The film contains a scene at a strip club where a woman opens her jacket to expose her bare breasts and dances seductively at 12:05

The film contains some scenes which show the graphic injuries the crew sustain when the ship sank.

One of the stronger scenes shows a man floating in a raft, cradling his own severed leg with some bone and torn tissue visible.

Other scenes depict men with severed arms burning as they try to escape the sinking ship.

A few brief shots show a man whose arm has been severed, leaving behind a bloody stump.

The film contains some use of the expletive "f**k".

Alcohol and smoking appear frequently in the film, both among high-society people and sailors.

Based on a historical event, 'USS Indianapolis: Men Of Courage' is a film about how the crew of the USS Indianapolis struggled to survive after their ship gets sunk by a Japanese submarine.

During the five days that the crew are stranded in the Philippine Sea, they have to endure extreme conditions, as well as the ever-present threat of attacks by sharks.