Sicario: parents' guide

Frequent and graphic: bodies with bagged heads hidden in walls, naked, mutilated corpses hanging from an overpass, shootings with blood spurts, a cut throat and torture of suspects. Two young boys are killed, and a threat to have children raped is voiced.

One counted review tallied more than 50 f-words and about 10 s-words, plus compound f-words, bitch, prick and repeated misuse of God's and Jesus' names.

The lead is shown in her bra. She dances with and kisses a man, and they begin undressing in her apartment, but the scene stops before sex when he attacks her. Nude corpses appear in a nonsexual context.

Drug trafficking drives the plot and bricks of cocaine are shown, but no drug use. Characters drink beer, a cop pours whiskey into his coffee, and the lead smokes and struggles to quit.

Sustained dread and menace: a convoy crosses cartel territory under threat of ambush, a night raid in tunnels unfolds in eerie night vision, and horrific images of corpses recur. Characters vomit at what they find.