Sonic the Hedgehog 3: parents' guide

Constant action: punches that send characters through windows, explosions, laser guns fired at aliens and a child, and drones firing missiles into a kids' restaurant. Several characters die on screen, one incinerated by energy, and a soldier raid kills a girl in a flashback.

Mild and infrequent: one or two each of 'damn,' 'hell,' 'ass,' 'bastard' and 'badass,' a 'holy crap,' God's name a few times, and silly insults like 'dorkupine.'

No romance for the heroes. A few jokes: Robotnik says he's unappealing to 'all possible genders,' a soap opera on TV shows cleavage, a man ogles a woman, and someone's shirt gets ripped off.

No drinking, smoking or drug use.

Shadow is an angry, menacing presence, Tom is attacked and hospitalized, and a doomsday weapon threatens Earth. Deaths are mostly quick, but the girl's death and the grief around it are emotional, and there's a late heroic sacrifice.