Guardians of the Galaxy: parents' guide

Constant space battles, shootouts, stabbings and chokings with many deaths, mostly with little blood. The villain kills a bound captive with a hammer just off screen, and blood runs across the floor; one arrow kills about 20 men, and a vision shows people burning away.

A few s-words, among them bullshit and batshit, plus an unfinished "what the f." Ass, asshole, damn and hell recur; bitch, bastard, prick, dick and whore appear once or twice, and God's name is misused about six times. One prominent middle-finger gesture.

Peter, a womanizer, forgets a recent fling is still aboard his ship, and there's a crude joke about what a black light would reveal there. He's hosed down in underwear, the villain is briefly seen naked from behind, and Rocket suggests trading sexual favors.

Drax downs large amounts of an alien drink while gambling with Rocket, and Peter tells Rocket he's drunk as a brawl breaks out. A post-credits scene shows characters with liquor and a martini.

The opening hospital scene, with young Peter too upset to take his dying mother's hand, is genuinely sad. Later come menacing villains, prison violence, a hero sacrificing himself, and moments where main characters appear to die.