Heat (1995): parents' guide

Frequent and bloody: an armored-car heist where an unarmed guard is shot dead, a bank robbery that turns into a long machine-gun battle, a robber shot in the face while holding a child hostage, revenge killings, and a mercy killing at close range.

Strong throughout. One count lists more than 70 obscenities, with many f-words and 'motherf--ker,' plus 's--t' and 'a--,' often screamed at bystanders during robberies.

One very brief sex scene, and a lonely woman goes home with a near stranger and sleeps with him. Two married women have affairs, and couples kiss. None of the guides we checked reports any nudity.

Adults drink and smoke in bars, restaurants and homes. A woman says she is high on marijuana combined with an antidepressant. No drug use is shown in detail.

Long stretches of tension during the heists and shootout, a killer taunting a victim before her murder, her mother's grief, and a distressing scene of a teen found bleeding in a bathtub after a suicide attempt.