Why is avengers assemble a 12a

The opening scene introduces the antagonist as he attacks the S. D headquarters. During this fight scene people are seen being stabbed, mostly with a large spear but once in the neck with a knife. There is no blood but it is still rather graphic, albeit short. Another scene shows a high-class event in Germany being attacked. A clip of this scene is included below. It is the most violent scene of the movie and we feel that if a child can watch this without concern, they should be fine with the rest of the movie.

There are several scary monsters in the movie. However he is only present for two short scenes. The aliens which attack a city in the finale may also be frightening for younger viewers.

They relentlessly attack the heroes and innocent people on flying vehicles and also use gigantic metallic creatures that have sharp, metal teeth that look like huge blades. There is some bad language in this movie which borders on moderate, however it is not excessive. Of course it's about one hundred times brighter than Transformers and Michael Bay's imbecilic spinoffs, and should keep multiplexes everywhere in its competent grip.

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Steve Withers Reviewer. Sometimes for a film to remain uncut on video, it is given the higher 15 rating but obviously studios and distributors would hope to avoid that in order to maximise sales and rental revenues. The cut in question is a scene in the film where the tip of a spear is seen protruding from a man's chest. Last edited: Sep 18, AndyCob Well-known Member. I noticed the 1 min difference in the quoted runtimes was wondering what the actual difference was.

Ath Standard Member. It's not the BBFC's fault. Disney clearly made the cut elsewhere in the world and decided to just re-use the cut master in the UK. If the cut was required by the BBFC they would have made a note of it. I can't think of a single 12A release that wasn't released as a 12 on video with no changes. Things like the Hunger Games were different, they had to be cut to get the 12A in the first place. Pre, sure it happened like with Starship Troopers from 15 to 18, but post never from 12A to This is all on Disney.

The above is very misleading Steve.