By Jeffrey M. Anderson , based on child development research. How do we rate? Parents need to know that Butcher's Crossing is an uneven but compelling Western about an inexperienced young man Fred Hechinger who joins forces with an obsessive hunter Nicolas Cage for a massive buffalo hunt, which eventually turns brutal and tragic.
Though no real animals were harmed to make the film,β¦. Though no real animals were harmed to make the film, there's footage of faux dead animals that includes entrails and lots of blood.
There are also guns and shooting, deaths, someone getting beaten to death, gory dead bodies one with severed testicles , threats, and more. Strong language includes uses of "f--k," "s--t," "csucker," "goddamn," "bitch," "whore," "pecker," and more, as well as crude, sex-related dialogue. A brief, partly seen sex scene with no explicit nudity shows a man thrusting behind a woman, and a sex worker tries to seduce a young man, but he stops her.
Characters frequently slug or gulp whiskey from bottles, and there's some smoking. To stay in the loop on more movies like this, you can sign up for weekly Family Movie Night emails. Hundreds of buffalo are shot and killed. People shown skinning buffalo, with some gore, guts, blood. One character beats another to death, punching him again and again and bloodying his face. Person lying in grave. Guns and shooting, threatening with guns.
Threatening with knife. Character run over by horse. People's clothing, arms, hands covered in blood. Field of bloody corpses. Brief severed testicles. Dead animal corpses. Stagecoach crunches over animal skulls. Coach falls over cliff with a person aboard; he's presumably killed. Attempted poisoning: A person's stomach makes gurgling, farting noises. Historical photos depict real buffalo skulls, hides, and more. Did you know you can flag iffy content?
