Several scenes of graphic violence, where lots of blood is often shown.
One character is something of a loose cannon and violence usually occurs around him.
A man with blood all over his torso is running and screaming claiming he's been shot. Some blood is shown dripping everywhere but not too graphic.
There are several instances where people get roughed up by gangsters.
The violence portrayed is quite realistic and portrayed as cold and often gets very brutal.
A man is bashed once on the head with a wine bottle. He has a slightly bloody bandage afterwards.
A frozen corpse is discovered in the back of a meat truck. No blood.
This severity of the violence will be disturbing to some viewers. A lot of it is abrupt.
There is occasional graphic violence in this film. Although not as extreme as Casino, this film did set a standard for dark and violent mob films.
A man is brutally beaten, thrown in the trunk of a car and presumed dead. Later on he is found to be alive then stabbed and shot numerous times whilst covered in blood. Very graphic and disturbing.
The violence is spread out, but when it happens, it's often graphic, shocking, and very gruesome.
Jimmy and Henry beat up (graphically and brutally) a man who owes them money. They then hold him over the fence of a den of lions, ready (and profanely threatening) to throw him in, if he doesn't give them the money. Graphic and brutal.
Knowing a lot of what's portrayed in this film is based on real events, it goes to show you the horrible nature of the mafia.
Not as violent as Casino but way more violent than Godfather franchise.
R violence type: blood, brutal and graphic.
A father hits his son twice and whips his back with a belt 5 times. The boy has a somewhat bruised face after.
A man hits another man's face with a gun eleven times. He grunts in pain and blood is seen on his face from a distance.
Two gangsters beat another gangster. One clubs him with a pistol on the head/face offscreen and the other stomps on his head, we see fleeting glances of his boot crunching onto his face. The victim is partly unconscious, although the pistol whipping causes brief blood spray. His face is then seen mostly covered in blood and bruises, and part of his suit is bloodied.
A man is shot in the foot with blood spurts; he winces briefly and a bloody wound is seen for a second.
A man is swiftly killed by six gunshots to the chest with a pistol. Blood appears on his shirt.
A man yips as his face is slammed against a car seat five times, and then punched three times. Blood is visible on his eyes, nose, and mouth. His face is then seen badly bruised in black-and-white for a few seconds. Two men then threaten to feed him to lions at a zoo.
A man and his wife are shown dead in a car with bloody bullet wounds momentarily. Some blood is splattered across the windows.
A man is shot in the head. Tons of blood splatters all over a bed and walls. He is then shot several times more offscreen.
Two corpses are found in a garbage truck with bloody bullet holes in their faces.