Mature, less impressionable high-schoolers. Eccentric private eye and his right-hand man solve blackmail case in droll, unusual flick. Oscar and Lucinda. Gorgeous, romantic, spiritual 19th century tale based on Peter Carey novel of tortured preacher adn free-willed woman, both compulsive gamblers in Australia. Former IRA fighter gets out of prison determined to live in peace in first-rate drama.
Car chases lead to massive stunt pileups, and there's gunfire, but no injuries.
Both have the blues in their blood and Elwood decides to revive the band with them. The likes of Aretha Franklin, B.B. King and James Brown perform. All the whirling, point-blank gunplay earns the R rating, but with the exception of brief looks at bruised and bloodied bodies, the shootouts rarely get gory. The occasionally crude language remains quite tame for the genre, but a young boy is often put in danger and the hero smokes. Given one last assignment to pay off his debt, he develops moral qualms and refuses to do it.