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Run All Night

Parents guide · ClearAge age 16+ · Official MA 15+

Movie 2015 114 min Action, Crime, Thriller Checked by Dan S · 23 Oct 2026
Official Rating MA 15+ ClearAge 16+

Why our age differs

We say 16+ because strong violence, bloody shootings, and sustained criminal threat push past a softer mature crime floor

What we flagged

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Violence
Strong
Sex and Nudity
Mild
Language
Strong

Our take

Run All Night is a Liam Neeson crime chase packed with shootouts, betrayals, and Brooklyn underworld tension. Strong language is frequent, and characters talk casually about heroin, cocaine, and past killings. Family guilt softens the antihero, but the night is still built on gun violence. We land at 16 and up because strong violence, bloody shootings, and a night of sustained criminal threat need older teens

Uplifting themes

Trying to protect your child and own your past sins still counts, even late. Redemption is messy and expensive Jimmy wants to do better, yet he models a lifetime of violence. Cleaner role models are scarce in this underworld

Story (may spoil tone)

Brooklyn mobster and prolific hit man Jimmy Conlon has seen better days. Longtime best friend of a mob boss, Jimmy is haunted by the sins of his past—as well as a dogged police detective who’s been one step behind Jimmy for 30 years. But when Jimmy’s estranged son becomes a target, Jimmy must make a choice between the crime family he chose and the real family he abandoned long ago. Now, with nowhere safe to turn, Jimmy has just one night to figure out exactly where his loyalties lie and to see if he can finally make things right.

What we flagged

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Violence
Strong
Sex and Nudity
Mild
Language
Strong

Details

Violence Strong Hit-man history, street shootouts, and a night-long manhunt keep guns a…

Hit-man history, street shootouts, and a night-long manhunt keep guns and killings front and centre. Bodies fall often, and self-defense claims sit beside cold executions. The pace rarely rests between confrontations

Language Strong The f-word is common in threats and arguments, with s-word, dickhead, a…

The f-word is common in threats and arguments, with s-word, dickhead, and other coarse talk throughout. Dialogue stays rough for most of the runtime

Sex / nudity Mild Crude sexual jokes open the film in locker-room style banter among men…

Crude sexual jokes open the film in locker-room style banter among men at work. The rest of the night is about guns and loyalty, not sex scenes

Drugs / alcohol Moderate Heroin and cocaine trafficking come up in mob backstory, plus cigarette…

Heroin and cocaine trafficking come up in mob backstory, plus cigarettes and drinking. Substance talk paints the criminal world more than it shows use on screen

Gore / death / weapons Moderate Gunshot deaths and close weapon handling are frequent across the night-…

Gunshot deaths and close weapon handling are frequent across the night-long chase. Blood appears with the shootings in a blunt crime-thriller way, without torture-horror lingering

Grief / bereavement Mild A mother's funeral and the cost of a life spent killing hang over fathe…

A mother's funeral and the cost of a life spent killing hang over father and son as they run. That shared loss is part of why Jimmy tries so hard to reconnect

Flashing lights We have not confirmed whether this version contains flashing lights.

We have not confirmed whether this version contains flashing lights.

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Talk after watching

  • Jimmy wants to repair a relationship he neglected for years. What does making amends look like when trust is already broken?
  • Loyalty to a crime family collides with loyalty to a child. How do you choose when two kinds of belonging demand opposite things?