Many women are naked or clothed in only underwear as they work in a drug processing room. This room is shown in at least three separate scenes. The women are focused on briefly.

A few sexual comments throughout.

One of the main protagonists is said to have many illicit affairs while married, and is shown with different women.

At 32:51. Richie Roberts (Russell Crowe's character) is in bed with a woman, he answers the phone and she rolls over, exposing a bare breast for 1-2 seconds.

From 52:14 to 52:46, Frank Lucas walks his brothers into his drug processing rooms, and there are 10-12 women with breasts clearly seen, naked from the waist up, wearing only bikini panties, walking, standing, processing the heroin.

At 2:08:37, a man is getting a massage and 2 topless women are shown.

A partially naked woman makes love to a man, she makes mildly sexualized comments in this scene.

A partially nude woman massages a man.

A man admires a woman who is dancing.

A man touches a woman's breast. They are both clothed.

A heroin house raid occurs. Many drug dealers are shot in this sequence, with fleeting shots of blood and gore.

A police officer punches a man in the face to take his car.

Some hateful/unbelievable behaviour.

R violence type: blood and gore.

A man is lit on fire, screams, and then shot several times killing him.

A man smashes a door with a sledge hammer, chases another man, and one man is bitten on the hand (he screams and no blood is visible); a man is struck in the head with the handle of the sledge hammer (no blood), a man is thrown to the floor and we see a man being kicked.

A man holds a gun to a man's head, he fires, the man falls and we see him with a wound in the forehead and some blood around his head. A man shoots a man in the head (some blood splatters on a curtain). A man's hand is shot (we see blood fly through the air).

A man is shot in the shoulder (blood flies through the air), a man is shot in the stomach and falls backward, a man is shot in the chest, and people fire guns at other people. Some blood.

A man shoots a woman in the back (she falls, there is no visible blood and she does not die).

A man shoots a man in the knee (we see blood later).

Men fire guns from a car at a woman during a driveby, striking a man protecting the woman in the shoulder. Another man shoots a gun at the fleeing car.

We see a man lying dead in a pool of blood, and we see a pale, dead body (covered with a sheet to the shoulders) in a morgue.

A man's head is smacked with the lid of a piano and a man and women are shown later cleaning bloodstains out of a carpet.

A man has cuts and blood on his face.

A man shoots a dog offscreen. The dog whimpers in pain and is shown laying on the ground motionless with a bullet hole in its neck.

A man throws a man against a pool table and hits him with a pool cue (a bit of blood is seen), a man slams another man to the ground, a man wrestles another man to the ground, and a man kicks a woman in the head.

A man pushes another man to the floor, he points a gun at him, cuffs him, and shoves a cloth in his mouth, and a boy is grabbed and his mouth is covered.

A man is thrown to the floor, a man is struck in the head with the butt of a shotgun, and another man is knocked unconscious with a gun.

A door is shot sending glass into the face and body of a nearby man.

A man slams a man against a wall and points a gun at him.

A man is punched in the face repeatedly, and another man is punched in the face and the back of his head breaks a window.

A woman lies dead on a bathroom floor with a bloody leg wound.

A woman lies dead in a bed while an infant cries next to her.

A man clutches his chest, and has a heart attack.

A man is pushed down a flight of stairs (we don't see what happens to him). A man crashes through a window.

'F*ck' is said at least 140 times, including paired with 'mother' 15 times.

'Sh*t' is said 31 times, including paired with 'bull' twice.

'*ss' is said 11 times, including paired with 'hole' twice.

'B*tch' is said twice, including paired with 'Son of a' once.

'H*ll' is said five times.

''D*mn' is said eight times.

'Godd*mn' is said six times.

The Lord's name is taken in vain, including 'God', 'Swear to God', and 'Jesus' each said at least once.

'Chink' is said once as a racist insult.

'Kike' is said once as a racial insult.

'Nigger' is said five times.

'Negro' is said twice as a racial term.

'Hoochie' is said once as a crude term.

Several instances of minor name-calling.

Several instances of people shown that are implied to have died from heroin overdose.

Stash houses are seen full of equipment used to cook heroin.

People use heroin throughout, including preparing the drug and injecting it. The effects (death and sickness) are shown. Heroin is not seen in a positive light.

Cocaine is used a few times.

A man holds a cigarette and asks for a lighter.

Many people drink alcohol at a funeral.

One of the main characters, a policeman, smokes a cigarette many times

Police officers mix a drug, called dope, with filler to sell back to drug dealers.

Many people smoke and drink at a dance club.

Many people smoke and drink at an overseas club.

A man watches people in a factory manufacturing drugs from the raw plant.

Several women prepare drugs in a large room, as several men watch and guard. Shown in at least three scenes.

The story follows the rise of one of the biggest drug dealers in history, who primarily trafficks heroin.

Many people smoke and drink at a backyard barbeque.

Many instances of people using drugs, the ill effects of drugs, and the violence related to drugs.

The several police raids are violent, fast paced, and chaotic.

Several instances of violence are sudden and unexpected.

Several of the characters face severe moral dilemmas.

A sudden suicide.

The film focuses heavily on police corruption.

A main character shoots a man point blank in the forehead in public in front of a diner. A bit unsettling.

The film is set in the 1970s, and it goes to show how crime and times were different in those days in a very realistic tone.

There's pretty much a lot of crude and bad behavior from the criminals.

There are many instances of violence, illegal activities, and bad behavior by many of the characters, including the protagonists and police officers.

The film has very dark themes and tone.