship, and the crew struggles to defeat a murderous creature discovered there.

Content elements

• Infrequent use of the sexual expletive; profanity and scatological slang
• Intense attacks by alien creature—gruesome and bloody violence
• Use of stroboscopic lighting effects

Thematic elements

• Leadership
• Individual versus community values
• Courage and sacrifice

Classification rationale

Rated 14A for genre violence and peril.

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