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A down-on-his-luck hitman flees the UK after a botched job, then gets stuck babysitting his new crime boss's teenage son in London Calling (2025), an MA 15+ dark comedy. The night piles on frequent shootouts, bloody kills, cocaine use, and crude sex content including a porn clip. Strong language barely lets up, and characters talk about staging a death as suicide. ClearAge leans toward 16 for mature older teens and adults who already like violent crime comedy.
Uplifting themes
Looking out for each other is a small lesson Tommy and Julian pick up while everything else goes wrong. The mentoring spark is real but thin beside the crime comedy. A hopeful beat is all it adds, short of a moral-lesson film Flawed choices still leave room for one character to try to do right, and that effort shows in small protective moments. Mentoring stays thin; nobody becomes a clean role-model portrait. Parents can still spot the attempt next to the crime chaos
Story (may spoil tone)
After fleeing the UK from a job gone wrong, a down on his luck hitman is forced to babysit the son of his new crime boss and show him how to become a man.
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Violence Bloody fights, shootings, and guns thread through this hitman comedy, i…
Bloody fights, shootings, and guns thread through this hitman comedy, including a drowning-in-a-toilet killing. Explosions, a crash with someone pinned, and a teen caught in the crossfire all appear. Dark laughs frame the mess, yet the violence stays frequent and bloody
Language Banter and fights barely pause the f-word and motherf-word, and the c-w…
Banter and fights barely pause the f-word and motherf-word, and the c-word, s-word, and ableist insults join in. Coarse talk runs wall to wall. Spikes alone do not describe the load
Sex / nudity Brief thrusting images and graphic audio spill from a porn video a teen…
Brief thrusting images and graphic audio spill from a porn video a teen opens, and the sound keeps going after the screen is covered. An adult man appears naked from behind, and crude sex talk includes a brothel joke. The material goes well past a chaste kiss
Drugs / alcohol On-screen cocaine use covers a teen who gets a comic energy burst and a…
On-screen cocaine use covers a teen who gets a comic energy burst and an adult who uses it too. Champagne, beer, and cigars or cigarettes round out the night. Drug use is shown, not only mentioned
Frightening Comic tone holds, yet the hit job puts people in real danger with guns,…
Comic tone holds, yet the hit job puts people in real danger with guns, crashes, and a threatened teen. Tension comes from crime set pieces, not ghosts or monsters. Between jokes, younger viewers may still find the peril ugly
Self-harm / suicide Plot talk covers making a death look like suicide, and someone holds a…
Plot talk covers making a death look like suicide, and someone holds a gun to their own chest and head in the heat of the moment. Dark crime-comedy staging is the frame, not a mental-health storyline. Younger teens still should not take it as casual background chatter
Child peril / abuse Dragged onto a violent contract, the crime boss's teenage son is threat…
Dragged onto a violent contract, the crime boss's teenage son is threatened through the night and shown using cocaine. Parents should see him as an on-screen minor in peril. Comic sidekick is not the right lens
Bullying / discrimination A line about getting kicked around by a bully lands once, and harsh ins…
A line about getting kicked around by a bully lands once, and harsh insults fly in the banter. No sustained bullying storyline develops. Most of the sting lives in the general swearing
Gore / death / weapons Blood spatters and spurts follow the shootouts, with stabbing and eye-g…
Blood spatters and spurts follow the shootouts, with stabbing and eye-gouging injury detail too. Guns and blades sit at the centre of the hit. A first dead body arrives as a plot beat, close enough to see
Dangerous behaviour We did not see dangerous behavior in this one
We did not see dangerous behavior in this one
Eating disorders / body image We did not see eating in this one
We did not see eating in this one
Mental health We did not see mental health in this one
We did not see mental health in this one
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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