The Long Walk: parents' guide

Teen walkers are shot at close range, mostly in the head, with realistic blood and gore, and left on the road. One has his legs crushed by a military vehicle, one dies of internal bleeding, and fights end in gunfire.

Pervasive: Plugged In counted about 280 f-words and Movieguide at least 234, plus 50 or more s-words, frequent misuse of God's and Jesus' names, homophobic slurs, and obscene gestures.

No sex scenes. Walkers trade crude sexual jokes, including about oral sex, debate wishing for naked women, and taunt each other with sexual insults. A walker with diarrhea relieves himself on the road, with brief rear exposure.

Minimal: Common Sense notes some cigarette smoking, though other reviewers saw none, and there is talk of a relative who drank heavily. No drug use or drunkenness is shown.

Unrelenting dread, since any walker can be executed at any moment. Boys collapse, have seizures, relieve themselves in the street and break down mentally. Two suicides are shown, and the ending is grim.